1881 Census: Residents of Dysart Combination Poorhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Daniel CAMPBELL | U | 48 | M | Govenor (Head) | Govermpr Of Poorhouse | Alyth (Grebe), Forfar | |
| Elizabeth BALLS | U | 25 | F | Matron | Matron Of Poorhouse | Bervie, Kincardine | |
| Mary BALL | U | 22 | F | Serv | Cook Dom Serv | Bervie, Kincardine | |
| Hugh RUE | U | 16 | M | Visitor | Druggist Appr | Canongate, Edinburgh | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ADAMSON | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Baker | Wemyss, Fife | |
| William ALLAN | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Dysart, Fife | |
| Euphemia ANDERSON | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker | Pittenweem, Fife | |
| Jane ANDERSON | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Weaver Woolen | Dysart, Fife | |
| Isabella BAIN | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Dysart, Fife | |
| George BLACKWOOD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Markinch, Fife | ||
| Arthur BROWN | U | 31 | M | Inmate | No Trade | Blind | Kennolay, Fife |
| Bernard CAMRON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| John CARREGAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettle, Fife | ||
| Margaret CHAPMAN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Newburgh, Fife | |
| James CHRICHTON | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Paralitic No Trade | Dumb | Dysart, Fife |
| Robert CHRICHTON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Paralitic | Dumb | Dysart, Fife |
| Margaret CHRISTIE | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker Farm Servant | Logie, Fife | |
| David COLVILLE | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Monimail, Fife | |
| Sarah COOK | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | St. Andrews, Fife | |
| James CROMBIE | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Plasterer & Slater | Wemyss, Fife | |
| Thomas CROMBIE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Dysart, Fife | |
| Agness CUNNINGHAM | O | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Markinch, Fife | |
| Alexander CUNNINGHAM | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Dysart, Fife | |
| Charles CUNNINGHAM | 4 | M | Inmate | Markinch, Fife | |||
| Christina CUNNINGHAM | O | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Georgina CUNNINGHAM | O | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Andrew, Fife | |
| William CUNNINGHAM | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Edinburgh | ||
| David DAVIDSON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Jeweller & Goldsmith | Anstruther East, Fife | |
| Helen DEAS | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Dysart, Fife | |
| Christina DONALDSON | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Falkland, Fife | |
| Hannah DRUMMOND | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Dysart, Fife | |
| John DRYSDALE | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Weaver Cotton | Kinross, Kinross | |
| David DUNCAN | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Engine Tender (Colliery) | Dysart, Fife | |
| Mary DUNCAN | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Dysart, Fife | |
| Margaret DUNN | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Leslie, Fife | |
| Margaret ELDER | U | 82 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Wemyss, Fife | |
| Janet FENTON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Newburgh, Fife | |
| David FORSYTH | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Falkland, Fife | |
| Agnes GRAHAM | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Dysart, Fife | |
| Jemima GRAHAM | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv (Dom) | Cupar, Fife | |
| Agnes GRAY | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv House Maid | Dysart, Fife | |
| Alexander GRAY | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wemyss, Fife | |
| Mary GRAY | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Abdie, Fife | |
| Margaret GREIVE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Largo, Fife | |
| David HARLEY | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Fossoway, Fife | |
| James HENDERSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Dom Serv (Coachman) | Cupar, Fife | |
| Francis HEPPBURN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newburgh, Fife | ||
| William HEPPBURN | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dundee, Forfar | ||
| Alexander HERD | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Rag Sorter In Paper Works | Elie, Fife | |
| Alexander HERD | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Wemyss, Fife | |
| William HOGARTH | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Banchory, Aberdeen | |
| Ann HORNE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Markinch, Fife | |
| James HUNTER | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Markinch, Fife | |
| Margaret HUTCHISON | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv House Maid | Inverkeithing, Fife | |
| William HUTCHISON | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Dysart, Fife | |
| Alison JOLLY | U | 67 | F | Inmate | No Trade | Leslie, Fife | |
| Andrew KIDDIE | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Dysart, Fife | |
| Ann KIDDIE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Nurserymaid | Dysart, Fife | |
| Janet KIDDIE | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Dysart, Fife | |
| Euphemia LAING | O | 2 | F | Inmate | Markinch, Fife | ||
| Jean LAING | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | St. Andrews, Fife | |
| Thomas LATTO | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | St Andrews, Fife | |
| Andrew LEITTCH | 15 | M | Inmate | No Trade | Largo, Fife | ||
| John LENNOX | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dysart, Fife | |
| Sarah LOGAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dysart, Fife | ||
