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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.
Baptisms in Sherborne St John for the children of Job and Ann Portsmouth were
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.
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| Name | Age | Occupation | Born in County? | |||
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| 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:
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 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 | |
| Eastrop Mill | ||||||
| Charles Portsmouth | Head | Unmarried | 26 | Miller | Eastrop | |
| Edmund Portsmouth | Brother | Unmarried | 22 | Miller | Eastrop | |
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| Henry and Edmund Portsmouth & Sisters | ||||||
| 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). | ||||||
| 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. | |
| 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 | Figheldean, Wiltshire | |
| Olive A Knight | Servant | Unm | 17 | Housemaid | Figheldean, Wiltshire | |
| 1881 census – Church St., Basingstoke Reference: RG11/1254 (folio 57, p. 16) | ||||||
| Edmund Portsmonth | Head | Unmarried | 52 | Farmer 237 acres, employing 8 labourers & 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| Charles Portsmouth and Family | ||||||
| 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 | |
| Notes:
Charles Portsmouth was the miller at Longbridge Mill.
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| 1871 census – Spencers Wood, Shinfield, Berkshire Reference: RG10/1287 (folio 58, p. 24) | ||||||
| Charles Portsmouth | Head | Married | 46 | Farmer 130 acres, employing 5 men |
Eastrop | |
| Sarah Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 39 | Eversley | ||
| Clara Portsmouth | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Sherfield | ||
| Sophia Cullum | Servant | Unm | 29 | General Servant | West Sherborne | |
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The Sketchbook of Clara Portsmouth
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| 1881 census – Spencers Wood, Shinfield, Berkshire Reference: RG11/1311 (folio 95, p. 5) | ||||||
| Charles Portsmouth | Head | Married | 56 | Farmer 290 acres, employing 10 men, 4 boys |
Eastrop | |
| Sarah Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 49 | Eversley | ||
| Ellen Portsmouth | Daughter | Unm | 22 | Sherfield | ||
| Catherine Portsmouth | Daughter | Unm | 19 | Sherfield | ||
| Clara Portsmouth | Daughter | Unm | 17 | Sherfield | ||
| Louisa Clark | Servant | 18 | Domestic servant | Berkshire | ||
| Note: On census day in 1881, Charles and Sarah’s daughter Sarah was staying at the home of her uncle Edmund. | ||||||
| 1891 census – Spencers Wood, Shinfield, Berkshire Reference: RG12/1000 (folio 56, p. 2) | ||||||
| Charles Portsmouth | Head | Widower | 66 | Farmer | Eastrop | |
| Ellen Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 32 | Sherfield | ||
| Catherine Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 29 | Sherfield | ||
| Clara Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 27 | Sherfield | ||
| Anne Baily | Servant | 13 | General servant | Swallowfield, Berkshire | ||
| 1901 census – Spencers Wood, East Shinfield, Berkshire Reference: RG13/1155 (folio 102, p. 22) | ||||||
| Ellen Portsmouth | Head | Single | 42 | Living on own means | Sherfield-on-Loddon | |
| Clara Portsmouth | Head | Single | 37 | Living on own means | Sherfield-on-Loddon | |
| Alice Marshall | Servant | Single | 20 | General servant | Plumstead, Kent | |
| 1901 census – 21 Milman Road, Reading, Berkshire Reference: RG13/1148 (folio 169, p. 23) | ||||||
| Catherine Portsmouth | Head | Single | 39 | Living on own means | Sherfield-on-Loddon | |
| 1911 census – "Warbrook", Spencers Wood, Shinfield, Berkshire Reference: RG14/6623 (schedule 259) | ||||||
| Ellen Portsmouth | Head | Single | 52 | Private means | Sherfield | |
| Marianne Butwell | Servant | Single | 22 | General domestic | Stoke Row, Oxfordshire | |
| Notes:
The census form recorded that the house had 9 rooms.
The postal address was: Warbrook, Spencers Wood, Reading. | ||||||
| 1911 census – "Merton", Spencers Wood, Shinfield, Berkshire Reference: RG14/6623 (schedule 261) | ||||||
| Catherine Portsmouth | Head | Single | 49 | Private means | Sherfield | |
| Notes:
The census form recorded that the house had 7 rooms.
