1881 Census: Residents of Hamilton Combination Poorhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Geo. EDWARDS | M | 60 | M | Governer (Head) | Governer Poorhouse | Collase, Perth, Scotland | |
| Charlote H. EDWARDS | M | 65 | F | Matron (Wife) | Matron Poorhouse | Loged, Perth, Scotland | |
| Mary SMITH | W | 35 | F | Sick Nurse | Sick Nurse | Edinbro, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Mary BRYAN | U | 26 | F | Dau Housemaid | Housemaid | Govan, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Ann HAMILTON | U | 40 | F | Cook | Cook | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jane MC EWING | U | 41 | F | Laundress | Laundress | West Kilbride, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Jane MC KENZIE | U | 32 | F | Attendant | Attendant Lunatics | Kittesman, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland | |
| James ROBERTSON | U | 51 | M | Attendant | Attendant Lunatics | Clung, Perth, Scotland | |
| Geo. PARKER | W | 80 | M | Porter | Gate Porter | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Mary PARKER | U | 22 | F | Visitor | Dressmaker | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jas. WALKER | M | 46 | M | Head | Superintendent Hospital | Edinbro, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Elizabeth WALKER | M | 41 | F | Matron (Wife) | Matron Hospital | Edinbro, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Jessie GALLATLY | W | 45 | F | Nurse | Nurse | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Marret HOPE | U | 18 | F | Servt | Servt | Gonasler, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jas. DUNLOP | M | 41 | M | Visitor (Head) | Grocer | Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland | |
| Mary DUNLOP | M | 33 | F | Visitor (Wife) | Wife | Markinch, Fife, Scotland | |
| William DUNLOP | 6 | M | Visitor (Son) | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jas. AGNEW | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Dyer | Lunatic | Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland |
| Robt. ALEXANDER | U | 39 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Arendale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Christina ANDERSON | M | 62 | F | Inmate | House Painter Wife | Blairgowrie, Perth, Scotland | |
| Jas. ANDERSON | M | 65 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Edinbro, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| John ANDERSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | House Carpenter | Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland | |
| Thomas ARMSTRONG | W | 67 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Sanquhar, Dumfries, Scotland | |
| Thos. BARRIE | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Anndale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Archibald BOLLISON | M | 2 | M | Mar | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Agnes BOYD | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Servt | Haddington, Scotland | |
| Mary BOYLE | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Jane BRANNAGAN | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Alison BRANNEGLIAN | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Euphemia BROWN | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Cotton Wever | Lunatic | Avondale, Lanark, Scotland |
| Madalen BROWNING | M | 85 | F | Mar | Servt Domt | Edinbro, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Agnes CAIRNS | 2 | F | Inmate | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Cathrine CAIRNS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Mary CAIRNS | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| James CAMPBELL | M | 57 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Dollar, Clackmannan, Scotland | |
| Margaret CHRISTIE | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Ireland | |
| Margaret CHRISTIE | 1 | F | Inmate | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Robert CHRISTIE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dalziel, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Alx. CLARK | 2 | M | Patient | Fermigear, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Janet CLARK | M | 24 | F | Patient | Fory Servt | Bo'ness | |
| William CLARK | 15 | M | Patient | Coal Miner | Fermigear, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Agnes COCHRAN | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Cotton Mill Worker | Barony, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Daniel CORRIGON | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Coal Pit Labourer | Ireland | |
| Jas. CREE | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| John CROOK | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Labourer | NK | |
| Garvin CUNNINGHAM | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Weaver | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jane CURRIE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Dyer | Barny, Lanark, Scotland | |
| William DALGFLIESH | W | 56 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jasper DAVIDSON | M | 59 | M | Mar | Gen Labourer | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Susan DAVIDSON | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Servt | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| David DONNELLY | 2 | M | Inmate | E Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Margt. DONNELLY | 8m | F | Inmate | E Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Mary DONNELLY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Farm Servt | E Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Mary DORAN | M | 74 | F | Mar | Servt Domestic | Ireland | |
| Margt. FINN | W | 45 | F | Inmate | French Polisher | At Sea | |
| Elizbth. FLEMING | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Servt | Arendale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jane FLEMING | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Farmers Wife | Strathavon, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Agt. FORD | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Servt | Lunatic | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland |
| Ann FOWLER | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Servt | Inverness, Inverness, Scotland | |
| John FRAME | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Servt Domest | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Samuel FULTON | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Irvin, Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Sarah Jan FULTON | W | 28 | F | Inmate | Farm Servt | Ireland | |
