1881 Census: Residents of Dumbarton Union Poorh
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James MC LEAN | M | 48 | M | Governor (Head) | Governor Clerk & Treasurer | Glenurquhart, Inverness | |
| Helen MC LEAN | M | 35 | F | Wife | Matron | Hogganfield, Lanark | |
| Ernest TOUGH | U | 30 | M | Serv | Male Lunatic Attendant | Turriff, Aberdeen | |
| Mary YOUNG | U | 25 | F | Serv | Female Lunatic Attendant | Hogganfield, Lanark | |
| Jessie MC LEAN | U | 28 | F | Serv | House Servant | Celbokie, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Maria I. A. KILPATRICK | U | 25 | F | Serv | Laundrymaid | Ireland | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Elizabeth ABERCROMBY | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Glenfruin, Dunbarton | |
| John ADAMS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Outdoor Lab | Ireland | |
| James ANDERSON | 3 | M | Inmate | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | |||
| Hugh ANDREW | 16 | M | Inmate | Faifley, Dunbarton | |||
| Isabella ARBUCKLE | U | 18 | F | Inmate | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Neil BANNATYNE | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Greenock, Renfrew | |
| James BARR | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Blind | Row, Dunbarton | |
| Christina BATTISON | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Port Of Montieth, Perth | |
| Isabella BELL | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | |
| John BELL | >m | M | Inmate | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | |||
| Rose Ann BENNETT | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Govan, Renfrew | ||
| Ann BIGGART | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Janet BONE | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Fanny BOYLE | M | 83 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Mary BRANNAN | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Greenock, Renfrew | ||
| James BROCK | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ship Carpenter | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Mary BURNS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Clackmannan, Clackmannan | |
| Elizabeth CAMERON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Catherine CAMPBELL | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Book Binder | Roseneath, Dunbarton | |
| Walter CAMPBELL | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Roseneath, Dunbarton | |
| John CARMICHAEL | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Dry Dyke Builder | Port Of Monteith, Perth | |
| James CARR | U | 47 | M | Inmate | General Outdoor Lab | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Jane CARRICK | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Agricultural & Domestic Serv | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| Lily CLARK | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Catherine CLYDE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Strathblane, Stirling | ||
| James CLYDE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Strathblane, Stirling | ||
| Margaret CLYDE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Strathblane, Stirling | ||
| Roderick CLYDE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Strathblane, Stirling | ||
| John COCHRANE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Patrick CONNACHAN | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Lab General | Ireland | |
| Margaret COOPER | 16 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | ||
| John COPELAND | U | 90 | M | Inmate | Flesher | Inversnaid, Dunbarton | |
| Mary COYNE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Christian CRAIG | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Serv | Jordanhill, Dunbarton | |
| Alexander CRIGHTON | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Block Printer & Lab | Alexandria, Dunbarton | |
| Ann CUNNINGHAM | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Stirling | ||
| Agnes DOCHERTY | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| Mary DOCHERTY | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Steam Loom Weaver | Ireland | |
| Sarah Ann DOCHERTY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Renfrew, Renfrew | ||
| Margaret DONNELLY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| William DOUGLAS | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Richard ENGLISH | U | 60 | M | Inmate | General Lab | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Isabella EVANS | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Steam Loom Weaver | Duntocher, Dunbarton | |
| Thomas EWING | U | 25 | M | Inmate | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Walter EWING | U | > 2 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| Colin FERGUSON | 69 | M | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Inveraray, Argyll | ||
| Daniel FERGUSON | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Clerk | Stirling | |
| Mary Ann FULLARTON | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| William GARDNER | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant | Baldernock, Stirling | |
| Helen GILMOUR | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Greenock, Renfrew | |
| Samuel GLASS | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Ship Rivetter | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Michael GOVIN | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Lab In Shipyard | Ireland | |
| Maria GRAHAM | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| John GRANT | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Iron Moulder | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| Agnes GRAY | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Hand Loom Weaver | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | |
| William GRAY | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Carter & Lab | Ireland | |
| William GUY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| Margaret HACKENS | W | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Haddington, Haddington | |
