1881 Census: Residents of Bideford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John HUXTABLE | U | 35 | M | Head | Master Of Union Workhouse (Muni) | Northmolton, Devon | |
| Ellen EASTMAN | W | 40 | F | Matron | Matron & School Mistress Of Union Workhouse | Ashburton, Devon | |
| Ann EASTMAN | U | 44 | F | Nurse | Nurse Of Union Workhouse | Alwington, Devon | |
| Henry WILSON | U | 61 | M | Porter | Porter Of Union Workhouse (Muni) | Dudley, Devon | |
| Ellen EASTMAN | 6 | F | Matrons Daur | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Louisa ACKFORD | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Formerly Cook (Domestic) | Northam, Devon | |
| William AVERY | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gardener | Monkleigh, Devon | |
| John H. BARTHOLOMEW | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Occupation | Idiot | Devonport, Devon |
| William BARTLETT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Buckland Brewer, Devon | |
| Cassie BEER | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Lena BEER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Priscilla BEER | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Sailor | Clovelly, Devon | |
| Thomas BEER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| George BODY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Inston, Devon | |
| Henry BOND | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wednesbury, Stafford | ||
| Martha BOND | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wednesbury, Stafford | ||
| Phoebe BOND | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Formerly Sempstress | Wednesbury, Stafford | |
| Roland BOND | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wednesbury, Stafford | ||
| Cephas BOWDEN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clovelly, Devon | ||
| George BRAND | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Mary BRANTON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Ag Lab | Hartland, Devon | |
| Clara BREAYLEY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Reading, Berkshire | ||
| Kate BREAYLEY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Reading, Berkshire | ||
| Thomas BROOKS | W | 92 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Hartland, Devon | |
| John CHAPMAN | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carpenter | Padstow, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth CHIDLEY | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Formerly Charwoman | Woolfardisworthy, Devon | |
| Mary J. CLEMENTS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Mary J. COOK | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| William COOK | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Of No Occupation | Idiotic From Birth | Bideford |
| Elizabeth A. COPP | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Mary COPP | W | 90 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Farmer | N K, Devon | |
| Richard COPP | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| William CRISP | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Formerly Working Cutter | Mary St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| John DARKE | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Hartland, Somerset | |
| Ellen DAVEY | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Bideford | ||
| Dorothy DEANE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Ag Lab | Buckland Brewer, Devon | |
| Sarah J. DELL | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | West Putford, Devon | |
| William DUNN | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| John EDWARDS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor | Northam, Suffolk | |
| Sarah FOLLAND | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Formerly Sempstress | Bideford | |
| John GIBBONS | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Lab | Bideford | |
| James GLOVER | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Bideford | |
| John GLOVER | W | 76 | M | Widr | Formerly Ag Lab | Barnstaple, Somerset | |
| John HARDING | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Parkham, Devon | |
| Ann HARRIS | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Ag Lab | Langtree, Devon | |
| William HARRIS | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Buckland Brewer, Devon | |
| Helena HEARN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Torrington, Devon | ||
| Lillie HEARN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Exeter, Devon | ||
| Catherine HOBBS | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid (Domestic) | Bideford | |
| Eveline HOBBS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| George HOBBS | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Of No Occupation (Formerly Housemaid Domestic) | Imbecile | Hartland, Devon |
| William HOBBS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Jesse HOPPER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Littleham, Devon | ||
| Susan HOWARD | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Ag Lab | Imbecile | Hartland, Devon |
| Eden JEWELL | 2 | M | Inmate | Bideford | |||
| Elizabeth JEWELL | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Formerly Sempstress | Northam, Devon | |
| Laura JEWELL | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Formery General Serv | Buckland Brewer, Devon | |
| Mary JEWELL | 6m | F | Inmate | (Scholar) | Bideford | ||
| Elizabeth JOHNS | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Serv | Hartland, Devon | |
| Michael JOHNS | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor | Northam, Devon | |
| Thomas JOHNS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| William H. JOHNS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| Emma JONES | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid (Domestic) | Bideford | |
| Henry JONES | 2m | M | Inmate | Bideford | |||
| John JONES | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor | Blind | Bideford |
| Ann KEATS | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Formerly Charwoman | Bathford ?, Somerset | |
| Ellen LEE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| John MAJOR | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Bideford, Suffolk | |
| Eliza MARRIS | M | 71 | F | Inmate | Formerly Potter Wife | Littleham, Devon | |
| Thomas MARRIS | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Potter | Bideford | |
| Blanche MATTHEWS | 2 | F | Inmate | Northam, Devon | |||
| Richard MATTHEWS | W | 49 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Alwington, Devon | |
| Sidney MATTHEWS | 1 | M | Inmate | Northam, Devon | |||
| James MORTIMORE | 1 | M | Inmate | Bideford | |||
| Sarah J. MORTIMORE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid (Domestic) | Torquay, Devon | |
| Mary MOULTON | M | 80 | F | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith Wife | Hartland, Devon | |
| Thomas MOULTON | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith | Northam, Devon | |
| Alfred G. NETHERCOTT | 2m | M | Inmate | Bideford | |||
| Mary E. NETHERCOTT | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid (Domestic) | Alwington, Devon | |
| Selina PALMER | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid (Domestic) | Morwanstow, Cornwall | |
| Harriet PELLOWS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Farmer | Tavistock, Devon | |
| John PERRYMAN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor | Bideford | |
| Ophilia POWMAN | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Deaf & Dumb | Bideford |
| Elizabeth PROUSE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Serv | Woolfardisworthy, Devon | |
| Louisa PROUSE | 1 | F | Bideford | ||||
| Mary A. PROUSE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bideford | ||
| William H. ROOK | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northam, Devon | ||
| Samuel SAMPSON | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Formerly Caulker | Bideford | |
| Ann SHORT | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Formerly Glover | Imbeceile | Buckland Brewer, Devon |
| Henrietta SLATER | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Of No Occupation (Cripple) | Northam, Devon | |
| John SMITH | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northam, Devon | ||
| Bertha SQUIRE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bathford, Somerset | ||
| Mary STANTON | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Ag Lab | ||
| William TOSSELL | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith | East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire | |
| William VANSTONE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Parkham, Devon | ||
| Frank VIOLET | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Littleham, Devon | ||
| Samuel WAKELY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Hartland, Devon | |
| John WALTERS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly A Farmer | West Putford, Devon | |
| Mary A. WESTACOTT | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Imbecille | Bathford, Somerset | |
| Mary WESTLAKE | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Serv | Hartland, Devon | |
| Laura WILLIAMS | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Of No Occupation | Hartland, Devon | |
| Fanny WOCK | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid (Domestic) | Imbecile | Bathford, Somerset |
Total residents: 102
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