1891 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse

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    - Maidenhead
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    - Reading & Wokingham SD
    - Wallingford
    - Wantage
    - Windsor
    - Wokingham
  - Buckinghamshire
    - Amersham
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    - Cambridge
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    - North Witchford
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  - Cheshire
    - Altrincham
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    - Bucklow
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    - Congleton
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    - Nantwich
    - Northwich
    - Runcorn
    - Stockport
    - Tarvin
    - Wirral
  - Cornwall
    - Bodmin
    - Camelford
    - Falmouth
    - Helston
    - Launceston
    - Liskeard
    - Penzance
    - Redruth
    - St Austell
    - St Columb Major
    - St Germans
    - Stratton
    - Truro
  - Cumberland
    - Alston with Garrigill
    - Bootle
    - Brampton
    - Carlisle
    - Cockermouth
    - Longtown
    - Penrith
    - Whitehaven
    - Wigton
  - Derbyshire
    - Ashbourne
    - Bakewell
    - Belper
    - Chapel-en-le-Frith
    - Chesterfield
    - Derby
    - Glossop
    - Hayfield
    - Shardlow
  - Devon
    - Axminster
    - Barnstaple
    - Bideford
    - Crediton
    - Devonport
    - East Stonehouse
    - Exeter
    - Holsworthy
    - Honiton
    - Kingsbridge
    - Newton Abbot
    - Okehampton
    - Plymouth
    - Plympton St Mary
    - South Molton
    - St Thomas
    - Stoke Damerel
    - Tavistock
    - Tiverton
    - Torrington
    - Totnes
  - Dorset
    - Beaminster
    - Blandford
    - Bridport
    - Cerne
    - Cranborne
    - Dorchester
    - Poole
    - Purbeck
    - Shaftesbury
    - Sherborne
    - Sturminster
    - Wareham & Purbeck
    - Weymouth
    - Wimborne & Cranborne
  - County Durham
    - (Bishop) Auckland
    - Chester-le-Street
    - Darlington
    - Durham
    - Easington
    - Gateshead
    - Hartlepool
    - Houghton-le-Spring
    - Lanchester
    - Sedgefield
    - South Shields
    - Stockton-on-Tees
    - Sunderland
    - Teesdale
    - Weardale
  - Essex
    - Billericay
    - Braintree
    - Chelmsford
    - Colchester
    - Dunmow
    - Epping
    - Halstead
    - Lexden & Winstree
    - Maldon
    - Ongar
    - Orsett
    - Rochford
    - Romford
    - Saffron Walden
    - Tendring
    - West Ham
    - Witham
  - Gloucestershire
    - Barton Regis
    - Bristol Incorporation
    - Cheltenham
    - Chipping Sodbury
    - Cirencester
    - Clifton
    - Dursley
    - Gloucester
    - Newent
    - Northleach
    - Stow-on-the-Wold
    - Stroud
    - Tetbury
    - Tewkesbury
    - Thornbury
    - Westbury-on-Severn
    - Wheatenhurst
    - Winchcomb
  - Hampshire
    - Aldershot GP
    - Alresford
    - Alton
    - Alverstoke GP
    - Andover
    - Basingstoke
    - Bournemouth
    - Catherington
    - Christchurch
    - Droxford
    - Eastleigh
    - Fareham
    - Farnborough GU
    - Farnham & Hartley Wintney SD
    - Fordingbridge
    - Hartley Wintney
    - Havant
    - Headley GU
    - Hursley
    - Isle of Wight
    - Kingsclere
    - Lymington
    - New Forest
    - Petersfield
    - Portsea Island
    - Portsmouth
    - Ringwood
