In the 1871 census Hall, Gosfield, Essex. Head, Samuel Courtauld, age 77, land owner and ???? Manufacturer employing 2402 persons name of Courtauld & Co. (London) Chelmsford ???? ????? & ?????, born State of New York. Wife Ellen Courtauld, age 69, born St. Pancras, Middlesex. Visitor Arthur S. H. Lowe, age 44, Major Royal Sherwood Forrestors, born Lenton, Nottinghamshire. Adopted daughter Louisa R. Lowe, age 26, born Bocking, Essex. Son of ??? [Arthur] Arthur C. W. Lowe, age 5, born Marylebone, Middlesex. Adopted daughter Sarah A. Cariston, age 31, unmarried, born Colne, Essex. Adopted daughter Emily Ely, unmarried, age 55?, born Ware Kent. 19 servants