Leigham House, Streatham in Census Returns     A History of Leigham House Census returns maintained by the National Archives can be viewed at the Ancestry website.
Name and relation to Head of household		Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1851 census – Avenue Road, Streatham     Reference: HO107/1579 (folio 433, p. 26)
John Lyddiard [John William Liddiard]	Head	Widower	72	Retired Warehouse man	St Faith, London
Maria Beechey	Daughter	Widow	40		St Pancras, Middlesex
Edith M Beechey	Granddaughter		8		Streatham, Surrey
William Fetch	Servant	Unmarried	30	Butler	Smarden, Kent
Ann Wood	Servant	Unm	30	Cook	Sundridge, Kent
Elizabeth Dunn	Servant	Unm	30	Housemaid	Yoxhall, Staffordshire
Mary Balsam	Servant	Unm	29	Nurse	Hendon, Middlesex
Mary A Culley	Servant	Unm	33	Parlor maid	Clapham, Surrey
1861 census – Leigham House, Streatham     Reference: RG 9/376 (folio 19, p. 37)
Frederick Whistler	Head	Married	68	Wine Merchant	Greenwich, Kent
Anna Whistler	Wife	Married	63		Greenwich, Kent
George Whistler	Brother	Unmarried	64	Retired Wine Merchant	Greenwich, Kent
Ellen Whistler	Daughter	Unm	33		London
Fanny A Whistler	Daughter	Unm	28		London
Simpson Whistler	Son	Unm	24	Clerk to a Wine Merchant	London
Ellen A Muffett	Visitor	Unm	26		Ireland
Anna G Sidgwick	Visitor	Unm	15		Streatham, Surrey
Elizabeth Powell	Servant	Unm	38	Housemaid	Brixton, Surrey
Mary Ann Read	Servant	Unm	26	Housemaid	Billingshurst, Sussex
Emma Dauncey	Servant	Widow	49	Cook	Dursley, Gloucestershire
John Marks	Servant	Unm	38	Coachman	Melksham, Wiltshire
Charles Skinner	Servant	Unm	16	Footman	Croydon, Surrey
1871 census – Leigham House, Streatham     Reference: RG10/719 (folio 138, pp. 29-30)
Frederick Whistler	Head	Married	78	Wine Merchant	Greenwich, Kent
Anna Whistler	Wife	Married	74		Greenwich, Kent
George Whistler, junior	Son	Unmarried	47	Wine Merchant	London
Ellen Whistler	Daughter	Unm	46		London
Edmund Whistler	Son	Unm	37	Wine Merchant’s apprentice	London
Fanny Adelade Whistler	Daughter	Unm	40		London
Simpson Whistler	Son	Unm	34	Wine Merchant’s apprentice	London
John Powter	Servant	Unm	35	Coachman	Leytonstone, Essex
John Hill	Servant	Unm	21	Footman	Brixton, Surrey
Hannah Turner	Servant	Unm	30	Cook	Stockland, Devon
Mary Ann Sinnoch	Servant	Unm	35	Parlourmaid	Sydenham, Kent
Annie Child	Servant	Unm	24	Housemaid	St Osyth, Essex
George Whistler	Brother	Unm	74	Retired Merchant	Greenwich, Kent
1881 census – Leigham House, Leigham Avenue, Streatham     Reference: RG11/666 (folio 93, p. 9)
Lynch White	Head	Married	61		South Lambeth, Surrey
Eleanor F White	Wife	Married	58		Kennington, Surrey
Edith G White	Daughter	Unm	25		Clapham, Surrey
Constance R White	Daughter	Unm	23		Streatham, Surrey
Ada C White	Daughter	Unm	22		Streatham, Surrey
Rhoda M White	Daughter	Unm	18		Streatham, Surrey
Mary Ann Hull	Servant	Unm	36	Domestic servant	Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Harriet J Pewter	Servant	Unm	28	Domestic servant	Tollesbury, Essex
Mary Elizabeth Cotham	Servant	Unm	19	Domestic servant	Oaken, Staffordshire
Emily Chester	Servant	Unm	28	Domestic servant	Guildford, Surrey
Notes: Census day was 3 April 1881. A few months later, on 6 September, The Times published a marriage notice for Edith Grace, ‘third daughter of Lynch White, Esq., of Leigham House, Streatham, Surrey’ and Sidney M. Poland, of Florence Lodge, Streatham Hill, at All Saints’ Church, Clapham Park.
1891 census – Leigham House, Leigham Court Road, Streatham     Reference: RG12/458 (folio 55, p. 21)
Lynch White	Head	Married	71	Living on own means	Lambeth, London
Eleanor F White	Wife	Married	68		Kennington, London
Rhoda M White	Daughter	Single	28		Streatham, London
Caroline F Clark	Servant	Single	33	General servant	Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Harriet J Pewter	Servant	Single	35	General servant	Tollesbury, Essex
Elizabeth S Pewter	Servant	Single	24	Cook	Tollesbury, Essex
1901 census – Leigham House, Leigham Court Road, Streatham     Reference: RG13/477 (folio 37, p. 3)
Lynch White	Head	Married	81	Living on own means	Lambeth, Surrey
Eleanor F White	Wife	Married	77		Kennington, Surrey
Rhoda M White	Daughter	Single	37		Streatham, Surrey
Elizabeth Pewter	Servant	Single	33	Housemaid (Domestic)	Tollesbury, Essex
Rosa Redgwell	Servant	Single	25	Cook	Tollesbury, Essex
Florence G Earwaker	Servant	Single	32	Parlourmaid	Warnford, Hampshire
Ruth Frost	Servant	Single	15	Housemaid (Domestic)	Tollesbury, Essex
Delia White	Servant	Single	56	Ladies maid	Liverpool, Lancashire
1911 census – Leigham House, 26 Leigham Court Road, Streatham     Reference: RG14/2333
Richard Carpenter	Head	Married	78	Pawnbroker	Brentford, Middlesex
Sarah Brook Carpenter	Wife	Married	73		Rotherhithe, Surrey
Bertie Harry Carpenter	Son	Single	46	Medical student	Rotherhithe, Surrey
Ellen Coates	Servant	Single	18	Domestic	Camberwell, Surrey
Florence Phipps	Servant	Single	20	Domestic	Witney, Oxfordshire
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