The Portsmouth Family

The Portsmouth Family in Census Returns

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Job Portsmouth and Ann Watkins were married at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, on 11 December 1794. A Hampshire marriage licence gave the information that Job Portsmouth, a bachelor, was a farmer of Sherborne St John, and Ann Watkins, aged 21, was a single lady of Basingstoke. The marriage register was signed by the two witnesses Harriet Ilsley and Henry Portsmouth.
From the IGI, baptisms in Sherborne St John for the children of Job and Ann Portsmouth were Henry (25 October 1795), Anne (26 December 1796), Edmund (29 April 1798), Job (18 May 1800), Patience (11 April 1802), Harriet (12 February 1804), Richard (28 April 1805), John (8 March 1807), James (16 April 1809) and Hester (10 May 1812).
The two brothers Edmund Portsmouth and James Portsmouth became farmers in the Hampshire villages of Eastrop, a small parish adjoining Basingstoke, and Kingsclere, respectively. Edmund’s wife Mary was the daughter of William Whistler of Basingstoke. James’s grandson Charles Portsmouth married Kate, the daughter of John Whistler of Sherborne St John. The family connection between William Whistler and John Whistler is not known.
Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website.
Note: Place names are in Hampshire unless otherwise stated.
Edmund Portsmouth and Family

Name Age Occupation Born in County?

1841 census – Eastrop Farm, Eastrop Reference: HO107/385/11 (folio 2, p. 3)

Edmund Portsmouth 40 Yeoman Y

Mary Portsmouth 40 Y

Henry Portsmouth 15 Y

Charles Portsmouth 15 Y

Mary Portsmouth 14 Y

Edmund Portsmouth 12 Y

Harriet Portsmouth 10 Y

John Portsmouth 8 Y

Elizabeth Portsmouth 1 Y

Ann Portsmouth 75 Ind. [Independent,
living on own means] Y

William Whistler 75 Ind. Y

Notes: In the 1841 census the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over. A Hampshire marriage licence dated 7 November 1821 was given for Edmund Portsmouth of Eastrop, farmer, aged 21, bachelor, and Mary Whistler of Basingstoke, aged 21, spinster; bondsman: Henry Portsmouth, mealman of St Lawrence Reading, Berkshire. The marriage was recorded the next day at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, in the presence of the two witnesses Henry Portsmouth and Sarah Whistler, the younger sister of Mary. On 17 November 1821 a marriage notice was printed in Jackson’s Oxford Journal: ‘Married – at Basingstoke, Mr Edmund Portsmouth, of Estrop [Eastrop] Farm, to Mary, second daughter of Mr W. Whistler of Basingstoke’ (British Library 19th century newspapers online).
A survey of Eastrop for 1839 recorded that Edmund Portsmouth leased land from both William Apletree and Lord Bolton, a major landowner in the area (North Hampshire Tithe Map Project, website by Gerry Dutton).

Name and relation to
Head of household Marital
Status Age Occupation Birth Place

1851 census – Eastrop Reference: HO107/1681 (folios 271 & 272, pp. 9–10)
Eastrop Mill

Charles Portsmouth Head Unmarried 26 Miller Eastrop

Edmund Portsmouth Brother Unmarried 22 Miller Eastrop

Eastrop Farm

Edmund Portsmouth Head Married 52 Farmer of 390 Acres
Employing 27 Labourers Sherborne St John

Mary Portsmouth Wife Married 50 Basingstoke

Henry Portsmouth Son Unmarried 28 Eastrop

Harriet Portsmouth Daughter Unm 20 Eastrop

John Portsmouth Son Unm 18 Eastrop

Elizabeth Portsmouth Daughter 11 Scholar Eastrop

Albert Portsmouth Son 9 Scholar Eastrop

Francis Portsmouth Son 7 Scholar Eastrop

Robert Pusey Servant Unm 22 Farm Labourer Basingstoke

Thomas Coles Servant Unm 20 Farm Labourer Bentworth

George Lainey Servant Unm 18 Farm Labourer Mapledurwell

Thomas Landon Servant Unm 16 Farm Labourer Oakley

1861 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG9/708 (folio 48, p. 8)

Henry Portsmouth Head Unmarried 38 Farmer of 1050 Acres
employing 34 men, 16 women
& 15 boys Eastrop

Mary Portsmouth Sister Unm 34 Eastrop

Edmund Portsmouth Brother Unm 32 Miller Eastrop

Elizabeth Portsmouth Sister Unm 21 Eastrop

Elizabeth Bohey Unm 18 House Servant Nately

William Myland Boarder Married 38 Carter Winslade

Elizabeth Myland Boarder Married 40 Carter’s Wife Basingstoke

John Ruffle Boarder Unm 26 Carter, Shepherd Bradley

George Jewell Boarder Unm 19 Carter, Shepherd Baughurst

Thomas Smith Boarder Unm 18 Third Carter Clanville

William Strange Boarder Unm 15 Carter Boy Basing

Richard Englefield Boarder 12 Carter Boy Basing

Notes: The farmstead appears to be Merton Farm as an 1865 Basingstoke directory named Henry Portsmouth as the farmer at Merton Farm (Harrod & Co.’s Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1865, accessed from Historical Directories online).
Merton Farm, with a farmhouse located on Church Street, was named in memory of Walter de Merton, a benefactor of Basingstoke in the 13th century. In the 1880s Merton Farm was relocated to land in Aldermaston Road, just outside the town (Robert Brown, "Remembering Walter de Merton", Basingstoke Gazette 4/5/06, reprinted at the webpage: Merton Rise).

