In the 1881 census 90 Great College Street, Camden Town, Pancras, London. Head Benjamin Howe, age 27, painter, born Durham. Wife Elizabeth Howe, age 25, born Pancras, Middlesex. Daughter Jessie Howe, age 3, born Pancras. Daughter Emily Howe, age 1, born Pancras.

In the 1891 census 14 Hanover Street, Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London. Mother Elizabeth Howe, widow, age 34, charwoman, born Camden Town, London. Daughter Jessie Louise Howe, age 13, scholar, born Camden. Daughter Emily Sarah Howe, age 11, scholar, born Camden. Daughter Florence Elizabeth Howe, age 9, scholar, born Camden.