1881 Census: Residents of Gravesend Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Henry Stephen NEATE | U | 41 | M | Master | Master Of The Workhouse | Cherhill, Wiltshire | |
| Sarah ANDERSON | U | 37 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Wymondham, Norfolk | |
| William Geo. HELLIOTT | U | 31 | M | Schoolmaster | Schoolmaster Of Workhouse | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Ralph ELLIS | U | 24 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse | Hardwick, Gloucester | |
| Maria SELWAY | M | 45 | F | Nurse | Nurse Of Workhouse | London, Middlesex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William AMBROSE | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Lawyer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Elizabeth ANDREWS | W | 52 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary ANTHONY | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| James BARKER | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | ||
| Jeremiah BARKER | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | ||
| Mabel BARKER | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | ||
| Mary BARKER | W | 64 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary BARNASCHNIA | U | 65 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Frederick BARNES | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Mary Ann BARNES | 3 | F | Pauper | None | London, Middlesex | ||
| Mary Ann BARNES | M | 31 | F | Pauper | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Amy BASSETT | W | 73 | F | Pauper | None | Sheerness, Kent | |
| George BATEMAN | M | 59 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John BATEMAN | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Samuel BATES | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Seaman | Harwich, Essex | |
| Lydia BEADLE | W | 68 | F | Pauper | None | Northfleet, Kent | |
| Henry BENGE | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer Labourer | Northfleet, Kent | |
| Elizabeth BERRY | W | 60 | F | Vagrant | None | Limerick Limerick | |
| Louisa BIRCH | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Idiot | ||
| Richard BISHOP | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Robert BLAKE | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Commercial Traveller | London, Middlesex | |
| Ellen BLOWER | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Edgar BONE | U | 46 | M | Pauper | Painter | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Elizabeth BRANDON | 11 | F | Vagrant | None | London, Middlesex | ||
| Ellen BRANDON | M | 41 | F | Vagrant | None | London, Middlesex | |
| John BRANDON | 14 | M | Vagrant | None | London, Middlesex | ||
| William BRANDON | 12 | M | Vagrant | None | London, Middlesex | ||
| Richard BREWSTER | W | 83 | M | Pauper | Fisherman (Formerly)(Paupers) | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary BRIDGES | W | 85 | F | Pauper | None | Ross, Hereford | |
| George BRIGHT | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| William BRIGHT | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Susan BRIXTON | W | 85 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Ann BROWN | W | 70 | F | Pauper | None | Tipperary Ballyporeen | |
| Ann BROWN | W | 90 | F | Pauper | None | Northchurch, Hertford | |
| Catherine BROWN | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Cork Cork | |
| Maria BROWN | W | 64 | F | Pauper | None | Blind | Gravesend, Kent |
| Thomas BROWN | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer Labourer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William BROWN | W | 88 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Greenwich, Kent | |
| Catherine BRYAN | W | 80 | F | Pauper | None | Cork Kilmichael | |
| Henry BURDON | U | 25 | M | Pauper | Groom | London, Middlesex | |
| William BUTCHER | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Agricultual Labourer | Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire | |
| Frances BUTTON | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Hetty CHAMBERS | 1 | F | Pauper | ||||
| Edward CHAPMAN | M | 69 | M | Pauper | Coal Porter | Chatham, Kent | |
| Sarah CHIPPERFIELD | U | 55 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Isabella CLARKE | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Harwich, Essex | ||
| John COOK | M | 80 | M | Pauper | Fisherman | Harwich, Essex | |
| Rachel COOK | M | 78 | F | Pauper | Wife Of John | Harwich, Essex | |
| William COOMBER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Potman | Hastings, Sussex | |
| Harriett COOPER | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| Catherine COTTER | W | 63 | F | Pauper | None | Cork, Ireland | |
| Hannah COTTER | M | 72 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Cork Skibberee | |
| Mary Ann CRIPPS | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Northfleet, Kent | |
| Mary DARTNALL | W | 81 | F | Pauper | None | Cork Templemarton | |
| James DAVIS | M | 64 | M | Pauper | Coal Whipper | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary DAVIS | W | 65 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Ellen DIXON | W | 49 | F | Pauper | None | Sheffield, York | |
| Thomas DOUBLE | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Mast Maker | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Samuel DUGDALE | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Hawker | Chatham, Kent | |
| Susan DUGDALE | U | 37 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary DUNNING | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Walter DUNNING | 1 | M | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth EARL | W | 93 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Isabella EAST | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Waterford Waterford | |
| Richard EDMONDS | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Cabman | Cobham, Kent | |
| Ann EDWARDS | U | 67 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mark EDWARDS | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | London, Middlesex | |