1861 census – Sherfield Village, Sherfield-on-Loddon Reference: RG9/710 (folio 82, p. 3)

Charles Portsmouth Head Married 36 Miller employing 5 men,
2 boys Eastrop

Sarah Portsmouth Wife Married 29 Eversley

Sarah Portsmouth Daughter 3 Sherfield

Elizabeth Fielder Servant Unm 15 Servant Weston

Richard Willis Servant Unm 17 Servant Hazeley Heath

James Willis Servant Unm 13 Servant Swallowfield, Wiltshire

1861 census – Down Grange Farm, Basingstoke Reference: RG9/708 (folio 118, p. 6)

John Portsmouth Head Unmarried 28 Farmer Eastrop

Harriet Portsmouth Sister Unm 30 Housekeeper Eastrop

Harriet Paris Servant Unm 16 House Servant Cliddesden

James Paice Servant Unm 46 Yardsman Winslade

Thomas Myland Servant Unm 30 Carter Winslade

Edward Lewis Servant Unm 20 Carter Dean

John Hine Servant Unm 18 Carter Basing

William Andrews Servant Unm 13 Carter Basingstoke

William Cooper Servant Unm 12 Carter Cliddesden

James Cooper Servant Unm 11 Carter Cliddesden

Notes: In the 1841 census the farmer at Down Grange Farm was George Whistler, the uncle of John and Harriet Portsmouth.

1871 census – Norn Hill House, Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 89, p. 18)

Henry Portsmouth Head Married 48 Farmer 750 acres, employing
22 men, 8 boys Eastrop

Eliza Portsmouth Wife Married 38 Farnham, Surrey

Elizabeth Gary Servant Unm 21 General servant Mapledurwell

1871 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 51, p. 8)

Edmund Portsmonth Head Unmarried 42 Farmer of 230 acres, employing
9 men, 4 women, 3 boys Eastrop

Mary Portsmouth Sister Unm 44 Eastrop

Elizabeth Portsmouth Sister Unm 31 Eastrop

Naomi Higgs Servant Unm 24 General servant (domestic) Mortimer, Berks.

1871 census – Down Grange Farm, Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1235 (folio 7, p. 6)

John Portsmouth Head Married 38 Farmer 640 acres, employing
18 men, 5 boys Eastrop

Elizabeth Portsmouth Wife Married 34 Farnham, Surrey

Elizabeth B Portsmouth Daughter 2 Basingstoke

John Portsmouth Son 11 months Basingstoke

John Barrett Father-in-law Widower 79 Retired Brewer Quarley

Emma Boham Servant Unmarried 21 Nursemaid Basingstoke

Susan Owen Servant Unm 51 General servant Cliddesden

James Paice Servant Unm 59 Farm servant Winslade

George White Servant Unm 19 Shepherd Dummer

Thomas Carter Servant Unm 38 Farm servant Cliddesden

Henry Gould Servant Unm 14 Farm servant Wootton St Lawrence

George Izzard Servant Unm 13 Farm servant Basingstoke

Joseph Wake Servant Unm 11 Farm servant Sherborne St John

David Weston Servant Unm 19 Farm servant Sherborne St John

1871 census – Church St, Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 56, p. 17)

Albert Portsmouth Head Unmarried 29 Ironmonger Eastrop

Harriet Portsmouth Sister Unm 40 Eastrop

Mary A Phillips Servant Unm 20 General servant Basingstoke

1881 census – Norn Hill House, Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 90, p. 15)

Henry Portsmouth Head Married 58 Farmer 550 acres, employing
17 men, 4 boys Eastrop

Eliza Portsmouth Wife Married 48 Farnham, Surrey

Emeline S L Knight Servant Unm 20 Cook, domestic servant Figheldean, Wiltshire

Olive A Knight Servant Unm 17 Housemaid, domestic servant Figheldean, Wiltshire

1881 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 57, p. 16)

Edmund Portsmonth Head Unmarried 52 Farmer 237 acres, employing
8 labr. & 2 boys Eastrop

Mary Portsmouth Sister Unm 54 Annuitant Eastrop

Elizabeth Portsmouth Sister Unm 41 Annuitant Eastrop

Sarah Portsmouth Niece Unm 23 Annuitant Sherfield

Emily Prestcott Servant Unm 20 General servant Brighton, Sussex

1881 census – Down Grange Farm, Winchester Rd, Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 125, p. 5)