    - Romsey
    - South Stoneham
    - Southampton
    - Stockbridge
    - Whitchurch
    - New Winchester
  - Herefordshire
    - Bromyard
    - Dore
    - Hereford
    - Kington
    - Ledbury
    - Leominster
    - Ross
    - Weobley
  - Hertfordshire
    - Barnet
    - Berkhampstead
    - Bishop's Stortford
    - Buntingford
    - Hatfield
    - Hemel Hempstead
    - Hertford
    - Hitchin
    - Royston
    - St Albans
    - Ware
    - Watford
    - Welwyn
  - Huntingdonshire
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    - Blean
    - Bridge
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    - Dover
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    - Eastry
    - Elham
    - Faversham
    - Gravesend & Milton
    - Hollingbourne
    - Hoo
    - Isle of Thanet
    - Maidstone
    - Malling
    - Medway
    - Milton Regis
    - North Aylesford
    - Penshurst
    - River
    - Romney Marsh
    - Sevenoaks
    - Sheppey
    - Strood
    - Tenterden
    - Tonbridge
    - West Ashford
  - Lancashire
    - Ashton-under-Lyne
    - Barrow-in-Furness
    - Barton-upon-Irwell
    - Blackburn
    - Bolton
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    - Bury
    - Caton GU
    - Chorley
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    - Oldham
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    - Rochdale
    - Salford
    - Todmorden
    - Toxteth Park
    - Ulverston
    - Warrington
    - West Derby
    - Wigan
  - Leicestershire
    - Ashby-de-la-Zouch
    - Barrow-upon-Soar
    - Billesdon
    - Blaby
    - Hinckley
    - Leicester
    - Loughborough
    - Lutterworth
    - Market Bosworth
    - Market Harborough
    - Melton Mowbray
  - Lincolnshire
    - Boston
    - Bourne
    - Caistor
    - Gainsborough
    - Glanford Brigg
    - Grantham
    - Grimsby
    - Holbeach
    - Horncastle
    - Lincoln
    - Louth
    - Sleaford
    - Spalding
    - Spilsby
    - Stamford
  - London: Kent
    - Greenwich
    - Lewisham
    - Woolwich
  - London: Middlesex
    - Bethnal Green (St Matthew)
    - Bloomsbury (St Giles & St George)
    - Chelsea (St Luke)
    - City of London
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    - Clerkenwell (St James & St John)
    - East London
    - Fulham
    - Hackney
    - Hammersmith
    - Hampstead (St John)
    - Holborn
    - Islington (St Mary)
    - Kensington
    - Mile End Old Town
    - Paddington
    - Poplar
    - St George's
    - St George in the East
    - St George Hanover Square
    - St Luke's
    - St Martin-in-the-Fields
    - St Marylebone
    - St Pancras
    - St Sepulchre
    - Shoreditch (St Leonard's)
    - Stepney
    - Strand
    - West London
    - Westminster (St James)
    - Westminster (St Margaret & St John)
    - Westminster Union
    - Whitechapel
  - London: Surrey
    - Bermondsey (St Mary Magdalen)
    - Camberwell (St Giles)
    - Lambeth (St Mary)
    - Newington (St Mary)
    - Rotherhithe (St Mary)
    - Southwark (St George the Martyr)
    - St Olave
    - St Saviour's
    - Wandsworth & Clapham
  - London SDs
    - Brentwood SD
    - Central London SD
    - Finsbury SD
    - Forest Gate SD
    - Kensington & Chelsea SD
    - North Surrey SD
    - South Metropolitan SD
    - West London SD
  - London SADs
    - Central London SAD
    - Finsbury SAD
    - Kensington SAD
    - Newington SAD
