Kathleen Mary Webster was the second child of George Webster & Mary Emma Webster born Oct-December 1888 at Hitcham, Bucks.
In 1891 Kathleen, her parents & grandfather were living at Hill Farm, Hitcham in 1891.
In 1901 was still with her parents, younger sister & older brother at Hill Farm.
Kathleen's parents had moved from Hill Farm by 1911 & were living at the Knowle, Taplow, Bucks. Kathleen was still living at home with her brother & sister.
The following information was kindly provided by Michael Greaves.
According to her son, Percy John Greaves, ‘Kathleen met her future husband in August 1914 at a grouse shoot in Alston, Cumberland. Kathleen, like her father, was keen on field sports. Apart from her boarding school education at Eastbourne, my mother’s youth had been entirely spent in the country amongst the large households in the Thames valley where sport & entertaining flourished. She was good looking, kind & gentle. She was what used to be called ‘a real lady’ & was liked & respected by all. Although she had 4 children I really believe she liked animals better than children for she had an extraordinary ability with anything on 4 legs. Unfortunately she had been brought up in an Edwardian era where young ladies were not expected to take any interest in public affairs or business & she hated Yorkshire where she had to make her home amid the dark satanic mills with a husband very much engrossed in business.’
She married Percy Christian Greaves on October 15th, 1914. Percy was born December 25th, 1868 at Horbury, Yorks, the eldest child of John Oldroyd Greaves.
Percy owned 3 collieries as well as managing numerous others in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was also involved in companies that made rolling stock for the collieries & munitions for the war effort in both World Wars. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Wakefield.
In 1917 Kathleen & Percy moved from Margaret St, Wakefield to a large 11-bedroomed Georgian house called ‘Woolgreaves’ which lay in 30 acres of open country between Kettlethorpe & Sandal to the south of Wakefield. The family had 6 servants, 3 gardeners, a chauffeur & a coachman. In addition there was a governess for the children. For a while the governess was Constance Heward who achieved some fame as a writer of childrens’ books.
Kathleen died in 1949, aged 60.
Percy died in 1957, aged 89.
The children of Kathleen Mary Webster & Percy Christian Greaves were:
9.3.2.1 Joan Greaves born 1915 at Wakefield, died 1973
9.3.2.2 Elizabeth Webster Greaves born 1917, died 2004
9.3.2.3 Percy John Greaves born July 30th, 1918, died 2004
9.3.2.4 Peter Greaves born May 24th, 1924, died 2006