1881 Census: Residents of Camelford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John Joseph SHORT | M | 65 | M | Head | Master Of The Union House (Munic) | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Elizabeth SHORT | M | 52 | F | Wife | Matron And Head Nurse | St Ewe, Cornwall | |
| Frederick SHORT | U | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Annie SHORT | U | 9 | F | Daur | Scholar | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Emily STACEY | U | 21 | F | Officer | School Mistress | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Harold BASSETT | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Thomas BATE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bradstowe, Devon | |
| Jane BATH | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | St Juliot, Cornwall | |
| Mary BROWN | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Christopher BURNARD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Blissland, Cornwall | |
| Mary Ann CHAIR | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housekeeper | St Breock, Cornwall | |
| Arthur CHAPMAN | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Emma COLLINS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Grace COLLINS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Tintagel, Cornwall | ||
| James COOK | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Albert COOMBE | U | 10m | M | Inmate | Pauper | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth COOMBE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Launceston, Cornwall | |
| John Bath COOMBE | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Mary COOMBE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Sydney COOMBE | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| William John COOMBE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Thomasine CORY | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Davidston, Cornwall | |
| John COTTON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boscastle, Cornwall | |
| Thomas COTTON | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boscastle, Cornwall | |
| Nicholas COWLING | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Charles CRAHART | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| John CRAHART | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Michel CRAHART | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Under Nurse (Dom) | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| William John CRAHART | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Matthew DAVEY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Redruth, Cornwall | |
| Bessie FORD | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Alfred HANDFORD | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Dinah HANDFORD | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Redruth, Cornwall | |
| Polly HANDFORD | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Walter HILL | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth Ann KEAT | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Hannah KEAT | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Endellion, Cornwall | |
| Louisa KEAT | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Margarett KELLOW | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Tintagel, Cornwall | |
| Mary Jane LANGDON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Thomas LEAN | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Formerly Schoolmaster | St Minver, Cornwall | |
| John NICHOLLS | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| Thomasine PAWLING | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housekeeper | St Juliot, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth Emily PEARCE | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Pauper | ||
| William PETHICK | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Minster, Cornwall | |
| William PROUT | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | St Teath, Cornwall | |
| John ROWE | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Sheviock, Cornwall | |
| George SANDERCOCK | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| Fanny SCOTT | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| William SCOTT | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Union House, Cornwall | |
| William TABB | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boscastle, Cornwall |
Total residents: 51
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