Elizabeth Portsmouth Head Widow 44 Farmer 520 acres, employing
11 men, 7 boys & 2 women Farnham, Surrey

Elizabeth B Portsmouth Daughter 12 Scholar Basingstoke

John Portsmouth Son 10 Scholar Basingstoke

Mary T Portsmouth Daughter 9 Scholar Basingstoke

Laura Portsmouth Daughter 5 Scholar Basingstoke

Henry Portsmouth Son 4 Basingstoke

Harriet Portsmouth Sister-in-law Unmarried 50 Eastrop

Fanny Gregory Servant Unm 20 Cook Basing

Louisa Gellan Servant Unm 17 Housemaid London, Middlesex

Henry J Whiteland Servant Unm 21 Farm servant in door unknown

James E White Servant Unm 18 Farm servant Herriard

Charles Wise Servant Unm 13 Farm servant Sherborne

Henry C Harrison Servant Unm 15 Farm servant Basingstoke

Thomas Taplin Servant Unm 22 Farm servant Farleigh Wallop

Henry Cook Servant Unm 18 Farm servant Nately

1881 census – Wote St, Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 65, p. 1)

Albert Portsmouth Head Married 39 Ironmonger Eastrop

Eliz A A Portsmouth Wife Married 33 Kilmeston

Alice Portsmouth Daughter 6 Basingstoke

Florence Portsmouth Daughter 5 Basingstoke

Albert H Portsmouth Son 3 Basingstoke

Harriett Witts Servant Unm 15 General servant Basingstoke

Lucy Austridge Servant Unm 15 Nurse girl Tunworth

1891 census – Reading Rd, Basingstoke Reference: RG12/957 (folio 66, p. 12)

Hy [Henry] Portsmouth Head Married 68 Farmer Eastrop

Eliza Portsmouth Wife Married 58 Farnham, Surrey

Mary M Bonner Servant Single 22 General servant Wimbledon, Surrey

Note: This appears to be the same Norn Hill house where Henry Portsmouth was living in 1881. Like the 1881 census the neighbouring houses on Reading Rd were named Bolton Lodge and Ivy Cottage.

1891 census – 1 New St, Basingstoke Reference: RG12/957 (folio 103, p. 11)

Edmund Portsmouth Head Single 62 Living on own means Eastrop

Harriet Portsmouth Sister Single 60 Living on own means Eastrop

Elizabeth Portsmouth Sister Single 51 Living on own means Eastrop

Sarah Portsmouth Niece Single 33 Sherfield

Annie Barnes Servant Single 21 General domestic servant Stratfield Saye

1901 census – 1 New St, Basingstoke Reference: RG13/1107 (folio 33, p. 19)

Elizabeth Portsmouth Head Single 61 Living on own means Eastrop

Harriet Portsmouth Sister Single 70 Living on own means Eastrop

Sarah Portsmouth Niece Single 43 Living on own means Sherfield

Annie Barnes Servant Single 21 General servant domestic Odiham

1911 census – 1 New St, Basingstoke (findmypast.co.uk)