| William EDWARDS | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John ELFICK | M | 66 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Thomas FAIREY | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Ostler (Livery Stableman) | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Rebecca FINCKHAM | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Dartington, Devon | |
| James FOORD | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Fisherman (Formerly)(Paupers) | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Cecilia FORBES | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Harwich, Essex | |
| Selinda FRITZLAND | U | 68 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Amsterdam (F), The Netherlands | |
| Louisa GADDIS | U | 80 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Charles GALLER | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Ellen GALLER | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Rosina GALLER | 5m | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Alice GIBBONS | U | 54 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary GILES | W | 77 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Alice GILLIS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Mary GILLIS | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Selinda GILLIS | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Jane GOLDFINCH | W | 64 | F | Pauper | London, Middlesex | ||
| James GOLDING | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Stanford Le Hope, Essex | |
| George GOLDSMITH | W | 51 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer Labourer | Northfleet, Kent | |
| Mary GRAY | U | 81 | F | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Orsett, Essex |
| Alice GREEN | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Florence GREEN | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| William GREEN | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Sarah HAFT | U | 51 | F | Pauper | (Paupers) | Imbecile | Gravesend, Kent |
| James HALL | U | 28 | M | Pauper | None | Blind | London, Middlesex |
| Richard HANDSFORD | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Shipton, Dorset | |
| Alfred HARRIS | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Mary HARRIS | U | 56 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Rochester, Kent | |
| Henry HARVEY | M | 74 | M | Pauper | Fisherman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Sarah HARVEY | M | 73 | F | Pauper | Wife Of Henry | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William HAWLEY | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Cobham, Kent | |
| Ellen HAYES | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Hannah HEAD | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Milbrook, Hampshire | |
| Charles HEATH | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Sawyer | London, Middlesex | |
| Ellen HIGGINS | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Northfleet, Kent | |
| John HIGGINS | M | 47 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Denton, Kent | |
| Robert HIGGINS | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Denton, Kent | ||
| Walter HIGGINS | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Denton, Kent | ||
| William HIGGINS | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Kenton, Kent | ||
| Sarah HILLS | W | 52 | F | Pauper | Hawker | London, Middlesex | |
| William HOLDSHIP | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Farrier | Wingfield, Berkshire | |
| Sarah HOLLOWAY | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Louisa HOPPER | M | 70 | F | Pauper | Wife Of William | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William HOPPER | M | 68 | M | Pauper | Hawker | Gravesend, Kent | |
| George IRVINE | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Arundel, Sussex | |
| Henry JOHNSON | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Painter | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary JOHNSON | W | 79 | F | Pauper | None | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Mary JONES | W | 82 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William JONES | U | 26 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Labourer | Wicklow Wicklow | |
| William JONES | M | 51 | M | Pauper | Fisherman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Ann North KENT | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Francis KENTON | W | 87 | F | Pauper | None | Sittingbourne, Kent | |
| James KING | U | 20 | M | Vagrant | Shoemaker | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Julia KING | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Sarah Ann KIRBY | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| Susan KITCHENER | U | 70 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Charlotte KNIGHT | M | 42 | F | Pauper | None | Minster, Kent | |
| Charlotte KNIGHT | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth KNIGHT | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Norman KNIGHT | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Ann LATTER | M | 73 | F | Pauper | Wife Of (Robert) | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Robert LATTER | M | 75 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Elizabeth LEPPARD | W | 41 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Richard LEPPARD | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Sarah LEWIS | U | 68 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Alfred LIDWELL | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Maria MALPAS | W | 69 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| Phoebe MARLOW | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Joseph MARSHALL | M | 31 | M | Pauper | Sailor | Gravesend, Kent | |
| George MARTIN | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Gravesend, Kent | |
| George MASTEN | U | 40 | M | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Chatham, Kent |
| Elizabeth MC DONALD | W | 64 | F | Pauper | None | Enfield, Middlesex | |
| Ellen MC GRATH | W | 63 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Waterford Waterford | |
| George MC INTOSH | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Clerk (Lawyers) | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary MICHELL | U | 70 | F | Vagrant | None | Selby, York | |
