1881 Census: Residents of Carmarthen Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Edwin PRICE | W | 29 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse(Munic) | ||
| Margaret PRICE | U | 25 | F | Matron | Matron Of Work House(Munic) | ||
| Arthur J. PRICE | O | 6 | M | Son | |||
| Eliza A. BURNHILL | U | 25 | F | Serv | Trainer(Munic) | ||
| Anna M. BURNHILL | U | 21 | F | Serv | Nurse | ||
| Thomas BURNHILL | M | 58 | M | Serv | Porter(Munic) | ||
| Mary BURNHILL | M | 55 | F | Serv | Porteress(Munic) | ||
| Emma P. BURNHILL | 13 | F | Daur | Scholar | |||
| William H. BURNHILL | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | |||
| Edward G. SUTHERLAND | 3 | M | Grandson | ||||
| Inmates | |||||||
| David DAVIES | W | 81 | M | Inmate | |||
| Henry MORRIS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | ||
| John PHILLIPS | U | 40 | M | Inmate | |||
| James STEPHENS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | ||
| Enoch Wm. DAVIES | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Clergy Without Cire Of Souls | ||
| John SAER | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Commercial Traveller | ||
| William GRADY | W | 60 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | ||
| John THOMAS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Peg Dealer | ||
| Tully HARROW | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Hawker | ||
| John GRIFFITHS | U | 49 | M | Inmate | (No Occ)Shoemaker | Idiot | |
| Morgan HARRIES | U | 47 | M | Inmate | (No Occ)Farm Laborer | Idiot | |
| John WILLIAMS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | (No Occ)Miller | Lunatic | |
| Levi JONES | U | 50 | M | Inmate | (No Occ)Broom Maker | Idiot | |
| Henry THOMAS | U | 19 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) | Idiot | |
| Abram HARRIS | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoenailer | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Evan REES | U | 17 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Merthyr, Glamorgan |
| William LEWIS | U | 19 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Pentyrch, Glamorgan |
| David JAMES | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Cattle Drover | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Thomas HARRIS | U | 20 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Llangunnor, Carmarthen |
| David THOMAS | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Iron(Stone)Miner | Abergwilly, Carmarthen | |
| William EDWARDS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | No Occ Lithographer | Lunatic | St Peter, Carmarthen |
| William LEDGER | U | 32 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | St Peter, Carmarthen |
| Morris EVANS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Auctioneer | Llandyfriog, Cardigan | |
| David HUMPHREY | U | 79 | M | Inmate | No Occ Farm Labourer | Idiot | Llandefeilog, Carmarthen |
| John HARRIS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Sugar Boiler(Refiner) | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Daniel DAVIES | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Iron Miner | Abernant, Carmarthen | |
| Thomas LEWIS | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Daniel DANIELS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Llanarthney, Carmarthen | |
| Richard WILLIAMS | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Hammerman(Blacksmith) | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Benjamin JONES | U | 18 | M | Inmate | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| David BEYNON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Shoenailer | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| George MORGAN | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| William JONES | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Mariner | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Anne LEWIS | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Llanwinio, Carmarthen | |
| Mary EVANS | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Idiot | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Sarah WILLIAMS | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Sophia ISTANCE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Judy MCCARTHY | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Margaret DAVIES | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant(Ag Lab) | Llangendeirne, Carmarthen | |
| Eleanor THOMAS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Pontyberem, Carmarthen | |
| Margaret EVANS | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Newchurch, Carmarthen | |
| Mary DAVIES | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Llanfihangel Rhosycorn, Carmarthen | ||
| Ann THOMAS | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Llanstephan, Carmarthen | ||
| Esther EVANS | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Housemaid(Dom) | Lunatic | St Peter, Carmarthen |
| Rebecca THOMAS | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Bath, Somerset | ||
| Jane JONES | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Mary WILLIAMS | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Teacher Of Music | St David, Pembroke | |
| Joanna WILLOW | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Mary EVANS | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Blind | Conwil, Carmarthen | |
| Hannah MORRIS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | St Clears, Carmarthen | |
| Catherine LOVER | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Kidwelly, Carmarthen | ||
| Margaret LEWIS | M | 42 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Annie TWIST | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Bideford, Devon | ||
| Eliza LEWIS | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Housemaid(Dom) | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Eleanor DAVIES | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Abergwilly, Carmarthen | ||
| Catherine REES | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Llandilo, Carmarthen | ||
| Eliza REYNOLDS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant(Ag Lab) | Trelech, Carmarthen | |
| Mary JONES | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Hannah JAMES | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Amy JONES | W | 62 | F | Inmate | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Rachel EVANS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Ferryside, Carmarthen | |
| Hannah LEWIS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Housemaid(Dom) | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Margaret A. LEWIS | 2m | F | Inmate | St Peter, Carmarthen | |||
| Ruth THOMAS | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant Ag Lab | Laugharne, Carmarthen | |
| Thomas THOMAS | 1 | M | Inmate | Tavernspite, Carmarthen | |||
| Mary A. NICHOLLS | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Laugharne, Carmarthen | ||
| Harriet M. NICHOLLS | 2m | F | Inmate | St Peter, Carmarthen | |||
| Mary REES | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic | St Peter, Carmarthen | |
| Mary A. REES | 7m | F | Inmate | Swansea, Glamorgan | |||
| Mary H. WILLIAMS | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Llanelly, Carmarthen | ||
| Mary HYDE | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Margaret N. EVANS | 3 | F | Inmate | Ferryside, Carmarthen | |||
| Margaret DAVIES | 2 | F | Inmate | St Peter, Carmarthen | |||
| Hannah JONES | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Farmers Widow | Lunatic | Llandyssil, Carmarthen |
| Evan F. JONES | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| George LEWIS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Abergwilly, Carmarthen | ||
| Benjamin LEWIS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Abergwilly, Carmarthen | ||
| Richard WILLIAMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanstephan, Carmarthen | ||
| Benjamin D. REES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| William REES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Lewis THOMAS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Clears, Carmarthen | ||
| David JOSHUA | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanpumpsaint, Carmarthen | ||
| John Y. JONES | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llandefeilog, Carmarthen | ||
| Thomas J. WILLIAMS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Edward J. WILLIAMS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| William C. WILLIAMS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| John EVANS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanarthney, Carmarthen | |
| Thomas REES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| William DAVIES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Laugharne, Carmarthen | ||
| Charles EVANS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ferryside, Carmarthen | ||
| David REYNOLDS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| John WILLIAMS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| James TWIST | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llangunnor, Carmarthen | ||
| Albert DAVIES | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| George LEWIS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Thomas HUGHES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Anne THOMAS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llansadurnen, Carmarthen | ||
| Annie JAMES | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Mary EVANS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Mary GRIFFITHS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Abernant, Carmarthen | ||
| Martha J. CHARLES | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llangendeirne, Carmarthen | ||
| Adelaide CHARLES | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Maenclochog, Carmarthen | ||
| Sarah A. EVANS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ferryside, Carmarthen | ||
| Beatrice M. WILLIAMS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Peter, Carmarthen | ||
| Maria DAVIES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Conwil, Carmarthen | ||
| Esther EDWARDS | 86 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | New Inn, Carmarthen | ||
| Anne THOMAS | 41 | F | Inmate | Tailors Widow | Drefach, Cardigan | ||
| Margaret WILLIAMS | 65 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Llanarthney, Carmarthen | ||
| Sarah EVANS | 38 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Llangunnor, Carmarthen |
Total residents: 119
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