Harriet Portsmouth Head Single 80 Private means Eastrop

Dionysia Aldridge Companion Single 52 Fordingbridge

Ellen Spencer Servant Single 24 Domestic Servant Monk Sherborne

Job Portsmouth and Ann Watkins were married at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, on 11 December 1794. A Hampshire marriage licence gave the information that Job Portsmouth, a bachelor, was a farmer of Sherborne St John, and Ann Watkins, aged 21, was a single lady of Basingstoke. The marriage register was signed by the two witnesses Harriet Ilsley and Henry Portsmouth. From the IGI, baptisms in Sherborne St John for the children of Job and Ann Portsmouth were Henry (25 October 1795), Anne (26 December 1796), Edmund (29 April 1798), Job (18 May 1800), Patience (11 April 1802), Harriet (12 February 1804), Richard (28 April 1805), John (8 March 1807), James (16 April 1809) and Hester (10 May 1812). The two brothers Edmund Portsmouth and James Portsmouth became farmers in the Hampshire villages of Eastrop, a small parish adjoining Basingstoke, and Kingsclere, respectively. Edmund’s wife Mary was the daughter of William Whistler of Basingstoke. James’s grandson Charles Portsmouth married Kate, the daughter of John Whistler of Sherborne St John. The family connection between William Whistler and John Whistler is not known. Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website. Note: Place names are in Hampshire unless otherwise stated. Edmund Portsmouth and Family
Name	Age	Occupation	Born in County?
1841 census – Eastrop Farm, Eastrop Reference: HO107/385/11 (folio 2, p. 3)
Edmund Portsmouth	40	Yeoman	Y
Mary Portsmouth	40		Y
Henry Portsmouth	15		Y
Charles Portsmouth	15		Y
Mary Portsmouth	14		Y
Edmund Portsmouth	12		Y
Harriet Portsmouth	10		Y
John Portsmouth	8		Y
Elizabeth Portsmouth	1		Y
Ann Portsmouth	75	Ind. [Independent, living on own means]	Y
William Whistler	75	Ind.	Y
Notes: In the 1841 census the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over. A Hampshire marriage licence dated 7 November 1821 was given for Edmund Portsmouth of Eastrop, farmer, aged 21, bachelor, and Mary Whistler of Basingstoke, aged 21, spinster; bondsman: Henry Portsmouth, mealman of St Lawrence Reading, Berkshire. The marriage was recorded the next day at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, in the presence of the two witnesses Henry Portsmouth and Sarah Whistler, the younger sister of Mary. On 17 November 1821 a marriage notice was printed in Jackson’s Oxford Journal: ‘Married – at Basingstoke, Mr Edmund Portsmouth, of Estrop [Eastrop] Farm, to Mary, second daughter of Mr W. Whistler of Basingstoke’ (British Library 19th century newspapers online). A survey of Eastrop for 1839 recorded that Edmund Portsmouth leased land from both William Apletree and Lord Bolton, a major landowner in the area (North Hampshire Tithe Map Project, website by Gerry Dutton).
Name and relation to Head of household	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1851 census – Eastrop Reference: HO107/1681 (folios 271 & 272, pp. 9–10) Eastrop Mill
Charles Portsmouth	Head	Unmarried	26	Miller	Eastrop
Edmund Portsmouth	Brother	Unmarried	22	Miller	Eastrop
Eastrop Farm
Edmund Portsmouth	Head	Married	52	Farmer of 390 Acres Employing 27 Labourers	Sherborne St John
Mary Portsmouth	Wife	Married	50		Basingstoke
Henry Portsmouth	Son	Unmarried	28		Eastrop
Harriet Portsmouth	Daughter	Unm	20		Eastrop
John Portsmouth	Son	Unm	18		Eastrop
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Daughter		11	Scholar	Eastrop
Albert Portsmouth	Son		9	Scholar	Eastrop
Francis Portsmouth	Son		7	Scholar	Eastrop
Robert Pusey	Servant	Unm	22	Farm Labourer	Basingstoke
Thomas Coles	Servant	Unm	20	Farm Labourer	Bentworth
George Lainey	Servant	Unm	18	Farm Labourer	Mapledurwell
Thomas Landon	Servant	Unm	16	Farm Labourer	Oakley

1861 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG9/708 (folio 48, p. 8)
Henry Portsmouth	Head	Unmarried	38	Farmer of 1050 Acres employing 34 men, 16 women & 15 boys	Eastrop
Mary Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	34		Eastrop
Edmund Portsmouth	Brother	Unm	32	Miller	Eastrop
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	21		Eastrop
Elizabeth Bohey		Unm	18	House Servant	Nately
William Myland	Boarder	Married	38	Carter	Winslade
Elizabeth Myland	Boarder	Married	40	Carter’s Wife	Basingstoke
John Ruffle	Boarder	Unm	26	Carter, Shepherd	Bradley
George Jewell	Boarder	Unm	19	Carter, Shepherd	Baughurst
Thomas Smith	Boarder	Unm	18	Third Carter	Clanville
William Strange	Boarder	Unm	15	Carter Boy	Basing
Richard Englefield	Boarder		12	Carter Boy	Basing
Notes: The farmstead appears to be Merton Farm as an 1865 Basingstoke directory named Henry Portsmouth as the farmer at Merton Farm (Harrod & Co.’s Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1865, accessed from Historical Directories online). Merton Farm, with a farmhouse located on Church Street, was named in memory of Walter de Merton, a benefactor of Basingstoke in the 13th century. In the 1880s Merton Farm was relocated to land in Aldermaston Road, just outside the town (Robert Brown, "Remembering Walter de Merton", Basingstoke Gazette 4/5/06, reprinted at the webpage: Merton Rise).
1861 census – Sherfield Village, Sherfield-on-Loddon Reference: RG9/710 (folio 82, p. 3)
Charles Portsmouth	Head	Married	36	Miller employing 5 men, 2 boys	Eastrop
Sarah Portsmouth	Wife	Married	29		Eversley
Sarah Portsmouth	Daughter		3		Sherfield
Elizabeth Fielder	Servant	Unm	15	Servant	Weston
Richard Willis	Servant	Unm	17	Servant	Hazeley Heath
James Willis	Servant	Unm	13	Servant	Swallowfield, Wiltshire
1861 census – Down Grange Farm, Basingstoke Reference: RG9/708 (folio 118, p. 6)
John Portsmouth	Head	Unmarried	28	Farmer	Eastrop
Harriet Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	30	Housekeeper	Eastrop
Harriet Paris	Servant	Unm	16	House Servant	Cliddesden
James Paice	Servant	Unm	46	Yardsman	Winslade
Thomas Myland	Servant	Unm	30	Carter	Winslade
Edward Lewis	Servant	Unm	20	Carter	Dean
John Hine	Servant	Unm	18	Carter	Basing
William Andrews	Servant	Unm	13	Carter	Basingstoke
William Cooper	Servant	Unm	12	Carter	Cliddesden
James Cooper	Servant	Unm	11	Carter	Cliddesden
Notes: In the 1841 census the farmer at Down Grange Farm was George Whistler, the uncle of John and Harriet Portsmouth.
1871 census – Norn Hill House, Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 89, p. 18)
Henry Portsmouth	Head	Married	48	Farmer 750 acres, employing 22 men, 8 boys	Eastrop
Eliza Portsmouth	Wife	Married	38		Farnham, Surrey
Elizabeth Gary	Servant	Unm	21	General servant	Mapledurwell
1871 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 51, p. 8)
Edmund Portsmonth	Head	Unmarried	42	Farmer of 230 acres, employing 9 men, 4 women, 3 boys	Eastrop
Mary Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	44		Eastrop
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	31		Eastrop
Naomi Higgs	Servant	Unm	24	General servant (domestic)	Mortimer, Berks.
1871 census – Down Grange Farm, Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1235 (folio 7, p. 6)
John Portsmouth	Head	Married	38	Farmer 640 acres, employing 18 men, 5 boys	Eastrop
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Wife	Married	34		Farnham, Surrey
Elizabeth B Portsmouth	Daughter		2		Basingstoke
John Portsmouth	Son		11 months	Basingstoke
John Barrett	Father-in-law	Widower	79	Retired Brewer	Quarley
Emma Boham	Servant	Unmarried	21	Nursemaid	Basingstoke
Susan Owen	Servant	Unm	51	General servant	Cliddesden
James Paice	Servant	Unm	59	Farm servant	Winslade
George White	Servant	Unm	19	Shepherd	Dummer
Thomas Carter	Servant	Unm	38	Farm servant	Cliddesden
Henry Gould	Servant	Unm	14	Farm servant	Wootton St Lawrence
George Izzard	Servant	Unm	13	Farm servant	Basingstoke
Joseph Wake	Servant	Unm	11	Farm servant	Sherborne St John
David Weston	Servant	Unm	19	Farm servant	Sherborne St John
1871 census – Church St, Basingstoke Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 56, p. 17)
Albert Portsmouth	Head	Unmarried	29	Ironmonger	Eastrop
Harriet Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	40		Eastrop
Mary A Phillips	Servant	Unm	20	General servant	Basingstoke

