1881 Census: Residents of Dartford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas WILLS | M | 51 | M | Head Of Family | Master Of The Union | Corfe Castle, Dorset | |
| Mary Jane WILLS | M | 51 | F | Wife | Matron Of The Union | Epsom, Surrey | |
| Thomas William PAGE | U | 17 | M | Nephew | Clerk | London Soho , London, Middlesex | |
| Esther TOLHURST | W | 53 | F | Officer | Assistant To The Matron | London, City Of, London, Middlesex | |
| Frank LAMBERT | W | 31 | M | Officer | Porter | East Pennard, Somerset | |
| Susannah Julet EDWARDS | W | 44 | F | Officer | M Nurse | Paddington, Middlesex | |
| Betsey Millicent GODFREY | W | 46 | F | Officer | M Nurse | Paddington, Middlesex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ADAMS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Saxenham, Norfolk | |
| Beatrice ALLEN | U | 9m | F | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Lucy ALLEN | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dartford, Kent | |
| Mary ANSTEAD | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Ireland | |
| Ann ARNOLD | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Dartford, Kent | |
| Edward ARNOLD | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Crayford, Kent | ||
| Charles ATKINS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Thomas AUSTIN | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Cowden, Kent | |
| Amelia AYLES | M | 72 | F | Wife | Needle Work | Chatham, Kent | |
| Thomas AYLES | M | 70 | M | Head | Paper Maker | Coombe Down, Somerset | |
| Ellen BAKER | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Fulham, Middlesex | |
| Joseph BAKER | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Walton, Somerset | |
| William BARKER | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Pitsey, Essex | |
| Charles BARNES | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Servant Butler | Brookland, Kent | |
| William BATTERHAM | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Tilley St Laurance, Norfolk | |
| Robert BEAN | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Baker | Dartford, Kent | |
| Thomas BENNETT | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Coachman | Meopham, Kent | |
| Thomas BENNETT | M | 68 | M | Inmate | General ... | Dartford, Kent | |
| Mary Ann BLACKSTONE | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Crayford, Kent | |
| George BLAND | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Crayford, Kent | |
| Annie BONNEWELL | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Erith, Kent | |
| Robert BONNEWELL | U | 2 | M | Inmate | London, City Of Union, London, Middlesex | ||
| William BONNEWELL | U | 5 | M | Inmate | London, City Of, London, Middlesex | ||
| Emma BRAILEY | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Stepney, Middlesex | ||
| Mary BRAILEY | W | 32 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Stepney, Middlesex | |
| Ada BRIGHTLY | U | 4 | F | Inmate | |||
| Edward BRIGHTLY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | |||
| Florance BRIGHTLY | U | 7 | F | Inmate | |||
| Mary BRISTOW | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Dartford, Kent | |
| George BROAD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Erith, Kent | |
| Joseph BROOKES | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Blind | Chelsfield, Kent |
| Sarah Ann BROWN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dartford, Kent | |
| William BROWN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Landtiff, Lincoln | |
| Sarah Ann BRYANT | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Deaf | Canterbury, Kent |
| William BUNYON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Hatfield, Hertford | |
| John BURLEY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Seal, Kent | |
| Sarah BURNETT | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | ||
| Jane BURRELL | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Stanstead, Kent | |
| Eliza BUSH | M | 71 | F | Wife | Domestic Servant | Eynsford, Kent | |
| John BUSH | M | 68 | M | Head Of Family | Stoker At Paper Mill | Dartford, Kent | |
| James BUTCHER | U | 28 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Crayford, Kent | |
| Mary CASE | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Plumstead, Kent | |
| Ann CHAMBERS | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dartford, Kent | |
| William CHAPMAN | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Coachman Gardener | Dartford, Kent | |
| Thomas CHATTENDEN | U | 55 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Greenwich, Kent | |
| Hester CLARE | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Southfleet, Kent | |
| Elizabeth CLARK | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
| George CLARK | U | 10 | M | Inmate | London, City Of Union, London, Middlesex | ||
| Richard COCKS | U | 16 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Whitechapel, Middlesex | |
| James COLLIER | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Horton Kerby, Kent | |
| John COLLIER | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Northfleet, Kent | ||
| Sarah COLLIER | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Fac Lab Mill Hand | Sutton At Hone, Kent | |
| Sophia COLLIER | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Horton Kirby, Kent | ||
| John COOMBES | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Swanscombe, Kent | |
| Elizabeth COURT | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Timbercombe, Somerset | |
| William COUSINS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Avley, Essex | |
| Sarah CRAFTER | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Welling, Kent | |
| Jessie CROUCHER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Farningham, Kent | |
| Sarah CROWHURST | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Southfleet, Kent | |
| George CUNNINGHAM | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Wrotham, Kent | |
| John CURD | M | 75 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Dartford, Kent | |
| Mary DADSON | M | 74 | F | Wife | Laundress | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Richard DADSON | M | 64 | M | Head | Sawyer | Shearness, Kent | |
| George DALTON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Dartford, Kent | |
| Samuel DALTON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Fawkham, Kent | |
| Thomas DAVIDSON | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Ships Stoker | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| George DAVIES | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Baker | Strond, Kent | |