    - Poplar & Stepney SAD
    - Rotherhithe SAD
  - Middlesex
    - Brentford
    - Edmonton
    - Hendon
    - Staines
    - Uxbridge
    - Willesden
  - Norfolk
    - Acle GU
    - Aldborough GU
    - Aylsham
    - Bawdeswell GU
    - Blofield
    - Booton GU
    - Brinton and Melton Constable GU
    - Depwade
    - Docking
    - Downham
    - Erpingham
    - East & West Flegg
    - Forehoe
    - Freebridge Lynn
    - Gimingham GU
    - (Great) Yarmouth
    - Guiltcross
    - Hackford GU
    - Henstead
    - King's Lynn
    - Loddon & Clavering
    - Mitford & Launditch
    - Norwich
    - Oulton GU
    - St Faith's
    - Swaffham
    - Thetford
    - Tunstead & Happing (Smallburgh)
    - Walsingham
    - Wayland
  - Northamptonshire
    - Brackley
    - Brixworth
    - Daventry
    - Hardingstone
    - Kettering
    - Northampton
    - Oundle
    - Peterborough
    - Potterspury
    - Thrapston
    - Towcester
    - Wellingborough
  - Northumberland
    - Alnwick
    - Belford
    - Bellingham
    - Berwick-upon-Tweed
    - Castle Ward
    - Glendale
    - Haltwhistle
    - Hexham
    - Morpeth
    - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    - Northern Counties JC
    - Rothbury
    - Tynemouth
  - Nottinghamshire
    - Basford
    - Bingham
    - East Retford
    - Mansfield
    - Newark
    - Nottingham
    - Radford
    - Southwell
    - Thurgarton Incorporation
    - Worksop
  - Oxfordshire
    - Banbury
    - Bicester
    - Chipping Norton
    - Headington
    - Henley
    - Oxford
    - Thame
    - Witney
    - Woodstock
  - Rutland
    - Oakham
    - Uppingham
  - Shropshire (Salop)
    - Atcham (& Shrewsbury)
    - Bridgnorth
    - Church Stretton
    - Cleobury Mortimer
    - Clun
    - (Market) Drayton
    - Ellesmere
    - Ludlow
    - Madeley
    - Newport
    - Oswestry
    - Shifnal
    - Shrewsbury
    - South-East Shropshire SD
    - Wellington
    - Wem
    - Whitchurch
  - Somerset
    - Axbridge
    - Bath
    - Bedminster
    - Bridgwater
    - Chard
    - Clutton
    - Dulverton
    - Frome
    - Keynsham
    - Langport
    - Long Ashton
    - Shepton Mallet
    - Taunton
    - Wellington
    - Wells
    - Williton
    - Wincanton
    - Yeovil
  - Staffordshire
    - Alstonfield GU
    - Burton Upon Trent
    - Cannock
    - Cheadle
    - Leek
    - Lichfield
    - Newcastle-under-Lyme
    - Penkridge
    - Seisdon
    - Stafford
    - Stoke-upon-Trent
    - Stone
    - Tamworth
    - Uttoxeter
    - Walsall
    - Walsall & West Bromwich JC
    - Walsall & West Bromwich SD
    - West Bromwich
    - Wolstanton & Burslem
    - Wolverhampton
  - Suffolk
    - Blything
    - Bosmere & Claydon
    - Bury St Edmunds
    - Colneis & Carlford
    - Cosford
    - Hartismere
    - Hoxne
    - Ipswich
    - Loes and Wilford
    - Mildenhall
    - Mutford & Lothingland
    - Plomesgate
    - Risbridge
    - Samford
    - Stow
    - Sudbury
    - Thingoe
    - Wangford
    - Woodbridge
  - Surrey
    - Ash GU
    - Chertsey
    - Croydon
    - Dorking
    - Epsom
    - Farnham
    - Godstone
    - Guildford
    - Hambledon
    - Kingston
    - Reigate
    - Richmond
  - Sussex
    - Arundel
    - Battle
    - Brighton
    - Chailey
    - Chichester
    - Cuckfield
    - East Grinstead
    - East Preston
    - Eastbourne
    - Hailsham
    - Hastings
    - Horsham
    - Lewes
