OK let's start from 1901 then:
1901RG13/2646 40 33
Horninglow, Staffordshire
209 Stafford StJohn Dytham, head, 43, Brewer's Labourer, b. Bucks Stowe
Esther, wife, 42, b. Bucks Woughton?
Charles H, son, 17, Cooper's Apprentice, b. Staffs Burton on Trent
Benjamin W, son, 15, Brwer's Labourer, b. do.
Nellie R, dau, 15, Grocer's assitant, b. do.Lily A, dau, 13, b. do.
Edith D, dau, 7, b. do.
1891RG12/2206 59 25
Horninglow, Staffordshire
209 Stafford StJohn Dytham, head, 33, Brewer's Labourer, b. Bucks Stowe
Esther, wife, 32, b. Bucks Wroughton
Charles H, son, 7, scholar, b. Staffs Burton on Trent
Benjamin W, son, 6, scholar, b. do.
Rose W*, dau, 5, scholar, b. do.Lillin A, dau, 3, b. do.
*should be N, obviously, but looks like W
Can you open this link to the 1881 census for John and Esther?
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&indiv=try&h=19298218Do you want to go further back than the 1871 census I posted above?