1881 census – Norn Hill House, Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 90, p. 15)
Henry Portsmouth	Head	Married	58	Farmer 550 acres, employing 17 men, 4 boys	Eastrop
Eliza Portsmouth	Wife	Married	48		Farnham, Surrey
Emeline S L Knight	Servant	Unm	20	Cook, domestic servant	Figheldean, Wiltshire
Olive A Knight	Servant	Unm	17	Housemaid, domestic servant	Figheldean, Wiltshire
1881 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 57, p. 16)
Edmund Portsmonth	Head	Unmarried	52	Farmer 237 acres, employing 8 labr. & 2 boys	Eastrop
Mary Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	54	Annuitant	Eastrop
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Sister	Unm	41	Annuitant	Eastrop
Sarah Portsmouth	Niece	Unm	23	Annuitant	Sherfield
Emily Prestcott	Servant	Unm	20	General servant	Brighton, Sussex
1881 census – Down Grange Farm, Winchester Rd, Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 125, p. 5)
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Head	Widow	44	Farmer 520 acres, employing 11 men, 7 boys & 2 women	Farnham, Surrey
Elizabeth B Portsmouth	Daughter		12	Scholar	Basingstoke
John Portsmouth	Son		10	Scholar	Basingstoke
Mary T Portsmouth	Daughter		9	Scholar	Basingstoke
Laura Portsmouth	Daughter		5	Scholar	Basingstoke
Henry Portsmouth	Son		4		Basingstoke
Harriet Portsmouth	Sister-in-law	Unmarried	50		Eastrop
Fanny Gregory	Servant	Unm	20	Cook	Basing
Louisa Gellan	Servant	Unm	17	Housemaid	London, Middlesex
Henry J Whiteland	Servant	Unm	21	Farm servant in door	unknown
James E White	Servant	Unm	18	Farm servant	Herriard
Charles Wise	Servant	Unm	13	Farm servant	Sherborne
Henry C Harrison	Servant	Unm	15	Farm servant	Basingstoke
Thomas Taplin	Servant	Unm	22	Farm servant	Farleigh Wallop
Henry Cook	Servant	Unm	18	Farm servant	Nately
1881 census – Wote St, Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 65, p. 1)
Albert Portsmouth	Head	Married	39	Ironmonger	Eastrop
Eliz A A Portsmouth	Wife	Married	33		Kilmeston
Alice Portsmouth	Daughter		6		Basingstoke
Florence Portsmouth	Daughter		5		Basingstoke
Albert H Portsmouth	Son		3		Basingstoke
Harriett Witts	Servant	Unm	15	General servant	Basingstoke
Lucy Austridge	Servant	Unm	15	Nurse girl	Tunworth

