Webster family of artists

[*Sandra*]

Lawrence McLay Webster -  1887 Fraserburgh –1941

Lawrence McLay Webster  - M - 1886 - 196/ 160 - Fraserburgh

Lawrence McLay Webster - 54 years - 1941 - 168/1 29 - Aberdeen Northern District.

Sandra

[Speckle22]

Thankyou so much sandra. This is all great x

[*Sandra*]

Pleased to be able to help. 

This from an ancestry tree

Elsie Watt Webster 1873–1953 - born 5 February 1873 - Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
passed away 2 January 1953 - Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Married Robert Alexander Anderson 1870–1917
Born 15 November 1870 - Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland passed away 16 July 1917 - At sea - in WW1

Couple had 2 sons - Harold Webster Anderson - 1905–1955
born 13 February 1905 - Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa passed away 5 APR 1955 - Benoni, Johannesburg, South Africa.

and William Webster Anderson 1913–1959
born 11 August 1913 - Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa passed away 15 February 1959 - Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Sandra

[dbree]

Hi, and a Welcome from me too.

hi,,the censuses show he was a Painter,,not an artist...one census describes him as  "house painter". 

A painter/house painter by day, but an artist by night. A census as informative as it is, doesn't
reveal all.....

At the Fraserburgh Library there is a reading room dedicated to the "Webster Family" of artists.
The plaque reads
"The room is named after a remarkable Fraserburgh family. Alexander Webster (1841-1913) was a painter and decorator to trade, but gained a reputation as a skilled painter of landscape and coastal scenes, in oils and water colours. At least six of his sons were to inherit his artistic skills......."

From a YouTube clip, you can see some of their art work at the Library, the plaque, and also a snippet of the family tree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB_QqOOw0xY
Cheers,
DB

[dbree]

Hi,

Just tagging along with Sandra's excellent work,

Nova Scotia, Canada
Using this link, add Webster, agree to terms and conditions, under counties add Halifax, to view
BMD's for your Webster's.
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/Start.aspx
Marjorie Scott Webster b. February 20, 1896, Dartmouth, N.S. late birth registration April 1957,(3 pages) parents William and Emily marries Arthur L. MacD Boutilier, soldier, parents Allan and Margaret, on Sept. 28, 1916, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Find A Grave, Middle Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia
Lloyd (Arthur) MacD. Boutilier 1895-1972
Marjorie S. Boutilier 1896-1985
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154929335&ref=acom

WW1 Attestion Papers and digitized service file for Lloyd Boutilier, b. May 23, 1895, Brighton
on-Trent, England, NOK Mrs. Marjorie Boutilier.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=56706

Cheers,
DB

[dbree]

Hi,

Obituary for son of Lloyd and Marjorie Boutilier, David Maxwell Boutilier b. Feb. 5, 1924 d. Nov. 29, 2013 with photo
http://thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/1172695-boutilier-david-maxwell

Find A Grave, Middle Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jd6/

Cheers,
DB

[Speckle22]

Hi thankyou so much. Interestingly my grandfather also called alexander (name was passed down) is an artist and has his pictures in his loval museum in hampshire. Funny how things follow through a family. Ive seen pictures on the internet but didnt know he had a segment for the faily in fraserburgh. Fantastic.

[Gordonwebster]

Hi, My name is Gordon Webster. I am also descended from the Webster Fraserburgh Artists. Lawrence McLay Webster was my Grandfather. I would be happy to get in touch with any of the people on this forum. I am new to the forum and am still trying to find my way around. I have found this site to be extremely helpful in confirming some of the facts that I was unsure about and also for giving me much more information.

[dbree]

Hi Gordon, and Welcome to Rootschat 

The posters "witchill" and "speckle22" with the Webster family connection haven't been active recently, but I have sent them a PM (Personal Message) to advise them of your reply.

If you wish to contact either of them privately, you can use the Personal Message system. You need
to make one more post to activate yours. Then just click on the green (when active) scroll thingy under their names.

If you have any other questions about the Webster family, feel free to add onto this post and someone
should come along and try to help. Just a caution.. Rootschat has a "no living person" rule, no one
living can be named in a post. If you haven't already found it, this is the "How to use Rootschat"
post, which may be of help to you.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/how-to-use-rootschat/

Cheers, and enjoy the forum
DB