In the 1861 census Bellmont Hill, Lee, Kent. Head John Paterson, age 48, Silk Warehouseman, born Berwick-upon-Tweed. Wife Eliza Paterson, age 29, born London, Middlesex. Daughter Eliza A. Paterson, age 15, scholar, born Lambeth, Surrey. Daughter Esther Paterson, age 13, scholar, born Clapham, Surrey. Daughter Margaret I. Paterson, age 12, scholar, born Clapham. Son John Paterson, age 10, scholar, born Lee, Kent. Son Robert Paterson, age 6, scholar, born Lee. Daughter Edith Paterson, age 5, scholar, born Lee. Son George M. Paterson, age 2, born Lee. Daughter Isabella Paterson, age 8 months, born Lee. A governess and 4 servants.

In the 1881 census “Colonade House” South Row, Lewisham, London, Lewisham district, Lee sub-district. Head Eliza Paterson, age 59, born Middlesex. Daughter Eliza A. Patterson, age 35, born Surry. Daughter Esther Patterson, age 33, born Surry. Daughter Edith Patterson, age 25, born Lee, Kent. Daughter Ada I. Patterson, age 20, born Lee, Kent. Son Sidney Patterson, age 19, born Blackheath, Kent. Niece Mary H. Hindmarsh, age 35, born Berwick on Tweed. Cousin Isabel D. Duncan, unmarried, age 21, born Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cousin Edith H. Duncan, age 19, born Halifax. A visitor Sarah Younger and 5 female servants.

In the 1891 census Dinham? House, Bishops Hull, Somerset. Head William Walton, age 32, living on his own means, born Blackheath London. Wife Ada I. Walton, age 30, born Lee, Kent. Son Francis D. Walton, age 2, born Bishops Hull, Somerset. Mother in Law Eliza Patterson, widow, age 69, living on her own means, born London, Middlesex. A domestic nurse, a cook and a House Parlour Maid.