1871 Census: Residents of Doncaster Union Workhouse
| Name | Status | Mar | Age | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| ADAMS Elizabeth | St | U | 50 | Workhouse School Mistress | YKS Thorne | ||
| COCHRANE John | St | U | 36 | Workhouse School Master | LAN Manchester | ||
| GARLAND Zillah | Ns | U | 32 | Infirmary Nurse | YKS Bolton on Dearne, Darfield | ||
| HANSON Hannah | Wi | M | 32 | Workhouse Cook | YKS Doncaster | ||
| HANSON Newton | Hd | M | 43 | Workhouse Master | YKS Doncaster | ||
| PARKIN Mary Ann | Ma | U | 52 | Workhouse Matron | YKS Sheffield | ||
| POTT Elizabeth | Wi | M | 52 | Workhouse Porteress & Nurse | LIN Beltoft | ||
| POTT James | Po | M | 50 | Workhouse Porter | YKS Doncaster | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| ABDY James | Pa | W | 78 | Formerly Gardener | YKS Austerfield | ||
| ALCOCK William | Pa | W | 75 | Formerly Tanner | YKS Doncaster | ||
| ALLISON Harry | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| ASHWOOD John | Pa | W | 74 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Campsall | ||
| ATHRON Ella | Pa | 6 | Scholar | YKS Mexbro | |||
| ATHRON James Edward | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Birstal | |||
| ATHRON George William | Pa | 11 | Scholar | YKS Birstal | |||
| ATHRON Mary | Pa | U | 41 | Formerly Sempstress | YKS Doncaster | ||
| BAINES Robert | Pa | U | 68 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Unmanby | ||
| BALDOCK William | Pa | U | 52 | Formerly Labourer | LEI Lubton | ||
| BALL George | Pa | U | 49 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Clayton | ||
| BEEVORS William | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Awkley | |||
| BELL George | Pa | U | 31 | Formerly Waterman | YKS Doncaster | ||
| BISBY Joseph | Pa | W | 73 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Carcroft | ||
| BLACKBURN Elizabeth | Pa | W | 50 | Widow of a Hawker | YKS Doncaster | ||
| BOOKER James | Pa | M | 57 | Tailor | YKS Doncaster | ||
| BOYD Robert | Pa | W | 69 | Formerly Tailor | YKS Arlington | ||
| BRENNAN Patrick | Pa | U | 31 | Discharged Soldier | Sligo, Ireland | ||
| BROXHOLME John | Pa | 12 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| CAMPION Thomas | Pa | U | 23 | Labourer | STS Burslem | ||
| CAREY John | Pa | W | 60 | Formerly Labourer | KGS Clara, Ireland | ||
| CARMICHAEL Sarah | Pa | W | 72 | Widow of a Waterman | YKS Doncaster | ||
| CHAMPNEY Thomas | Pa | U | 67 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Clayton | ||
| CLARK Thomas | Pa | 6 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| CLARK John | Pa | U | 65 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Bawtry | ||
| COCKERILL Sarah | Pa | U | 52 | Formerly Charwoman | YKS Doncaster | ||
| COOPER Hannah | Pa | W | 78 | Widow of a Waterman | YKS Pudsey | ||
| CORBETT Elizabeth | Pa | U | 69 | Formerly Charwoman | YKS Brotherton | ||
| COWARD William | Pa | U | 72 | Formerly Farm Labourer | Imbecile | YKS Norton | |
| CROSLAND George | Pa | U | 20 | Idiot from Birth | YKS Carcroft | ||
| CROWCROFT Frederick | Pa | 11 | Scholar | YKS Kirk Bramwith | |||
| DAVISON Richard | Pa | 1 | YKS Doncaster | ||||
| DAVISON William | Pa | 4 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| DAVISON Sarah | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| DAVISON Agnes | Pa | 10 | Scholar | CHS Hertford | |||
| DAVISON Charlotte | Pa | U | 36 | Formerly Charwoman | SSX Thorne | ||
| DAWSON George | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Leeds | |||
| DAWSON Robert James | Pa | 10 | Scholar | DUR Spennymoor | |||
| DAWSON Alice | Pa | W | 36 | Widow of a Hawker | Belfast | ||
| DEIMERY James | Pa | 13 | Scholar | Newport, Wales | |||
| DIXON William | Pa | W | 65 | Formerly Shoe Maker | YKS Arksey | ||
| DOBSON William | Pa | 13 | Imbecile | YKS Cantley | |||
| DODGSON William | Pa | 11 | Scholar | YKS Balby | |||
| DOOLEY Michael | Pa | M | 89 | Formerly Trunk Maker | WEM Drumnary, Ireland | ||
| ELLIOTT William | Pa | W | 66 | Formerly Farm Labourer | Blind | YKS Awkley | |
