1861 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse
Surname | First_name | Relation | Condition | Age | Occupation | Where born | Comments |
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Staff | |||||||
Mitchell | Thomas Hood | Head | Mar | 42 | Master | Scotland | |
Mitchell | Jane | Wife | Mar | 46 | Matron | Berwick | |
Nesbit | William | Schoolmaster | Mar | 45 | Schoolmaster | Northumberland, Chatton | |
Nesbit | Isabella | Schoolmistress | Mar | 42 | Schoolmistress | Northumberland, Kirknewton | |
Harle | Mary | Nurse | Mar | 42 | Nurse | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Harle | Thomas | Porter | Mar | 59 | Porter | Berwick | |
Foreman | Jane | Pupil Teacher | Un | 17 | Pupil Teacher | Berwick | |
Thompkins | Mary Ann | Kitchen Maid | Mar | 34 | Kitchen Maid | Gloster, Bristol | |
Inmates | |||||||
Alexander | Alice | Pauper | Widow | 60 | Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
Allan | John | Pauper | Widower | 74 | Ostler | Northumberland, Wooler | |
Allan | Margaret | Pauper | Un | 91 | Domestic Servant | Berwick | |
Allan | Elizabeth | Pauper | Mar | 35 | Seamstress | Northumberland, Ovingham | |
Allan | Elizabeth | Pauper | 3 | Northumberland, Newcastle | |||
Allan | Ellen | Pauper | 11 mo | Durham, Gateshead | |||
Anderson | James | Pauper | Un | 78 | Tailor | Scotland | |
Angus | George | Pauper | Widower | 83 | Blacksmith | Scotland | |
Baxter | George | Pauper | Scholar | 12 | Scholar | Berwick | |
Bertram | Sarah | Pauper | Widow | 37 | Washerwoman | Middlesex, St Lukes | |
Bertram | Joseph | Pauper | Scholar | 6 | Scholar | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
Bowers | Edward | Pauper | Mar | 66 | Ship carpenter | Devon | |
Brown | Alice | Pauper | Un | 68 | Ag Servant | Berwick | |
Burn | Joseph | Pauper | Un | 54 | Labourer | Northumberland, Holy Island | |
Burn | Alice | Pauper | Scholar | 13 | Scholar | Berwick | |
Carton | Margaret | Pauper | Un | 68 | Ag Servant | Northumberland, Twizel | |
Christal | Rachel | Pauper | Scholar | 12 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | ||
Chrystal | Marjory | Pauper | Un | 52 | Ag Servant | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Chrystal | Margaret | Pauper | Widow | 57 | Bait Gatherer | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Crewther | James | Pauper | Scholar | 11 | Scholar | Berwick | |
Crisp | Margaret | Pauper | Widow | 58 | Washerwoman | Northumberland, Belford | |
Dexter | Thomas | Pauper | Widower | 72 | Mariner | Norfolk, Lynn | |
Dixon | John | Pauper | Dv | 56 | Ostler | Berwick | |
Edminson | Ann | Pauper | Un | 24 | Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Elliott | Elizabeth | Pauper | Widow | 71 | Washerwoman | Northumberland, Wooler | |
Filbin | James | Pauper | Un | 23 | Moulder | Ireland | |
Ford | Patrick | Pauper | Un | 23 | Labourer | Ireland | |
Fraser | John | Pauper | Un | 44 | House carpenter | Berwick | |
Gillan | Andrew | Pauper | 14 | Labourer | Scotland | ||
Gladston | Robert | Pauper | Mar | 55 | Bookseller | Berwick | |
Gray | John | Pauper | Mar | 52 | Mariner | Berwick | |
Guthrie | Grace | Pauper | Un | 44 | Domestic Servant | Berwick | |
Hay | Alice | Pauper | Un | 39 | Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
