Census Returns for Needham family
These are the transcriptions I have found for the Needham family living in Derbyshire and Lancashire.

Please also see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~agene/census/derby/  for
full Derbyshire transcriptions of 1851-1881 censuses inclusing Ashford, Chelmorton, Flagg, Monyash, Sheldon and Taddington.


1841 Census
'
Shut House', Chelmorton, Derbyshire (HO107/183/10/4)

Ann Needham  Head (widow) age 40    Publican       b  Derbyshire
George      "       son                            20                            b       "
Matthew    "       son                            20                            b       "
Mark          "       son                            15                            b        "
Ellen          "       dau                            15                            b        "



1851 Census
Duke of York, Nr. Buxton, Derbyshire (HO107/2149/205/1)

Ann Needham  head, widow  age 55         Publican              b Buxton
George    "         son                           33         Labourer             b Chelmorton
Mark         "         son, widower         31        Labourer              b        "
George    "         grandson                  4                                        b        "

(NB Mark's younger son, John was born Aug 1848 was not living here in 1851 but........)




1851 Census
Hartingden Upper Quarter, Buxton (HO107/2151/26/37)

Sarah Newton              head        age 73
Maria Brocklehurst     wid                   42
John Needham                                        2

(NB Maria Brocklehurst was John's Grandmother (Ann's mother)



1851 Census
Litton, Tideswell, Derbyshire  (HO107/2150/551/3)

Matthew Needham  head age 31   Farmer of  120 acres     born Hardlow
Julia             "             wife           35                                               born Litton
Edward  Boden       nephew     4                                                born Stockport, Cheshire
Hannah Ash             servant    15   general servant               born Hucklow

(Matthew married Julia Elizabeth Bowden in March 1851).



1851 Census
Flagg, Nr. Chelmorton (HO107/2149/222/15)

George Dicken                      head  age 31           Farmer (75 acres)              b Flagg
Ellen          "                             wife           29                                                          (b Duke of York)
Ann Ellen "                             dau              4                                                           b Flagg
George Needham Dicken   son              1                                                           b Flagg
Robert Dicken                   servant          33           labourer                               b Flagg  




White's Directory of 1857

Chelmorton
Ann Needham, Farmer/Duke of York


Willaim Needham, Shopkeeper of Flagg



1861 Census
Dishe, Chelmorton, Derbyshire

George Needham    head age 42       farmer of 43 acres        b Duke of York
Bardsley                    lodger      40        farmer                             b Derbyshire

[Duke of York ran by farmer Thomas Skidmore]




1861 Census
Back'O'Three, Flagg, Derbyshire (RG9/2539/85/5)

Matthew Nall            head   age 53 Unm   Farmer of 150 Acres employer    b Buxton
Hannah     "              cousin        76    "       Housekeeper                                   b Grt Hucklow
George F Needham  nephew   14             Farmer's servant                            b Buxton
.....other servants & visitors

(NB Matthew Nall was Ann Nall's brother)




1861 Census
Macclesfield Road, Hartington, Derbyshire  (RG9/2545/77/3)

Francis Drake    head   age  69      Shopkeeper                 born Yorkshire   
Maria      "            wife              53                                              born Hartington
John Needham   grandson  12     Assisitant in shop      born Buxton
....other lodgers

(NB. Maria Brocklehurst remarried Francis Drake)



1861 Census

Back'O'Three, Flagg, Derbyshire (RG9/2539/85/5)

Matthew Nall            head   age 53 Unm   Farmer of 150 Acres employer   b Buxton
Hannah     "              cousin        76    "       Housekeeper                                 b Grt Hucklow
George F Needham  nephew   14             Farmer's servant                          b Buxton
.....other servants & visitors

(NB Matthew Nall was Ann Nall's brother)



1861 Census
Litton, Derbyshire  (RG9/2544/66/8)

Matthew Needham  head age 42    Farmer of 200 acres employing 2  born Chelmorton
Mary           "               wife           29    farmer's wife                                       born Litton
Sarah          "              dau              9    scholar                                                 born    "
Edward       "              son              7      "                                                           born    "
Matthew      "             son              1                                                                    born     "
Sarah Branwell       servant      15    Domestic servant                              born      "

