Craftsmen of Aldermaston and Sherborne St John
Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed
at the Ancestry family history website.
Note: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over. | ||||||
Name | Age | Occupation | Born in County? | |||
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1841 census – Weybrook Cottage, Sherborne St John Reference: HO107/386/10 (folio 4, p. 3) | ||||||
John Whistler | 30 | Painter | N | |||
Ann Whistler | 30 | N | ||||
John Whistler | 10 | Y | ||||
Henry Whistler | 8 | Y | ||||
Notes:
In 1841 Ann, the twelve-year-old daughter of John and Ann Whistler, was a
school girl at a boarding school located on New Street, Basingstoke
(census reference: HO107/385/6, folio 8, p. 11).
The house is likely not the Weybrook Cottage, West End or The Forge, built in the early 18th century, described in the Conservation Area Appraisal Sherborne St John prepared by the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in 2004. | ||||||
Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | ||
1851 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: HO107/1681 (folio 298, p. 26) | ||||||
John Whistler | Head | Married | 45 | Plumber & Glazier Master Employing 4 Men | Aldermaston, Berkshire | |
Ann Whistler | Wife | Married | 45 | Theale, Berkshire | ||
Ann Whistler | Daughter | Unmarried | 22 | Theale, Berkshire | ||
John Whistler | Son | Unmarried | 20 | Plumber’s Son | Sherborne St John | |
Henry Whistler | Son | Unmarried | 18 | Plumber’s Son | Sherborne St John | |
Note: The family home, built by John Whistler, was
named Wellington Villas.
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1861 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: RG9/710 (folio 113, p. 29) | ||||||
John Whistler | Head | Married | 55 | Builder | Aldermaston, Berkshire | |
Ann Whistler | Wife | Married | 54 | Theale, Berkshire | ||
Ann Whistler | Daughter | Unmarried | 32 | Theale, Berkshire | ||
Henry Whistler | Son | Unmarried | 28 | Sherborne St John | ||
adjoining house: | ||||||
John Whistler | Head | Married | 30 | Decorator | Sherborne St John | |
Sarah Whistler | Wife | Married | 21 | London | ||
1871 census – Sherborne St John Reference: RG10/1236 (folio 113, p. 12) | ||||||
Ann Whistler | Head | Widow | 64 | Annuitant | Theale, Berkshire | |
adjoining house: | ||||||
John Whistler | Head | Married | 40 | Builder & Decorator, Employs 14 Men + 2 Boys |
Sherborne St John | |
Sarah Whistler | Wife | Married | 29 | Tottenham Court Road, London | ||
John Whistler | Son | 9 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
William Whistler | Son | 8 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Kate Whistler | Daughter | 6 | Scholar | Camden Town, London | ||
Henry Whistler | Son | 5 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Arthur Whistler | Son | 2 | Sherborne St John | |||
Herbert Whistler | Son | 1 | Sherborne St John | |||
Kate Mundy | Servant | Unmarried | 18 | Servant Domestic | Ashe, Hampshire | |
1881 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: RG11/1256 (folio 100, p. 11) | ||||||
Ann Whistler | Head | Widow | 77 | Builder’s Widow | Theale, Berkshire | |
adjoining house: | ||||||
John Whistler | Head | Married | 50 | Plumber & Decorator | Sherborne St John | |
Sarah Whistler | Wife | Married | 39 | London | ||
John Whistler | Son | Unmarried | 19 | Painter | Sherborne St John | |
William Whistler | Son | Unmarried | 18 | School Teacher | Sherborne St John | |
Kate Whistler | Daughter | Unmarried | 16 | School Teacher | Sherborne St John | |
Henry Whistler | Son | 14 | Apprentice Plumber | Sherborne St John | ||
Arthur Whistler | Son | 13 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Herbert F. Whistler | Son | 11 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Emmeline Whistler | Daughter | 6 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Walter E. Whistler | Son | 4 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Arthur Michell | Servant | 13 | Cow Boy | London | ||
1891 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: RG12/959 (folio 54, p. 9) | ||||||
John Whistler | Head | Married | 60 | Builder & Decorator | Sherborne St John | |
Sarah Whistler | Wife | Married | 49 | London | ||
Emmeline Whistler | Daughter | 16 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Ernest Whistler | Son | 14 | Scholar | Sherborne St John | ||
Note: The adjoining house was unoccupied. | ||||||
1901 census – West End, Sherborne St John Reference: RG13/1110 (folio 57, p. 9) | ||||||
Sarah Ann Whistler | Head | Widow | 60 | Living on own means | London | |
Henrietta Kate Whistler | Granddaughter | 6 | Grimsby, Lincolnshire | |||
Alice Eccott | Servant | 15 | Servant | Basing | ||
Note: Henrietta was the daughter of William and Sarah Kate Whistler.
