Sarah Isabella Webber

birthname: Sarah Isabella Acheson

Born: 7 Dec 1879 at Clinton, Ontario, Canada
Married: 15 Dec 1909 at Rosenfeld, Manitoba to Emil Joseph “Rusey” Weber
Died: 25 Feb 1953 (age 73) at Calgary, Alberta
Buried: Queen’s Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, plot I:03:043
Family Tree: Sarah Isabella Acheson in Family Genes
Contributor: Jim Benedict

The Early Years

Born in Clinton, Ontario as Sarah Isabella Acheson, known as Sadie, her father was Alexander Acheson and her mother was Sarah Bradin Miller.  She moved with the family to Winnipeg, then south to farmland in Rosenfeld, Manitoba.

Sadie and Rusey Weber

Emil Joseph “Rusey” Weber

There she married Joseph “Rusey” Weber, a charming young man originally from Alsace, France. They had three children in Rosenfeld, three in Winnipeg, then moved west and had two more in Calgary.
During the First World War, it was difficult to find work for anyone with a foreign-sounding name, and Weber sounded “German”.  Rusey tried his hand at running a painting business but few would hire him.  Sadie, always the practical one, decided the easiest solution was to just change their surname, adding an extra “b” inside and becoming very English.  The last five children had Webber on their birth records.

Children

• Winnifred “Winnie” Kathleen Weber/Benedict
• Joseph “Joe” Alexander Weber
• Gertrude “Gert” Ethel Weber/Lawrie
• Victoria Isabell Webber/Hagan
• Mildred Maud Webber/Somers
• Weir Braden Webber
• Vera Edna Webber/Keene
• William “Bill” John Webber

Final Years for Sadie

Sadie suffered from poor health later in life and passed away in 1953 at age 73 years.