1881 Census: Residents of Grantham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Richard H. HOLMAN | M | 53 | M | Head | Master | Exeter, Devon | |
| Sarah HOLMAN | M | 56 | F | Wife | Matron | Goodmanchester, Huntingdon | |
| Arthur HOLMAN | 16 | M | Son | Grocers (Apprentice) | Teignmouth, Devon | ||
| William HOLMAN | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Thomas BREEDON | U | 39 | M | Servant | House Porter (Do) | Bottesford, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth BARROWCLIFFE | U | 43 | F | Servant | Nurse | Sheepy Magna, Leicester | |
| Emily WAKELING | U | 19 | F | Servant | Schoolmistress | North Borough, Northampton | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William CARNN ? | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Coach Builder | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| John ALEXANDER | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ingoldsby, Lincoln | |
| Mark ARNOLD | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sexton | Stroxton, Lincoln | |
| Emma ASHER | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ancaster, Lincoln | |
| Edith ASHTON | 6m | F | Inmate | Lincoln | |||
| Elizabeth ASHTON | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Lincoln | ||
| Frank ASHTON | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Percy ASHTON | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Stanley ASHTON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth ATKINS | U | 93 | F | Inmate | Formerly Midwife | ||
| William ATKINSON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | South Witham, Lincoln | |
| Eliza BACON | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Little Gonerby, Lincoln | ||
| Eliza BACON | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Mary BARNES | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Waddington, Lincoln | ||
| Richard BATEWELL | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Genl Lab | Melton Mowbray, Leicester | |
| George BECH | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| John BECH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| John BECH | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Denton, Lincoln | |
| William BECH | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gelston, Lincoln | |
| Isaac BELL | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wyville, Lincoln | |
| Thomas BENNETT | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | ||
| Elizabeth BERRY | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | ||
| Thomas BLADES | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Alice BORRILL | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | South Witham, Lincoln | |
| Thomas BRAISBY | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ropemaker | Melton Mowbray, Leicester | |
| Daniel BRIAN | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Soldier Priv | Gt Gonerby, Lincoln | |
| James BRIGGS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Swayfield, Lincoln | |
| Charles BUTON | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Common Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| George CHANTRY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| George CHANTRY | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Amelia CHAPMAN | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Joseph CHRISTIAN | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Welby, Lincoln | |
| Richard CLARK | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | North Witham, Lincoln | |
| Jane CLAYTON | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Stroxton, Lincoln | |
| Joseph COOPER | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Colsterworth, Lincoln | |
| William COPELAND | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Chairmaker | Boothby Pagnall, Lincoln | |
| Anne M. CRAMPTON | 1m | F | Inmate | Nottingham | |||
| Anne CRAMPTON | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Birkenhead, Lancashire | |
| Margaret DALE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Ann DAWSON | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| William DON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Groom | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| George DOWNING | 67 | M | Inmate | Nailmaker | Louth, Lincoln | ||
| Eliza ELLIS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Fulbeck, Lincoln | ||
| George ELLIS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| William FLINT | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Greetham, Rutland | |
| Emiline GIBSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Tom GIBSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William GILBERT | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Richard GOODMAN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kilvington, Nottingham | |
| William GRASBY | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Sarah A. GREGORY | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Little Gonerby, Lincoln | |
| Samuel HAND | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| John HARVEY | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Bottesford, Leicester | ||
| Lois HEXTALL | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Edmon, Leicester | |
| Thomas HOLLIS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Miller | Little Ponton, Lincoln | |
| Sarah HOLT | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Lincoln | ||
| James HUTHWAITE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Spittlegate, Lincoln | |
| Robert HUTHWAITE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Thomas INGLETON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Skillington, Lincoln | |
| Robert JENKINSON | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Groom (L D) | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Thomas JENKINSON | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Barrowby, Lincoln | |
| Henry KEAL | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Malster | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| John KILHAM | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gt Gonerby, Lincoln | |
| George LAMB | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Organist | Blind | Woolsthorpe, Lincoln |
| Frank LEASON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sheffield, York | ||
| Ann LINCOLN | M | 75 | F | Inmate | Nurse | ||
| John LINCOLN | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| George LOUTH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Carlton Scroop, Lincoln | ||
| Harry LOUTH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Carlton Scroop, Lincoln | ||
| Martha LOUTH | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Mary LOUTH | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic | Carlton Scroop, Lincoln | |
| William LYNCH | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Thomas LYON | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Martin Fen, Lincoln | |
| Annie MADDISON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Hester MADDISON | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Mary MANDERFIELD | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Denton, Lincoln | ||
| Charles MAPLETOFT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Spittlegate, Lincoln | ||
| William MILFORD | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| James MION | U | 56 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Little Gonerby, Lincoln | |
| Ellen MURR | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Charles NEAL | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Robert NETHERALL | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| John NICHOLS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | North Witham, Lincoln | |
| Ann OLDHAM | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Flora OLDHAM | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| James PARKER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Bottesford, Leicester | |
| Fanny PARKS | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Ropsley, Lincoln | ||
| Harry PARKS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Harlaxton, Lincoln | |
| William PARKS | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ropsley, Lincoln | |
| Infant PATCHETT | 9m | F | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | |||
| Lucy PATCHETT | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Isle Of Wight, Hampshire | |
| Jane PATMAN | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Sheffield, York | |
| James PERRILL | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Witham, Lincoln | ||
| Elizabeth POTTERTON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | None | Hough On Hill, Lincoln | |
| William PULLEN | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gt Ponton, Lincoln | |
| Frederick QUANBERRY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| George QUANBERRY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Hannah QUANBERRY | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| John QUANBERRY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| William QUANBERRY | M | 43 | M | Inmate | Masons Lab | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Joseph RIBBY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bottesford, Leicester | |
| James RICHMOND | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Great Gonerby, Lincoln | |
| John ROBERTS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Mary ROBERTS | M | 81 | F | Inmate | Nottingham | ||
| Richard ROBERTS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Redmile, Leicester | |
| Edward ROBINSON | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Miller | Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Mary ROBSON | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Gonerby, Lincoln | |
| William RUSKINS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stainby, Lincoln | |
| Adelaide SENTANCE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Emma SENTANCE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| George SENTANED | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Barrowby, Lincoln | |
| Frederick SHARP | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Edward SMALLEY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| John SMITH | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | South Witham, Lincoln | |
| Herbert SPIZN | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Thomas P. SPRIDGEON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Croxton, Lincoln | |
| Mary SUTTON | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Kirkby, Lincoln | ||
| Judith TATTERSALL | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Mary TATTERSALL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Ruth TATTERSALL | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| John TAYLOR | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Somerby, Lincoln | |
| William TAYLOR | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knipton, Lincoln | ||
| Ann THICKIRBY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bottesford, Leicester | ||
| Catherine THICKIRBY | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Ropsley, Lincoln | ||
| Mary THICKIRBY | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Thomas THOMPSON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Somerby, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth TOPHAM | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Elizath. TURNER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Elizabeth VARLOW | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Laurence VERNON | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| John WALTON | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Common Lab | Mansfield, Nottingham | |
| Edwin WASS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Welby, Lincoln | |
| Mary A. WEAVER | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Charles WEBSTER | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Smith (B) | Leeds, York | |
| John WHITE | M | 45 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | Sheffield, York | |
| John WILLCOX | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wymondham, Leicester | |
| Sarah WILSON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | ||
| William WILSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Carlton Scroop, Lincoln | |
| Louisa WINTER | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Charles WISE | W | 27 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Emma WOOD | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | ||
| John WRIGHT | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bulby, Lincoln |
Total residents: 149
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