On census day she was visiting her grandmother. The adjoining house was occupied by the builder Henry Baker as shown next. | ||||||
Henry Baker | Head | Married | 42 | Builder | Odiham, Hampshire | |
Emma Lizzie Baker | Wife | Married | 43 | Odiham, Hampshire | ||
Moses Everett | Father- in-law | Widower | 82 | Odiham, Hampshire | ||
Beatrice Ruth Locke | Servant | 13 | General Domestic Servant |
Abbotstone, Hampshire | ||
Notes: On 20 October 1816 Charles Everett and Elizabeth Goddard were married at Heckfield (Hampshire Marriage Index CD, Hampshire Genealogical Society). Moses, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Everett, was baptised at Odiham on 17 September 1820 (the surname was transcribed as Everard in the Hampshire Baptism Index CD, Hampshire Genealogical Society). | ||||||
The Children of John and Sarah Whistler of Sherborne St John in Census Returns | ||||||
Name and relation to Head of household |
Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Birth Place | ||
1901 census – Union Road, Beverley, Yorkshire Reference: RG13/4461 (folio 42, p. 17) | ||||||
William W Whistler | Head | Married | 38 | Schoolmaster: Secondary School | Sherborne St John | |
Sarah K Whistler | Wife | Married | 33 | Sherborne St John | ||
John W Whistler | Son | 4 | Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |||
Harold W Whistler | Son | 2 | Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |||
Notes:
A social occasion in Sherborne St John on 9 August 1893 was
the wedding of William Whistler and Sarah Kate, the daughter of
William Ilsley, a farmer at Brick Kiln Farm in Sherborne St John.
On census day Henrietta, the six-year-old daughter of William and
Sarah Kate Whistler, was visiting her grandmother in Sherborne St John.
The Whistler family emigrated to Canada in 1903. | ||||||
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.
In the marriage register Kate Ann Whistler was described as a
schoolmistress of Sherborne St John. Charles succeeded his father
Richard Portsmouth as the farmer of Weybrook Farm.
The history of the Portsmouth 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. | ||||||
1901 census – Chingford Green, Chingford, Essex Reference: RG13/1637 (folio 47, p. 36) | ||||||
Henry Whistler | Head | Married | 34 | Auctioneer & Building Contractor | Sherborne, Hampshire | |
Helen Whistler | Wife | Married | 31 | Valley End, Surrey | ||
Jessie Whistler | Daughter | 7 months | Chingford, Essex | |||
Lena Whistler [Emmeline] |
Sister | Single | 26 | Sherborne, Hampshire | ||
Ellen Pittianse | Servant | Single | 23 | General Servant Domestic | Spain (British Subject) | |
1901 census – 1 Prospect Place, St Aubin’s Road, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Reference: RG13/5314 (folio 92, p. 1) | ||||||
Matilda Le Quesne | Head | Widow | 58 | Living on own means | St Mary, Jersey | |
John G Le Quesne | Son | Married | 27 | St Mary, Jersey | ||
Annie L Le Quesne | Wife | Married | 21 | St Mary, Jersey | ||
Rachel A Le Moignan | Visitor | Widow | 62 | St Mary, Jersey | ||
Frederick H Whistler [Herbert Frederick] |
Boarder | Single | 31 | Schoolmaster | England | |
1901 census – 4 London Rd, Grantham, Lincolnshire Reference: RG13/3055 (folio 77, p. 28) | ||||||
Ernest W. Whistler [Ernest Walter] | Head | Married | 24 | Wine & Spirit Merchant | Sherborne, Hampshire | |
Florence Whistler | Wife | Married | 23 | Grantham, Lincolnshire | ||
Louisa Nixon | Servant | Single | 17 | General Servant Domestic | Ancaster, Lincolnshire | |
1901 census – 4 Carlyle Rd, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire Reference: RG13/1010 (folio 29, p. 1) | ||||||
Rose Whistler | Wife | Married | 28 | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Phylis Whistler | Daughter | 1 | Gosport, Hampshire | |||
Notes: Rose’s husband
Arthur Whistler, aged 33, was located in the 1901 census
in service with the Royal Navy as a Colour Sergeant.
On census day 31 March 1901 he was a crew member on board
His Majesty’s Ship Majestic stationed at Gibraltar
(census reference: RG13/5327, folio 107, p. 38).
