| Name | Louisa Jane Webster1 |
| Birth | 18 Sep 1840, Whitehall, N.Y., USA1,7 |
| Death | 27 Oct 1870, Toronto, Ontario, Canada1 Age: 30 |
| Death Memo | 11:45 P.M. |
| Burial | Montreal, Que., Canada |
| Father | John Horatio Webster (1811-1888) |
| Mother | Ann-Elisabeth Porter (1815-1883) |
| 1 | John Bond1 |
| Marriage | 6 May 1865, Montreal, Que.1 |
| Marriage Memo | married by Rev. James B. Bonar. Source quotes Montreal, Canada East |
| Children: | Mary Elisabeth (Nana) (1868-1958) |
| Edith Blanche (1869-) | |
| UNNAMED (Stillborn) |
Westport, July 10th 1870
My own dear husband,
I am about to write you a letter, to be opened only in the event of my suddenly losing my life or my reason, either of which calamities recent events have made me think might come upon me at any moment, and it seems to me in considering these (to me) serious possibilities, as though I should like to say some last words to one so dear to me as my husband.
You dearest, have been to me a loving, kind husband, and the assurance that I think of you in such a light in so solemn a moment, will, I trust to you some consolation, when I shall have passed away forever - and I hope your love will now lead you to forgive all my faults, and forget all my failings, and think of me only as one who in spending a short life with you, has loved you well, and strive through often vainly to make you a good wife, and to make your home pleasant.
Nor can I forget my little ones, so soon, as I believe to be left motherless - Though but a poor mother, I dread leaving my pets where my love will no longer surround them, and the thought of their future stands now between me and my preparation to meet my God. -
I know your affection for me well enough to be confident that you will respect my last wishes with respect to my babes when I am past expressing any interest in them, therefore I beg of you to place my little wilful Mamie in Mrs Van Vliets charge, if she, for the love she has borne the mother will do so much for the child - She is the only living one who I think unites in herself sufficient wisdom, finess and gentleness to guide my little wayward one to be a good and useful woman if God spares her life - She is obstinate to a fault (my own little pet(?)) but so loving and generous - that without the most judicious care, I fear much for her future -
But what is to be done with my gentle dove-eyed Edie - my little loving baby - so beautiful that all must love her - so fond of her poor mother, that my heart bleeds when I think of leaving her - If Ma will take her for a few years + my poor dear mother, no one would be so loving and tender to my babe, and Edie is so gentle that indulgence will not spoil her as it would her sister - I know it will add terribly to Ma's burden, which is already too heavy - but what can I do but give her my treasure.
You darling must try to support them both and provide them with all they need - but after time has healed your heart, you will doubtless (and I wish it so) take to yourself another wife to supply my place, and other children, yours but not mine may inhabit your home - but leave my little ones where no step-mother can affect their happiness or welfare. Do not forget that they have a double claim on your love, now that you are both father and mother to them -
Now, dearest, I must close - heart and strength fail when I try to write more -
Be good darling, and prepare to meet me in another land where partings are never known, and now, may God protect - bless - and comfort you, my own darling husband, is the prayer of your loving and devoted wife.
Louisa
There was a notation on a copy of this letter dated March 12/99 and read as follows:
"Copy of Mamma's last letter for Mamie"
Mamie was what Grandad called Nana at times.
Peggy (Armstrong)