    - Midhurst
    - Newhaven
    - Petworth
    - Rye
    - Steyning
    - Sutton GU
    - Thakeham
    - Ticehurst
    - Uckfield
    - Westbourne
    - West Firle
    - Westhampnett
  - Warwickshire
    - Alcester
    - Aston
    - Atherstone
    - Bedworth GU
    - Birmingham
    - Coventry
    - Foleshill
    - Meriden
    - Nuneaton
    - Rugby
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Solihull
    - Southam
    - Stratford-on-Avon
    - Warwick
  - Westmorland
    - East Ward
    - Kendal
    - West Ward
  - Wiltshire
    - Alderbury (Salisbury)
    - Amesbury
    - Bradford on Avon
    - Calne
    - Chippenham
    - Cricklade & Wootton Bassett
    - Devizes
    - Highworth & Swindon
    - Malmesbury
    - Marlborough
    - Melksham
    - Mere
    - Pewsey
    - Salisbury
    - Tisbury
    - Trowbridge
    - Warminster
    - Westbury & Whorwellsdown
    - Wilton
  - Worcestershire
    - Bromsgrove
    - Droitwich
    - Dudley
    - Evesham
    - Kidderminster
    - King's Norton
    - Martley
    - Pershore
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Stourbridge
    - Tenbury
    - Upton-upon-Severn
    - Worcester
  - Yorkshire, E. Riding
    - Beverley
    - Bridlington
    - Driffield
    - Howden
    - Kingston upon Hull
    - Patrington
    - Pocklington
    - Sculcoates
    - Skirlaugh
    - York
  - Yorkshire, N. Riding
    - Aysgarth
    - Bainbridge GU
    - Bedale
    - Easingwold
    - Guisborough
    - Helmsley
    - Kirkby Moorside
    - Leyburn
    - Malton
    - Middlesbrough
    - Northallerton
    - Pickering
    - Reeth
    - Richmond
    - Scarborough
    - Stokesley
    - Thirsk
    - Whitby
  - Yorkshire, W. Riding
    - Barnsley
    - Barwick-in-Elmet GU
    - Bradford
    - Bramley
    - Carlton GU
    - Dewsbury
    - Doncaster
    - Ecclesall Bierlow
    - Goole
    - Great Ouseburn
    - Great Preston GU
    - Halifax
    - Hemsworth
    - Holbeck
    - Huddersfield
    - Hunslet
    - Keighley
    - Knaresborough
    - Leeds
    - North Bierley
    - Pateley Bridge
    - Penistone
    - Pontefract
    - Ripon
    - Rotherham
    - Saddleworth
    - Sedbergh
    - Selby
    - Settle
    - Sheffield
    - Skipton
    - Tadcaster
    - Thorne
    - Todmorden
    - Wakefield
    - Wetherby
    - Wharfedale
    - Wortley
- Welsh Poor Law Unions
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  - Anglesey
    - Anglesey
    - Holyhead
  - Brecknock (Breconshire)
    - Brecknock
    - Builth
    - Crickhowell
    - Hay
  - Cardiganshire
    - Aberayron
    - Aberystwyth
    - Cardigan
    - Lampeter
    - Tregaron
  - Carmarthenshire
  - Carnarvonshire
  - Denbighshire
    - Llanrwst
    - Ruthin
    - Wrexham
  - Flintshire
  - Glamorgan
    - Bridgend & Cowbridge
    - Cardiff
    - Gower
    - Merthyr Tydfil
    - Neath
    - Pontardawe
    - Pontypridd
    - Swansea
  - Merionethshire
    - Bala
    - Corwen
    - Dolgelley
    - Festiniog
  - Monmouthshire
    - Abergavenny
    - Bedwellty
    - Chepstow
    - Monmouth
    - Newport
    - Pontypool
  - Montgomeryshire
  - Pembrokeshire
  - Radnorshire
- Irish Poor Law Unions
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  - Co. Antrim
    - Antrim
    - Ballycastle
    - Ballymena
    - Ballymoney
    - Belfast
    - Larne
    - Lisburn
  - Co. Armagh
    - Armagh
    - Lurgan
  - Co. Carlow
