Elizabeth Webster was the third child of John Hearne Webster & Euphemia Kay Stewart born May 20th, 1851 & christened June 13th, 1851 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Elizabeth (known as Bessie) lived in Australia until 1854. She was not at home at the time of the 1861 census.
In 1871 she was living with the family at Prospect St, Reading.
Elizabeth married Huson Morris on 19th October 1875 at Bromley, Kent. Huson was born 1849 at Peckham, Surrey, the son of Katherine Hannah Jackson & Thomas Morris, a general paractioner.
In 1881 Bessie & Huson were living at ‘The Nest’, Hayes, Bromley, & Huson was employed as a member of the stock exchange. They had 3 children – Ella M (3), Arthur H (2) & Hilda W (8 months). Visiting them was Bessie’s brother Arthur H Webster (20) & William M Inchbold (24), both clerks on the London Stock Exchange. They had a cook, a housemaid, a nursemaid & a nurse.
Bessie & Huson were still at ‘The Nest’, Hayes in 1891 & Huson’s occupation was described as ‘stock exchange jobber’. The children at home were Ella, Hilda & new additions Winifred (9), Edith H (8) & Norman H (5). They had a nurse, cook, nursemaid & housemaid. Living nearby at Baston Farm, Hayes were Huson’s parents & brothers & sister, his father now being a retired general practitioner.
‘The Nest’ was still home to Bessie & Huson in 1901 & Huson was still a member of the stock exchange. Only daughter Hilda was still at home. Visiting was Ida C V Bell (25) & a niece Barbara E Fox (18), daughter of Huson’s sister Margaret who was living nearby at The Common, the home of Huson’s mother Katherine Morris, recently widowed. The usual array of servants were also present. Other people present at the time of the census at the home of Huson’s mother were his brothers Graham, a medical practitioner, & Montague, a stock exchange agent. Interestingly there were 2 children visiting at the time of the census - Effie Stewart Webster (8) & Thomas S Webster (5) both described as relatives, but who were in fact Katherine Morris’s grandchildren. They were children of Bessie Eleanor Morris (Katherine’s daughter) who had married John Stewart Webster (Elizabeth’s brother) in Australia.
The children of Elizabeth Webster & Huson Morris were:
we.7.3.1 Ella Margaret Morris born Oct-December 1877 at Hayes
we.7.3.2 Arthur Huson Morris born July-September 1879 at Hayes
we.7.3.3 Hilda Woll-ston Morris born July-September 1880 at Hayes
we.7.3.4 Winifred Morris born April-June 1882 at Hayes
we.7.3.5 Edith Huson Morris born Oct-December 1883 at Hayes
we.7.3.6 Norman Huson Morris born Jan-March 1886 at Hayes