Augusta Zelia Fraser

Augusta Zelia Fraser (1857/811 December 1925), born Augusta Zelia Webb, generally publishing pseudonymously as Alice Spinner, was an English-born writer of fiction and amateur ethnography who produced much of her work while living in Jamaica in the late 19th century. She published two novels, one memoir, and a number of short stories. Life Early life Augusta Zelia Webb was born in 1857 or 1858, the eldest daughter of a wealthy family of minor gentry. The family's principal seat, which Augusta's father purchased in 1861 from the family of Thomas Wildman, was Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. Augusta spent her childhood there, and she was educated at home. She had five siblings: Geraldine Katherine, Ethel Mary, Mabel Cecilia, Algernon Frederick (born 13 May 1865), and Roderick Beauclerk (born 3 March 1867).