1881 Census: Residents of Holywell Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas HUGHES | M | 61 | M | Head | Master of Workhouse | Holywell | |
| Anne HUGHES | M | 65 | F | Wife | Matron (Munc) | Nannerch | |
| Sarah Anne HUGHES | U | 31 | F | Daughter | Schoolmistress | Holywell | |
| Anne WILLIAMS | W | 46 | F | Nurse | Nurse (Inst) | St Asaph | |
| Mary Elizth. WILLIAMS | U | 26 | F | Servant | Cook (Dom) | Ysceifiog | |
| John EDWARDS | U | 24 | M | Porter | Porter (Munic P) | Holywell | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Hannah BLACKWELL | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant (Dom) | Northop | |
| Mary BLACKWELL | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Caerwys | |
| Sarah BLACKWELL | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Caerwys | |
| Elizth. WILLIAMS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Cilcen | |
| Elizth. BYTHELL | U | 79 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Cilcen | |
| Anne GRIFFITHS | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Flint, Wales |
| Thomas NOON | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Blind | Ireland |
| Thomas HUGHES | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Collier | Flint, Wales | |
| William HUGHES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Collier | Flint, Wales | |
| David JONES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Flint, Wales | ||
| Mary WILLIAMS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Semstress | Flint, Wales | |
| Elizth. DAVIES | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Cook | Whitford | |
| Mary MERENEY | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Flint, Wales | |
| Elizth. STAR | W | 81 | F | Inmate | London, London, Middlesex, England | ||
| David DAVIES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Flint, Wales | |
| John MITCHELL | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizth. BELLIS | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Flint, Wales | |
| Jane JONES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gwaenyscor | |
| Cadwaladr JONES | 11 | M | Inmates Son | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Elizth. Ann JONES | 7 | F | Inmates Daughter | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| John JONES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Halkin | ||
| Harriet PARRY | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Halkin | |
| Harriet PARRY | 7 | F | Inmates Daughter | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Sarah PARRY | 4 | F | Inmates Daughter | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Harriet THOMAS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Halkin |
| Edward SAUNDERS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Lead Miner | Halkin | |
| Robert JONES | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rhes Y Cae | ||
| Maria JONES | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| Francis JONES | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Collier | Imbecile | Holywell |
| Elizth. JONES | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| Anne ROBERTS | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Holywell | |
| Elizth. PRICE | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Imbecile | Holywell |
| George LITTLEWOOD | M | 44 | M | Inmate | Cooper | Blind | Holywell |
| Joseph DAVIES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Clerk | Whitford | |
| Mary INGHAM | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Holywell | |
| John WILLIAMS | M | 41 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Holywell | |
| John THOMAS | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Sexton | Holywell | |
| Eliza JONES | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| John JONES | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Sarah JONES | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Blind | Holywell | |
| William JONES | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Sarah JONES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Cathrn. JONES | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bagillt | |
| Moses FOUNDLING | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | NK | ||
| John THOMAS | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Deaf Dumb & Blind | Bagillt | |
| Thomas MATHEWS | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Holywell | |
| Isaac HUGHES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Daniel DAVIES | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Francis DAVIES | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Holywell | |
| Mary Harriet HUGHES | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Imbecile | Holywell |
| John EVANS | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Clerk | Holywell | |
| Josephine TUCKER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | NK | ||
| Madeline TUCKER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | NK | ||
| Elizth. EVANS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bagillt | ||
| Thomas EVANS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bagillt | ||
| John EVANS | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Holywell | |
| William THOMAS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Smelter Lead | Holywell | |
| John BOMBIN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Alice PHILLIPS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Gertrude PHILLIPS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Gertrude HUGHES | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Machynlleth, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| Thomas HUGHES | 66 | M | Inmate | Collier | Bagillt | ||
| John EDWARDS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Edward JONES | 67 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Holywell | ||
| Thomas HUGHES | W | 49 | M | Inmate | Gardener Dom | Holywell | |
| John JONES | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Collier | Bagillt | |
| Hannah ELLIS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| Edward ROGERS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Holywell | |
| Sarah WILLIAMS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| Sarah WILLIAMS | 1 | F | Inmates Daughter | Holywell | |||
| Mary Ann HUGHES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| William HUGHES | 1 | M | Inmates Son | Holywell | |||
| Margt. JONES | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| John JONES | 7 | M | Inmates Son | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Robert JONES | 1 | M | Inmates Son | Holywell | |||
| William PRICE | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Slater | Bangor | |
| Ann ROBERTS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Factory Hand (Textile) | Holywell | |
| Cathrn. WILLIAMS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Whitford | |
| Robt. John WILLIAMS | 3 | M | Inmates Son | Holywell | |||
| Jane Ellen WILLIAMS | 1 | F | Inmates Daughter | Holywell | |||
| John TAYLOR | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Bagillt | |
| Hannah EDWARDS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Factory Hand (Textile) | Holywell | |
| George EDWARDS | 1 | M | Inmates Daughter (Son) | Holywell | |||
| Thomas POWELL | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Holywell | |
| David THOMAS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Painter | Holywell | |
| Edwin WILLIAMS | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Collier | Calcot | |
| Mary Elizth. LEWIS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holywell | |
| Elizth. Ann LEWIS | 1 | F | Inmate Daughter | Holywell | |||
| Timothy MURPHY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Mary WILLIAMS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Calcot | |
| Esther WILLIAMS | 1m | F | Inmate | Holywell | |||
| Daniel ROBERTS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Calcot | |
| William HUGHES | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Holywell | |