| Francis MILSOM | 3 | M | Pauper | None | |||
| John William MOORE | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| James MUNNS | M | 76 | M | Pauper | Painter | Chatham, Kent | |
| Louisa MUNNS | W | 50 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William NEWMAN | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Gardener Domestic Servant | Wrotham, Kent | |
| Ellen NICHOLLS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| John NIGHTINGALE | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Robert NORTH | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Draper Formerly | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Eliza OBEE | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Maud OBEE | 2 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Benjamin OUTRED | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Henry OUTRED | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Hannah PAGE | W | 68 | F | Pauper | None | Frinsbury, Kent | |
| Rosina PAGE | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| James PARKER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Greenwich, Kent | |
| Alderman PARTRIDGE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Colchester, Essex | ||
| Arthur PAY | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| John PEARCE | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Elizabeth PEARSON | W | 55 | F | Vagrant | None | Lowly, Lancashire | |
| Richard PENFOLD | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Tailor | London, Middlesex | |
| Robert PERKINS | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Woodford, Essex | |
| Margaret PERRETT | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Caroline PHILIPS | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Longford Westport | |
| William RASHBROOK | M | 61 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William RASPISON | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Emma READ | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Watchet, Somerset | |
| George Harry READ | 5m | M | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Ann REYNOLDS | W | 67 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Joseph ROBERTS | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Fisherman (Formerly)(Paupers) | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Sarah ROGERS | W | 76 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Elizabeth ROSENBLOOM | W | 75 | F | Pauper | None | Dover, Kent | |
| Michael RUSSELL | M | 49 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Denton, Kent | |
| George SANGFORD | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| John SAUNDER | M | 48 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Chatham, Kent | |
| Sarah SEARLES | W | 56 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Amelia SHERASS | U | 36 | F | Pauper | (Paupers) | Imbecile | Gravesend, Kent |
| Thomas SLINGS | U | 42 | M | Pauper | (Paupers) | Idiot | Gravesend, Kent |
| Frances SMITH | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Hawker | London, Middlesex | |
| Frederick SMITH | M | 59 | M | Pauper | Journeyman Baker | ||
| Richard SMITH | 2 | M | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Sarah SMITH | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Burstead, Essex | |
| Alfred STAPLEY | M | 72 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Wadhurst, Sussex | |
| Mary STAPLEY | M | 69 | F | Pauper | None | Ticehurst, Sussex | |
| Henry STENDALE | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Grocer (Formerly) | Chatham, Kent | |
| Mary Ann STEVENS | 3m | F | Pauper | Gravesend, Kent | |||
| Mary STEVENS | U | 17 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary STRONGHILL | W | 75 | F | Pauper | None | Cheshunt, Hertford | |
| Ann SUDBURY | W | 76 | F | Pauper | None | Benson, Oxford | |
| Jemima SUTHERLAND | M | 64 | F | Pauper | Wife Of John | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John SUTHERLAND | M | 79 | M | Pauper | Fisherman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Susan TANE | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John THOMAS | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Hol, Norfolk | |
| Ann THOMPSON | U | 76 | F | Pauper | Needlewoman | Strood, Kent | |
| William THORPE | W | 89 | M | Pauper | Fisherman | Thorpe, Essex | |
| Alice TOULSON | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Gertrude TOULSON | 2 | F | Pauper | Gravesend, Kent | |||
| William TOULSON | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Northfleet, Kent | |
| Philip TUBBS | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| William VAUGHAN | W | 48 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Ightham, Kent | |
| William VENTHAM | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Farnham, Hampshire | |
| William WALTERS | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary WARD | W | 79 | F | Pauper | (Paupers) | Higham, Kent | |
| Eliza WATERS | W | 60 | F | Pauper | None | Ingglestone, Essex | |
| Alfred WATSON | U | 30 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Maria WATSON | U | 47 | F | Vagrant | None | Chester, Cheshire | |
| William WEBSTER | M | 78 | M | Pauper | Fisherman | Northfleet, Kent | |
| John WHIFFEN | M | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Eynsford, Kent | |
| Frederick WHILE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| Sarah WHITE | W | 82 | F | Pauper | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| George WILLIAMS | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Shipwright | Milford, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Sarah WILLIAMS | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| Francis WILSON | W | 83 | F | Pauper | None | Bexley, Kent | |
| John WITTLE | U | 20 | M | Vagrant | Glass Blower | London, Middlesex | |
| Ann WOOD | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John WOOD | M | 54 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Chipstead, Kent | |
| Alexander WOOLTEN | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Gravesend, Kent |
Total residents: 223
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