    - Carlow
  - Co. Cavan
    - Bailieborough
    - Bawnboy
    - Cavan
    - Cootehill
  - Co. Clare
    - Ballyvaughan
    - Corofin
    - Ennis
    - Ennistymon
    - Kildysart (Killadysert)
    - Kilrush
    - Scariff
    - Tulla
  - Co. Cork
    - Bandon
    - Bantry
    - Castletownbere
    - Clonakilty
    - Cork
    - Dunmanway
    - Fermoy
    - Kanturk
    - Kinsale
    - Macroom
    - Mallow
    - Midleton
    - Millstreet
    - Mitchelstown
    - Schull (Skull)
    - Skibbereen
    - Youghal
  - Co. Donegal
    - Ballyshannon
    - Donegal
    - Dunfanaghy
    - Glenties
    - Inishowen
    - Letterkenny
    - Milford
    - Stranorlar
  - Co. Down
    - Banbridge
    - Downpatrick
    - Kilkeel
    - Newry
    - Newtownards
  - Co. Dublin
    - Balrothery
    - Dublin North
    - Dublin South
    - Rathdown
  - Co. Fermanagh
    - Enniskillen
    - Lisnaskea
    - Lowtherstown
  - Co. Galway
    - Ballinasloe
    - Clifden
    - Galway
    - Glenamaddy
    - Gort
    - Loughrea
    - Mountbellew
    - Oughterard
    - Portumna
    - Tuam
  - Co. Kerry
    - Cahirciveen
    - Dingle
    - Kenmare
    - Killarney
    - Listowel
    - Tralee
  - Co. Kildare
    - Athy
    - Celbridge
    - Naas
  - Co. Kilkenny
    - Callan
    - Castlecomer
    - Kilkenny
    - Thomastown
    - Urlingford
  - Co. Laois (Queen's)
    - Abbeyleix
    - Donaghmore
    - Mountmellick
  - Co. Leitrim
    - Carrick-on-Shannon
    - Manorhamilton
    - Mohill
  - Co. Limerick
    - Croom
    - Glin
    - Kilmallock
    - Limerick
    - Newcastle
    - Rathkeale
  - Co. Londonderry
    - Coleraine
    - Londonderry
    - Magherafelt
    - Newtown Limavady
  - Co. Longford
    - Ballymahon
    - Granard
    - Longford
  - Co. Louth
    - Ardee
    - Drogheda
    - Dundalk
  - Co. Mayo
    - Ballina
    - Ballinrobe
    - Belmullet
    - Castlebar
    - Claremorris
    - Killala
    - Newport
    - Swineford
    - Westport
  - Co. Meath
    - Dunshaughlin
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    - Navan
    - Oldcastle
    - Trim
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    - Castleblayney
    - Clones
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    - Edenderry
    - Parsonstown
    - Tullamore
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    - Boyle
    - Castlerea
    - Roscommon
    - Strokestown
  - Co. Sligo
    - Dromore West
    - Sligo
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    - Cashel
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    - Nenagh
    - Roscrea
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    - Castlederg
    - Clogher
    - Cookstown
    - Dungannon
    - Gortin
    - Omagh
    - Strabane
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    - Dungarvan
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    - Lismore
    - Waterford
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    - Athlone
    - Castletowndelvin
    - Mullingar
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    - New Ross
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1891 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse

Surname	First_name	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Where born	Comments
Staff
Graham	Robert	Head	Married	46	Workhouse Master	Scotland
Graham	Annie	Wife	Married	34	Workhouse Matron	Folkstone, Kent
