1881 Census: Residents of Brighton Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William NEWSOME | M | 42 | M | Head | Superintendent Of School | Sheffield, York | |
| Marian NEWSOME | M | 40 | F | Wife Matron | Matron Of School | Newark, Nottingham | |
| William Charles NEWSOME | U | 20 | M | Son & School Master | Schoolmaster Of School | Nottingham, Nottingham | |
| William George COOPER | U | 22 | M | Schoolmaster | Schoolmaster Of School | Ireland | |
| Ellen CREEBE | U | 27 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress Of School | London, Middlesex | |
| Harriet Alice JONES | U | 27 | F | Servant Needlemistress | Needlewoman Domestic Servant | Ormskirk, Lancashire | |
| Emma ROOTE | U | 27 | F | Servant Nurse | Nurse (Domestic Serv.) | Leytonstone, Essex | |
| Elizabeth BARNSDALE | U | 23 | F | Servant Attendant | Housemaid | Donnington, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth BEECROFT | U | 31 | F | Cook | Cook | Claycross, Derby | |
| Sarah BAKER | U | 33 | F | Nurse | Nurse Of Hospital | East Preston, Sussex | |
| Hannah RODGERS | W | 40 | F | Laundress | Laundress | Cornwall | |
| Charlotte RICHARDS | M | 62 | F | Serv | Laundress (Domestic Serv) | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Walter TINGLEY | M | 28 | M | Servant (Farm) | Cowman Farm Labourer | Rottingdean, Sussex | |
| Mary TINGLEY | M | 26 | F | Servant | Dairy Woman (Domestic Servt) | Hurstbourne Tarrant, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth DOLEN | U | 21 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress (Officer) | London, Middlesex | |
| William TIPPER | U | 25 | M | Officer | Engineer (Officer) | Gosport, Hampshire | |
| George SIMPSON | U | 26 | M | Officer | Shoemaker (Officer) | Cheriton, Hampshire | |
| Richard BOWEN | U | 27 | M | Officer | Farm Bailiff (Officer) | Wigmore, Hereford | |
| Walter MURRAY | U | 38 | M | Officer | Drill Master (Officer) | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Elizabeth KINCH | U | 16 | F | Cook | Assistant Cook Domestic Servt | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ANDREWS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alfred ATTWATER | 6 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Edwin BAKER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Gloucester, Gloucester | |
| Louisa BAKER | U | 6 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William BAKER | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| George BARNETT | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| John BARNETT | 10 | M | Inmate | None | Torquay, Devon | ||
| Joseph BARNETT | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Annie BATCHELOR | U | 14 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Charlotte BENNETT | U | 12 | F | Inmate | None | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Emily BENNETT | U | 11 | F | Inmate | None | Croydon, Surrey | |
| George BENNETT | U | 7 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Louisa BENTLEY | U | 6 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Rose Ann BENTLEY | U | 9 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Annie BIGNALL | 11 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Louisa BIGNALL | 8 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Charles BLAKE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | None | Staines, Middlesex | |
| Jane BLAKE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | None | Staines, Middlesex | |
| Jane BLEACH | U | 13 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| George BLUNT | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | Littlehampton, Sussex | |
| Rosa BLUNT | U | 12 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert BOLTON | 9 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | ||
| Ellen BOURNE (BROWN) | U | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| James BRABY | 9 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | ||
| Emily BRADFORD | 9 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Henry BRADFORD | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| John BRADFORD | U | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William BRADFORD | 4 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Matthew BRADLEY | U | 4 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William BRADLEY | U | 6 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alice BRAY | 10 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Ada BROWN | 7 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Catherine BROWN | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Eliza BROWN | 4 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| ...eter BURCHELL | 4 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Adelaide CATTULI | U | 8 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William CATTULI | U | 6 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alice CECIL | U | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| George CECIL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William CECIL | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Bertie CLARKE | 5 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Edgar CLARKE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Ernest CLARKE | U | 5 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Ewart CLARKE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Queenie ((Terence)) CLARKE | U | 4 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Joseph CLASE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert CLEMMENCE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Francis CLEMMENCE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Louisa CLIFFORD | U | 9 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Walter CLIFFORD | U | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Annie COLLINS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Arthur COLLINS | U | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Anna COOK | U | 9 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Mary Ann COOK | U | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| George Walter CORK | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alice CRACKNELL | U | 4 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert CROSS | U | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Ernest Albert DAWDEN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William DAWDEN | U | 6 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Henry EDE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Martha EDE | U | 7 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William EDWARDS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Fred ELLIOTT | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Portslade, Sussex | |
| Frederick EMMERSON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary FARLEIGH | U | 14 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| James FARMINER | 13 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| James FARRANT | U | 8 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Milly FARRANT | U | 14 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Ernest FENNER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Edith FINCH | U | 12 | F | Inmate | None | Scotland | |
| William FOGDEN | U | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert FORD | U | 16 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alice FORD | U | 13 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| David FORD | U | 10 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth FORD | U | 7 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Louisa FORD | U | 6 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Frederick FRANKS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Caroline FUGDEN | 5 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Alfred FULLER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alice FULLER | U | 12 | F | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Thomas GAYSMARK | 3 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| William Gill GEARING | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Samuel GEERE | U | 15 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Ada GOLDSMITH | U | 6 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Louisa GOLDSMITH | U | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William GOWER | U | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert GRAMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| William GRAMS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Ellen GRANT | U | 11 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Edward GRAYSMARK | 5 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| John GRAYSMARK | U | 7 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Kate GRAYSMARK | U | 10 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William GRAYSMARK | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert GREEN | U | 6 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| James GREGORY | U | 7 | M | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Harriet GUILFORD | U | 10 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Sarah GUILFORD | U | 6 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Thomas GUILFORD | U | 10 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| John GUTHERY | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Lewisham, Surrey | |
