Emma Wentworth Webster was the second child of Charles Webster & Elizabeth Wentworth born c1826 at Uxbridge, Middlesex.
Emma married John Gurney in Jan-March 1847 at Uxbridge. John was born c1823 at Northolt, Middlesex.
In 1851 Emma & John were living at Skinner Lane, Bradford, Yorks where John was a wool stapler. They had 2 children – Henry W (3) & Frederick J (1). With them at the time of the census was Mary Ann Webster (45), Emma’s aunt. They had 2 servants.
Emma died in July-September 1853, her death being registered at Bradford, Yorks.
The children of Emma Wentworth Webster & John Gurney were:
we.2.1.1 Henry Wentworth Gurney born Jan-March 1848 at Hounslow, Middlesex
we.2.1.2 Frederick John Gurney born Jan-March 1850 at Hounslow, Middlesex,
died Jan-March 1878 at Bradford.
John married Harriet Bankart in April-June 1855 at Bradford. Harriet was born c1829 at Bradford, Yorks, daughter of Mary Bankart.
In 1861 John & Harriet were living at 18 Claremont, Little Horton, Bradford & John was still a wool stapler. They had 3 children – Agnes Ellen (9), Walter Bankart (3) & Mary Edith (4). They employed a cook, a housemaid & a nurse. John’s children from his marriage to Emma were not at home at this time – Henry W (13) was visiting his grandfather Charles Webster at Warren Farm, Uxbridge Common, Hillingdon, & Frederick was a pupil at Newton Lodge, Roundhay Rd, Leeds.
By 1871 John had become a wool, silk & cotton merchant & he & Harriet were living at 8 Oak Well, Manningham, Bradford. Mary E was still at home & they now had new children – Kate E (9), Gertrude B (8), Effy L (7), Arthur R (5) & Hilda B (6 months). They had a governess, a nurse, 3 domestic servants & a visitor Ada M Lowenthal (13).
John’s son Henry W was living with his uncle Francis Gurney in 1871 at his farm in Norholt, Middlesex, & was listed as a brewer. His brother Frederick was a pupil civil engineer lodging in Lambeth, London.
John was still doing well in 1881 when he was described as a wool & cotton merchant employing 4 men & 1 boy. He & Harriet were still living in Manningham, but at 10 Selbourn Terr. Children at home were Edith M, Walter, a cotton warp salesman, Kate, Gertrude, Arthur & Hilda. They had a waiting maid, a house maid & a cook.
By 1891 John was still prospering – he was now a magistrate & stockbroker! He & Harriet were living at 28 Park Drive, Heaton, Bradford. With them was son Arthur, a stockbroker’s clerk & daughter Hilda. They still had a waiting maid, housemaid & cook.
John died in July-September 1898, aged 77, the death being registered at N. Bierley (includes Heaton).
At the time of the 1901 census widowed Harriet & daughter Hilda were at a private hotel in Laura Place, Bath, Somerset.
There is a death recorded for Harriet Gurney, aged 78 in Oct-December 1908, at St Giles.