Graham	Cora	Daughter		12		Plymouth, Devon	Unsure of first name
Graham	Effie	Daughter		10		Devonport, Devon
Graham	Robert	Son		8		Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland
Cuthbert	James	Officer	Married	59	Workhouse Porter	Ford, Northumberland
Cuthbert	Margaret	Officer	Married	60	Workhouse Portress	Scotland
Downes	Jane	Officer	Married	43	Workhouse Nurse	Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland
Miller	Elizabeth	Officer	Single	40	Workhouse Lunatic Attendant	Wooler, Northumberland
Davidson	Mary	Officer	Single	25	Wokrkhouse Girls Attendant	East Ord, Northumberland
Inmates
Aitchison	James	Pauper	Married	55	General labourer	Scotland
Alexander	Margaret	Pauper	Single	53	Field-worker	Spittal, Northumberland
Allan	Kenny	Pauper	Widower	61	Domestic Servant, Coachman	Berwick, Northumberland
Allan	Sarah	Pauper		12		Berwick, Northumberland
Allan	Rachel	Pauper		5		Berwick, Northumberland
Allan	Sarah	Pauper	Single	26	Field-worker	Berwick, Northumberland
Allan	Catherine	Pauper		8		Berwick, Northumberland
Allan	Alice	Pauper		1		Berwick, Northumberland
Anderson	Isabella	Pauper	Single	52	Manure Mill-worker	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Anderson	James	Vagrant	Single	27	Tailor	Scotland
Anderson	Ralph	Pauper	Widower	75	Gardener	Scotland
Bartram	William	Pauper	Single	73	Farm Servant	Ord, Northumberland	Imbecile
Bell	Edward	Pauper	Married	70	Tailor	Berwick, Northumberland
Binny	Agnes	Pauper	Single	81	Field-worker	Scotland
Bolton	George	Pauper	Single	80	Salmon-fisher	Norham, Northumberland
Bowes	Joseph	Pauper	Single	45	General labourer	Ireland
Box	Fred. George	Vagrant	Single	35	Grocer's Assistant	Dudley, Stafford
Brown	John	Pauper	Married	63	Furnace Stoker at Foundry	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Brown	Alice	Pauper		12		Alnwick, Northumberland
Brown	Joseph	Pauper		10		Lowick, Northumberland
Brown	Andrew	Pauper		10		Lowick, Northumberland
Brown	George	Pauper		7		Unthank, Northumberland
Brown	William	Vagrant	Married	45	Stoker on Steam Ship	Scotland
Brylin	John	Vagrant	Single	37	Coal-miner	Crook, Durham
Buglass	James	Pauper		9		Berwick, Northumberland
Burns	Isabella	Pauper	Single	33	Domestic Servant, Cook	Berwick, Northumberland
Burns	James	Pauper		5		Berwick, Northumberland
Burns	Robert	Pauper	Married	66	Shoemaker	Berwick, Northumberland
Butter	Michael	Pauper	Widower	72	Master Labourer	Ireland
Butterwork	William	Pauper	Widower	50	Labourer in Foundry	Manchester, Lancashire
Caisly	Margaret	Pauper	Widow	78	General servant	Ireland
Campbell	George	Pauper	Single	49	Lamplighter & ? Miner	Spittal, Northumberland	Idiot from childhood
Campbell	Mathew	Pauper	Single	43	General labourer	Spittal, Northumberland	Dumb & Idiot from childhood
Carlin	James	Pauper		12	Cook, Domestic Servant	Berwick, Northumberland
Charm	John	Pauper	Single	68	Hatter	Preston, Lancashire
Clymie	Rebecca	Pauper	Widow	76		Ireland
Cockburn	William	Pauper	Married	70		Ireland
Cooney	Catherine	Pauper	Widow	64	Master Labourer	Ireland
Cox	Patrick	Pauper		68	Cabinetmaker	Ireland
Crymer	George	Pauper	Widower	68	Seaman	Spittal, Northumberland
Curry	John Turner	Pauper	Widower	77	Seaman	Berwick, Northumberland
Deas	Margaret	Pauper		7		Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Dickson	Jane	Pauper	Single	67	Hat Trimmer	Berwick, Northumberland
Dickson	Robert	Pauper	Single	42	General labourer	Scotland