| Joseph HALE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Bristol, Somerset | ||
| Walter HALE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| George Gordon HALL | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Grace Mary HALL | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Kate Agnes HALL | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Mary Alice HALL | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Sarah HALL | U | 9 | F | Inmate | London, Middlesex | ||
| William HALL | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Ellen HARDING | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Annie HARLAND | U | 12 | F | Inmate | None | Ramsgate, Kent | |
| Emily HARLAND | U | 13 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Samuel HARLAND | U | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Albert HARMER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Albert HARVEY | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Clara HAWKES | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Albert HEMSLEY | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Plumpton, Sussex | ||
| George Albert HENLEY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Leonard HENLEY | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William Charles HENLEY | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| James HOAD | U | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William HOAD | U | 13 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| George HOGBIN | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Herbert HOLLINGDALE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| William HOLLINGDALE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| John HOPKINS | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth HOWELL | U | 13 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Fredericka HUGGETT | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Susan HUGGETT | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth HUMPHREY | U | 11 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Sarah HUXLEY | U | 13 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Edith KNIGHT | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| John David LAURENCE | 11 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Sydney LAURENCE | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Samuel LAWSON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Thomas LEADER | 7 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Levena LEE | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Louisa LEENEY | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| William Henry LEENEY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth LONG | 7 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Jessie LOWER | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Walter LOWER | 4 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Johanna MAROONEY | 11 | F | London, Middlesex | ||||
| Timothy MAROONEY | 11 | M | London, Middlesex | ||||
| Clara MASON | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William MEAD | 13 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William MIDHURST | 8 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Joseph MILES | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Eliza MILLS | 9 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Harriet MILLS | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Joseph MILLS | 12 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Henry MITCHELL | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Jane MITCHELL | U | 14 | F | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| William MITCHELL | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Alfred William MOBSLEY | 11 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Jane MOBSLEY | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Joseph MOORE | 12 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Elizabeth MC NEILLE | 10 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Minnie MC NEILLE | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Flora NOYCE | 13 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Rosa NOYCE | 9 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Lydia OLIVER | 5 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| John PAGE | 6 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Edward PARRY | 11 | M | London, Middlesex | ||||
| William PATCHING | 14 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Henry PEARCE | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Fredrick PEARCEY | 6 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Arthur PENFOLD | 8 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| George PENFOLD | 12 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William PESKETT | 9 | M | London, Middlesex | ||||
| Alfred PETTITT | 13 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Rosina POTTER | 5 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William POTTER | 7 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William PRODGERS | 11 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Agnes REED | 5 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Robert REEVES | 14 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Thomas REGAN | 6 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| James RICHARDSON | 11 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Minnie RICHARDSON | 11 | F | Burgess Hill, Sussex | ||||
| Annie ROBINSON | 13 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Esther ROBINSON | 12 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Alfred ROWE | 12 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| John SALVAGE | 7 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William SAYERS | 11 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Maria SCRACE | 7 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Charles SHARPE | 9 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Albert Edward SHOTTER | 11 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Alice SIMMONS | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Jane SIMMONS | 15 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Robert SOLE | 9 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| George SPARKES | 12 | M | Shoreham, Sussex | ||||
| Albert SPICER | 8 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Charles SPICER | 11 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Edward SPICER | 6 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Alfred STEVENS | 7 | M | Red Hill, Surrey | ||||
| Edith STEVENS | 9 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Frank STEVENS | 6 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William STEVENS | 5 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| George STREATER | 12 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Henry STREATER | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| William STREATER | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Charles TAPSTER | 11 | M | Guernsey, Channel Islands | ||||
| James THOMPSON | 9 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Arthur TOWNBEE | 10 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Ellen TOWNBEE | 6 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Frank TOWNBEE | 3 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Caroline TOWNER | 11 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| George VALENTINE | 15 | M | Statt | Blind | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Thomas VESSEY | 8 | M | London, Middlesex | ||||
| William VIRGO | 9 | M | London, Middlesex | ||||
| Alfred WALDRON | 11 | M | Chichester, Sussex | ||||
| Henry WALLER | 6 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Alfred WARD | 10 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Esther WARREN | 4 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Alfred WASHINGTON | 3 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Emma WELLS | 10 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Salvina WHEELER | 13 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Harriet WILLIAMS | 5 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Thomas WILLIAMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Kate WOOD | 8 | F | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Charles WRAXALL | 12 | M | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| George YARD | 6 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Kate YARD | U | 11 | F | Inmate | None | Somerset Bath | |
| Charlotte YOUNG | 7 | F | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| James YOUNG | 7 | M | Brighton, Sussex |
Total residents: 243
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