1891 census – Reading Rd, Basingstoke Reference: RG12/957 (folio 66, p. 12)
Hy [Henry] Portsmouth	Head	Married	68	Farmer	Eastrop
Eliza Portsmouth	Wife	Married	58		Farnham, Surrey
Mary M Bonner	Servant	Single	22	General servant	Wimbledon, Surrey
Note: This appears to be the same Norn Hill house where Henry Portsmouth was living in 1881. Like the 1881 census the neighbouring houses on Reading Rd were named Bolton Lodge and Ivy Cottage.
1891 census – 1 New St, Basingstoke Reference: RG12/957 (folio 103, p. 11)
Edmund Portsmouth	Head	Single	62	Living on own means	Eastrop
Harriet Portsmouth	Sister	Single	60	Living on own means	Eastrop
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Sister	Single	51	Living on own means	Eastrop
Sarah Portsmouth	Niece	Single	33		Sherfield
Annie Barnes	Servant	Single	21	General domestic servant	Stratfield Saye

1901 census – 1 New St, Basingstoke Reference: RG13/1107 (folio 33, p. 19)
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Head	Single	61	Living on own means	Eastrop
Harriet Portsmouth	Sister	Single	70	Living on own means	Eastrop
Sarah Portsmouth	Niece	Single	43	Living on own means	Sherfield
Annie Barnes	Servant	Single	21	General servant domestic	Odiham

1911 census – 1 New St, Basingstoke (findmypast.co.uk)
Harriet Portsmouth	Head	Single	80	Private means	Eastrop
Dionysia Aldridge	Companion	Single	52		Fordingbridge
Ellen Spencer	Servant	Single	24	Domestic Servant	Monk Sherborne

James Portsmouth and Family

Name Age Occupation Born in County?

1841 census – Buckskin Farm, Basingstoke Reference: HO107/385/6 (folio 21, p. 5)

James Portsmouth 30 Farmer Y

Elizabeth Portsmouth 30 Y

Richard Portsmouth 5 Y

James Portsmouth 2 Y

Elizabeth Portsmouth 4 months Y

Notes: A Hampshire marriage licence dated 25 February 1835 was given for James Portsmouth, bachelor, and Elizabeth Smith, spinster, both of Basingstoke. At the wedding the next day at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, the marriage register was signed by the witnesses Harriett Smith and Henry Portsmouth. Richard, the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Portsmouth was baptised at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke on 8 January 1836. The baptismal entry in the parish register described the father James Portsmouth as a farmer.

Name and relation to
Head of household Marital
Status Age Occupation Birth Place

1851 census – Old Farm, Kingsclere Reference: HO107/1684 (folio 256, p. 8)

James Portsmouth Head Married 43 Farmer of 297 acres
employing 18 labourers Sherborne St John

Elizabeth Portsmouth Wife Married 46 Basingstoke

Richard Portsmouth Son Unmarried 15 Farmer’s Son Basingstoke

Elizabeth Portsmouth Daughter 10 Basingstoke

Esther Portsmouth Daughter 8 Basingstoke

Job Portsmouth Son 6 Basingstoke

John Portsmouth Son 3 Basingstoke

Harriet Portsmouth Daughter 1 Basingstoke

Ellen White Servant Unm 17 House Servant Basingstoke

Michael Right Servant Unm 46 Farm Labourer Gloucestershire

Henry Vince Servant Unm 25 Farm Labourer Weston Patrick

Henry Cooper Servant Unm 18 Farm Labourer Basing

George Scutter Servant Unm 20 Shepherd Cliddesden

Thomas Shrimpton Servant Unm 17 Farm Labourer Sherborne St John

Alfred Commens Servant Unm 14 Farm Labourer Kingsclere

Thomas Barnes Servant Unm 13 Farm Labourer Kingsclere

1861 census – Old Farm, Kingsclere Reference: RG9/718 (folio 101, p. 6)

James Portsmouth Head Married 52 Farmer of 266 acres
employing 6 men Sherborne St John

Elizabeth Portsmouth Wife Married 55 Basingstoke

Richard Portsmouth Son Unmarried 25 Basingstoke

Elizabeth Portsmouth Daughter Unm 20 Basingstoke

Esther Portsmouth Daughter Unm 18 Basingstoke

John Portsmouth Son Unm 13 Basingstoke

Henry Portsmouth Son 9 Kingsclere

Sarah J North Servant Unm 14 General Servant Kingsclere

Henry Hussey Carter Unm 22 Carter Ecchinswell

Thomas Cooper Servant Unm 19 Cow Man Kingsclere

Daniel Foster Servant Unm 15 Carter Boy Kingsclere

James Dance Servant Unm 16 Shepherd Kingsclere

Richard Rabbitt Servant Unm 14 Carter Boy Kingsclere

1871 census – Sherborne St John Reference: RG10/1236 (folio 111, p. 8)

