1881 Census: Residents of East Ashford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas TUCKER | M | 64 | M | Head | Master Of W House & Supt Regr | Wingham, Kent | |
| Mary TUCKER | M | 65 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (Munic) | Upper Hardres, Kent | |
| Mary Ann TUCKER | U | 22 | F | Daur | Assistant To Matron | Willesboro, Kent | |
| Lillie M. TUCKER | 3 | F | Gr Daur | Scholar | Hammersmith, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas HOLMAN | U | 63 | M | Visitor Officer | Schoolmistress | Harbledon, Kent | |
| Mary Ann TUER | U | 52 | F | Visitor Officer | Schoolmistress | Rolvendin, Kent | |
| George HARLOW | W | 59 | M | Visitor Officer | Porter | Faversham, Kent | |
| Joseph STOAKES | W | 69 | M | Visitor Officer | Nurse & Barber | Aldington, Kent | |
| Esther HARNDEN | M | 48 | F | Visitor Officer | Nurse | Waltham, Kent | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Richard ADLEY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Chilham, Kent | |
| Florence ALLARD | 2 | F | Inmate | Willesboro, Kent | |||
| Percy ALLARD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wye, Kent | ||
| Sarah ALLARD | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wye, Kent | |
| Elizabeth AMOS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Chilham, Kent | |
| George AMOS | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Chilham, Kent | |
| Abraham ARNOLD | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Godmersham, Kent | |
| Arthur AUSTIN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Orlestone, Kent | ||
| Charles AUSTIN | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ospringe, Kent | |
| Mary BAKER | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Serv | Brabourne, Kent | |
| Charles BARTHOLEMEW | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Staplehurst, Kent | ||
| Mary Ann BARTHOLEMEW | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Staplehurst, Kent | ||
| Sarah BARTHOLEMEW | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Otterden, Kent | ||
| Edward BASS | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Agl Lab | Chilham, Kent | |
| Joseph BLACKMAN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Brabourne, Kent | |
| Edward BRICE | U | 45 | M | Vagrant | Ag Lab | Herne, Kent | |
| John BRISLEY | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Carter | Willesboro, Kent | |
| Mary A. BRISLEY | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Serv | Kingsnorth, Kent | |
| Ann BURTON | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Newington Nr Hythe, Kent | |
| William BURTON | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kennington, Kent | |
| Annie BUSLEY | U | 15 | F | Inmate | General Sert | Aldington, Kent | |
| Caroline BUTLER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mersham, Kent | ||
| Kate BUTLER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Willesboro, Kent | ||
| Richard CHAMBERLAIN | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Lic Victualler | Hythe, Kent | |
| Thomas CHAMBERS | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Formerly | Challock, Kent | |
| Catherine COLEGATE | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Serv | Mersham, Kent | |
| Charles COLEGATE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aldington, Kent | ||
| George COLEGATE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aldington, Kent | ||
| James COLEGATE | 1 | M | Inmate | Willesborough, Kent | |||
| William COLEGATE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aldington, Kent | ||
| Robert COLEMAN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Chilham, Kent | |
| George H. COOPER | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Assistant To Wine Mercht | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Harry CROUCH | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Willesboro, Kent | |
| John DITTON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| Edward DOWN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ruckinge, Kent | ||
| Henry DOWN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ruckinge, Kent | ||
| Robert DRAY | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Chilham, Kent | |
| William DUNCOMBE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Idiot | Brabourne, Kent |
| Martha EADEY | M | 84 | F | Inmate | Labr Wife | New Romney, Kent | |
| Richard EADEY | M | 88 | M | Inmate | Labr On Road | Hythe, Kent | |
| John FAGG | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Cattle Drover | E Guildford, Sussex | |
| Ann FARNCOMBE | W | 42 | F | Inmate | Pedlar | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| John FARNCOMBE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| Catherine FOORD | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Serv | Kennington, Kent | |
| Edward FOORD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aldington, Kent | ||
| John FOORD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lenham, Kent | ||
| Thomas FOX | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Molash, Kent | |
| William FRIAR | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Boughton Aluph, Kent | |
| William GREENAWAY | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Blind | Gosport, Hampshire |
| John GREENSTREET | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Sevington, Kent | |
| James HARRIS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Selling, Kent | |
| Ann HEAD | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bethersden, Kent | |
| Henry HODGES | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Challock, Kent | |
