George Webster was the third child of Richard Webster & Mary Ann Cross christened September 21st, 1845 at Hitcham, Bucks.
In 1851, 1861 & 1871 George was living with his parents & family at Hill Farm, Hitcham.
George married Mary Emma Webster on April 30th, 1878, at Hitcham, Bucks. Mary was the second child of William Webster & Elizabeth Winder christened February 5th, 1854 at Burnham, Bucks & was therefore George’s cousin.
In 1881 George & Mary were living at Hill Farm with his parents & brother John. George was a coal merchant & farmer & he & Mary had a 3 month old son John Richard.
They were still living at Hill Farm in 1891 with George’s widowed father, now retired & George’s brother John. George was a coal merchant & he & Mary now had a daughter Kathleen Mary (2), but the whereabouts of son John is unknown.
By 1901 George’s father had died & brother John was still farming at Hill Farm. George was the head of the household however & his occupation was a brewer. Mary & George now had 3 children at home – John was an undergraduate student at Cambridge University, Kathleen, & Dorothy Eveline (9).
George & Mary had moved from Hill Farm by 1911 & were living at the Knowle, Taplow, Bucks with children John Richard, a solicitor, Kathleen Mary & Dorothy Eveline. George was described as a brewer & corn merchant. They employed a cook, house maid & kitchen maid.
It is known that George had a love of field sports & in 1914 was the tenant of a grouse moor in Alston, Cumberland.
The Knowle, Taplow, Bucks was their address at the time of death of George which occurred prior to September 1916 when son John was killed in action in France.
At the time of the death of son John in 1916, Mary was living at Rose Lawn,
College Avenue, Maidenhead, Berks.
The children of George Webster & Mary Emma Webster were:
we.9.3.1 John Richard Webster
born Jan-March 1881 at Hitcham, Bucks, died September 9th, 1916 in France
we.9.3.2 Kathleen Mary Webster
born Oct-December 1888 at Hitcham, Bucks, died 1949
we.9.3.3 Dorothy Eveline Webster born Jan-March 1892 at Hitcham, Bucks