In the 1851 census Tettenhall Wood, Tettenhall, Staffordshire
Head Ann Wright, widow, age 63, annuitant, born Bilston, Staffordshire
Daughter Ann Wright, unmarried, age 30, school mistress, born Wolverhampton
Teacher Ann Wright, unmarried, age 25, teacher, born Wolverhampton
Teacher Ann Mason, unmarried, age 21, teacher, born Birminghamm
Pupil Mary Weaver, age 10, scholar, born Worcester
Pupil Ann Weaver, age 5, scholar, born Worcester.
8 other pupils and 2 servants.
[There are 16 females at this address. Three are named Ann Wright, as well as 3 other Anns and an Anna! Not to be left out there are 3 Elizabeths and an Eliza; 2 Marys and a Maria; as well as 2 Susans!]

In the 1861 census Oaken House, Codsall, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton district, Tettenhall sub-district.
Head James William Weaver, age 45, Carrier and Railway Agent, born Birmingham.
Wife Mary Weaver, age 45, born Wolverhampton.
Daughter Mary Weaver, age 20, unmarried, born Worcester.
Daughter Ann Maria Weaver, unmarried, age 18, born Worcester. Son Charles Leatham Weaver, age 13, scholar, born Wolverhampton.
Son Fredrick William Weaver, age 9,, born Oaken, Staffordshire.
5 servants.

Parish Records Lytham, Lancaster
Marriage October 19 1869
John William Sparrow, full age, widower, iron master, residence Penn, Staffordshire, father John Henry Sparrow, iron master and
Mary Weaver, full age, spinster, residence Lytham, father James W. Weaver, carrier,by R. B. Robinson
In the presence of John L. Crowley, James H. Weaver, Jane Sparrow and John H. Sparrow

In the 1871 census Beckminster House, Upper Penn, Staffordshire
Head John W. Sparrow, age 57 [51?], iron master, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Wife Mary Sparrow age 30, born Worcester, Worcestershire
Son Isaac S. Sparrow, age 3 months, born Penn, Staffordshire
a housekeeper, a cook, 2housemaids, a nurse. Also a farm bailiff of Bould

In the 1881 census Beckmister House, Penn Fields, Upper Penn, Staffordshire
Head John William Sparrow, age 61, ironmaster, born Bushbury, Staffordshire
Wife Mary Sparrow, age 40, born Worcester City
Son William H. Sparrow, age 9, scholar, born Penn
Daughter Mary Olive Sparrow, age 6, scholar, born Penn
Daughter Anne M. Sparrow, age 4 scholar, born Penn
Son Cyril E. Sparrow, age 2, scholar, born Penn
Daughter Evline Sparrow, age 8 months, born Penn
1 visitor, a housekeeper and 5 servants (2 nurses, a cook, a housemaid and an under housemaid.)

In the 1891 census Beckminster House, Upper Penn, Staffordshire
Head John William Sparrow, age 71, retired ironmaster, employer, born Bushbury, Staffordshire
Wife Mary Sparrow, age 50, born Worcester City
Governess Mary J. Thomas, single, age 52, governess, employed, born London
Son Isaac S. Sparrow, single, age 20, undergraduate at Oxford, born Penn Fields, Staffordshire
Son Hugh Sparrow [William H.?], single, age 18, bank clerk, born Penn Fields, Staffordshire
Daughter A. Muriel Sparrow [Anne M.?], age 13,born Penn Fields, Staffordshire
Daughter Evelyn C. Sparrow, age 10, born Penn Fields, Staffordshire
Daughter Margaret C. Sparrow, age 8, born Penn Fields, Staffordshire
Son E. Cyril Sparrow, age 12, born Penn Fields, Staffordshire
5 servants, a cook, 2 housemaids, a nurse and a kitchenmaid

In the 1901 census Beckminster, Upper Penn, Seisdon, Kingwinsford, Staffordshire
Head Mary Sparrow, widow, age 60, living on own means, born Worcester [City]
Daughter Mary O. Sparrow, single, age 25, born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Daughter Evelyn C. Sparrow, single, age 20, born Wolverhampton
a cook, 2 housemaids and a kitchenmaid

In the 1911 census Beckminster, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Head Mary Sparrow, age 70 widow, 8 children born alive 6 still living, independent means, born Worcester City
Daughter Evelyn Sparrow, age 30, single, born Wolverhampton
Daughter Margaret Christian Sparrow, age 28, single, born Wolverhampton
Visitor Grandson John Hanbury Angus Sparrow, age 4, born Bushbury, Staffordshire
Visitor Granddaughter Charlotte Mary Helen Sparrow, age 3, born Bushbury
Companion Alice Akid? Nicholson, age 53, single, born Glocester, Gloucestershire
Son Edward Cyril Sparrow, age 32, single, doctor, born Wolverhampton
a cook, a parlour maid, a house maid, a kitchen maid and a domestic nurse [visitor, probably for the grandchildren]
[The grand children are most likely children of son Isaac or possibly Hugh]

In the 1851 census Penn Hall, Upper Penn, Staffordshire
Head John W. Sparrow, age 31, ironmaster, born Bushbury, Staffordshire
Wife Charlotte Sparrow, age 28, born Barbadoes, British Subject
Daughter Charlotte M. Sparrow, age 4, born Penn
Son John C. Sparrow, age 2, born Penn
Son Charles H. Sparrow, 1 month [or week], born Penn
a footman, a nurse, a housemaid, a cook, an undernurse and a monthly nurse
[Charlotte Eyre was John’s first wife. They were married in 1846 in London and had at least 3 children]

National Probate Calendar
July 17 1891
The Will of John William Sparrow late of Beckmister House in the Parish of Penn in the County of Stafford Ironmaster who died 4 June 1891 at Beckminster House was approved at Lichfield by Mary Sparrow of Beckminster House Widow the Relict the Reverend Henry Fleming Baxter of Sibson Castle in the Parish of Sibdon Carwood in the County of Salop Clerk and Richard Williams of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford Manager of the County of Stafford Bank the Executors. Effects 164 542 pounds.