1881 Census: Residents of Chichester Incorporation Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William C. DEWEY | W | 76 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Birdham, Sussex | |
| Fanny C. DEWEY | U | 37 | F | Daur | Matron | Appledram, Sussex | |
| Emma COCKERELL | U | 40 | F | Officer | Asst Matron | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Sarah WOODMAN | W | 67 | F | Nurse | Nurse | Waterloo, Hampshire | |
| Owen TULLETT | U | 30 | M | Porter | Porter | Midhurst | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Bertha SAUNDERS (ARNELL) | 5 | F | Inmate Daur | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |||
| Thomas SAUNDERS (ARNELL) | 8 | M | Inmate Son | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |||
| William SAUNDERS (ARNELL) | 10 | M | Inmate Son | Son C... Emily Arnell Left Husband | Portsmouth, Hampshire | ||
| Robert AMBROSE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Confectioner | Lynn, Norfolk | |
| Charles ARNELL | 2m | M | Son | Chichester, Sussex | |||
| Emily ARNELL | M | 35 | F | Inmate (Head) | Lab Wife Deserted | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| Esther ARNELL | 3 | F | Daur | Portsmouth | |||
| Jane ARNELL | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Wash Woman | Chilgrove, Sussex | |
| Kate ARNELL | 11 | F | Inmate | Wash Woman Child | Chilgrove, Sussex | ||
| William ARNELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Wash Woman Child | Chilgrove, Sussex | ||
| Henry BAILEY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Siddlesham | |
| George BARTLETT | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Harness Maker | Petworth | |
| John BAYLEY | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Rumboldswhyke, Sussex | |
| George BAYLY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Fishbourne, Sussex | |
| Alice BREACH | 11 | F | Inmate | Child | Chichester, Surrey | ||
| Fanny BREACH | 10 | F | Inmate | Child | Chichester, Surrey | ||
| Mathew BREACH | 49 | M | Inmate | Grocers Porter | Godalming, Surrey | ||
| William BREACH | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Godalming, Surrey | |
| Sopia BRIDGER | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Chichester | ||
| Henry BROWN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Chichester | |
| John BROWN | 77 | M | Inmate | ... No Occ | ..., Suffolk | ||
| Sarah BROWN | 77 | F | Inmate | ... Wife | Boxgrove, Sussex | ||
| Ada BUNDY | 14 | M | Inmate | Illegitimate | Greenwick | ||
| Anna BURYMAN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Labourer Wid | Kingston, Surrey | |
| Charles CAPLIN | M | 44 | M | Inmate (Head) | Labourer Dorset | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Ernest CAPLIN | 2 | M | Inmate Son | Labourer Son | Workhouse Chichester | ||
| Fredrick CAPLIN | 9 | M | Inmate Son | Labourer Son | Workhouse Chichester | ||
| James CAPLIN | 12 | M | Inmate Son | Labourer Son | Workhouse Chichester | ||
| Richard CAPLIN | 5 | M | Inmate Son | Labourer Son | Workhouse Chichester | ||
| Mary CARDY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Shoemaker Wid | Newcastle On Tyne | |
| Elizabeth CHURCHER | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Cripple | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Charles CLARK | 14 | M | Inmate | ... | Godalming, Surrey | ||
| Daniel COLLICK | W | 60 | M | Tramp (Head) | Tramp Labourer | ... | |
| Thomas COLLICK | U | 14 | M | Son | Tramp Labourer Child | Bradford, York | |
| Thomas COLLINS | U | 43 | M | Inmate | M Gardener | Chichester | |
| Edward COLLIS | 65 | M | Inmate | Laborer Gen | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Alfred COOK | 3 | M | Inmate | Servant Illeg | Workhouse Chichester | ||
| Kate COOK | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Sarah COOK | 1m | F | Inmate | Servant Illeg | Workhouse Chichester | ||
| Humphry COOPER | 5 | M | Inmate | Desert Child | Chichester | ||
| William COOPER | 9 | M | Inmate | Desert Child | Chichester | ||
| Elizabeth CRONAN | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Labourers Widow | Clerkenwell | |
| Anne DEVEREAUX | 6 | F | Inmate Daur | Illegitamate Child | Chichester | ||
| Eliza DEVEREAUX | U | 42 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| George DEVEREAUX | 11 | M | Inmate Son | Illegitamate Child | Chichester | ||
| Harry DEVEREAUX | 9 | M | Inmate Son | Illegitamate Child | Chichester | ||
| Willie DEVEREAUX | 4 | M | Inmate Son | Illegitamate Child | Chichester | ||
| Catherine DREW | W | 48 | F | Inmate (Head) | Bricklayer Wid | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Edwin DREW | 9 | M | Inmate Son | Bricklayer Child | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| James DREW | 12 | M | Inmate Son | Bricklayer Child | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| William DUNJAY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Robert ELEY | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Butler | ...slebury, Hampshire | |
| George FARNDELL | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Baker | Chichester | |
| Clare GARDNER | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Orphan Child | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Jane GRANHAM | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Dorset Wife | West Dean, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth A. HALL | 9 | F | Inmate | Child Deserted | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Frances M. HALL | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Child Deserted | Chichester, Sussex | |
