1881 Census: Residents of Gainsborough Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George CROOKE | W | 73 | M | Master | Master Of Workhouse | Morton, Lincoln | |
| Joseph H. LANE | M | 30 | M | School Master | Marston, Lincoln | ||
| Alice M. JAMES | U | 26 | F | School Mistress | Worcester, Worcester | ||
| Henry STOWE | U | 31 | M | Porter | Burton On Stather, Lincoln | ||
| Emma J. PRATT | W | 40 | F | Nurse | Louth, Lincoln | ||
| Mary J. PYCOCK | U | 47 | F | Nurse | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Marshall RASPIN | W | 67 | M | Visitor | Hull, York | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Henry AINLEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| John ANDREWS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Mary A. BARROWCLIFF | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Jane BARROWCLIFFE | W | 48 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Lincoln, Lincoln | |
| Benjamin BASSETT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Charles BASSETT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| George BASSETT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Morton, Lincoln | |
| John BASSETT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Marton, Lincoln | ||
| William BASSETT | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Israel BASSINDALL | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agric Labourer | Hull, York | |
| Jemmiah BASSITT | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Littleborough, Nottingham | |
| George BATTY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Mary BATTY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Lincoln, Lincoln | ||
| Susannah BATTY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Thomas BATTY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| William BAXTER | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Gate Burton, Lincoln | ||
| May Ann BECKETT | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Butterwick, Lincoln | ||
| Ann BEE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Emily BEE | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Lincoln, Lincoln | ||
| Milicent BEET | W | 72 | F | Inmate | House Keeper | Morton On Trent, Nottingham | |
| John H. BINGHAM | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | North Wheatley, Nottingham | ||
| Sarah BLADES | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| David BREARS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Butterwick, Lincoln | |
| Sarah BRIARS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Westwood Haxey, Lincoln | |
| Frances BROWN | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Schoolmistress | Glanford Brigg, Lincoln | |
| Mary Ann CALL | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | |
| Charles CARR | U | 30 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Scotton, Lincoln | |
| John CAWTHORN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Eli CLARK | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Fell Monger | Lea, Lincoln | |
| Thomas CLARK | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| William CLARK | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Ca E Mill | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| James H. CODD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| George CONWAY | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Stockport, Cheshire | |
| Francis Hill COOKE | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Joiner | West Alton, Lincoln | |
| Thomas COULBECK | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Laughterton, Lincoln | |
| John DONOHUE | M | 29 | M | Inmate | Pedlar | Stamford, Lincoln | |
| William DONOHULL | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Brick Maker | Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Abraham EGARR | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Haxey, Lincoln | |
| John ELLIOTT | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Crowder EMMETT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Surfleet, Lincoln | |
| May Ann EMMETT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Jane EMMITT | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| John EMSALL | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer Labourer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Hannah FISH | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | West Butterwick, Lincoln | |
| William FRITH | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Mariner | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth A. GABBETIS | 2 | F | Inmate | Hull, York | |||
| Emma GABBITAS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Mary Ann GABBITAS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| Mary Ann GABBITAS | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Flax Spinner In Factory | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | |
| Walter GABBITAS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hull, York | ||
| William GABBITUS | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | |
| Ann Eliz. GARNER | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Corringham, Lincoln | |
| Charles W. GARNER | 2m | M | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Charles GARNER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Blyton Cum Wharton, Lincoln | ||
| Charlotte A. GARNER | 3 | F | Inmate | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | |||
| George GARNER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah GARNER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| James GILBERT | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Broughton, Lincoln | ||
| George GLOVER | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Willingham, Lincoln | |
| Christopher GRAY | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Blyton Cum Wharton, Lincoln | |
| John GREEN | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Pipe Maker | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Mary GREEN | U | 54 | F | (Inmate) | Domestic Servant | Scotton, Lincoln | |
| James GREENWOOD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| John GRUNDY | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Agric Labourer | Scotter, Lincoln | |
| Robert HARRISON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Scotter, Lincoln | |
| Thomas HARRISON | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Ostler | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Alice HAZELBY | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Haxey, Lincoln | |
| Charlotte HAZELBY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Haxey, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth A. HAZELBY | U | 5m | F | Inmate | Haxey, Lincoln | ||
| James R. HAZELBY | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Haxey, Lincoln | ||
| William H. HAZELBY | 10 | M | Inmate | Haxey, Lincoln | |||
| John HEMPSALL | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Corringham, Lincoln | |
| Charles J. HEMPSTEAD | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Miner (E&M) | Tottenham, Middlesex | |
| George HEMSWORTH | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Richard HUGHES | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Arthur HUMPHRIES | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah Ann HUMPHRIES | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Scotton, Lincoln | |
| William HUMPHRIES | 4 | M | (Inmate) | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Robert HUTCHINSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Walkeringham, Nottingham | |
| Thomas INSKIP | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Earthenware Hawker | Thuniston, Leicester | |
| William JACKSON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Laughterton, Lincoln | ||