(Matthew's first wife Julia died and he remarried Mary Howe in 1857)



1871 Census
Duke of York, Derbyshire

George Dicken    head  age 51  Publican & farmer of 91 Acres          b Flagg
Ellen             "        wife           48                                                                    b Duke of York
Ann Ellen    "        dau            23                                                                    b Flagg
Mark Anthony      son           18                                                                     b Flagg
Julia           "           dau           16                                                                     b    "
Alice           "           dau           14                                                                     b    "
Matthew  W  "       son            13                                                                    b     "
Jon                "        son           10                                                                     b     "


1871 Census
Cottesmoor, Rutland (RG10/3299/48/7)

Maria Sneath   wife  age  59                                                     born Exton, Rutland
Ann        "          dau           28  general Domestic servant    born Cottesmore, Rutland




1871 Census
Chelmorton, Derbyshire  (RG10/3627/26/5)

Matthew Needham head wid  age 52  Farm labourer        born Chelmorton
Matthew       "           son                    11  scholar                     born Litton
Robert          "           son                    10       "                            born    "




1881 Census
Burlington Place, Burbage, Buxton, Derbyshire (RG11/3455/35/13)

John Needham  head  age 33      Hotel Porter                        b Buxton
Ann          "           wife            32      Lodging house keeper    b Cotesmoor, Rutland
John        "           son              6       scholar                                 b Derby
Annie       "           dau              4           "                                         b Buxton
Maria       "           dau               1           "                                         b Burbage
Maria Drake     widow          73      Grandmother                       b Buxton
Sophia Page     lodger        47      Seamstress                          b London



1881 Census
Flagg nr Chelmorton, Derbyshire (RG11/3447/84/1)

Joseph Redfern  mar    head  age 32   Gen labourer            born Flagg
Sarah      "                         wife           29                                        born Litton
Julia        "                         dau              9    scholar                      born Flagg
John Thomas "               son             8       "                                born Fairfield
George Edward "           son             4                                         born Flagg
William          "                  son             1                                         born     "
Matthew Needham  wid father-in-law 61   Ag Lab                born Chelmorton

(Matthew's daughter Sarah married Joseph Redfern)



1891 Census
51 Buchanan Road, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool (RG12/2976/41/31)

John Needham  head  age 43      Dock Porter                         b Buxton, Derbyshire
Amy         "            wife            41                                                     b Scotland, Rutland
Marie       "            dau             11     scholar                                  b Burbage
John       "             son             16     grain stores messenger   b Derby



1881 Census
Chelmorton , Derbyshire  (RG11/3447/76/4)

George Needham  head unm age 60     Labourer              born Chelmorton



1891 Census
4 Ash Terrace, Fairfield, Derbyshire (RG12/2778/25/48)

George F Needham   head   age 44    Wine & Spirits merchants porter     b Buxton
Ann                "              wife             41                                                                     b Hartingdon
Jessie            "              dau            18                                                                      b Buxton
Ellen               "              dau            12    scholar                                                   b Buxton
Edith              "               dau              4        "                                                           b     "



1891 Census
Duke of York Inn, Chelmorton (RG12/2774/16/5)

George Dicken  head   age 70         Farmer & Publican             born Flagg
Ellen        "            wife            68                                                         born Chelmorton
Sarah Cocker    servant       13        Domestic assistant             born   "


Bulmer's Directory After 1891
Chelmorton
Mrs Ellen Dicken, Vict, Duke of York


1901 Census
51 Buchanan Road, Walton On the Hill (RG13/3452/56/44/269)

John Needham   Head (widower) age 52    Hotel Porter                                born Buxton, Derby
John      "              son                                26    Capt of grain Elevation flat     born Derby
Maria     "              dau                                 21    Topper at Jam works               born Burbage