[1] Georgina married Arthur Stanbury Norway in Farnworth Parish Church, Prescot, near Bolton, Lancashire on 24 September 1857.
[2] The couple had two sons, Nevell Edmund (5 August[3] 1858 – 24 October 1902), a surgeon,[4] and Arthur Hamilton (1859 – 25 December 1938), who worked for the Post Office.
However, The Standard used the male pronoun to refer to the author, so it was clear that Norway's gender, while not a secret, was not broadcast.
The Standard said of The Loss of John Humble, her first full-length novel, that "This story will palace the author at once in the front rank.
[9] and The Spectator said "A very spirited story of the sea interspersed with pleasant and lively sketches of Scandinavian manners .