| Charles GALLACHER | 4 | M | Inmate | Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Mary GALLACHER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| John GOLD | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Toll Keeper | Lunatic | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland |
| John GRANGER | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Anndale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| John GRANT | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Mill Worker | Dunbarton, Scotland | |
| Robt. HAMILTON | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Edward HAMMOND | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Jane HARVEY | W | 77 | F | Widow | Cotton Weaver | Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Martha IRVINE | M | 81 | F | Mar | Servt | Ireland | |
| Isabella JACKSON | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Janet JACKSON | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Alexander KENNEDY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Fanny KENNEDY | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| John LANG | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Lunatic | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland |
| Jane LINDSEY | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Lunatic | Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland |
| Michael MARTIN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Ireland | |
| Jessie MASON | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Eliz. MC DOUGLE | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Cotton Worker | Imbecile | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland |
| Patrick MC GHEE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| John MC GREGOR | M | 48 | M | Mar | G Laborer | Ridgerton, Perth, Scotland | |
| Annie MC GUIRE | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Servt | Ireland | |
| Cath. MC LEAN | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Servt | Lunatic | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland |
| Dannie MC LINDEN | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ireland | |
| John MC NIEL | U | 46 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Daniell MELDERER | 61 | M | Stone Mason | Alyth, Perth, Scotland | |||
| John MILLER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Andrew MORRISON | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Jane MORRISON | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Jane MORRISON | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Avondale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| William MORRISON | 5 | M | Inmate | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |||
| Alxr. MURRAY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Anndale, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Agnes NARUN | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Anndale, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Isabella NARUN | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Weaver Cotton | Anndale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Eliz. ORR | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Cotton Worker | Lunatic | Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland |
| James PATEERRSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Robt. PATERSON | 72 | M | Inmate | Baker | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| John PENCAITLAND | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Elizabeth PERRY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Elizabeth PERRY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Janet PERRY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Ann PHILIPS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
| Andrew ROBERTSON | U | 11 | M | Unm | Cotton Weaver | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Thos. RODGER | M | 70 | M | Mar | Shoemaker | Barny, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Margt. ROSS | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Servt | Stra..., Wigtown, Scotland | |
| John RUSSELL | 75 | M | Mar | Cotton Weaver | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Christina SCOTT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Jesie SCOTT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Janet SEMPLE | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Farmers Servt | Arendale, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Margt. SENGUIME | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Servt | Lunatic | Avondale, Lanark, Scotland |
| Isabella SHEARER | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Alice SMITH | W | 43 | F | Inmate | Servant (Domestic) | Ireland | |
| Bernard SMITH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| James SMITH | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Mary SMITH | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| Patk. SMITH | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| Thomas SMITH | U | 50 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizebeth STEWART | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Servt Domestic | Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Thos. SUTUS | 69 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | ||
| Mary TENNENT | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Lunatic | Avondale, Lanark, Scotland |
| Mary TENNENT | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Lunatic | Avondale, Lanark, Scotland |
| Ann THOMPSON | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Stonehouse, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Elzebeh THOMSON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Servt | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Jane WATSON | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | East Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Andrew WELCH | U | 42 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Deaf | Stonehouse, Lanark, Scotland |
| Margaret WHITEHOUSE | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Tambourer | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Agnes WILSON | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Servt | Lunatic | Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland |
| Rose WRIGHT | 4 | F | Inmate | Dalserf, Lanark, Scotland |
Total residents: 129
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