Farmers of the Hampshire Downs
Australian Wildflowers and Flags
Cannon Heath Farm, Kingsclere
Farmers of the Hampshire Downs
Australian Wildflowers and Flags
Cannon Heath Farm, Kingsclere
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Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed
at the Ancestry family history website.
Notes: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over. Place names are in Hampshire unless otherwise stated. | |||||
| Name | Age | Occupation | Born in County? | ||
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| 1841 census – Down Grange Farm, Basingstoke Reference: HO107/385/6 (folio 21, p. 5) | |||||
| George Whistler | 35 | Farmer | Y | ||
| Jane Whistler | 25 | Y | |||
| George Whistler | 7 | Y | |||
| Richard Whistler | 5 | Y | |||
| Charles Whistler | 3 | Y | |||
| Alfred Whistler | 1 | Y | |||
| Notes:
In the 1861 census the farmer at Down Grange Farm was
John Portsmouth, the nephew of
George Whistler. John was the son of George’s sister Mary Portsmouth.
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| Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | |
| 1851 census – Viables Farm, Basingstoke Reference: HO107/1681 (folio 258, pp. 4-5) | |||||
| George Whistler | Head | Married | 48 | Farmer of 860 acres employing 20 men and 2 sons |
Basingstoke |
| Jane Whistler | Wife | Married | 39 | Bramley | |
| George Whistler | Son | 17 | Agricultural Labourer | Ewhurst | |
| Richard Whistler | Son | 15 | Agricultural Labourer | Basing | |
| Charles Whistler | Son | 13 | Scholar | Basing | |
| Alfred Whistler | Son | 11 | Scholar | Basing | |
| Septimus Whistler | Son | 7 | Scholar | Basing | |
| Walter Whistler | Son | 3 | Basing | ||
| Albert Whistler | Son | 2 months | Basing | ||
| Ann Jennings | Servant | 15 | House Servant | Baughurst | |
| Samuel Ealing | Servant | 20 | Ag Labourer | Basingstoke | |
| John Bullpit | Servant | 15 | Ag Labourer | Basingstoke | |
| 1861 census – Litchfield [Grange], Ashe Reference: RG9/712 (folio 160, p. 13) | |||||
| George Whistler | Head | Widower | 58 | Farmer of 660 acres employing 18 men and 3 boys |
Basingstoke |
| Richard Whistler | Son | Unmarried | 25 | Farmer’s Son | Basingstoke |
| Charles Whistler | Son | Unm | 23 | Farmer’s Son | Basingstoke |
| Septimus Whistler | Son | Unm | 17 | Farmer’s Son | Basingstoke |
| Edward Godden | Servant | Married | 57 | Agricultural Labourer | Sherfield |
| Mary Godden | Servant | Married | 43 | General Servant | Kingsclere |
| George Godden | Servant | Unm | 18 | Agricultural Labourer | Sherfield |
| John Godden | Servant | 12 | Agricultural Labourer | Sherfield | |
| Notes:
In 1861 George Whistler’s two younger sons, Walter (aged 13) and
Albert (aged 10), were pupils at the Salt Hill Grammar School in the
village of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire
(1861 census reference: RG9/854, folio 96, pp. 13–14).