Richard Portsmouth Head Married 35 Farmer’s Assistant Basingstoke

Eliza Portsmouth Wife Married 30 Sherborne St John

Charles Portsmouth Son 1 Sherborne St John

Fanny Cane Servant Unmarried 14 Domestic Servant Sherborne St John

1881 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: RG11/1256 (folio 99, p. 10)

Richard Portsmouth Head Married 45 Farm Bailiff Basingstoke

Eliza Portsmouth Wife Married 40 Sherborne St John

Emily Portsmouth Daughter 8 Sherborne St John

Bertha Monger Servant Unm 22 Servant Domestic Sherborne St John

Notes: The Portsmouth family lived next to Eliza’s parents Charles and Eliza Moody of Weybrook Farm. The 1881 census reported Charles Moody, aged 79, as a farmer of 380 acres. It appears that Richard Portsmouth took over from his father-in-law as the farmer of Weybrook Farm.
At the time of the 1881 census Richard’s son Charles Portsmouth was an 11-year-old school boy in residence at a boarding school in the town of Wallingford in Berkshire. The school, on Castle Street, accommodated eight boys between the ages of 9 and 15 as well as the School Master Ezekiel Meadows and his wife Louisa with their four young children (census reference: RG11/1294, folio 75, pp. 1–2).

1891 census – Weybrook Farm, Sherborne St John Reference: RG12/959 (folio 53, p. 7)

Richard Portsmouth Head Married 55 Farmer Basingstoke

Eliza Portsmouth Wife Married 50 Sherborne St John

Charles Portsmouth Son Single 21 Farmer’s Son Sherborne St John

Emily Portsmouth Daughter Single 18 Sherborne St John

William Moody Brother-in-law Single 62 Living on own means Bradford, Wiltshire

Charlotte R. Huntley Visitor Single 21 Reading, Berks.

Fanny Woods Servant Single 17 Domestic Servant Sherborne St John

William Bartlett Servant Single 23 Farm Servant Midhurst, Sussex

Henry Weston Servant Single 19 Carter Monk Sherborne

Edward Smith Servant 15 Carter Winchester

Alfred Dallon Servant 14 Carter Wootton St Lawrence

1901 census – Weybrook Farm, Sherborne St John Reference: RG13/1110 (folio 56, p. 8)

Charles Portsmouth Head Married 31 Farmer Sherborne St John

Kate Ann Portsmouth Wife Married 35 London

Kathleen Madge
Portsmouth Daughter 7 Sherborne St John

Esther Grace Portsmouth Daughter 5 Sherborne St John

Charles John Portsmouth Son 3 Sherborne St John

William Moody Uncle Single 72 Living on own means Bradford, Wiltshire

Mary Ann Epiphania
Dove Governess Single 44 Governess London

Alice Brooker Servant Single 17 Domestic Servant Sherborne St John

James Gardener Servant Single 37 Carter Tiverton, Devon

Notes: The wedding of Charles Portsmouth and Kate Ann Whistler took place in Sherborne St John on 22 September 1892. The history of the Whistler Family in census returns can be viewed.
Charles and Kate Portsmouth and their children emigrated to Canada in the early 1900s and joined Kate’s brother William Whistler in Mission in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, British Columbia.

Name	Age	Occupation	Born in County?
1841 census – Buckskin Farm, Basingstoke Reference: HO107/385/6 (folio 21, p. 5)
James Portsmouth	30	Farmer	Y
Elizabeth Portsmouth	30		Y
Richard Portsmouth	5		Y
James Portsmouth	2		Y
Elizabeth Portsmouth	4 months	Y
Notes: A Hampshire marriage licence dated 25 February 1835 was given for James Portsmouth, bachelor, and Elizabeth Smith, spinster, both of Basingstoke. At the wedding the next day at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, the marriage register was signed by the witnesses Harriett Smith and Henry Portsmouth. Richard, the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Portsmouth was baptised at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke on 8 January 1836. The baptismal entry in the parish register described the father James Portsmouth as a farmer.
Name and relation to Head of household	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1851 census – Old Farm, Kingsclere Reference: HO107/1684 (folio 256, p. 8)
James Portsmouth	Head	Married	43	Farmer of 297 acres employing 18 labourers	Sherborne St John
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Wife	Married	46		Basingstoke
Richard Portsmouth	Son	Unmarried	15	Farmer’s Son	Basingstoke
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Daughter		10		Basingstoke
Esther Portsmouth	Daughter		8		Basingstoke
Job Portsmouth	Son		6		Basingstoke
John Portsmouth	Son		3		Basingstoke
Harriet Portsmouth	Daughter		1		Basingstoke
Ellen White	Servant	Unm	17	House Servant	Basingstoke
Michael Right	Servant	Unm	46	Farm Labourer	Gloucestershire
Henry Vince	Servant	Unm	25	Farm Labourer	Weston Patrick
Henry Cooper	Servant	Unm	18	Farm Labourer	Basing
George Scutter	Servant	Unm	20	Shepherd	Cliddesden
Thomas Shrimpton	Servant	Unm	17	Farm Labourer	Sherborne St John
Alfred Commens	Servant	Unm	14	Farm Labourer	Kingsclere
Thomas Barnes	Servant	Unm	13	Farm Labourer	Kingsclere

