1881 Census: Residents of Holbeach Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John Wilkinson HART | W | 43 | M | Master | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Lucy SIMPSON | U | 44 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron (Munic) | Halton Holgate, Lincoln | |
| Susanna COOK | W | 59 | F | School Mistress | Workhouse School Mistress (Munic) | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Henry SMITH | U | 22 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter (Munic) | Gosberton, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth TRAFFORD | W | 48 | F | Nurse | Workhouse Nurse | Frithville, Lincoln | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Rebecca ALLEN | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Pinchbeck, Lincoln | |
| John ALLISON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Halton Holgate, Lincoln | |
| William ALLISON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Walsingham, Norfolk | |
| John ANDREW | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| Robert BACON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Gissing, Norfolk | |
| Spencer Peele BELTON | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Excavator | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Alice BENNETT | 1 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Fleet, Lincoln | |||
| Sarah BENNETT | W | 39 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Sarah Jane BENNETT | 8 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | ||
| Bertha BINGHAM | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Spalding, Lincoln | |
| Clara BINGHAM | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Spalding, Lincoln | |
| Edith BINGHAM | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Sam Clark BINGHAM | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Mary Ann BONTOFT | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Jonathan BOYER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Crowlands, Lincoln | |
| Mary BRACE | U | 42 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Mills BRACE | U | 14 | M | Inmate (Son) | Fleet, Lincoln | ||
| Joseph BROWN | U | 30 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Laborer | Colchester, Essex | |
| Thomas BROWN | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Haslingfield, Cambridge | |
| Mary CARRISON | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wymondham, Norfolk | |
| Ann CHARITY | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | March, Cambridge |
| Edmund CHETTLE | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| Betsy CHILDS | M | 51 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Charwoman | March, Cambridge | |
| John CHILDS | M | 72 | M | Inmate (Head) | Formerly Coal Dealer | Tydd St Giles, Cambridge | |
| Martha CHILDS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Sarah CHILDS | U | 9 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| William CLARK | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Fowler | Leverington, Cambridge | |
| Michael CLINGO | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Littleport, Cambridge | |
| William COSSERF | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Swanton Morley, Norfolk | ||
| Daniel COXELL | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Waterbeach, Cambridge | |
| William DALE | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Fellmonger | Gosberton, Cambridge | |
| James DELLAY | U | 90 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| George DENNIS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Aswarby, Lincoln | |
| Charles DICKSON | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Gardener N D | Islington, Middlesex | |
| Charles DIXON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| John DIXON | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Pinchbeck, Lincoln | |
| Thomas DUCKIN | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ireland | |
| Joseph EAGLE | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| John EARL | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Skin Dealer | Wisbech, Cambridge | |
| James EGAR | W | 93 | M | Inmate | Thatcher | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Edward ENGLISH | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Boulton, Norfolk | |
| John FOOT | 52 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Huntingdon, Huntingdon | ||
| Benjamin FOSTER | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Boston, Lincoln | |
| Richard FRANKS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Christiana FULCHER | U | 7 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | West Walton, Norfolk | |
| James FULCHER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| James Henry FULCHER | U | 6 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | West Walton, Norfolk | |
| Richard FULCHER | W | 42 | M | Inmate | Agricultual Laborer | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth GARDNER | U | 15 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Lynn, Norfolk | |
| George GARDNER | U | 7 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Jane GARDNER | W | 41 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Lynn, Norfolk | |
| John GARDNER | U | 13 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Rosanna GARDNER | U | 11 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Lucy GARRATT | U | 18 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| William GOODWIN | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Eliza GOTT | U | 4 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Emma GOTT | U | 4 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Mary GOTT | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Robert GOULSTON | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Birchbury, Essex | |
| Rebecca GREEN | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Upwell, Norfolk | |
| Frederick GROOM | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Northampton, Northampton | |
| John Edward GROOM | U | 4 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Mary Ann GROOM | U | 11 | F | Inmate (Daur) | Scholar | Wigganhall, Norfolk | |
| Mary Louisa GROOM | U | 30 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Gedney Hill, Lincoln | |
| John HANNAH | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| Benjamin HARGRAVE | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Poulterer | Wigtoft, Lincoln | |
| Joseph HARWOOD | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Hawker Of Cotton Goods | Comberton, Cambridge | |
| Thomas HARWOOD | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Hawker Of Tinware | Whitwick, Leicester | |
| Fanny HAZEL | U | 19 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Baston, Lincoln | |
| Rebecca HILL | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| John HOFF | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Bilsby, Lincoln | |
| Thomas HUTCHINSON | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Deaf & Dumb | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln |
| Elizabeth JACKSON | U | 19 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| Thomas JOHNSON | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Hockwold, Norfolk | |
| William JOHNSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Joseph JONES | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Thatcher | Gedney Hill, Lincoln | |
| Frances JOYCE | M | 68 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Charwoman | Moulton, Lincoln | |