The next transcribed census return shows Arthur Whistler’s daughter Gladys living with her maternal grandparents. | ||||||
1901 census – 15 Church Road, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire Reference: RG13/1012 (folio 68, p. 22) | ||||||
Henry Howe | Head | Married | 50 | Shipwright | Gosport, Hampshire | |
Mary H Howe | Wife | Married | 50 | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Gertrude Howe | Daughter | Single | 26 | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Sarah Howe | Daughter | Single | 25 | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Harry Howe | Son | Single | 23 | Brazier; Brass worker | Gosport, Hampshire | |
Gladys Whistler | Granddaughter | 3 | Gosport, Hampshire | |||
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1911 census – Bryher, Court Road, Eltham, Kent FindMyPast | ||||||
Henry Whistler | Head | Married | 44 | Building Contractor | Sherborne St John | |
Helen Frances Mary Whistler |
Wife | Married | 41 | Valley End, Surrey | ||
Jessie Frances Whistler | Daughter | 10 | School | Chingford, Essex | ||
Denis Amor Whistler | Son | 7 | Eltham, Kent | |||
Reginald John Whistler | Son | 5 | Eltham, Kent | |||
Alice Grant | Single | 19 | General Servant (Domestic) | New Charlton, Kent | ||
1911 census – Law Courts, The Castle, Winchester FindMyPast | ||||||
Arthur Joseph Whistler |
Head | Married | 44 | Marine Pensioner, Hall Keeper & Caretaker of Assize Courts |
Sherborne St John | |
Rose Whistler | Wife | Married | 40 | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Gladys Rose Whistler | Daughter | 13 | School | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Phyllis Sarah Whistler | Daughter | 11 | School | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
Arthur John Pendragon Whistler | Son | 3 months | Winchester, Hampshire | |||
Florence Yarney | Servant | Single | 18 | Domestic Servant | Winchester, Hampshire | |
Daisy Agnes Gaines | Servant | Single | 16 | Domestic Servant | Basingstoke, Hampshire | |
1911 census – Rouen House, Longueville, St Saviour, Jersey FindMyPast | ||||||
Frederick Herbert Whistler |
Head | Married | 41 | Head Teacher St Paul’s National Schools |
Sherborne St John | |
Blanche Whistler | Wife | Married | 41 | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | ||
Reginald Hector Whistler | Son | 6 | St Clements, Jersey | |||
Dorothy Mona Whistler | Daughter | 4 | St Clements, Jersey | |||
The census form noted that Blanche’s father was born in Dublin. | ||||||
1911 census – Les Arches, Jersey FindMyPast | ||||||
Henry Paul Lamy | Head | Married | 38 | Farmer | St Clement, Jersey | |
Emmeline Sarah Lamy | Wife | Married | 36 | Hampshire, England | ||
Henry Lamy | Son | 2 | St Clement, Jersey | |||
Emmeline Grace Lamy | Daughter | under one month | St Clement, Jersey | |||
Paul Marie | Servant | Married | 40 | Farm Labourer | France (Resident) | |
Rachel Ahier | Nurse | Widow | 68 | Nurse (monthly) | St Helier, Jersey | |
Dorothy H Shilcock | Servant | Single | 14 | Nurse (sick) | England | |
Jeanne Olivier | Servant | Single | 18 | Housemaid (Domestic) | France (Resident) | |
Sarah Ann Whistler | Mother- -in-law | Widow | 69 | Private Means | England | |
The census form noted that Henry Paul Lamy’s father was born in France. | ||||||
1911 census – 57-58 Westgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire FindMyPast | ||||||
Henry Richardson | Head | Married | 68 | Inn Keeper & Blacksmith | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
Elizabeth Richardson | Wife | Married | 67 | Manchester | ||
Ernest Richardson | Son | Single | 27 | Engineer Pattern Maker | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
Mrs Whistler | Daughter | Married | 34 | Grantham, Lincolnshire | ||
Harold Whistler | Grandson | 9 | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |||
Doris Whistler | Granddaughter | 6 | Newcastle | |||
Vera Whistler | Granddaughter | 11 months | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |||
Note: Ernest Walter Whistler, the father of the children, was away on census day – possibly travelling on business – as shown next. | ||||||
1911 census – 7 Southgate St, Leicester, Leicestershire FindMyPast | ||||||
Eliza Jenkinson | Head | Widow | 54 | Shopkeeper - Grocery | Ilkeston, Derbyshire | |
Elizabaeth Maud Tomlinson | Daughter | Single | 30 | Boot Lace Hand | Ilkeston, Derbyshire | |
Mary Ellen Tomlinson | Daughter | Single | 29 | German Seamer Shirts & Pants | Leicester | |
Annie Tomlinson | Daughter | Single | 27 | Pasting Socks [insoles] for Shoes | Leicester | |
Ernest Walter Whistler | Boarder | Married | 34 | Export Agent - Typewriters | Sherborne, Hampshire | |
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1921 census – Roseland, Grouville, Jersey FindMyPast | ||||||
Frederick Herbert Whistler |
Head | Married | 51 | Head Teacher,
employed by: Public Instruction Committee, Jersey. St Helier’s New Street Boys’ School, Jersey. |
Sherborne St John, Hampshire | |
Blanche Whistler | Wife | Married | 51 | Home duties | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |
Reginald Hector Whistler | Son | 16 | School | St Clements, Jersey | ||
Dorothy Mona Whistler | Daughter | 14 | School | St Clements, Jersey | ||
John Ernest Whistler | Son | 9 | School | St Saviours, Jersey | ||
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