| ELLISON John | * | U | 23 | Collier [*Vagrant] | LAN Wigan | ||
| EMSALL Charlotte | Pa | W | 41 | Widow of Farm Labourer | NTT Pear Tree Hill, Beckingham | ||
| FIELDS Thomas | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Hampole | |||
| FLEURY William | Pa | U | 47 | Weaver of Mats | Blind from Birth | YKS Bawtry | |
| FLINTHAM Francis | Pa | W | 80 | Formerly Stage Waggoner | NTT Mansfield | ||
| FOULSTONE Christiana | Pa | U | 56 | Formerly House Keeper | Imbecile | YKS Doncaster | |
| FULWOOD Sarah | Pa | U | 35 | Formerly Servant | YKS Newington | ||
| GARDINER Hannah | Pa | 55 | Imbecile | YKS Balby | |||
| GARLAND Herbert | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Finningley | |||
| GARNETT John | Pa | U | 51 | Pauper Blacksmith | NTT Ranskill | ||
| GILL Hannah | Pa | W | 75 | Widow of Stone Mason | YKS Mexbrough | ||
| GRAYSON Dinah | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Balby | |||
| GRAYSON George | Pa | U | 18 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Hexthorpe | ||
| GRAYSON James | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Hexthorpe | |||
| GRAYSON Thomas | Pa | W | 70 | Formerly Stone Getter | YKS Warmsworth | ||
| GREATORIX William | Pa | U | 78 | Formerly an Auctioneer | WAR Birmingham | ||
| HAIGH Sarah | Pa | 13 | Scholar | YKS Rossington | |||
| HALLAM Mary | Pa | U | 70 | Formerly Charwoman | Imbecile | YKS Doncaster | |
| HAMMOND John | Pa | W | 76 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Darfield | ||
| HANKS Thomas | Pa | U | 77 | Pauper Farm Servant | YKS Fenwick | ||
| HANKS John | Pa | U | 63 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Burghwallis | ||
| HANLEY Patrick | Pa | U | 70 | Discharged Soldier | KGS Drumcullen, Ireland | ||
| HANSON Benjamin | Pa | M | 47 | Formerly Labourer | Imbecile | YKS Doncaster | |
| HANSON Timothy | Br | M | 47 | Formerly Sailor | YKS Doncaster | ||
| HARGREAVES Sarah | Pa | U | 23 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Blind | YKS Doncaster | |
| HARPER John | Pa | W | 76 | Formerly Painter | Gibraltar, British Subject | ||
| HARPER Alfred Ackroyd | Pa | 4 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HARPER Harriet | Pa | U | 29 | Formerly Domestic Servant | YKS Tickhill | ||
| HARTLEY Jacob | Pa | U | 81 | Formerly Labourer | Imbecile | YKS Denaby | |
| HAWKIN Thomas | Pa | U | 30 | Formerly Labourer | SSX Lewes | ||
| HAWKSWORTH Matthew | Pa | U | 62 | Formerly Gardener | YKS Doncaster | ||
| HEPWORTH Edward | * | U | 52 | Miller [*Vagrant] | YKS Bradford | ||
| HERRING Thomas Joseph | Pa | U | 65 | Formerly Shoe Maker | YKS Stone, Maltby | ||
| HILL Elizabeth | Pa | U | 76 | Formerly Charwoman | YKS Sheffield | ||
| HINDLEY Thomas | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Misson | |||
| HIRST Mary | Pa | W | 65 | Widow of a Labourer | YKS Awkley | ||
| HODGSON James | Pa | U | 54 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Bentley | ||
| HODGSON George | Pa | 5 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HODGSON Jane | Pa | U | 31 | Formerly Domestic Servant | YKS Doncaster | ||
| HODGSON William | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HODGSON Francis | Pa | M | 59 | Formerly Slaughterman | YKS Doncaster | ||
| HOLBERRY Matthew | Pa | 69 | Formerly Wheelwright | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HOLDEN Thomas | * | U | 32 | Farm Labourer [*Vagrant] | LAN Ribchester | ||
| HOLMES Angelo | Pa | 9 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HOLMES Frederick | Pa | 11 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HOLT James Henry | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HOLT Sarah | Pa | U | 35 | Formerly charwoman | LIN Gainsborough | ||
| HOLT William Joseph | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| HUNT Elizabeth | Pa | U | 14 | YKS Bawtry | |||
| HUNT Edward | Pa | M | 82 | Formerly Farm Labourer | LIN Kirton | ||
| HYDES George | Pa | W | 69 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Conisbrough | ||
| HYDES Jonathan | Pa | W | 81 | Formerly Labourer | DBY Richmond | ||