| John DAY | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Hartley, Kent | |
| Honon DONOVAN | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Ireland | |
| Daniel DOYLE | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Chapel Lisard, Ireland | |
| John DRAPER | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Bexley, Kent | ||
| William DRAPER | W | 38 | M | Inmate | Painter | Merton, Surrey | |
| George DUDLEY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Erith, Kent | |
| John DUGGAN | W | 74 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Ireland | |
| Alexander EAGLE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | F Lab Mill Hand | Dartford, Kent | |
| Emily EGGLESTONE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Cliff, Kent | |
| Eliza ELLIOTT | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sutton At Hone, Kent | |
| Marthar ELLIS | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic | Bexley, Kent | |
| Arthur ELMS | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Bexley, Kent | ||
| Emily ELMS | U | 6m | F | Inmate | Dartford Union, Kent | ||
| Frances ELMS | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | |
| Maria ELSTONE | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Blind | Dartford, Kent |
| Benjamin ESSEX | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Ann EVES | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
| James EWERS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Erith, Kent | |
| Thomas EWERS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Erith, Kent | |
| Annie FAGG | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Fac Lab Mill Hand | ||
| Elizabeth FAGG | U | 15m | F | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Harry FAGG | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| William FAGG | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Orlestone, Kent | |
| Ann FAIRMAN | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bexley, Kent | |
| Edward Charles FAIRMAN | U | 18m | M | Inmate | Dartford Union, Kent | ||
| Robert FALL | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Stoker In Gas Works | Deaf | Dartford, Kent |
| Mary FISHER | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dartford, Kent | |
| Thomas FISHER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Charlotte FISK | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Romford, Essex | |
| Amy FORDHAM | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Darenth, Kent | |
| Henry FORSTER | W | 44 | M | Inmate | Boot Maker | East Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Alvey FRENCH | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Game Keeper | Southfleet, Kent | |
| Henry FRIDAY | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Cantebury, Kent | |
| Emma FULLER | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Swanscombe, Kent | |
| Mary GIBBONS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Shoe Binder | At Sea | |
| John GLOVER | U | 86 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Turnham, Kent | |
| Ada GOODHEW | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Thomas HAINES | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Wood Cutter | Eynsford, Kent | |
| Alfred HALL | U | 31 | M | Inmate | St Albans, Hertford | ||
| Thomas HALL | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Groom | Rudgley, Stafford | |
| Robert HAMMOND | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Sutton At Home, Kent | |
| Ethel HARDSTONE | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Plumstead, Kent | ||
| Harriet HARDSTONE | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bexley, Kent | |
| James HARDSTONE | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Plumstead, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth HARPER | M | 73 | F | Wife | Washing | Woolwich, Kent | |
| Thomas HARPER | M | 71 | M | Head | Agricultural Laborer | Dartford, Kent | |
| Thomas William HEAD | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | London, London, Middlesex | |
| William HEAD | U | 86 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Kingsdown, Kent | |
| John HENDERSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labour | Orpenden, Kent | |
| Alice HICKSON | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Dumb | ||
| Ernest HICKSON | U | 2 | M | Inmate | |||
| Florance HICKSON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Dumb | ||
| Elizabeth HIGGINS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Canterbury, Kent | |
| James HILL | U | 69 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Dartford, Kent | |
| Betsey HOLLANDS | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Stanstead, Kent | |
| George HOLLOWAY | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Old Kent Road, Surrey | |
| Alfred HOLTHAM | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Margate, Kent | |
| Fanny HONNEYMAN | U | 20 | F | Inmate | F Lab Factory Hand | Imbecile | Crayford, Kent |
| Edith HOPE | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Lewisham, Kent | ||
| Mary Ann HOPE | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sutton At Home, Kent | |
| Spencer HOPE | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Battersea, Surrey | |
| Jane HUGHES | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| John HUMPHRY | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Seal, Kent | |
| William HUNT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Pedler | Tuam, Ireland | |
| John HUNTER | M | 67 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Crayford, Kent | |
| James INWARD | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Crayford, Kent | |
| Mary JONES | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Turnham Green, Middlesex | |
| John JORDAN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Lower Halstow, Kent | |
| William KING | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Staplehurst, Kent | |
| Mahala LATCHFORD | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Idiot | Kingsdown, Kent |
| Mary LATCHFORD | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kingsdown, Kent | |
| Sophia LINDSEY | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | New Cross, Surrey | |
| Jane LOTCH | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Lewis, Sussex | |
| Sarah LYNES | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Stepel Cladon, Buckingham | |
| Ann MANTLE | M | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Rochester, Kent | |
| James MANTLE | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Stone, Kent | |