How | Mary | Pauper | Mar | 74 | Domestic Servant | Gilbralter | |
Irwin | James | Pauper | 1 | Berwick | |||
Johnson | Sophia | Pauper | Un | 59 | Ag Servant | Berwick | |
Johnson | Ann | Pauper | Widow | 67 | Domestic Servant | Berwick | |
Johnson | Hannah | Pauper | Scholar | 15 | Berwick | ||
Joy | Sarah | Pauper | Widow | 71 | Grocer | Norfolk, Felby | |
Joy | Sarah | Pauper | Scholar | 11 | Scholar | Berwick | |
Kenneth | Hugh | Pauper | Widower | 79 | Farm Servent | Scotland | |
Kent | Mary | Pauper | Scholar | 13 | Scholar | Northumberland, Newcastle | |
Lee | William | Pauper | Un | 68 | Fisher | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Liddle | Margaret | Pauper | Un | 65 | Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Kyloe | Blind 3 years |
Livingston | Alexander | Pauper | Scholar | 9 | Scholar | Northumberland, Newcastle | |
Lough | Mary | Pauper | Mar | 66 | Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Alanton | |
Macfarlane | Andrew | Pauper | Widower | 82 | Hawker | Ireland | |
McClaren | Margaret | Pauper | Scholar | 12 | Scholar | Berwick | |
McLean | Alexander | Pauper | Un | 48 | Lame from birth | Berwick | |
McNeil | William | Pauper | Mar | 72 | Labourer | Ireland | |
McNeil | Mary | Pauper | Mar | 67 | Seamstress | Ireland | |
Middlemiss | John | Pauper | Widower | 75 | Mariner | Northumberland, Twizel | |
Moor | John | Pauper | Un | 62 | Cooper | Berwick | |
Morton | James | Pauper | Widower | 81 | Farm Servent | Northumberland, Ancroft | |
Nicholson | Robert | Pauper | Un | 52 | Mariner | Berwick | |
Palmer | Mary | Pauper | Scholar | 14 | Scholar | Berwick | |
Patterson | John | Pauper | Un | 60 | Imbecile | Northumberland, Kyloe | |
Pattson | John | Pauper | Scholar | 11 | Scholar | Northumberland, Newcastle | |
Pringle | Robert | Pauper | Widower | 80 | Mariner | Northumberland, Lowick | |
Rowland | Ann | Pauper | Un | 51 | Dressmaker | Berwick | |
Shannon | William | Pauper | Un | 43 | Ag Lab | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Smith | George | Pauper | Widower | 78 | Coal miner | Northumberland, Ford | |
Smith | John | Pauper | 14 | Labourer | Scotland | ||
Stevens | Jane | Pauper | Mar | 43 | Washerwoman | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Sutherland | Fanny | Pauper | Un | 19 | Domestic Servant | Berwick | |
Sutherland | Margaret | Pauper | Un | 21 | Washerwoman | Berwick | |
Sutherland | Frances | Pauper | 1 week | Berwick | |||
Todd | James | Pauper | Un | 49 | Fisher | Berwick | |
Trainer | Mary Ann | Pauper | Mar | 19 | Dressmaker | Berwick | |
Watt | Elizabeth | Pauper | Widow | 29 | Domestic Servant | Berwick | |
Watt | Thomas Henry | Pauper | 2 | Berwick | |||
Weatherby | Matthew | Pauper | Un | 54? | Labourer | Berwick | |
White | Margaret | Pauper | Widow | 65 | Charring woman | Berwick | |
White | Elizabeth | Pauper | Mar | 44 | Deserted wife of a sailor | Berwick | |
White | Robert | Pauper | 1 | Berwick | |||
Wood | John | Pauper | Widower | 86 | Farm Servent | Scotland | |
Young | Jane | Pauper | Widow | 85 | Washerwoman | Northumberland, Ford | |
Young | Mary Ann | Pauper | Scholar | 9 | Scholar | Berwick |
Total residents: 86
Acknowledgment
- Thanks to Jo Marsh for contributing this transcription.
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