| JACKSON Alfred | Pa | 12 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| JACKSON John | Pa | W | 69 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Sprotbro | ||
| JENKINSON Ann | Pa | W | 79 | Widow of a Plasterer | YKS Sheffield | ||
| JENKINSON Eliza | Pa | 9 | Scholar | YKS Mexbro | |||
| JENKINSON Mary | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Mexbro | |||
| JERDIN Henry | Pa | 8 | Scholar | Quebec, America | |||
| KELK John | Pa | U | 64 | Formerly Quarry Labourer | YKS Warmsworth | ||
| KIRBY Alice | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| KIRBY Henry | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| KNAPTON Thomas | Pa | U | 67 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Knapton | ||
| KNIGHT Elizabeth | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| KNIGHT John | Pa | 12 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| KNOWLES Ann | Pa | W | 69 | Widow of a Drover | Imbecile | NTT Nottingham | |
| LANDERS Sarah | Pa | U | 64 | Formerly Semptress | Imbecile | YKS Tilts | |
| LARGE Thomas | Pa | U | 45 | Formerly Shoe Maker | LIN Belton | ||
| LINDSEY Alexander | Pa | U | 35 | Formerly Stone Mason | Stirling | ||
| LISTER Frederick | Pa | 9 | Scholar | YKS Barmbrough | |||
| LOCKARD Thomas | Pa | 12 | Scholar | YKS Balby | |||
| MACHIN Anne | Pa | 5 | Scholar | YKS Bentley | |||
| MACHIN Elizabeth | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| MACHIN Hannah | Pa | U | 33 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Imbecile | YKS Bentley | |
| MACHIN William | Pa | 3 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| MANIFIELD Ann | Pa | U | 42 | Formerly Domestic< Servant | YKS Rotherham | ||
| MANIFIELD Jane | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| MARSH Robert | Pa | U | 57 | Formerly Colliery Labourer | YKS Adwick on Dearne | ||
| McNAMEE Hugh | Pa | U | 77 | Formerly Drover | TYR Omagh, Ireland | ||
| MEADOWS Elizabeth | Pa | U | 22 | Formerly Domestic Servant | YKS Tickhill | ||
| MEADOWS Elizabeth | Pa | W | 69 | Widow of a Gardener | Imbecile | SAL Shrewsbury | |
| MEGGOTT John | Pa | U | 27 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Doncaster | ||
| MILLS Mary | Pa | 9 | Scholar | YKS Bolton on Dearne | |||
| MORRIS John | Pa | U | 60 | Formerly Farm Labourer | Imbecile | YKS Tickhill | |
| NICHOLSON George | Pa | M | 60 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Moorhouse, Hooton Pagnall | ||
| OADES Henry | Pa | U | 70 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Arksey | ||
| PARK Ann | Pa | U | 72 | Formerly Dress Maker | Blind | YKS Bentley | |
| PLANT Richard | Pa | W | 74 | Formerly Potter | YKS Mexbro | ||
| POSKITT Thomas | Pa | U | 49 | Imbecile | YKS Cantley | ||
| QUINN John | Pa | W | 73 | Formerly Labourer | ARM Newtown Hamilton, Ireland | ||
| REDING Daniel | Pa | U | 47 | Formerly Labourer | City of Limerick, Ireland | ||
| REED William | Pa | W | 77 | Formerly Labourer | NTH Eye | ||
| REYNOLDS Charles | Pa | W | 59 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Doncaster | ||
| RICHARDSON Elizabeth | Pa | W | 68 | Widow of a Tanner | YKS Hatfield Woodhouse | ||
| RIMMINGTON Ellen | Pa | 3 | Scholar | YKS Misson | |||
| RIMMINGTON George | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Misson | |||
| RIMMINGTON Mary | Pa | W | 30 | Formerly Charwoman | YKS Misson | ||
| RIMMINGTON Phoebe | Pa | 5 | Scholar | YKS Misson | |||
| RIMMINGTON Richard | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Misson | |||
| ROBERTS Hannah | Pa | U | 63 | Pauper Formerly Domestic Servant | Imbecile | YKS Adwick le Street | |
| ROBINSON Samuel, Jun | Pa | 10 | Scholar | LIN Louth | |||
| ROBINSON Samuel, Sen | Pa | W | 62 | Formerly Waterman | NTT Retford | ||
| SANDERSON Hannah | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Stainton | |||
| SANDERSON Jane | Pa | 4 | Scholar | YKS Everton | |||
| SANDERSON Mary | Pa | W | 30 | Widow of Farm | Labourer | NTT Everton | |
| SANDERSON Sarah Ann | Pa | 10 | Scholar ... | ||||
| SAYLES Anne | Pa | U | 27 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Blind | YKS Masbrough | |
