1881 Census: Residents of Durham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Maria ARMSTRONG | 32 | F | Industrial Trainer At Workhouse Munic | Bishop Auckland | |||
| Mark ARMSTRONG | 22 | M | Porter At Workhouse | Fullwell, Durham | |||
| William STEPHENSON | M | 39 | M | (Head) | Nurse At Workhouse | Brancepeth, Durham | |
| Jane STEPHENSON | 36 | F | (Wife) | Nurse At Workhouse, Insp Ser | Workington, Cumberland | ||
| Mary THUBRON | M | 45 | F | Cook At Workhouse | Ulverston, Lancashire | ||
| Margaret HARRISON | U | 25 | F | General Servt At Workhouse Munic | Cassop, Durham | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Hannah AINSLEY | W | 82 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | ||
| Robson ARMITAGE | W | 61 | M | Labourer | Capheaton, Northumberland | ||
| Margaret AVEY | 6 | F | Scholar | Durham | |||
| Mary Ann AVEY | 8 | F | Scholar | Durham | |||
| Margaret AYLESBURY | W | 75 | F | Langley, Durham | |||
| Joseph BAILEY | W | 55 | M | Joiner | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| James BENNISON | 11 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Mary Ann BESSFORD | 10 | F | Scholar | Waterhouses, Durham | |||
| Matthew BEST | U | 70 | F | Labourer | Rothbury, Northumberland | ||
| Mary BLANCH | W | 82 | F | Tailor | Kirby Hill, York | ||
| George BOAZMAN | U | 52 | M | Labourer | Blind | Sunny Brow, Durham | |
| Isabella BRADLEY | 11 | F | Scholar | Shieldfield Newcastle | |||
| Eleanor BRIGGS | 4 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Hannah BRIGGS | M | 31 | F | Ripon, York | |||
| Henry BRIGGS | 8 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| John BRIGGS | 7 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Louisa BRIGGS | U | 41 | F | Imbecile | Bishop Auckland, Durham | ||
| Margaret Hannah BRIGGS | 1 | F | Domestic Servant | Durham, Durham | |||
| Mary Ann BRIGGS | 10 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Elizabeth BROWN | M | 35 | F | Liverpool, Lancashire | |||
| John BROWN | 14 | M | Scholar | Tudhoe, Durham | |||
| Robert BROWN | M | 59 | M | Iron Moulder | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Elizabeth BURNSIDE | W | 76 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas BUTLER | U | 46 | M | Tailor | Bootle Liverpool | ||
| Thomas CAFFERY | U | 23 | M | Labourer | Crook, Durham | ||
| William CAIN | 11 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| James CARR | U | 30 | M | Labourer | Belfast, Ireland | ||
| George CHRISHOSS | U | 38 | M | Labourer | Brandon, Durham | ||
| Frank CLARKE | 13 | M | Scholar | ||||
| James CLARKE | 10 | M | Scholar | ||||
| John CLARKE | U | 69 | M | Labourer | Glenrole, Ireland | ||
| Kate CONNAR | 14 | F | Hawker | Rainton, Durham | |||
| Elizabeth Ann COOKE | 14 | F | Scholar | Mount Pleasant, Durham | |||
| Phobe CRONE | W | 74 | F | Imbecile | Allendale, Northumberland | ||
| Margaret CROZIER | U | 34 | F | Imbecile | Cassop, Durham | ||
| Bartholomew CUNNINGHAM | U | 22 | M | Labourer | Newcastle, Northumberland | ||
| Patrick DALTON | W | 74 | M | Labourer | Athlone, Ireland | ||
| Elizabeth DANIELS | 5 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| William DANIELS | 11 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| John DAY | U | 36 | M | Painter | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| John DEFTY | U | 59 | M | Undef Miner | Clonbrock, Ireland | ||
| Elizabeth DIXON | 5 | F | Scholar | Sherburn, Durham | |||
| Hannah DIXON | M | 31 | F | Sherburn, Durham | |||
| James DIXON | M | 27 | M | Blks Striker | Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
| James DOBSON | U | 70 | M | Labourer | Lumley, Durham | ||
| Patrick DOUGHERTY | W | 75 | M | Labourer | Ireland | ||