Dickson	Mary	Pauper	Widow	76	General servant	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Dorrington	Edward	Vagrant	Widower	62	Shoemaker	Manchester, Lancashire
Douglas	Annie	Pauper	Married	31	Field-worker	Scotland
Douglas	James	Pauper		1		Berwick, Northumberland
Douglas	William	Pauper		2 months		Berwick, Northumberland
Douglass	William	Pauper	Single	63	Agricultural Labourer	Ord, Northumberland
Dryden	Margaret	Pauper	Widow	80	Farm servant	Scotland
Duffy	James	Vagrant	Single	45	General labourer	Ireland
Ellison	Andrew	Pauper	Single	66	Printer	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Emery	Jane	Pauper	Single	36	Field-worker	Berwick, Northumberland
Fish	Isabella	Pauper	Single	73	Cook, Domestic Servant	Berwick, Northumberland
Fish	John	Pauper	Single	45	Labourer in Brick-yard	Dukinfield, Cheshire
Flanagan	Ann	Pauper	Single	41	Field-worker	Ireland	Idiot from childhood
Flanagan	James	Pauper		10		Berwick, Northumberland
Flood	Robert	Pauper		11		Berwick, Northumberland
Fogan	James	Pauper	Single	55	Agricultural Labourer	Scremerston, Northumberland	Idiot from childhood
Foster	James	Pauper	Single	77	Blacksmith	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Gallagher	Peter	Vagrant	Single	33	Labourer in Ship-yard	Scotland
Graham	Robert	Pauper	Widower	81	Tailor	Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland
Gray	Maria	Pauper	Single	43	General servant	Ireland	Idiot from childhood
Green	Isabella	Pauper	Single	26	None	South Shields, Durham	Idiot from childhood
Gregor	Elizabeth	Pauper	Single	28	Cook, Domestic Servant	Scotland
Gregor	Margaret	Pauper		3		Berwick, Northumberland
Gregor	Murray	Pauper		1		Berwick, Northumberland
Hamilton	William	Pauper	Married	63	Farmer & farm servant	Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland	Unsure of age
Hancock	Arthur	Pauper		6		East Indies
Hartley	William	Pauper	Widower	70	Moulder	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Henderson	John	Pauper	Widower	76	Plumber	Berwick, Northumberland
Hill	James	Vagrant	Widower	68	Agricultural Labourer	Scotland
Hope	John	Vagrant	Single	58	Labourer in Ship-yard	Scotland
Howe	Jane	Pauper	Widow	73	None	Berwick, Northumberland	Imbecile
Irving	Michael	Pauper	Single	88	Domestic Servant - Stableman	Ireland
Johnston	William	Pauper	Widower	57	Tailor	Spittal, Northumberland
Kinghorn	Hannah	Pauper	Single	39	Field-worker	Ord, Northumberland	Idiot from childhood
Kinghorn	William	Pauper	Single	41	Agricultural Labourer	Unthank, Northumberland	Idiot from childhood
Laidler	Eleanor	Pauper	Widow	73	None	Berwick, Northumberland
Lamb	Albert	Pauper		9		Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Lambert	Vincent	Pauper	Single	37	Furnace Stoker at Wood Yard	Millwall, London, Middlesex
Lilburn	Catherine	Pauper		10		Berwick, Northumberland
Lilburn	Charles	Pauper		8		Kyloe, Northumberland
Lough	Eleanor	Pauper	Widow	71	None	Berwick, Northumberland
Lough	Mary	Pauper	Single	74	None	Spittal, Northumberland	Blind
Mace	Isabella	Pauper	Single	54	Housemaid, Domestic Servant	Berwick, Northumberland	Imbecile
Marshall	John	Pauper	Single	65	Drapers Assistant	Horncliffe, Northumberland
McCran	Bridget	Pauper	Widow	85	Hawker	Ireland	Imbecile
McDonald	James	Pauper	Single	53	General labourer	Wakefield, Yorkshire
McDonald	Michael	Pauper	Single	75	General labourer	Ireland
McDonald	Alexander	Vagrant	Widower	40	Shoemaker	Scotland