| William HODGES | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Throwley, Kent | |
| Eliza HOLLIDAY | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Serv | Lunatic | Hastingleigh, Kent |
| James HOWLAND | M | 26 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Sevington, Kent | |
| Thomas HOWLAND | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Warehorne, Kent | |
| John HUBBARD | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Godmersham, Kent | |
| Alfred KNOWLES | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Rural Postman | Wye, Kent | |
| Thomas KNOWLES | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Challock, Kent | |
| George LILLEY | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gen Dealer | Brabourne, Kent | |
| Dinah LONGLEY | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Molash, Kent | |
| Martha LONSDALE | M | 34 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Wye, Kent | |
| George MARSHALL | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mersham, Kent | |
| Edith M. MEPSTED | 1 | F | Inmate | Willesboro, Kent | |||
| George MEPSTED | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Throwley, Kent | |
| Edward MURPHY | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Ballyman, Ireland | |
| Thomas NOAKES | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Throwley, Kent | |
| Ann PAY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Formerly Grocer | Elmsted, Kent | |
| James PAYNE | 1 | M | Inmate | Ashford, Kent | |||
| Jane PAYNE | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Wife Of A Lab | Willesboro, Kent | |
| William PILCHER | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Annuitant | Wingham, Kent | |
| Mary PUTT | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Childresns Nurse | Brabourne, Kent | |
| William QUESTED | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Bus Driver | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Henry RABSON | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Great Chart, Kent | |
| Mary RELF | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Labr | Bilsington, Kent | |
| Edith REYNOLDS | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Hannah REYNOLDS | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Staymaker | Woolwich, Kent | |
| Richard RICKELLS | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ruckinge, Kent | |
| John ROGERS | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Compton, Surrey | |
| Charles SELLEY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mersham, Kent | |
| Alice SHARP | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Willesboro, Kent | ||
| Annie SHARP | 9m | F | Inmate | Willesboro, Kent | |||
| Mary SHARP | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Serv | Boughton Aluph, Kent | |
| William SHITLEY | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Stone, Kent | |
| Ann SIMS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Willesboro, Kent | ||
| Ernest SIMS | 1 | M | Inmate | Willesboro, Kent | |||
| John SIMS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Willesboro, Kent | ||
| Sarah SIMS | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Employed In Agriculture | Brabourne, Kent | |
| Charles SINKIN | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Kennington, Kent | |
| Emma SINKIN | 5 | F | Inmate | Wye, Kent | |||
| Florence SINKIN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wye, Kent | ||
| Alfred SLAUGHTER | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wye, Kent | |
| George SMELT | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Great Chart, Kent | |
| Caroline SOUTHON | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Formerly Charwoman | Egerton, Kent | |
| Charles SOUTHON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Folkestone, Kent | |
| William SOUTHON | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Crundale, Kent | |
| Thomas SPICE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Great Chart, Kent | |
| Sarah SWAN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Challock, Kent | ||
| Charles TAPPENDEN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Chilham, Kent | |
| Edward TAPPENDEN | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Littlebourne, Kent | |
| Edward TAYLOR | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bonnington, Kent | |
| Dorcas TUFF | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Boughton Aluph, Kent | |
| Robert TURLEY | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Grocer & Gardener | Wye, Kent | |
| Robert VANE | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Boughton Aluph, Kent | |
| Ann WADDELL | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Lab | Brasted, Kent | |
| Daniel WARRINGTON | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Lunatic | Hinxhill, Kent |
| John WEEKES | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Mersham, Kent | |
| George WEIR | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Aldington, Kent | |
| Stephen WELSTED | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Shepherd | Warehorne, Kent | |
| Mary A. WOODGATE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Deaf & Dumb | Shadoxhurst, Kent |
| Henry WOODHAMS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Lime Burner | Willesboro, Kent | |
| Mary Ann WOODHAMS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Willesboro, Kent | |
| Catherine WRIGHT | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Molash, Kent | |
| Elizabeth WRIGHT | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Serv | Molash, Kent |
Total residents: 124
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