Their seven-year-old sister Ellen was a schoolgirl at a small boarding
school in Church Street, Basingstoke. The census form gave Ellen’s
birthplace as Viables [Farm], Basingstoke
(1861 census reference: RG9/708, folio 51, p. 14). | |||||
| 1871 census – Litchfield Grange, Ashe RG10/1239 (folio 61, p. 12) | |||||
| Septimus Whistler | Head | Married | 27 | Farmer of 600 acres employing 5 labourers |
Basingstoke |
| Eliza Whistler | Wife | Married | 28 | Odiham | |
| Emily Whistler | Daughter | 4 | Ashe | ||
| Frank Whistler | Son | 2 | Odiham | ||
| Florence Whistler | Daughter | 2 months | Ashe | ||
| Jane Prewitt | Servant | 16 | Domestic Servant | Kingsclere | |
| Notes: Septimus Whistler and his family emigrated to America in 1880. | |||||
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Alfred and Phyllis Whistler of Kingsclere | |||||
| Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | |
| 1861 census – Swan Street, Kingsclere Reference: RG9/718 (folio 37, p. 8) | |||||
| Alfred Whistler | Lodger | Unmarried | 21 | Farmer’s Son | Basingstoke |
| William Lewis | Head | Married | 52 | Draper & Grocer Master | Farnborough, Berkshire |
| Mary Ann Lewis | Wife | Married | 51 | Highclere, Hampshire | |
| Phillis [Phyllis] Lewis | Daughter | 14 | Assistant in Shop | Kingsclere | |
| Edwin Lewis | Son | 13 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Alice Jane Hedger | Visitor | 5 | Scholar | Broadmere | |
| Notes: Alfred Whistler and
Phyllis Lewis were married in 1870. | |||||
| 1871 census – Cannon Heath Farm, Kingsclere Reference: RG10/1246 (folio 26, p. 5) | |||||
| Alfred Whistler | Head | Married | 31 | Farmer of 1060 acres employing 15 men and 3 boys |
Basingstoke |
| Phyllis Whistler | Wife | Married | 24 | Kingsclere | |
| Jennie Whistler | Daughter | 7 months | Kingsclere | ||
| Walter Whistler | Brother | Unm | 23 | Farmer’s Brother | Basingstoke |
| Patrick Ford | Servant | Mar | 43 | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland |
| Winnifred Ford | Servant | Mar | 44 | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland |
| Ellen Ford | Servant | 12 | Kingsclere | ||
| Charles Ducket | Servant | Unm | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | Kingsclere |
| Charles Butler | Servant | Unm | 20 | Agricultural Labourer | Kingsclere |
| Thomas Verney | Servant | Unm | 21 | Agricultural Labourer | Kingsclere |
| Henry Lovegrove | Servant | Unm | 18 | Agricultural Labourer | Itchingswell |
| Daniel Taylor | Servant | Unm | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | Itchingswell |
| John Joyce | Servant | Unm | 14 | Agricultural Labourer | Fareham |
| Charles Huzzey | Servant | Unm | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | Leckhampton, Berks |
| Julia Smith | Servant | Unm | 21 | Agricultural Labourer | Baughurst |
| Notes:
Patrick and Winnifred Ford worked as agricultural labourers
for Alfred Whistler on the farm at Cannon Heath for many years.
They came over to England from Galway, Ireland about 1848 – probably
because of the potato famine (information kindly provided by Susan Tall).
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| 1881 census – Cannon Heath Farm, Kingsclere Reference: RG11/1266 (folio 45, p. 5) | |||||
| Alfred Whistler | Head | Married | 42 | Farmer of 900 acres employing 11 labourers |
Hampshire |
| Phyllis Whistler | Wife | Married | 34 | Hampshire | |
| Jennie Whistler | Daughter | 10 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| George Whistler | Son | 9 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Alice Whistler | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Alfred Whistler | Son | 6 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Frederick Whistler | Son | 4 | Kingsclere | ||
| Walter Whistler | Son | 3 | Kingsclere | ||
