1881 Census: Residents of Bootle Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Charles G. RIGGS | M | 49 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Farringdon, Devon | |
| Elizabeth RIGGS | M | 46 | F | Wife | M... Matron (Munic) | Abergavenny, Monmouth | |
| Elizabeth CHINNEY | U | 23 | F | Servt | Assistant Matron (Munic) | Abergavenny, Monmouth | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ASKEW | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Cordwainer | Corney, Cumberland | |
| Thomas BELL | U | 56 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Millom, Cumberland |
| John BRAITHWAITE | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Eskdale, Cumberland | |
| Joseph BRAITHWAITE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dalton, Lancashire | ||
| James CREELEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| Mary CREELEY | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Labourers Widow | Ireland | |
| David CUBBIN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Irton, Cumberland | ||
| Samuel CUBBIN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Irton, Cumberland | ||
| Felix DALY | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| John GRAHAM | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| Richard GREGORY | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Hognet, Shropshire | |
| John HUDDLESTONE | U | 68 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Bootle, Cumberland |
| William JACKSON | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | Ulpha, Cumberland |
| James JOHNSTON | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Machine Fitter | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Henry LONG | 1m | M | Inmate | Bootle, Cumberland | |||
| Lucy LONG | U | 28 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Ag) | Ireland | |
| Thomas MADDEN | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Ireland | |
| Edward MC MAHON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| John J. MC MAHON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitehaven, Cumberland | ||
| Mary A. MC MAHON | 3 | F | Inmate | Millom, Cumberland | |||
| Mary MC MAHON | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Wife | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Phillip MC MAHON | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Railway Lab | Ireland | |
| James MATTHEWS | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Iron Moulder | Gloucester, Gloucester | |
| Arscott METHERELL | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Carrier | Ashwater, Devon | |
| Edward MYERS | 3 | M | Inmate | Millom, Cumberland | |||
| Joseph MYERS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| Mary A. MYERS | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab Wife | Backbarrow, Lancashire | |
| Mary A. MYERS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| Thomas MYERS | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Millom, Cumberland | |
| William MYERS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| John O NEAL | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Copper Miner | Blind | Ireland |
| William PARKER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Langdale, Westmorland | |
| Catherine SMITH | M | 73 | F | Inmate | Plasterer Wife | Ireland | |
| Isaac SMITH | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Farm Serv | Drigg, Cumberland | |
| James SMITH | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Scotland | |
| Lewis SMITH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Drigg, Cumberland | ||
| Bridget STABLES | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ulpha, Cumberland | ||
| Mary Ann STABLES | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ulpha, Cumberland | |
| Tamer STABLES | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ulpha, Cumberland | ||
| Tamer STABLES | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Iron Miners Widow | Ulpha, Cumberland | |
| John TAYLOR | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Ulpha, Cumberland | |
| Ann J. THOMPSON | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Egremont, Cumberland | ||
| Ann THOMPSON | M | 42 | F | Inmate | Iron Miners Wife | Ireland | |
| John THOMPSON | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| Mary V. THOMPSON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| Thomas THOMPSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Millom, Cumberland | ||
| Daniel TYSON | U | 60 | M | Inmate | A Mountain Guide (...4/2) | Ulpha, Cumberland | |
| William WALKER (PARKER) | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Birker, Cumberland | |
| Ann WHITE | 10m | F | Inmate | Bootle, Cumberland | |||
| Fanny WHITE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Ag) | Bridston, Devon | |
| Joseph WILSON | 2 | M | Inmate | Bootle, Cumberland | |||
| Sarah WILSON | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv (Dom) | Birker, Cumberland |
Total residents: 55
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