| Alfred JAMES | 1 | M | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Betsey JAMES | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Blyton Cum Wharton, Lincoln | ||
| Harriotte E. JAMES | 1m | F | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Rebecca JAMES | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Lincoln, Lincoln | |
| Charles JOHNSON | 1 | M | Inmate | Willoughton, Lincoln | |||
| Eliza JOHNSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stenford, York | ||
| George JOHNSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Willoughton ((Gainsboro)), Lincoln | ||
| Mary JOHNSON | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bromfield, Derby | |
| George KEALEY | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Rebecca KIRK | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Deaf & Dumb | Gainsboro, Lincoln |
| George N. KNIGHT | 2 | M | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Martha KNIGHT | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Corringham, Lincoln | |
| Mary Ann KNIGHT | M | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Lincoln, Lincoln | |
| Thomas KNIGHT | 2m | M | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Alfred LAYNE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Blockley, Worcester | |
| George LEE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | M...t...e, Buckingham | |
| David LOBLEY | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labr | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Jane LOBLEY | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Monthly Nurse | Scotter, Lincoln | |
| Nausori MARTIN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leeds, York | ||
| Mary Ann MARTON | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Florance MCCOLLON | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | York, York | |
| Samuel MEDBRIL | U | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ba...eck, Nottingham | |
| Joseph MELLOWS | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Skellingthorpe, Lincoln | |
| Beatrice MIDDLETON | 2 | F | Inmate | Sheffield, York | |||
| Henry MILNER | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Stockwith, Lincoln | ||
| James MILNER | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Stockwith, Lincoln | ||
| John MILNER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Stockwith, Lincoln | ||
| Walter MILNER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Stockwith, Lincoln | ||
| Susannah MOVLELEY | 15 | F | (Inmate) | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| George MUIR | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Melton, Lincoln | |
| Francis MUNDY | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| George MUNDY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Richard MUNDY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Gregory MUSGRAVE | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wildsworth, Lincoln | |
| Henry J. OSBOURNE | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Wood Turner | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Edwin OTTER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Misterton, Nottingham | ||
| Frederick OTTER | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Misterton, Nottingham | ||
| Henry OTTER | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Misterton, Nottingham | |
| Thomas PAXTON | U | 45 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Thomas PEAT | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Robert PERKIN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Belper, Stafford | |
| Thomas PIERCE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Railway Labourer | Blind | Stowe, Lincoln |
| Mary PRIESTLEY | M | 80 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Branstow, Lincoln | |
| William PRIESTLEY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Spridlington, Lincoln | |
| William PRIESTLEY | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Potter Hanworth, Lincoln | |
| William PURVIS | M | 60 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Stowe, Lincoln | |
| William RAINFORTH | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Yarborough, Lincoln | |
| Joseph RICHARDSON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Haxey, Lincoln | |
| Sarah Ann RILEY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Walkeringham, Nottingham | ||
| David SAMSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Moulder Of Metal | Darlington, Durham | |
| Levi SCHOFIELD | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burnley, Lancashire | ||
| Susan SCHOFIELD | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burnley, Lancashire | ||
| George SCOTT | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| Johannah SCOTT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| Mary Jane SCOTT | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| Mary SCOTT | W | 69 | F | (Inmate) | Domestic Servant | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Richard SCOTT | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hadfield, York | |
| Susannah SCOTT | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Owston Ferry, Lincoln | ||
| John SE...ICAL | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Laughterton, Lincoln | |
| Frances SHERWOOD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Caroline SLEIGHT | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Laughton, Lincoln | |
| Frederick SLIGHT | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Duncan SMITH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Henry SMITH | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Engine Fitter | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
| Joseph SMITH | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | South Carlton, Lincoln | |
| William SMITH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| Elizabeth SNOWDEN | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Lunatic | Haxey, Nottingham |
| Ada SPITTALHOUSE | 1 | F | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Alice SPITTALHOUSE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Marton, Lincoln | ||
| Hannah SPITTALHOUSE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Morton, Lincoln | |
| Rachael SPITTALHOUSE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Marton, Lincoln | ||
| Benjamin STRAWSON | 3m | M | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |||
| Mary Jane STRAWSON | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sturgate, Lincoln | |
| George THARRATT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Ironworks | Blind | Barton, Lincoln |
| William TILL | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Misson, Nottingham | ||
| Mary TRACEY | M | 70 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Margaret WEATHERALL | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Gainsboro, Lincoln | ||
| William WELLS | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Misterton, Nottingham | |
| John WHITE | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Walkeringham, Nottingham | |
| James WILLIAMS | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Engine Fitter | Gloucester, Gloucester | |
| William WILSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Torksey, Lincoln | ||
| Rebecca WINN | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hemswell, Lincoln | |
| Betsey WINTER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Retford, Nottingham | ||
| Caleb WINTER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Retford, Nottingham | ||
| Gilbert John WINTER | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Leverton, Nottingham |
Total residents: 173
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