I wonder how they ate. 7 adults are a lot to feed. It says they had a vegetable plot and a goat. I don't suspect that would be enough to feed everyone. Someone must have been making trips to town (other than the guy that went to the pub).
It says they lived on a farm, not a house in town. From the pictures I think you could grow enough food for 7 people to live on. Pretty normal up until the last 100 years or so to live on that much land.