1881 Census: Residents of Dunfermline Poorhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| David STRUTH | M | 59 | M | Head | Governor | Torryburn, Fife, Scotland | |
| Agnes STRUTH | M | 58 | F | Wife | Matron | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Jeanie D. STRUTH | U | 27 | F | Daur | Assist Teacher Not An Official | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John ADDISON | M | 51 | M | Head | Porter | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Margt. ADDISON | M | 46 | F | Wife | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Jessie ADDISON | 19 | F | Daur | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Helen ADDISON | 17 | F | Daur | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Catherine ADDISON | 14 | F | Daur | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| James ADDISON | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Maggie ADDISON | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Willie ADDISON | 3 | M | Son | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary ADAMSON | M | 63 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Robert ADDISON | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Alexr. ANDERSON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Archibald ANDERSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Helen ANDERSON | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| James ANDERSON | 3 | M | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| James ANDERSON | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet ANDERSON | 1 | F | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| John ARMSTRONG | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Anne BARR | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ratho, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Peter BARR | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| George BARRON | 14 | M | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Anne BEVERIDGE | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Francis BOWMAN | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Elizabeth BROWN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John BROWN | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Margt. BRUCE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Carnock ((Culross)), Fife, Scotland | |
| Thomas CAMPBELL | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Eliza CANT | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| William CHALMERS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Dancing Master | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet CHRISTIE | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Washer Woman | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Robina CONNER | 2 | F | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Robina COULTER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | ||
| Jane COUSTON | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet COUTTS | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Henry COVENTRY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Margt. CUTHILL | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Midwife | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John DAY | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Maggie DICK | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Saline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Robert DICK | 3m | M | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Helen DOBSON | W | 42 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Ireland | |
| Thos. DOBSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Henry DONALDSON | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Alexander DOW | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dalgety, Fife, Scotland | |
| John DRUMMOND | U | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Cleish, Kinross, Scotland | |
| Anne DRYSDALE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Tulliallan, Perth, Scotland | |
| Christina DRYSDALE | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Housemaid | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| James DRYSDALE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Walter DUNCAN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Flax Dresser | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet FAIRLEY | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Culross, Perth, Scotland | |
| Margaret FERGUSON | 15 | F | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Isabella FISHER | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Helen FOTHERINGHAM | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Catherine GLANCY | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Ireland | |
| Anne GRANDISON | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Nursery Maid | Culross, Perth, Scotland | |
| Jane GRANDISON | 2 | F | Inmate | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
| Margaret GRANDISON | 10m | F | Inmate | Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland | |||
| Alexr. GRAY | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| John GRAY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Agnes HARROWER | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John HENDERSON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Mary HENDERSON | 3m | F | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Mary HENDERSON | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| William HENDERSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Jas. HIDDLE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Laurence HOGG | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John HUMPHREY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Agnes HUNTER | 1m | F | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Maggie HUNTER | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Thomas HUNTER | 4 | M | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| John INCHES | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Dumb | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Robert INGLIS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| David IRELAND | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Jane JACK | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Allan KEIR | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Baker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Jessie LAWSON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Jessie LAWSON | W | 45 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Orkney, Scotland | |
| John LAWSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| William LAWSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Anne LUMSDEN | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet MACKAY | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland | |
| Jane MC_CLINTOCK | 4 | F | Inmate | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
| Jane MC_CLINTOCK | M | 23 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| William MC_CLINTOCK | 1 | M | Inmate | Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland | |||
| Cornelius MC_KAIL | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Beath, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Margaret MC_KAIL | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kirknewton, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| John MC_NAUGHTON | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Jane MILLER | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Joseph MILNE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Margaret MILNE | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Margaret MILNE | 5 | F | Inmate | Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | |||
| Mary Anne MILNE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thurso, Caithness, Scotland | ||
| Elizabeth MONRO | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Willie MORRIS | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Messenger | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Alexander MOYES | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Archibald MOYES | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Hugh MURRAY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Jane MURRAY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| William NEISH | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet NELSON | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet NICOLSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Susan NIMMS | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Philip NIVEN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| George PHILIP | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Agnes POLLOCK | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| John PRINGLE | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John REID | 5 | M | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Mary REID | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Agnes RINTOUL | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| James RINTOUL | 3 | M | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| William RINTOUL | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| James RITCHIE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| George ROBERTSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Jane ROBERTSON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Robt. ROBERTSON | 6 | M | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| Andrew ROSS | 1 | M | Inmate | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | |||
| John ROY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Robert RUSSEL | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Street Porter | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Christina SCOTT | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Housemaid | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Robt. SCOTT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| John SHADFORTH | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Betsy SMITH | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Shotts, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jane SMITH | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Janet SMITH | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Torryburn, Fife, Scotland | |
| Margt. SMITH | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Helen SORELEY | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Cook | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| John SPOWART | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Torryburn, Fife, Scotland | |
| David STENHOUSE | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Andrew STUART | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Mary TAIT | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Housemaid | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Catherine TEMPLEMAN | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Kenneth TEMPLEMAN | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Flax Dresser | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John TULLOCH | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Catherine WALKER | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet WALKER | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| William WATERS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Janet WELLWOOD | U | 79 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| David WESTWOOD | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Margt. WHITEHEAD | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Mary WHITELAW | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Housemaid | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| David WILLIAMSON | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Elspeth WILLIAMSON | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| William WILSON | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Jane WINTER | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Polisher | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| John WISHART | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| Ebenezer WRIGHT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Lily WRIGHT | M | 42 | F | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
| Willie WRIGHT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Andrew YOUNG | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
| William YOUNG | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
Total residents: 151
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