| Mary Ann JONES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Elizth. JONES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Ellen JONES | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Bizaham JONES | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Harriet JONES | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llanasa | ||
| David JONES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanasa | ||
| Sarah BLYTHIN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llanasa | ||
| Mary POWELL | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Llanasa | ||
| Edward PARRY | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Game Keeper | Lanasa | |
| Thomas JONES | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Railway Labourer | LLanasa | |
| Dorothy ROBERTS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gronant | |
| Joseph HUGHES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Thomas DAVIES | U | 85 | M | Inmate | Blind | Buckley | |
| Edward JONES | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Elizth. Ann ROBERTS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Ada DYKINS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Isaac WYNSTANDLEY | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Charlotte WYNSTANDLEY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Mark WYNSTANDLEY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Alfred GRIFFITHS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Meredith HUGHES | 79 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Cilcen | ||
| Thomas EDWARDS | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Miller | Northop | |
| Mary Ann FRANCIS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| Ambrose FRANCIS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| John WILLIAMS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Mold | |
| William EDWARDS | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Mold | |
| Elizth. BEARLEY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Elizth. LLOYD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Thomas JONES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Elizth. JONES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Elizth. WYNNE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Mold | ||
| Jane FOULKES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Edward FOULKES | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| David FOULKES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Ellen CROOKES | W | 34 | F | Inmate | Buckley | ||
| Mary CROOKES | 7 | F | Inmate Daughter | Buckley | |||
| Thomas CROOKES | 4 | M | Inmate Son | Buckley | |||
| Cathrn. JONES | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Buckley | |
| Elizth. JONES | M | 44 | F | Inmate | Mold | ||
| Dorothy JONES | 12 | F | Inmate Daughter | Mold | |||
| Edmund JONES | 4 | M | Inmate Son | Mold | |||
| Robert MORRIS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Mold | |
| Elizth. HUGHES | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Mold | |
| Oliver HUGHES | 1 | M | Inmate Son | Mold | |||
| Elizth. HUGHES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Mold | |
| Sarah Ellen HUGHES | 1 | F | Inmate Daughter | Mold | |||
| Martin RUSH | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Anne HUMPHREYS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Buckley | |
| Robert GRIFFITHS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Railway Labourer | Buckley | |
| William JONES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Mold | |
| John FURY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Anne WILLIAMS | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Mold | ||
| Mary DAVIES | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Mold | ||
| John WHITE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Michael WHITE | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Mold | ||
| Robert WILLIAMS | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Collier | Mold | |
| Jane CONNAH | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Mold | ||
| William CONNAH | 14 | M | Son | Mold | |||
| Robert CONNAH | 11 | M | Son | Mold | |||
| Mary CONNAH | 9 | F | Daughter | Mold | |||
| Elizth. CONNAH | 7 | F | Daughter | Mold | |||
| Joseph CONNAH | 6 | M | Son | Mold | |||
| Benjn. CONNAH | 4 | M | Son | Mold | |||
| Michael BATTLE | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizth. OWENS | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Ladies Maid | Mold | |
| Elizth. JONES | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Buckley | ||
| Robert HUGHES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Mold | |
| John JONES | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Mold | |
| William WILLIAMS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Miner in Undef Minerals | Mold | |
| Ellen ROBERTS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Mold | |
| William LANGFORD | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Nerquis | |
| Thomas LANGFORD | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Nerquis |
| Sarah PIERCE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nerquis | ||
| William PIERCE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nerquis | ||
| Mary PIERCE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nerquis | ||
| Edward PIERCE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nerquis | ||
| Robert DAVIES | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Newmarket | |
| Richard JONES | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Newmarket | |
| Margt. ROBERTS | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northop | ||
| Ellen HURBERT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Northop | |
| Serina HURBERT | 2 | F | Inmate Daughter | Northop | |||
| George GRIFFITHS | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Holywell | |
| Lucy Ann SHELMADINE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Northop | ||
| Willi JONES | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northop | ||
| Hannah LEWIS | M | 57 | F | Inmate | Northop | ||
| Jane JONES | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Mostyn | |
| Mary Ann HOLLAND | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Whitford | |
| Esther Alice ROBERTS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Holywell | ||
| John JONES | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Whitford | |
| Jane WHITLEY | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Whitford | ||
| Thomas HUGHES | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Plasterer & Slater | Calcot | |
| John WILLIAMS | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Miner (in Undef Minerals) | Mostyn | |
| Peter MONERTY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Blind | Ireland |
| George JONES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ysceifiog | ||
| Thomas WILLIAMS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ysceifiog | |
| John JONES | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Ysceifiog | |
| John MOORE | O | 40 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| James MURRY | O | 36 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| Joseph CLARK | O | 36 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| John TAYLOR | O | 32 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| Peter ROBERTS | O | 21 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| John SANDWELL | O | 34 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| John BURNS | O | 41 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| John FLINT | O | 20 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| Thomas WILSON | O | 48 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| George JACKSON | O | 64 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| John BELL | O | 22 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| Patrick MC EVOY | O | 40 | M | Vagrant | Tramp Labourer | NK | |
| James MC EVOY | U | 12 | M | Vagrant Son | NK | ||
| Patrick MCEVOY | U | 12 | M | Vagrant Son | NK |
Total residents: 209
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