| James JOYCE | M | 71 | M | Inmate (Head) | Agricultural Laborer | Ireland | |
| William KING | U | 21 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Laborer | Colchester, Essex | |
| Richardson KNIGHT | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Fellmonger | Langton, Lincoln | |
| William LAWRANCE | M | 82 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Sutton St James, Lincoln | |
| Mary Ann LEESON | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Billingboro, Lincoln | |
| Betsy LEWSBY | M | 80 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Charwoman | Donington, Lincoln | |
| Joseph LEWSBY | M | 73 | M | Inmate (Head) | Agricultural Laborer | Sutton St James, Lincoln | |
| Nathan MACKINDER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Thomas MADDOCKS | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| Eliza MALLETT | U | 30 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Sutton St James, Lincoln | |
| Charlotte MARLOW | U | 32 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Margaret MAWFORD | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Matthew MOODY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Shoredith, Middlesex | |
| Thomas MORRIS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| George MOTSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | East Keal, Lincoln | |
| Sarah MUNSON | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth NICHOLLS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Tydd St Mary, Lincoln | |
| John NICHOLLS | U | 7 | M | Inmate (Son) | Idiot | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Fanny NURSE | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sutton St Edmund, Lincoln | |
| George NURSE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sutton St Edmund, Lincoln | |
| Hannah NURSE | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sutton St Edmund, Lincoln | |
| Mary NURSE | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gedney Hill, Lincoln | |
| Robert NURSE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sutton St Edmund, Lincoln | |
| Thomas NURSE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sutton St Edmund, Lincoln | |
| David PALMER | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| Ann Eliza PARR | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Samuel PARR | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Shepherd | Stockerston, Leicester | |
| Eliza PARROTT | M | 46 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Charwoman | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Marsh PARROTT | M | 49 | M | Inmate (Head) | Labourer (Gen) | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Stephen PARSONS | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Fotheringay, Northampton | |
| Michael PATTERN | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Walpole St Peter, Norfolk | |
| Thomas PEET | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Whaplode, Lincoln | |
| John PERCIVAL | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Woolsthorpe, Lincoln | |
| John PIDD | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Holbeach, Lincoln | ||
| William PRIDMORE | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Tydd St Mary, Lincoln | |
| John ROBERTS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Fanny ROBINSON | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Thomas ROBINSON | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| William ROBINSON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Guisboro, York | |
| Edward ROOF | M | 73 | M | Inmate (Head) | Agricultural Laborer | Elmham, Norfolk | |
| Harriet ROOF | M | 68 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Charwoman | Colchester, Essex | |
| James SEATON | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Langtoft, Lincoln | |
| Thomas SHARPE | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Whaplode, Lincoln | |
| Charles SHORTER | U | 44 | M | Vagrant | Engine Fitter | Chester, Cheshire | |
| John SINDALL | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Colsterworth, Lincoln | |
| Betsy SKATE | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth SMITH | U | 1m | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Fleet, Lincoln | ||
| Emma SMITH | U | 22 | F | Inmate (Head) | General Servant | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Joseph SMITH | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Great Staughton, Huntingdon | |
| Mary SMITH | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Mary SMITH | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Whaplode, Lincoln | |
| William SMITH | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Stamford, Lincoln | |
| William SMITH | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Jarvis STANCER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Rampton, Nottingham | |
| John STANTON | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Colmworth, Bedford | |
| William STEVENS | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Caroline STURGESS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Frederick STURGESS | U | 6 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Tom TANN | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Gedney, Lincoln | |
| William THORPE | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Tydd St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Betsy TOLIDAY | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Lutton, Lincoln | |
| Jeremiah TRIFFITT | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth TUBBS | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| John TYLER | U | 10 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Lavina TYLER | U | 32 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Martha TYLER | U | 1 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Fleet, Lincoln | ||
| Mary Ann TYLER | U | 8 | F | Inmate (Daughter) | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| John UDALL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Sarah USHER | U | 50 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Whaplode, Lincoln | |
| Cornelius WAITE | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| Thomas WARREN | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Walpole St Peter, Norfolk | |
| Arthur WATSON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fleet, Lincoln | |
| John WESTMORELAND | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| George WHITBY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| William WHITTOME | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kenninghall, Norfolk | |
| Susan WHYLES | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Martha WIGGLESWORTH | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Robert WIGGLESWORTH | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Sutton St Mary, Lincoln | |
| Charles WILLIS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Hertingfordbury, Hertford | |
| William WINGLE | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Imbecile | Peterboro, Northampton |
| Mary Ann WOOLDRIDGE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Whaplode, Lincoln | |
| William WRIGHT | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Barrow, Suffolk | |
| William WRIGHT | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Whaplode, Lincoln | |
| Willoughby YOUDEN | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| Joseph YOUNG | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Gedney, Lincoln |
Total residents: 167
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