1881 Census: Residents of Helston Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Ben DUNSTAN | M | 63 | M | Head | Workhouse Master | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Jane DUNSTAN | M | 58 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron (Muni) | Constantine, Cornwall | |
| Martha HOSKING | U | 31 | F | Assistant | Workhouse Assistant Matron (Muni) | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Grace DUNSTAN | U | 22 | F | School mistress | Workhouse Schoolmistress (M) | Sithney, Cornwall | |
| Richard ELLIS | U | 36 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter | Redruth, Cornwall | |
| Mary A. BLACKWELL | W | 39 | F | Nurse | Gwennap, Cornwall | ||
| Ben DUNSTAN | M | Son | Sithney, Cornwall | ||||
| Samuel H. DUNSTAN | U | 14 | M | Son | Sitney, Cornwall | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Arthur ADAMS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| William ANDREW | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Germoe, Cornwall | ||
| John O. BENNETTS | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Copper Miner | St Hilary, Cornwall | |
| Harriett BOLITHO | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Stithians, Cornwall | |
| John BRAY | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Lizard, Cornwall | |
| Richard BRAY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Edward CARDEW | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Jane CARTER | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Robert CARTER | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Ruan Minor, Cornwall | |
| Sophia CHRISTOPHERS | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Tin Miners Widow | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth COLIVER | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Teignmouth, Devon | |
| Edward COLLIS | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Thomas CROGGAN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Charlotte A. DALE | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Cury, Cornwall | |
| Eliz. DOBB | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Helston, Cornwall | |
| George A. DOBB | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Grace Lavinia DOBB | 1 | F | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Thomas E. DOBB | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Grace DREW | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Martin, Cornwall | |
| Samuel DREW | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Charles J. EDWARDS | M | 35 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Frederick C. EDWARDS | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Jenefer EDWARDS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Breage, Cornwall | |
| John EDWARDS | 2 | M | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Mary EDWARDS | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Coachmans Wife | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Mary EDWARDS | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Paul EDWARDS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | |
| William EDWARDS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| John ENDEAN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kea, Cornwall | |
| Jane EUSTACE | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Copper Miner Labourer | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| Clara EUSTICE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Jessie EUSTICE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| John EUSTICE | 1 | M | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Mary EUSTICE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Loveday FISHER | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Richard GRIFFITHS | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| William J. HART | M | 38 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| Caroline HAWKE | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Frederick HAWKE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Julia HENDY | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Cury, Cornwall | |
| Mary HENDY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Thomazine HENDY | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Martin, Cornwall | |
| Frances HOCKING | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Keverne, Cornwall | ||
| Harriett M. HOCKING | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Jane HOCKING | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab Widow | Landewednack, Cornwall | |
| John HOCKING | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Keverne, Cornwall | ||
| Michael HOCKING | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Richard HOLLIZEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | St Keverne, Cornwall |
| John J. HOSKEN | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Perranzebuloe, Cornwall | |
| John JAMES | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Tailor (T) | Porthleven, Cornwall | |
| John JENKIN | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| James JENNINGS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth JOHNS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Schoolmistress | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Simon JORY (LORY) | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Mason | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Eliz.Ann KEVERNE | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Richard KEVERNE | 10 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth KING | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Samuel LAMPRA | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ruan Major, Cornwall | |
| Lillie LANDER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth J. LAURANCE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Mullion, Cornwall | |
| Joanna LUGG | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Masons Widow | Manaccan, Cornwall | |
| Margarett LUGG | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Lunatic | St Keverne, Cornwall |
| Bessie MARTIN | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Grace MARTIN | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Needle Woman | Constantine, Cornwall | |
| Thomas J. MARTIN | 1 | M | Inmate | Wendron, Cornwall | |||
| William H. MARTIN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| William MARTIN | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Grade ((Wendron)), Cornwall | |
| Phillip MOON | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Blind | St Winnow, Cornwall |
| Anne MOYLE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Keverne, Cornwall | ||
| Edith MOYLE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Emily MOYLE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Keverne, Cornwall | ||
| Fanny MOYLE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| John MOYLE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Laura MOYLE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Lavinia MOYLE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Simon MOYLE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Mary NICHOLAS | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Sithney, Cornwall | |
| Alice NICHOLS | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Ann OLIVER | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | St Martin, Cornwall | |
| Phillippa OPIE | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Anne S. PASCOE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth PASCOE | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Mary Jane PASCOE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Grace PENALAURICK | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Mary A. PENALUNA | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Breage, Cornwall | |
| William PENALURICK | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Hugh PENHALAGON | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Sithney, Cornwall | |
| Sarah PETERS | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Sarah J. PETERS | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas PHILLIPS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | Sennen, Cornwall |
| Thomas POLGLASE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Fisherman | Sithney, Cornwall | |
| Jane RANDLE | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Caroline REED | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Redruth, Cornwall | |
| Benjamin RICHARDS | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Cecelia J. RICHARDS | 1 | F | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Emily RICHARDS | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Harriet M. RICHARDS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Harriet RICHARDS | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Breage, Cornwall | |
| James RICHARDS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Germoe, Cornwall | ||
| Joseph RICHARDS | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Workhouse Labourer | Imbecile | Breage, Cornwall |
| Mary RICHARDS | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Servant (Domestic) | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Sarah RICHARDS | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Blind | Breage, Cornwall |
| Susan RICHARDS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Sithney, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth RODDA | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| John ROWE | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Camborne, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth A. SCHOLAR | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Albert E. SCHOLLAR | 1 | M | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Eliza M. SEARLE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Evangeline SEARLE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Sarah J. SEARLE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| John SIMONS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Margaret SIMONS | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Camborne, Cornwall | |
| Mary SIMONS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| William SLEE | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Exburee, Devon | |
| Anne SMITH | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| William SMITHERAM | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth STEPHENS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Landewednack, Cornwall | |
| Bennett SYMONS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Matthew T. | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| Ann THOMAS | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Imbecile | Crowan, Cornwall |
| Elizabeth A. THOMAS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| James THOMAS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Jane THOMAS | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| Mary J. THOMAS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Mary J. THOMAS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Sarah A. THOMAS | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Tin Mine Girl | Constantine, Cornwall | |
| Alice THOMPSON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | ||
| Ann TRELOAR | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Gertrude TRELOAR | 3 | F | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Rosina TRELOAR | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth TREMELLING | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth TRESIDDER | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| John TRESIDDER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Mary TREVETHAN | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| James TRIPP | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | Mawgan, Cornwall |
| Emeline UREN (KING) | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Ester VINCENT | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| John VINCENT | 2 | M | Inmate | Wendron, Cornwall | |||
| Ann WARD | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Crowan, Cornwall | |
| Sarah WATTERS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wendron, Cornwall | ||
| Henry WILLCOCKS | M | 73 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Ann WILLIAMS | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth WILLIAMS | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Ellen WILLIAMS (STEPHENS) | 1 | F | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| Florence WILLIAMS | 3 | F | Inmate | Helston, Cornwall | |||
| James WILLIAMS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Jane WILLIAMS | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Mawgan, Cornwall | |
| Robert WILLIAMS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Germoe, Cornwall | |
| William WILLIAMS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| William WILLIAMS | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | St Keverne, Cornwall | |
| Charity WILLS | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wendron, Cornwall | |
| Kitty YOUNG | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Mawnan, Cornwall |
Total residents: 160
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