1861 census – Old Farm, Kingsclere Reference: RG9/718 (folio 101, p. 6)
James Portsmouth	Head	Married	52	Farmer of 266 acres employing 6 men	Sherborne St John
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Wife	Married	55		Basingstoke
Richard Portsmouth	Son	Unmarried	25		Basingstoke
Elizabeth Portsmouth	Daughter	Unm	20		Basingstoke
Esther Portsmouth	Daughter	Unm	18		Basingstoke
John Portsmouth	Son	Unm	13		Basingstoke
Henry Portsmouth	Son		9		Kingsclere
Sarah J North	Servant	Unm	14	General Servant	Kingsclere
Henry Hussey	Carter	Unm	22	Carter	Ecchinswell
Thomas Cooper	Servant	Unm	19	Cow Man	Kingsclere
Daniel Foster	Servant	Unm	15	Carter Boy	Kingsclere
James Dance	Servant	Unm	16	Shepherd	Kingsclere
Richard Rabbitt	Servant	Unm	14	Carter Boy	Kingsclere

1871 census – Sherborne St John Reference: RG10/1236 (folio 111, p. 8)
Richard Portsmouth	Head	Married	35	Farmer’s Assistant	Basingstoke
Eliza Portsmouth	Wife	Married	30		Sherborne St John
Charles Portsmouth	Son		1		Sherborne St John
Fanny Cane	Servant	Unmarried	14	Domestic Servant	Sherborne St John

1881 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: RG11/1256 (folio 99, p. 10)
Richard Portsmouth	Head	Married	45	Farm Bailiff	Basingstoke
Eliza Portsmouth	Wife	Married	40		Sherborne St John
Emily Portsmouth	Daughter		8		Sherborne St John
Bertha Monger	Servant	Unm	22	Servant Domestic	Sherborne St John
Notes: The Portsmouth family lived next to Eliza’s parents Charles and Eliza Moody of Weybrook Farm. The 1881 census reported Charles Moody, aged 79, as a farmer of 380 acres. It appears that Richard Portsmouth took over from his father-in-law as the farmer of Weybrook Farm. At the time of the 1881 census Richard’s son Charles Portsmouth was an 11-year-old school boy in residence at a boarding school in the town of Wallingford in Berkshire. The school, on Castle Street, accommodated eight boys between the ages of 9 and 15 as well as the School Master Ezekiel Meadows and his wife Louisa with their four young children (census reference: RG11/1294, folio 75, pp. 1–2).
1891 census – Weybrook Farm, Sherborne St John Reference: RG12/959 (folio 53, p. 7)
Richard Portsmouth	Head	Married	55	Farmer	Basingstoke
Eliza Portsmouth	Wife	Married	50		Sherborne St John
Charles Portsmouth	Son	Single	21	Farmer’s Son	Sherborne St John
Emily Portsmouth	Daughter	Single	18		Sherborne St John
William Moody	Brother-in-law	Single	62	Living on own means	Bradford, Wiltshire
Charlotte R. Huntley	Visitor	Single	21		Reading, Berks.
Fanny Woods	Servant	Single	17	Domestic Servant	Sherborne St John
William Bartlett	Servant	Single	23	Farm Servant	Midhurst, Sussex
Henry Weston	Servant	Single	19	Carter	Monk Sherborne
Edward Smith	Servant		15	Carter	Winchester
Alfred Dallon	Servant		14	Carter	Wootton St Lawrence

1901 census – Weybrook Farm, Sherborne St John Reference: RG13/1110 (folio 56, p. 8)
Charles Portsmouth	Head	Married	31	Farmer	Sherborne St John
Kate Ann Portsmouth	Wife	Married	35		London
Kathleen Madge Portsmouth	Daughter		7		Sherborne St John
Esther Grace Portsmouth	Daughter		5		Sherborne St John
Charles John Portsmouth	Son		3		Sherborne St John
William Moody	Uncle	Single	72	Living on own means	Bradford, Wiltshire
Mary Ann Epiphania Dove	Governess	Single	44	Governess	London
Alice Brooker	Servant	Single	17	Domestic Servant	Sherborne St John
James Gardener	Servant	Single	37	Carter	Tiverton, Devon
Notes: The wedding of Charles Portsmouth and Kate Ann Whistler took place in Sherborne St John on 22 September 1892. The history of the Whistler Family in census returns can be viewed. Charles and Kate Portsmouth and their children emigrated to Canada in the early 1900s and joined Kate’s brother William Whistler in Mission in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, British Columbia.

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