| John MARTIN | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Imbecile | Dunton Green, Kent |
| Reuben MARTIN | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Southfleet, Kent | |
| Mary MC CARTHY | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Blind | Ireland |
| Catherine MCDEARMID | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Needle Work | Blind | Scotland |
| Jeannett MCDEARMID | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Imbecile | Scotland |
| Edward MEDHURST | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Swanscombe, Kent | |
| John MIDDLETON | U | 87 | M | Inmate | Shepherd | Horton Kirby, Kent | |
| Henry MILES | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Crayford, Kent | |
| John MORGAN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Eynsford, Kent | |
| James MUNN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Coachman | Erith, Kent | |
| Thomas MURREY | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Leather Cutter | Bristol | |
| Sarah NEWICK | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Prof Governess | London, London, Middlesex | |
| John NOYES | U | 80 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Southampton | |
| Frederick OLIVER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Ash, Kent | |
| James PALMER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Kingsdown, Kent | |
| Elizabeth PERRY | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Acton, Middlesex | |
| Jane PHILLIPS | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Market Garden Work | Bristol | |
| William POWSEY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wilmington, Kent | |
| John PRICE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Butcher | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Henry PUCKNELL | U | 15 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Erith, Kent | |
| Esther RAMPTON | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Worked In Paper Mills | Whitechurch, Hampshire | |
| Susan RANDELL | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Laundress | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Emily REMINGTON | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Christopher ROBERTS | U | 18 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| Thomas ROBERTS | W | 50 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Sutton At Home, Kent | |
| William ROBERTS | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Hawker Of Fish | Wrotham, Kent | |
| John ROBINSON | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Bexley, Kent | |
| Charlotte SAVORY | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Lenham, Kent | |
| Alfred SCUDDER | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Bexley, Kent | |
| Margaret SELLS | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Woolwich, Kent | |
| Ann SHAW | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Doncaster, York | |
| Thomas SHELTON | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Idiot | Dartford, Kent |
| Eliza SIMES | W | 48 | F | Inmate | Field Work | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Eliza SINDEN | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Town Sutton, Kent | |
| Kate SINDEN | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Swanscombe, Kent | |
| Elizabeth SMITH | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Wilmington, Kent | |
| Emma SMITH | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Welling, Kent | |
| Thomas SMITH | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labour | Langdon, Essex | |
| Fanny SONES | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Bexley, Kent | |
| Ann STACK | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Ireland | |
| James STAPLES | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Knockholt, Kent | |
| Albert STONE | M | 45 | M | Inmate | Baker | Towcaster, Northampton | |
| Thomas STONEHAM | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Southfleet, Kent | |
| Lilley STOW | U | 20 | F | Inmate | F Lab Mill Hand | Imbecile | London, London, Middlesex |
| Honor SULLIVAN | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Ireland | |
| John TAYLOR | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Hackney, Middlesex | |
| Mary Ann THOMAS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Dartford, Kent | |
| Sarah TIBBLE | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Darenth, Kent | |
| Eliza TODD | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Blind | Erith, Kent |
| George TRAVELLION | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Darenth, Kent | |
| John TREADWELL | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Dartford, Kent | |
| Amelia TRICE | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Bexley, Kent | |
| Lydia TULLEY | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Imbecile | Eynsford, Kent |
| Charlotte TURLEY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Blind | Dartford, Kent | |
| Thomas VARNFIELD | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Waterman | Dartford, Kent | |
| Jane VAUGHAN | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Malling, Kent | |
| Edward WALDREN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kingston, Somerset | |
| William WEBB | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Cliff, Kent | |
| James WEEKS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Wood Man Cutter | Bexley, Kent | |
| Charles WHIFFEN | W | 50 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Imbecile | Eynsford, Kent |
| Mary WHISTON | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Needle Work | Selaby Hall, Durham | |
| James WHITBREAD | U | 28 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Imbecile | Dartford, Kent |
| Thomas WHITE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Idiot | Southfleet, Kent |
| Thomas WICKENDEN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Knockholt, Kent | |
| Frederick WILLIAMS | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Idiot | Wilmington, Kent |
| Eliza WINDEBANK | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Chatham Union, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth WINDEBANK | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth WINDEBANK | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Dartford, Kent | |
| Jonathan WINDEBANK | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Dartford, Kent | ||
| Robert WOODHAMS | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Scotland | |
| Ann WOODWARD | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kingsdown, Kent |
Total residents: 221
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