| Sarah ELLIOTT | 15 | F | Scholar | Kelloe, Durham | |||
| John FAWELL | 14 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| William FAWELL | 10 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Mary FEELEY | W | 68 | F | Labourer | Cavan, Ireland | ||
| Jane Ann FENWICK | U | 18 | F | Scholar | Houghall, Durham | ||
| Lancelot FENWICK | U | 58 | M | Undef Miner | New Lambton, Durham | ||
| John Thomas FOX | 10 | M | Scholar | ||||
| John GIBLAN | W | 65 | M | Labourer | Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Alexander GILLIS | W | 79 | M | Hawker | Dalkeith, Scotland | ||
| Emily GRAHAM | 9 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| James GRAY | 14 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Thomas GREEN | U | 37 | M | Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Sarah Ann GREENWELL | M | 37 | F | Newcastle, Northumberland | |||
| Sarah Ann GREENWELL | 8 | F | Scholar | Barnstaple, Devon | |||
| Edward HALL | 13 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Farrell HALL | 6 | M | Scholar | Quarrington, Durham | |||
| Henry HALL | 10 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Ralph HARDY | W | 65 | M | Labourer | |||
| Jane HARRISON | U | 44 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | ||
| Thomas HARTLEY | U | 28 | M | Joiner | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Agnes HASWELL | W | 70 | F | Glasgow, Scotland | |||
| John HILL | W | 80 | M | Labourer | Dorrington, Lincoln | ||
| Jane HILTON | U | 36 | F | Imbecile | Durham, Durham | ||
| Dorothy HODGSON | U | 20 | F | Imbecile | Durham, Durham | ||
| John Garrity HOPPER | 7 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Thomas HOPPER | 8 | M | Scholar | Durham | |||
| John INGLIS | W | 76 | M | Shoemaker | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Christopher JACKSON | U | 66 | M | Labourer | Durham, Durham | ||
| John JOHNSON | W | 68 | M | Nd Gardener | Graystock | ||
| Patrick KENNEDY | U | 24 | M | Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Thomas LAW | W | 47 | M | Labourer | Shincliffe, Durham | ||
| Luke LAWTON | U | 61 | M | Miner | Birtley, Durham | ||
| Ann LAYDON | W | 91 | F | Labourer | Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Thomas LEYBOURNE | W | 64 | M | Labourer | Hetton, Durham | ||
| Henry LOVE | U | 78 | M | Labourer | Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Zedilla LOWE | 11 | F | Scholar | Waterhouses, Durham | |||
| William MAKEPEACE | U | 37 | M | Labourer | Imbecile | Kelloe, Durham | |
| Joseph MARK | U | 25 | M | Bricklayer | North Shields, Northumberland | ||
| Esther MARSH | 6 | F | Sunderland, Durham | ||||
| Esther MARSH | M | 31 | F | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| Hannah MARSH | 1 | F | London, Middlesex | ||||
| Joseph MARSH | M | 34 | M | Labourer | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| Mary MARTIN | U | 28 | F | Scholar | Castle Bellingham, Ireland | ||
| John MASON | W | 68 | M | ND Gardener | Bolton Castle, York | ||
| Sarah Ann MAUDLING | U | 33 | F | Servant Dom | Garmondray | ||
| Ann MAUGHAN | M | 50 | F | Miner Undef | Gateshead, Durham | ||
| Owen MCCARTNEY | 8 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Thomas MCCARTNEY | 10 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Peter MCCOLLEY | 15 | M | Labourer | Sunderland, Durham | |||
| Elizabeth MC KENNA | 84 | F | Wife | Wigton, Cumberland | |||
| William MC KENNA | M | 74 | M | (Head) | Shoemaker | Mona, Ireland | |
| James MCRALL | U | 24 | M | Rivetter Iron | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Ann MITCHELL | U | 51 | F | Imbecile | Mount Pleasant, Durham | ||
