NameRichard Arthur WEBSTER
Birth8 Mar 1874, Loftus, Yorkshire
Death30 Mar 1927, Biliston, Staffordshire
OccupationTown Engineer Krugersdorp
Spouses
Birth27 Oct 1872, India
Death25 Mar 1958, Luton, Bedfordshire
Marriage11 Jan 1898, Dibrugarh, Bengal, India
Notes for Richard Arthur WEBSTER
Full name, birth date and location, marriage date and death date and location courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny Kendrick
South Africa Biographical Index
Richard Arthur Webster
Born: March 8 1871 Loftus-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire
Residence: 1908
Father: H. I. Webster
Spouse: Edith Louisa Hainworth
Occupation: Town Engineer, Krugersdorp
Other Notes: Came to South Africa February 1899, married in India, 3 children
Notes for Edith Louisa (Spouse 1)
Birth date and country, marriage date and country and death date and location courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny Kendrick
In the 1881 census 11 Union Street, Crediton, Devon
Head Mary Hainworth, widow, age 79, annuitant (income from husband?), born Newton St. Cyres, Devonshire
Daughter Gertrude Hainworth, unmarried, age 52, born Credition, Devonshire
Daughter Elizabeth Hainworth, unmarried, age 40, born Crediton, Devonshire
Grandson Charles F. Hainworth, age 14, scholar, born West Indies (British Subject)
Granddaughter Mary E. Hainworth, age 12, scholar, born India (British Subject)
Granddaughter Edith L. Hainworth, age 8, scholar, born India (British Subject)
1 servant
India Select Marriages
January 11 1898, Dibrugarh, Bengal, India
Richard Arthur Webster, single, father Henry Isaac Webster and
Edith Louisa Hainworth, single, father Frank Parker Hainworth
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Departed Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), South Africa on the Balmoral Castle arrived Plymouth, Devon [about March 24, 1915], 3rd class
Mr. R. Webster, civil engineer, age 41, country of last permanent residence South Africa
Mr. E. L. Webster, wife, age 39
Donald A. Webster, child, age 12
Basil A. Webster, child, age 10
Sybil E. Webster, child, age 8
Doris Webster, child, age 6
Doreen Webster, child, age 3
1939 England and Wales Register
5 St. Augustines Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire
1. Donald A. Webster, born 21 April 1902, married, engineer’s marker off. miller fitter shaper
2. Daisy Webster , born April 4 1904 [or 1907], married, unpaid domestic duties
3. Record Offically Closed
4. Record Offically Closed
5. Marjorie J. [later revised to Joyce] Webster [later revised to Buchanan-Godfrey, then Godfrey deleted], born May 3 1934, single, at school
6. Edith L. Webster, born October 27 1872, widow, unpaid domestic duties (untrained nurse)
National Probate Calendar
Edith Louisa Webster of 27 Toddington Road Luton Bedfordshire widow died 25 March 1958 at Luton and Dunstable Hospital Bedfordshire Probate London 8 July1958 to William Alexander Gibson Lawrie [son in law] departmental store executive. Effects 112 pounds.