| Kate Whistler | Daughter | 1 | Kingsclere | ||
| Sarah Ruddle | Visitor | Single | 34 | Farmer | Kingsclere |
| Fanny Jane Milsome | Servant | Single | 18 | General Servant | Cardiff, Wales |
| John Rolf | Servant | Single | 62 | General Servant | Kingsclere |
| George Soper | Servant | Single | 24 | General Servant | Hannington |
| Daniel Ducket | Servant | Single | 22 | General Servant | Kingsclere |
| Bernard West | Servant | Single | 20 | General Servant | Tadley |
| George Howlett | Servant | Single | 18 | General Servant | Tadley |
| Winifred Ford | Widow | 53 | Farm Servant | Galway County, Ireland | |
| 1891 census – Cannon Heath Farm, Kingsclere Reference: RG12/967 (folio 37, p. 4) | |||||
| Alfred Whistler | Head | Married | 51 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| Phyllis Whistler | Wife | Married | 44 | Kingsclere | |
| Jennie Whistler | Daughter | Single | 20 | Kingsclere | |
| Alfred Whistler | Son | Single | 16 | Farmer’s Son | Kingsclere |
| Frederick Whistler | Son | 14 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Walter Whistler | Son | 13 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Kate Whistler | Daughter | 11 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Albert Whistler | Son | 9 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| Anne Whistler | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Kingsclere | |
| William Whistler | Son | 4 | Kingsclere | ||
| Septimus Whistler | Son | 3 | Kingsclere | ||
| Walter Whistler | Brother | Single | 42 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| 1901 census – Cannon Heath Farm, Kingsclere Reference: RG13/1119 (folio 95, p. 2) | |||||
| Alfred Whistler | Head | Married | 61 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| Phyllis Whistler | Wife | Married | 54 | Kingsclere | |
| Alfred Whistler | Son | Single | 26 | Farmer’s Son - Worker | Kingsclere |
| Frederick Whistler | Son | Single | 24 | Farmer’s Son - Worker | Kingsclere |
| Walter Whistler | Son | Single | 23 | Farmer’s Son - Worker | Kingsclere |
| Septimus Whistler | Son | 13 | Kingsclere | ||
| Amelia Robinson | Servant | Single | 21 | Domestic Servant | Kingsclere |
| Edward Greenaway | Servant | Single | 51 | Farm Labourer | East Woodhay |
| Richard Webb | Servant | Single | 27 | Farm Labourer | Ecchinswell |
| 1911 census – Cannon Heath, Overton, Kingsclere Reference: RG14/6362 | |||||
| Alfred Whistler | Head | Married | 71 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| Phyllis Whistler | Wife | Married | 65 | Kingsclere | |
| Frederick Whistler | Son | Single | 34 | Farmer’s Son | Kingsclere |
| Kate Whistler | Daughter | Single | 31 | Farmer’s Daughter, dairy work |
Kingsclere |
| William Whistler | Son | Single | 24 | Farmer’s Son | Kingsclere |
| Charles Septimus Whistler |
Son | Single | 23 | Farmer’s Son | Kingsclere |
| Gilbert Whistler | Son | Single | 18 | Farmer’s Son | Kingsclere |
| Albert James Cox | Son- in-law |
Married | 40 | Farmer | Baughurst |
| Annie Cox (née Whistler) |
Daughter | Married | 27 | Kingsclere | |
| Gertrude Annie Hutchins |
Servant | Single | 14 | General Servant Domestic | Ashe |
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Albert Whistler of Hinton Ampner, Hampshire | |||||
| Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | |
| 1871 census – Hinton Ampner, Hampshire Reference: RG10/1223 (folio 38, p. 4) | |||||
| Albert Whistler | Head | Unmarried | 20 | Farmer of 97 acres employs 2 labourers |
Basingstoke |
| Ellen Whistler | Sister | Unmarried | 17 | House Keeper | Kingsclere |
| Fanny Bromley | Servant | 12 | General Servant | Owlesbury | |
| 1881 census – Farm House, Hinton Ampner Reference: RG11/1243 (folio 50, p. 27) | |||||
| Albert Whistler | Head | Married | 30 | Farmer of 97 acres employing 2 men |