McGuire	Charlotte	Pauper		13		Scotland
McKenna	Peter	Pauper	Single	62	General labourer	Ireland
McKenzie	John	Vagrant	Single	44	Railway Porter	Scotland
McNab	Elizabeth	Pauper	Single	57	General servant	Berwick, Northumberland	Imbecile
McPherson	Alexander	Pauper		9		Berwick, Northumberland
Middleton	Margaret	Pauper	Widow	71	Washerwoman	Lowick, Northumberland
Miller	Elizabeth	Pauper	Single	83	None	Berwick, Northumberland
Mim	Nicholas	Pauper	Widower	75	Shoemaker	Berwick, Northumberland
Morris	George	Vagrant	Single	45	Bricklayer	Ireland
Paterson	Agnes	Pauper	Widow	77	General servant	Scotland
Paterson	Margaret	Pauper	Single	73	Charwoman	Berwick, Northumberland	Imbecile
Paterson	Peter	Pauper	Married	78	Fisherman (Deep sea)	Berwick, Northumberland
Paterson	Elizabeth	Pauper	Married	76	None	Berwick, Northumberland
Percy	Elizabeth	Pauper	Widow	83	Field-worker	Berwick, Northumberland
Porter	Mary	Pauper	Single	69	Field-worker	Berwick, Northumberland
Pringle	Eleanor	Pauper	Widow	71	None	Spittal, Northumberland	Blind
Proudfoot	Isabella	Pauper	Widow	74	Charwoman	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Purves	Mary Ann	Pauper	Single	40	Housemaid, Domestic Servant	Tweedmouth, Northumberland
Randall	Maud	Pauper		9		Chatham, Kent
Randall	Ada	Pauper		6		Chatham, Kent
Randall	William	Pauper		8		Chatham, Kent
Rankin	James	Pauper	Single	62	Shoemaker	Berwick, Northumberland
Ray	Annie	Pauper	Single	41	General servant	Scremerston, Northumberland
Ray	Jane	Pauper		17	None	Berwick, Northumberland
Ray	John	Pauper		9		Berwick, Northumberland
Renton	Ann	Pauper	Widow	68	Dressmaker & Milliner	Berwick, Northumberland	Lunatic
Robertson	John	Pauper	Single	31	Bookbinder	Scotland
Robertson	Bridget	Pauper	Married	52	Field-worker	Ireland	Idiot from childhood
Robertson	Eliz	Pauper	Widow	83	Field-worker	Cornhill, Northumberland
Robertson	George	Pauper	Married	59	Carriage Fitter	Scotland
Robinson	Lindsayina	Pauper	Married	41	General servant	Scotland
Rutherford	John	Pauper	Single	37	Agricultural Labourer	Bowsden, Northumberland
Rutherford	David	Pauper	Widower	43	Rope-maker	Scotland
Sanderson	Mary	Pauper	Widow	54	Field-worker	Scotland
Short	Leonard	Pauper	Widower	70	Joiner & Carpenter	Twizel, Northumberland
Smith	Margery	Pauper	Single	86	Dressmaker	Ord, Northumberland
Stum	Mary	Pauper	Widow	85	None	Scotland	Unsure of surname
Thompson	Mathew	Vagrant	Widower	30	Rivetter	Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland
Tobin	Catherine	Pauper	Single	66		Berwick, Northumberland	Unsure of occupation
Tomney	Joanna	Pauper		11		Berwick, Northumberland
Turnbull	Margaret	Pauper	Single	60	Field-worker	Wooler, Northumberland
Warden	Agnes	Pauper	Widow	77	General servant	Berwick, Northumberland
Wastte	Sarah	Pauper	Single	36	None	Berwick, Northumberland	Idiot from childhood
White	Eliza	Pauper	Single	57	Milliner	Scotland	Imbecile
Wilson	George	Pauper	Single	67	Carpenter	Holy Island, Northumberland
Winger	Mathew	Pauper	Widower	78	Tanner	Southwark, London
Wright	Jane Eleanor	Pauper	Single	58	Housemaid, Domestic Servant	Northumberland	Imbecile	Unsure of placename
Wright	John	Vagrant	Single	46	Labourer in Foundry	Birmingham, Harwick
Young	Robert	Pauper		12		Tweedmouth, Northumberland

Total residents: 151

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Jo Marsh for contributing this transcription.

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