| William G. HALL | 7 | M | Inmate | Child Deserted | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| George HEATH | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Oving, Sussex | |
| Ada M. HILL | 9 | F | Inmate | Child Deserted | |||
| Fanny HILL | 7 | F | Inmate | Child Deserted | |||
| Lucy HOGG | 8 | F | Inmate | ... | |||
| Johannah HOLDEN | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Siddlesham | ||
| Harrett HURN | W | 93 | F | Inmate | Fish Hawker Wid | Portsmouth | |
| Esther IRISH | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Ilegamt Child | Boxgrove, Sussex | |
| George IRISH | 11 | F | Inmate | Orphan Child | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Keziah IRISH | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Wash Woman | Boxgrove, Sussex | |
| Evan JONES | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Tramp Bricklayer | ||
| James JONES | W | 91 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Buckingham | |
| Elizabeth LONG | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Bricklayers Wid | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Mary LUNDY | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Edward MALLY | W | 42 | M | Inmate | G... Maker | Birmingham | |
| Robert MARGAIS | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Chichester | |
| James MILLS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Boxgrove, Sussex | |
| Annie MILLYARD | U | 18 | F | Inmate (Head) | Servant | Chichester | |
| William MILLYARD | 1 | M | Inmate Son | Illegitamate | Chichester | ||
| Amelia MORREY | M | 25 | F | Inmate (Head) | Carpenters Wife | Clerkenwell | |
| Amelia MORREY | 2 | F | Inmate Daur | Carpenters Daur | Clerkenwell | ||
| John MORREY | 3 | M | Inmate Son | Carpenters Son | Clerkenwell | ||
| Thomas NASH | M | 25 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Buckingham | |
| John OGBURN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Josiah PERKINS | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Cambridge | |
| James PESKETT | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Gosport, Hampshire | |
| Mary PESKETT | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Servant | Chichester | |
| William PRITCHARD | U | 24 | M | Tramp | Tramp Labourer | Liverpool | |
| John PUDDICK | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Earnley, Sussex | |
| Samul PUGH | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Yapton, Sussex | |
| George W. ROGERS | 9 | M | Inmate | Deserted Child | St Pancras, Middlesex | ||
| William ROGERS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Birdham | |
| James RUSHERFORD | M | 32 | M | Tramp | Tramp Labourer | Glasgow | |
| Eliza SAWYER | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Labourer Wid | Surrey | |
| Louisa SCALE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Workhouse Chichester | |
| Rosanna SHIRE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Bricklayer W | Ireland | |
| William SLADE | M | 38 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Lymington, Hampshire | |
| Archibald SPRATT | 6 | M | Inmate Son | Workhouse , Surrey | |||
| Jane SPRATT | 37 | F | Inmate (Head) | Laundress | Chichester, Surrey | ||
| Lilly SPRATT | 10 | F | Inmate Daur | Workhouse , Surrey | |||
| Sarah SPRATT | 2 | F | Inmate Daur | Workhouse , Surrey | |||
| Alice STAKER | 7 | F | Inmate | Petworth | |||
| Charles STANDEN | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Child Orphan | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Thomas STANDEN | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Portsmoputh, Hampshire | |
| George STEWARD | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Wilton, Wiltshire | |
| Louisa STONER | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Chichester | ||
| Minie STONER | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| George STROUD | 33 | M | Inmate | Chichester, Sussex | |||
| Thomas TRIGGS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Chilgrove, Sussex | |
| William TURNER | 67 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Thomas WALLAR | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Blind | Chichester |
| William WELLAR | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Imbeclile | Chichester | |
| William WEST | M | 31 | M | Tramp | Tramp Labourer | Nottingham | |
| Ann WEYMANT | 82 | F | Inmate | Book Binders Widow | Chichester | ||
| James WHILEHART | 6 | M | Inmate | Orphan Child | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Mary A. WHILEHART | 8 | F | Inmate | Orphan Child | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| William WHILEHART | 11 | M | Inmate | Orphan Child | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| George WHITE | U | 30 | M | Tramp | Tramp Labourer | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Richard WHITE | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Drover | Chiddingford | |
| William WICKHAM | 63 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Chichester, Sussex | ||
| Mary WIGMORE | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Chichester | |
| Henry WINGATE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Factor | Birdham | |
| David WOODS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Wood Turner | Leeds, York |
Total residents: 125
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