1881 Census: Residents of Dorchester Union Workhouse, Fordington, Dorset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William PEARCE | M | 40 | M | Head | Master | Portland, Dorset | |
| Mary F. PEARCE | M | 38 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| William PEARCE | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Cerne, Dorset | ||
| Robert S. PEARCE | 7 | M | Son | Scholar | Cerne, Dorset | ||
| Reginald A. PEARCE | 4 | M | Son | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Edward E. PEARCE | 1 | M | Son | Dorchester, Dorset | |||
| Ellen A. TURNER | U | 22 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress (Munic) | Blandford, Dorset | |
| Ann ELLIOTT | W | 39 | F | Officer | Nurse | Laymore, Somerset | |
| Henry WHITEFIELD | W | 42 | M | Officer | Porter | Stanford, Berkshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Hannah ANDREWS | U | 60 | F | Pauper | N K, York | ||
| Fanny BARTLETT | U | 48 | F | Pauper | Tolpuddle, Dorset | ||
| John BAWLER | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Cordwainer | Fordington, Dorset | |
| William BILES | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Cordwainer (No Occ) | Evershott, Dorset | |
| Annie BRIDLE | 2 | F | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | |||
| John BRIDLE | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Yeovil, Somerset | ||
| Martha BRIDLE | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset | ||
| Emma BROWN | M | 39 | F | Pauper | Piddlehinton, Dorset | ||
| Thomas BURROWS | U | 46 | M | Pauper | Keeper | Bechampbell, Norfolk | |
| Charles BURT | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Preston, Dorset | ||
| Edward CAUNDLE | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Servant | Kingston Russell, Dorset | |
| Alfred COLE | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Mary COLLINS | U | 33 | F | Pauper | Bradford, Dorset | ||
| Bessie COOMBS | 3 | F | Pauper | Dorchester, Dorset | |||
| George COOMBS | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Frome Vanchurch, Dorset | ||
| Jane COOMBS | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Maiden Newton, Dorset | |
| John COOMBS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Samuel COOMBS | U | 53 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Fordington, Dorset | |
| Christopher CORMICK | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Frampton, Dorset | |
| Edward COSH | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Stableman (Groom) | Bockhampton, Dorset | |
| Frances COURTNEY | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Powerstock, Dorset | ||
| Hampton P. COURTNEY | 1 | M | Pauper | Dorchester, Dorset | |||
| William COWARD | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Gardener (No Occ) | Kingston, Dorset | |
| Jane CROSS | M | 59 | F | Pauper | Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire | ||
| Frances CUTCHELL | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sheffield, York | ||
| George CUTCHELL | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sheffield, York | ||
| Bessie DARE | 2 | F | Pauper | Frome Vanchurch, Dorset | |||
| Harry DARE | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Frome Vanchurch, Dorset | ||
| Herbert DARE | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Frome Vanchurch, Dorset | ||
| Susan DARE | M | 30 | F | Pauper | Loders, Dorset | ||
| William DARE | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Frome Vanchurch, Dorset | ||
| Ann DIAMOND | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Steepleton, Dorset | ||
| Sophia GALPIN | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Upwey, Dorset | ||
| Charles GRAY | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Baker | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Harriett HAMMETT | U | 46 | F | Pauper | Tolpuddle, Dorset | ||
| Alice HARDING | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Blackwater, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah HARDING | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Blackwater, Cambridge | ||
| Francis HARLES | 61 | M | Pauper | Coachmans Labourer | Southampton | ||
| William HAWKINS | U | 24 | M | Pauper | Draper | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Charles HEWER | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Chesilborne, Dorset | |
| Mary Ann HINE | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Radipole, Dorset | ||
| Sarah HISCOCK | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| George HODGES | M | 77 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| John HOOPER | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Mary Ann HOOPER | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Cerne, Dorset | |
| Fanny JEANS | M | 81 | F | Pauper | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Robert KENDALL | U | 40 | M | Pauper | Masons Labourer | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth KINGDOM | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Servant | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Alice LAKE | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Fordington, Dorset | ||