| Charles MORLEY | 8 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Frederick MORLEY | 13 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| William MORLEY | 10 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| George MYERS | 14 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| James NELSON | 8 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Robert NELSON | 10 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Thomas NELSON | 12 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Alice NEVILLE | 5 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Jane NEVILLE | W | 24 | F | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| John NEVILLE | 4 | M | Durham, Durham | ||||
| Mary NEVILLE | 7 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Edward PARKINSON | 12 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Catherine PEARSON | 4 | F | Durham | ||||
| Jane PEARSON | 6 | F | Scholar | Durham | |||
| John PEARSON | 10 | M | Scholar | Durham | |||
| Mary PEARSON | 8 | F | Scholar | Durham | |||
| Arthur POTTS | 4 | M | Scholar | ||||
| James POULTON | 5 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| William POULTON | 7 | M | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Samuel RICHARDS | U | 63 | M | Labourer | London, Middlesex | ||
| Mark ROWLAND | 12 | M | Scholar | Stockley, Durham | |||
| Robert ROWLAND | 15 | M | Scholar | Stockley, Durham | |||
| John RUTH | U | 61 | M | Labourer | Laxfield, Suffolk | ||
| Isabella RUTHERFORD | U | 66 | F | Scholar | Northumberland | ||
| David SCARTH | W | 53 | M | Shoemaker | Durham, Durham | ||
| Bridget MC SEARLEY | 9 | F | Scholar | Broom Park, Durham | |||
| John MC SEARLEY | W | 39 | M | Coke Drawer | Carrick Moor, Ireland | ||
| Thomas MC SEARLEY | 15 | M | Scholar | Framwellgate Moor, Durham | |||
| David SPENCER | U | 30 | M | Labourer | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Thomas STAINFORTH | W | 55 | M | Labourer | Topcliffe, York | ||
| John STARKEY | U | 30 | M | Slater | Ireland | ||
| Samuel STEVENS | U | 16 | M | Shoemaker | Leeds, York | ||
| John STEVENSON | W | 69 | M | Nailer | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| William STOREY | U | 46 | M | Labourer | Durham, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth STRAKER | U | 29 | F | Hawker | Barnard Castle, Durham | ||
| Catherine SWIFT | 6 | F | Scholar | Willington, Durham | |||
| Edward SWIFT | 9 | M | Scholar | Brandon, Durham | |||
| Jane SWIFT | 4 | F | Scholar | Browney Colliery, Durham | |||
| Mary Ann SWIFT | 13 | F | Scholar | Esh, Durham | |||
| Robert TAYLOR | U | 27 | M | Labourer | Aycliffe, Durham | ||
| Thomas THOMPSON | U | 68 | M | Butler | Darlington, Durham | ||
| Thomas THOMPSON | U | 64 | M | Iron Moulder | Durham, Durham | ||
| Ralph THWAITES | W | 83 | M | Labourer | Durham, Durham | ||
| Sarah USHER | M | 65 | F | Scholar | |||
| Frederick VALLANCE | M | 40 | M | Labourer | Lunatic | ||
| John WARD | U | 23 | M | Undef Miner | Clay Cross, Derby | ||
| Henry WATSON | M | 32 | M | Labourer | Darlington, Durham | ||
| John WATSON | W | 73 | M | Labourer | Durham, Durham | ||
| William WATSON | W | 77 | M | Undef Miner | Washington, Durham | ||
| James WEBSTER | W | 54 | M | Cabinet Maker | Sawley, York | ||
| Joseph WELLS | W | 70 | M | Shoemaker | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
| John William WHITE | 3 | M | Durham, Durham | ||||
| Louisa Edith WHITE | 9 | F | Scholar | Durham, Durham | |||
| Mary Alice WHITE | 14 | F | Scholar | Stockton-On-Tees, York | |||
| John WORTHY | U | 70 | M | Nailer | Durham, Durham | ||
| William YOUNG | U | 48 | M | Labourer | Durham, Durham |
Total residents: 161
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