| John HANNAH | 7 | M | Inmate | Helensburgh (Dumbarton), Dunbarton | |||
| Margaret HANNAH | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helensburgh (Dumbarton), Dunbarton | ||
| Mary HANNAH | W | 30 | F | Inmate | Mangle Keeper | Melrose, Roxburgh | |
| Janet HARDIE | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Strathblane, Stirling | |
| Malcolm HASSON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Field Labourer | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Jessie INGLES | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Rose INGLES | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Ireland | |
| Andrew IRONS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Engine Fitter | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Mary JARDINE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| William JARVIE | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Cumbernauld, Lanark | |
| Catherine B. KELLY | M | 52 | F | Inmate | Row, Dunbarton | ||
| Jerome KENNEDY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Temperance Lecturer | Ireland | |
| Patrick KERR | 2m | M | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |||
| Sarah KERR | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Ireland | |
| Robert KILPATRICK | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Block Printer | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| Mary KIRK | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Port Glasgow, Renfrew | ||
| James KIRKWOOD | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | |
| Robert LAING | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Clerk & Store Keeper | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| George LAMB | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Roxburgh, Roxburgh | ||
| Joseph LANG | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| John LENNOCHAN | W | 34 | M | Inmate | Cowfeeder | Stranraer, Wigtown | |
| Duncan LIVINGSTONE | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Balfron, Stirling | |
| Agnes LOCKHART | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| William MALCOLM | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Serv | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| Jessie MARTIN | 4 | F | Inmate | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |||
| Margaret MARTIN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Mary Jane MARTIN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Elizabeth MATHIESON | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Serv | Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Ann MC ALLAN | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Farm Servant | Stirling | |
| Janet MC AUSLAN | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| Mary MC AUSLAN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Bridget MC BRIDE | W | 33 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Mary MC BRIDE | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Argyll | ||
| James MC CAHILL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Cooper (Operative) | Ireland | |
| Isabella MC CORD | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Imbecile | Cardross, Dunbarton |
| Margaret MC DONALD | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Pedlar | Cumbernauld, Lanark | |
| Isabella MC FADYEN | 11m | F | Inmate | Milton, Dunbarton | |||
| Margaret MC FADYEN | 3 | F | Inmate | Renton, Dunbarton | |||
| Ann MC FARLANE | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Isabella MC FARLANE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Inverkip, Renfrew | ||
| Margaret MC FARLANE | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Outoor Worker Domestic Serv | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| John MC GEDDIES | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Robert B. MC GOWN | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Cooper | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Peter MC GREGOR | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Printfield Worker & Lab | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| James MC ILROY | 14 | M | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Mary G. MC INTYRE | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Govan, Renfrew | |
| Annie MC INULTY | 1m | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |||
| Jessie MC INULTY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Rope & Twine Works Worker | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Charles MC KAY | W | 44 | M | Inmate | Flesher | Kippen, Stirling | |
| Daniel MC KAY | U | 34 | M | Inmate | House Porter | Renton, Dunbarton | |
| Janet MC KEAN | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Milngavie, Stirling | |
| Mary MC KECHNIE | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Kilsyth, Stirling | ||
| Mary MC KEITH | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Peter MC KEITH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Margaret MC KELLAR | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Agricultural & Domestic Serv | Buchanan, Stirling | |
| Patrick MC KENNA | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Bleachfield Worker | Ireland | |
| Daniel MC KIE | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ireland | ||
| Mary MC KILLOP | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Imbecile | Bonhill, Dunbarton |
| Grace MC KINLAY | W | 43 | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Archibald MC KINNON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanark | ||
| James MC LAREN | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Outdoor Lab | Ireland | |
| Catherine MC LEAN | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Craignish, Argyll | |
| Duncan MC LEAN | U | 59 | M | Inmate | R N Pensioner | Renton, Dunbarton | |
| Jessie MC LEAN | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Glasgow, Lanark | ||
| James MC LEARY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Nail Maker | Ireland | |
