Mary (Watson) Webster (1848 - 1925)

Born 15 Apr 1848 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of William Dawson Webster Esq — married 15 Apr 1868 in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1925 at age 76 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

Pioneer and settler, of 'Pae Tawa', Fulford Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The ship 'Mary Webster' was named after her.

Background

Mary Watson was the eldest and only surviving daughter of Sarah Patten and John Niner Watson. She was born on 15 April 1848 in New Plymouth.

Marriage and family

On 15 April 1868, her 20th birthday and her husband's 27th birthday, she married William Dawson Webster, the younger son of Sarah Frances Dorset and James Webster, of New Plymouth, formerly of London. They had issue eight sons and five daughters (of whom one daughter and one son died in infancy).

Later years

Her husband died in 1923.

Death and burial

She died on 12 January 1925 at New Plymouth, aged 76, only a few hours after her mother, Sarah Patten Watson, also died, aged 98. She was buried with her husband in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki. Widow, on burial record, last address: Fulford Street.

Grave

"In Memory of William Dawson Webster, Born 15th April 1841, Died 30th April 1923. Mary Webster, Born 15th April 1848, Died 12th January 1925."

Sources

Obit 17 Jan 1925 Taranaki's Early Days, Passing of Two Pioneer Women, Manawatu Times, Papers Past, NLNZ.[1]

Birth reg 1848/641 Mary Watson daughter of Sarah & John Watson, NZBDM.[2]