Basingstoke |
| Fanny Whistler | Wife | Married | 30 | Steventon | |
| Ellen Whistler | Daughter | 5 | Hinton Ampner | ||
| Margaret Whistler | Daughter | 3 | Hinton Ampner | ||
| George Whistler | Son | 1 | Hinton Ampner | ||
| Matilda Whistler | Daughter | under 1 month | Hinton Ampner | ||
| Alice North | Servant | Unmarried | 17 | Domestic Servant | Egham, Surrey |
| Eliza Cook | Servant | Married | 50 | Temporary Nurse | Ropley |
| 1891 census – Blackmore Farm, Hinton Ampner Reference: RG12/948 (folio 34, p. 3) | |||||
| Albert Whistler | Head | Married | 40 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| Fanny Whistler | Wife | Married | 40 | Steventon | |
| Ellen Whistler | Daughter | 15 | Governess | Hinton Ampner | |
| Margaret Whistler | Daughter | 13 | Scholar | Hinton Ampner | |
| George Whistler | Son | 11 | Scholar | Hinton Ampner | |
| Emily Whistler | Daughter | 10 | Scholar | Hinton Ampner | |
| Dorothy Whistler | Daughter | 8 | Scholar | Hinton Ampner | |
| Robert Whistler | Son | 5 | Scholar | Hinton Ampner | |
| Winifred Whistler | Daughter | 2 | Hinton Ampner | ||
| Maria Taylor | Sister- in-law | Single | 24 | Mother’s Help | Steventon |
| 1901 census – Snow’s Farm, Hinton Ampner Reference: RG13/1096 (folio 40, p. 3) | |||||
| Albert Whistler | Head | Married | 50 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| Fanny Whistler | Wife | Married | 50 | Steventon | |
| Margaret Whistler | Daughter | Single | 23 | Hinton Ampner | |
| George Whistler | Son | Single | 21 | Farmer’s Assistant | Hinton Ampner |
| Emily Whistler | Daughter | Single | 20 | Hinton Ampner | |
| Winifred Whistler | Daughter | 12 | Hinton Ampner | ||
| Fanny Whistler | Daughter | 7 | Hinton Ampner | ||
| Walter Whistler | Brother | Single | 53 | Manure Agent | Basingstoke |
| Notes: The name of the farm
listed on the 1901 census was different from the name given for
the 1891 census. However, it was possibly the same farm since,
for both the 1891 and 1901 census, Albert Whistler’s neighbour
appeared to be James Appleton of Brookwood Dean, Hinton Ampner.
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| 1911 census – Woodlands Farm, Hinton Ampner, Alresford Reference: RG14/6196 (schedule no 21A) | |||||
| Albert Whistler | Head | Married | 60 | Farmer | Basingstoke |
| Fanny Whistler | Wife | Married | 60 | Steventon | |
| Margaret Whistler | Daughter | Single | 33 | Hinton Ampner | |
| Emily Louise Whistler | Daughter | Single | 30 | Hinton Ampner | |
| Robert Whistler | Son | Single | 25 | Farmer | Hinton Ampner |
| Winifred Maria Whistler | Daughter | Single | 22 | Hinton Ampner | |
| May Offill | Visitor | Single | 28 | Brockley S E [London] | |
| Donald Ames | Boarder | Single | 16 | Farm pupil | Tiverton, Devon |
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The next transcribed census return shows Albert’s sister Ellen,
the wife of Arthur Webb Neate.
Walter Whistler, the brother of Albert and Ellen, was also living with the Neate family. | |||||
| 1911 census – Albion House, Newbury, Berkshire Reference: RG14/6368 (schedule no 8) | |||||
| Arthur Webb Neate | Head | Married | 62 | Land Agent & Auctioneer | Cricklade St Mary, Wiltshire |
| Ellen Neate | Wife | Married | 57 | Kingsclere, Hampshire | |
| Anna Humphrys Neate | Daughter | Single | 22 | Milliner’s apprentice | Hungerford, Berkshire |
| Stephen Richmond Neate | Son | Single | 20 | Auctioneer’s pupil | Newbury, Berkshire |
| Ellen Margaret Neate | Daughter | Single | 18 | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| Eva Victoria Neate | Daughter | 14 | School | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| Walter Whistler | Brother- in-law | Single | 63 | Agricultural Machine Agent | Basingstoke, Hampshire |
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