| Janet MC LEOD | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Renton, Dunbarton | |
| John MC MILLAN | W | 36 | M | Inmate | Slate Quarry Lab | Appin, Argyll | |
| Alexander MC NAUGHT | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Cabinet Maker | Roseneath, Dunbarton | |
| Catherine MC NEIL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Cardross, Dunbarton | |
| John MC PHERSON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Deviot, Inverness | |
| Catherine MC READY | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Steam Loom Weaver | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Joseph MC VITTERS | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Ireland | |
| Catherine MILLAR | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | ||
| Elizabeth MILLAR | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Stirling, Stirling | ||
| John MONTGOMERY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Hand Loom Weaver | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | |
| Agnes MORRIS | 4 | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |||
| Jane MORRIS | 2 | F | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |||
| Jane MORRIS | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Cotton Mill Worker | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Marion MORRIS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Renton, Dunbarton | ||
| James MUIR | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Denny, Stirling | |
| William MUNNICH | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Carter & Lab | Bannockburn, Stirling | |
| Peter MUNRO | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Tailor & Carpet Weaver | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| Mary NESBET | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Sewer | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| William O'DONNELL | M | 84 | M | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| William O'NEIL | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Blind | Ireland |
| John PATERSON | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Grocers Assistant | Lunatic | Alloa, Clackmannan |
| Isabella PATON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| John PAUL | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Bonhill, Dunbarton | |
| Elizabeth PINKSTONE | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Steam Loom Weaver | Duntocher, Dunbarton | |
| Jane PINKSTONE | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Carding Cotton Tender | Duntocher, Dunbarton | |
| Benjamin REILLY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Ireland | |
| John RENNIE | 14 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Row, Dunbarton | ||
| John RUTHERFORD | 94 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Wales | ||
| Alice SAVAGE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Blind | Neilston, Renfrew | |
| David SCOTT | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Handloom Weaver | Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton | |
| Eliza SCOTT | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Luss, Dunbarton | |
| James SHETTLESTON | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Farm Worker | Imbecile | Bonhill, Dunbarton |
| Catherine SHOVELIN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bonhill, Dunbarton | ||
| Catherine SHOVELIN | M | 34 | F | Inmate | Printfield Worker | Ireland | |
| Patrick SHOVELIN | 3 | M | Inmate | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |||
| Agnes SINCLAIR | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Andrew SLOAN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Iron Forge Worker | Sanquhar, Dumfries | |
| Catherine SMITH | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Laundry Worker | Kilmaronock, Dunbarton | |
| James SMITH | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Margaret SMITH | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Kilbarchan, Renfrew | ||
| Mary SMITH | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | ||
| Archibald SPY | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Row, Dunbarton | |
| John STEWART | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Worsted Factory Worker | Lunatic | Alloa, Clackmannan |
| Mary STEWART | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kippen, Stirling | |
| James STIRLING | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | West Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Jean STRACHAN | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Elizabeth STRATHEARN | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Jane THOMSON | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Dailly, Ayr | ||
| Thomas THOMSON | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Ship Carpenter | England | |
| Thomas TURNBULL | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Bookeeper Etc | Duntocher, Dunbarton | |
| Duncan TURNER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Handloom Weaver | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | |
| Elizabeth WALKER | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Row, Dunbarton | |
| Mary WHITE | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Cotton Mill Worker | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Margaret WILLIAMSON | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Cotton Mill Worker | Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton | |
| Charles WILSON | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Stone Breaker | Ireland | |
| John WILSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dumbarton, Dunbarton | |
| Thomas WOOD | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Row, Dunbarton | |
| William WOOD | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Butler & Labourer | Row, Dunbarton | |
| Peter YOUNG | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Painter | Lunatic | Alloa, Clackmannan |
| Robert YOUNG | U | 19 | M | Visitor | Flesher | Hogganfield, Lanark |
Total residents: 189
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