| David LOW | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Dock Lab | Dysart, Fife | |
| Helen MAISMITH | 4m | F | Inmate | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | |||
| Robert MASON | W | 49 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Dysart, Fife | |
| William MASON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dysart, Fife | |
| James MATHIESON | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dysart, Fife | |
| Alexander MC GILL | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Cameron, Fife | |
| Grace MC KAY | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Dysart, Fife | |
| Alexander MC LAREN | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Weaver (Linen) | Dysart, Fife | |
| John MC LEAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Auchterderran, Fife | ||
| Alexander METHVEN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Markinch, Fife | ||
| David METHVEN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Anstruther West, Fife | ||
| Elspeth METHVEN | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Denino, Fife | |
| Margaret METHVEN | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | St Andrews, Fife | |
| James MILLAR | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Kirkcaldy, Fife | |
| John MILLAR | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| John MITCHELL | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab & Soldier | Kettle, Fife | |
| Elizabeth MORGAN | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker | Dysart, Fife | |
| Alexander MORRISON | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Dysart, Fife | |
| Ann MOYES | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Dysart, Fife | |
| Thomas NESS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Canvas Weaver | Dysart, Fife | |
| William NESS | U | 83 | M | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Wemyss, Fife | |
| Robert OGILVEY | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Carter | Wemyss, Fife | |
| Mary Ann PARKER | U | 61 | F | Inmate | No Trade | Largo, Fife | |
| Ann PATERSON | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Kettle, Fife | |
| George PEATTIE | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | St Andrews, Fife | |
| Mary PHILIP | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kingsbarns, Fife | ||
| Catherine QUIN | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker | Greenock, Renfrew | |
| Catherine QUINN | 4 | F | Inmate | Greenock, Renfrew | |||
| Margaret QUINN | O | 2 | F | Inmate | Infant | Greenock, Renfrew | |
| James RAMSAY | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dysart, Fife | |
| Amelia REID | 3m | F | Inmate | Aberdeen, Aberdeen | |||
| Janet REID | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker | Dysart, Fife | |
| David RITCHIE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | AG Lab | Cupar, Fife | |
| David ROBERTSON | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Ceres, Fife | |
| Agnes RODGER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | No Trade | Kilconquhar, Fife | |
| Agness RODGER | O | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Andrews, Fife | |
| James RODGER | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Cupar, Fife | |
| Janet RODGER | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Largo, Fife | |
| William RODGER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Kirkcaldy, Fife | |
| Margaret RODGERS | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Kettle, Fife | |
| John ROGAN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dysart, Fife | ||
| Isabella COOPER OR SHARP | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Joan SHARP | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Weaver Linen | Dysart, Fife | |
| John SIME | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Tailor | St Andrews, Fife | |
| William SIME | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Dysart, Fife | |
| David SIMPSON | U | 82 | M | Inmate | No Trade | Blind | Newburgh, Fife |
| Mary SIMPSON | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Bleacher | Markinch, Fife | |
| Andrew SMITH | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Dysart, Fife | |
| Margaret SMITH | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv House Maid | Dairsie, Fife | |
| William SMITH | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Dysart, Fife | |
| James STALKER | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Markinch, Fife | |
| Catherine TAYLOR | O | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leven (Sconie), Fife | |
| Helen TAYLOR | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Cameron, Fife | |
| Helen TAYLOR | 7m | F | Inmate | Markinch, Fife | |||
| Isabella TAYLOR | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker (Farm Servant) | Wemyss, Fife | |
| James TAYLOR | 1 | M | Inmate | Markinch, Fife | |||
| Margaret TAYLOR | O | 3 | F | Inmate | Ceres, Fife | ||
| Mary TAYLOR | O | 4 | F | Inmate | Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty | ||
| Mary TAYLOR | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Forgan, Fife | |
| Thomas TAYLOR | 3 | M | Inmate | Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty | |||
| Isabella THOMSON | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker | Dysart, Fife | |
| Rachel THOMSON | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Cupar, Fife | |
| Thomas THORIE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Glasgow Barony, Lanark | ||
| James WALLACE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leslie, Fife | ||
| David WEMYSS | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Dom Serv (Groom) | Blind | St Andrews, Fife |
| Elizabeth WOOD | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker | Ceres, Fife | |
| William YULE | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Leslie, Fife |
Total residents: 132
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