| George LAKE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Puddlehinton, Dorset | ||
| Henry LAKE | W | 50 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Bessie LESTER | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Harry LESTER | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Scotland | ||
| Mary LESTER | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Fordington, Dorset | |
| Giles LOADER | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth LOCK | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Puddletown, Dorset | ||
| John LOCK | W | 82 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer (No Occ) | Marlow, Oxford | |
| Emily LOVERIDGE | U | 17 | F | Pauper | Fordington, Dorset | ||
| John MARKS | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Wheelwright | Merriott, Somerset | |
| Frances MELLER | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Maiden Newton, Dorset | ||
| Richard MOCHER | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Swyer, Dorset | |
| William MOORE | U | 54 | M | Pauper | Linen Draper | Stalbridge, Dorset | |
| Frances H. MOWLEM | U | 48 | M | Pauper | Accountant | Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset | |
| Sarah NEWMAN | U | 56 | F | Pauper | Nurse (Munic) | Chilfrome, Dorset | |
| Charles NOTLEY | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Osmington, Dorset | ||
| Frederick NOTLEY | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Osmington, Dorset | ||
| William NOTLEY | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Osmington, Dorset | ||
| Rosina PALMER | 7 | F | Pauper | Bristol, Gloucester | |||
| Sarah PALMER | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Servant | Bridport, Dorset | |
| George PEARCE | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Warmwell, Dorset | |
| Henry PEARCE | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Broadwinsor, Dorset | |
| William PORTER | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Painter | Stafford, Dorset | |
| Charles POUNCEY | W | 53 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Henry PURCHASE | U | 46 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Deaf | Piddletown, Dorset |
| George RICHARDS | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Servant (No Occ) | Winterborne Abbas, Dorset | |
| Mary RICHARDS | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Winterborne St Martin, Dorset | |
| Mary RIDEOUT | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Affruddle, Dorset | ||
| James RIGGS | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Puddletown, Dorset | |
| Frederick ROOKE | 2 | M | Pauper | Fordington, Dorset | |||
| Jane SANSOME | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Broadmayne, Dorset | ||
| Kate SANSOME | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Broadmayne, Dorset | ||
| Charles SEAL | U | 35 | M | Pauper | Stableman | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Rhoda SMART | U | 47 | F | Pauper | Maiden Newton, Dorset | ||
| Hester SMITH | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Steyning, Sussex | ||
| William SPENCER | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Longbredy, Dorset | |
| Minnie SPICER | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Tolpuddle, Dorset | ||
| Annie SPRACHLIM | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Martinstown, Dorset | ||
| Ellen SPRACHLIM | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Martinstown, Dorset | ||
| Fred SPRACHLIM | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Martinstown, Dorset | ||
| Isaac SPRACHLIM | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Martinstown, Dorset | ||
| John SPRACHLIM | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Martinstown, Dorset | ||
| Lily SPRACHLIM | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Martinstown, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth VINCENT | U | 56 | F | Pauper | Deaf | Frome, Dorset | |
| Julia VINCENT | M | 30 | F | Pauper | Ilsington, Dorset | ||
| Harry WEAKLY | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Fordington, Dorset | ||
| Florence E. WELLER | 7 | F | Pauper | Dorchester, Dorset | |||
| Daniel WEST | U | 75 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Blind | Dorchester, Dorset |
| James WILLS | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Maiden Newton, Dorset | |
| Jane WINYAN | U | 52 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Dorchester Union | |
| James WINZAN | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Masons Labourer | Fordington, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth WOODLAND | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Warmwell, Dorset | ||
| Emma WOODLAND | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Plush, Dorset | ||
| Fanny WOODLAND | W | 37 | F | Pauper | Plush, Dorset | ||
| Frances WOODLAND | 11 | F | Pauper | Plush, Dorset | |||
| Georgina WOODLAND | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wynford Eagle, Dorset | ||
| Alice WOODWARD | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Dorchester, Dorset |
Total residents: 115
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