The postal address was: Merton, Spencers Wood, Reading. | ||||||
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| John Portsmouth and Family | ||||||
| 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 – 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 1891 census – Claremont House, Church Street, Basingstoke Reference: RG12/957 (folio 39, p. 17) | ||||||
| Elizabeth Portsmouth | Head | Widow | 54 | Farmer | Farnham, Surrey | |
| Mary T Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 19 | Basingstoke | ||
| Henry Portsmouth | Son | 14 | Scholar | Basingstoke | ||
| Laura B Hoare | Sister | Widow | 69 | Own means | Farnham, Surrey | |
| Phebe Moody | Servant | Single | 26 | Cook | Cliddesden | |
| Clara A Oatley | Servant | Single | 19 | Housemaid | W. Lavington, Wiltshire | |
| 1901 census –
"Eversley" [Manor Road], Twickenham [Greater London]
Reference: RG13/1189 (folio 29, p. 50) | ||||||
| Elizabeth Portsmouth | Head | Widow | 64 | Farnham, Surrey | ||
| John Portsmouth | Son | Single | 30 | Civil engineer | Basingstoke | |
| Mary T Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 29 | Basingstoke | ||
| Ellen Pike | Servant | Single | 20 | Housemaid | St Mary Bourne | |
| Rose Poynter | Servant | Single | 19 | Cook | St Mary Bourne | |
| 1911 census –
139 Palewell Park, East Sheen, S W [Greater London]
Reference: RG14/3614 (schedule 201) | ||||||
| John Portsmouth | Head | Married | 40 | Civil engineer | Basingstoke | |
| Ada Geraldine Maud Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 36 | Australia | ||
| Gerald Byng Portsmouth | Son | 2 | East Sheen, Surrey | |||
| Amy Norris | Servant | Single | 23 | General servant | Pamber, Hampshire | |
| Rosa Isabel Flatman | Servant | Single | 22 | Nurse | St Pancras, London | |
| 1911 census –
Beech Down, Winchester Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Reference: RG14/6282 (schedule 124) | ||||||
| Henry Portsmouth | Head | Married | 34 | Farmer | Basingstoke | |
| Gladys Irene Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 20 | Enfield, Middlesex | ||
| Elizabeth Portsmouth | Visitor (Mother) |
Widow | 74 | Farnham, Surrey | ||
| Florence Mary Cox | Servant | Single | 19 | General servant | Shoeburyness, Essex | |
| Note: The main home of Elizabeth Portsmouth appears to be the next household. | ||||||
| 1911 census –
25 Connaught Avenue, Mortlake, East Sheen [Greater London]
Reference: RG14/3613 (schedule 77) | ||||||
| Laura Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 35 | Librarian | Basingstoke | |
| Mary Theodora Cooper | Daughter | Married | 39 | Laundry proprietress | Basingstoke | |
| Alexander Gordon Cooper | Son-in-law | Married | 45 | Laundry proprietor | Southampton | |
| Sarah Portsmouth | Niece | Single | 53 | Sherfield | ||
| Frances Elizabeth Bousfield | Servant | Single | 30 | Cook | Barnard Castle, Durham | |
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| Albert Portsmouth and Family | ||||||
| 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 – 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 K Portsmouth | Son | 3 | Basingstoke | |||
| Harriett Witts | Servant | Unm | 15 | General servant | Basingstoke | |
| Lucy Austridge | Servant | Unm | 15 | Nurse girl | Tunworth | |
| 1891 census – Sarum Hill, Basingstoke Reference: RG12/957 (folio 18, p. 6) | ||||||
| Albert Portsmouth | Head | Married | 49 | Clerk | Eastrop | |
| E A Alice Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 43 | Living on own means | Kilmeston | |
| Alice Portsmouth | Daughter | 16 | Scholar | Basingstoke | ||
| Florence Portsmouth | Daughter | 15 | Scholar | Basingstoke | ||
| Albert K Portsmouth | Son | 13 | Scholar | Basingstoke | ||
| 1901 census – 4 Rochford Rd, Basingstoke Reference: RG13/1108 (folio 41, p. 18) | ||||||
| Albert Portsmouth | Head | Married | 59 | Retired Ironmonger | Eastrop | |
| E A Alice Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 53 | Living on own means | Kilmeston | |
| Florence Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 25 | Basingstoke | ||
| A Kearsey Portsmouth | Son | Single | 23 | Basingstoke | ||
| Note:
Albert Kearsey Portsmouth, aged 29 years of 4 Rochford Road, Basingstoke, was
buried April 1907 at Basingstoke South View Cemetery (FindAGrave website).
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| 1911 census – 4 Rochford Rd, Basingstoke Reference: RG14/6280 (schedule 73) | ||||||
| Albert Portsmouth | Head | Married | 69 | Private means | Eastrop | |
| E A Alice Portsmouth | Wife | Married | 63 | Kilmeston | ||
| Florence Portsmouth | Daughter | Single | 35 | Basingstoke | ||
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| 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.
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| 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 | South Cerney, 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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