| SAYLES Lily | Pa | 9 | Scholar | LAN Withington | |||
| SAYLES Walter Edward | Pa | 4 | Scholar | LAN Withington | |||
| SEDDON Edward | Pa | 5 | Scholar | KEN Folkstone | |||
| SEDDON Emily | Pa | 2 | KEN Folkstone | ||||
| SEDDON Sarah | Pa | M | 26 | Wife of a Boilersmith | KEN Folkstone | ||
| SEDDON William | Pa | 4 | Scholar | KEN Folkstone | |||
| SETTLE Ann | Pa | W | 64 | Widow of a Watch Maker | YKS St. Marys, York | ||
| SHEPHERD George | Pa | 13 | Scholar | YKS Mexbrough | |||
| SHILLITO George | Pa | U | 70 | Formerly Labourer | LIN Faldingworth Grange | ||
| SHILLITO Elizabeth | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Bawtry | |||
| SMITH Edward | Pa | W | 78 | Pauper Farm Servant | CAM Cambridge | ||
| SOUTH Sarah | Pa | W | 77 | Widow of a Bricklayer | YKS Doncaster | ||
| STANSFIELD Charlotte | Pa | U | 72 | Formerly Charwoman | YKS Ackworth | ||
| STEVENSON Charlotte | Pa | U | 36 | Formerly Domestic Servant | YKS Barmby Dun | ||
| STOCKS Alice | Pa | U | 27 | Formerly Prostitute | YKS Warmsworth | ||
| STOCKS William | Pa | 14 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| STOKES Sarah | Pa | U | 43 | Formerly Domestic Servant | YKS Low Ellers, Cantley | ||
| STRINGWELL Samuel | Pa | U | 71 | Pauper Gardener | YKS Askern | ||
| SWALLOW Josiah | Pa | U | 69 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Thurnscoe | ||
| TAYLOR Henry | Pa | W | 46 | Formerly Bricklayer | LIN Kirton Lindsey | ||
| TAYLOR Thomas | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| TAYLOR William | Pa | 11 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| TAYLOR Mary | Pa | W | 64 | Widow of a Shoe Maker | RFW Goven, Scotland | ||
| THOMPSON George | Pa | U | 59 | Formerly Ostler | YKS Doncaster | ||
| THOMPSON Henry | Pa | U | 35 | Formerly Joiner | YKS Tickhill | ||
| THOMPSON Thomas | Pa | W | 76 | Formerly Waterman | YKS Doncaster | ||
| THOMPSON William | * | U | 20 | Labourer at Foundries [*Vagrant] | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| TRAVIS Matthew | Pa | U | 40 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Misson | ||
| WALTER Mary | Pa | W | 91 | Widow of a Labourer | Sproatly Holderness | ||
| WARD John | Pa | 3 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| WARE Benjamin | Pa | 10 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| WATKINSON Joseph | Pa | M | 65 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Tickhill | ||
| WESTRON George | Pa | U | 57 | Formerly School Master | Imbecile | YKS Awkley | |
| WHITE Mary | Pa | U | 42 | Formerly Domestic Servant | LIN Hycombe | ||
| WHITELEY Frederick | Pa | 4 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| WHITELEY John | Pa | 9 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| WHITELEY Mary | Pa | M | 28 | Wife of a Shoe Maker | YKS Doncaster | ||
| WHITELEY Thomas | Pa | 3 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| WILSON Peter | Pa | 2 | YKS Doncaster | ||||
| WILSON Robert | Pa | 2 | YKS Doncaster | ||||
| WILSON William | Pa | 5 | Scholar | Glasgow, Scotland | |||
| WILTON John | Pa | W | 66 | Formerly Milkman | YKS Thorpe Bassett | ||
| WINDER Joseph | Pa | M | 57 | Formerly Labourer | YKS Doncaster | ||
| WINDOW William | Pa | M | 71 | Formerly Gardener | YKS Bawtry | ||
| WOOD Eliza | Pa | 13 | Scholar | YKS Mexbrough | |||
| WOOD Joseph | Pa | W | 67 | Formerly Farm Servant | YKS Hooton Pagnell | ||
| WOOD Robert | Pa | 15 | Scholar | YKS Mexbrough | |||
| WRAGG George | Pa | U | 60 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Misson | ||
| WRATHMELL John | Pa | 9 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| WRIGHT George | Pa | 2 | YKS Doncaster | ||||
| WRIGHT Keturah | Pa | U | 29 | Formerly Farm Servant | YKS Wadworth | ||
| WRIGHT William | Pa | 7 | Scholar | YKS Edlington | |||
| WRIGHT William | Pa | W | 52 | Formerly Farm Labourer | YKS Cusworth | ||
| YATES John | Pa | 5 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster | |||
| YATES Martha | Pa | 8 | Scholar | YKS Doncaster |
Total residents: 217
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