In the 1861 census Penn, Staffordshire, St. Phillip ecclesiastical parish, Wolverhampton district, Wombourn sub district. John S. Rutter, head, married, age 53, Solicitor, born Walsall, Staffordshire. Wife Harriett E. Rutter, age 38, born Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Daughter Mary L. Rutter, unmarried, age 18, born Wolverhampton. Son John C. Rutter, age 13, born Wolverhampton. Son Edward Rutter, age 12, born Wolverhampton. Visitor William Hibbers, age 13, born Liverpool. Also a Ladysmaid, a cook and a housemaid.

In the 1881 census “The Cedars”, Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey. Head John Simpson Rutter, age 73, retired solicitor, born Walsall, Staffordshire. Wife Harriette Elizabeth Rutter, age 58, born Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Daughter Mary Louisa Rutter, unmarried, age 38, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Son Edward Rutter, unmarried, age 32, born Wolverhampton. Also a cook, a parlourmaid and a housemaid.

In the 1911 census Hotham house, Heron Court, Richmond, Surrey. Mary Louisa Rutter, head, single, age 68, living on private means, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Sister in Law Elizabeth Homer Rutter,widow, age 64, living on private means, born Wolverhampton. 3 servants.