1881 Census: Residents of Inverness Poorhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Donald MACFIE | M | 49 | M | Head | House Governor | Ardnamurchan, Argyll | |
| Helen MACFIE | M | 45 | F | Wife | Matron Of Poorhouse | Uddingston, Lanark | |
| John D. MACFIE | U | 18 | M | Son | Law Clerk | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Christina MACFIE | U | 16 | F | Daur | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Isabella MACFIE | 12 | F | Daur | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| William MACFIE | 9 | M | Son | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Alexander MACFIE | 2 | M | Son | Inverness, Inverness | |||
| Mary MC DONALD | U | 30 | F | Serv | Cook (Domestic Serv) | Glenmorriston, Inverness | |
| Peter MC DONALD | M | 28 | M | Head | Poorhouse Porter | Invermoriston, Inverness | |
| Catherine MC DONALD | M | 22 | F | Wife | Domestic Serv | Invermoriston, Inverness | |
| Allan MC DONALD | 2 | M | Son | Kilmonivaig, Inverness | |||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Alexander BAIN | 4 | M | Pauper | Huntly, Aberdeen | |||
| Isabella BAIN | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Huntly, Aberdeen | ||
| Jane BAIN | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Huntly, Aberdeen | ||
| Jessie BAIN | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Huntly, Aberdeen | ||
| Ann BOYD | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Ardchattan, Argyll | |
| Charles BURNS | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Donegal Lifen | |
| Janet CAMERON | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Nursey Maid | Inverness, Inverness | |
| John CAMERON | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Soldier 93d Highlanders | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Isabella CAMPBELL | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Margaret CLARK | U | 66 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Catherine FERGUSON | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Urquhart, Inverness | |
| Catherine FORBES | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Dairymaid | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Elizabeth FORBES | 3m | F | Pauper | Inverness, Inverness | |||
| Ann FRASER | W | 69 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Urray, Ross and Cromarty | |
| David FRASER | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Grocer | Petty, Inverness | |
| Donald FRASER | U | 53 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Inverness, Inverness | |
| James FRASER | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Margaret GORDON | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Farm Serv | Kilmuir, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Mary GRANT | U | 69 | F | Pauper | Dairy Maid | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Peter JAMIESON | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Basket Maker | Dunse, Berwick | |
| Mary JOHNSTONE | M | 47 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty | |
| William KENNEDY | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Upholsterer | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Davidina LAGG | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Isabella MACARTHER | W | 85 | F | Pauper | Farm Serv | Urray, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Emily MACBAIN | W | 65 | F | Pauper | Cook | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Anna MACINTOSH | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | ||
| Christina MACINTOSH | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | England | ||
| Jessie MACKINSON | U | 41 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Allan MACLEAN | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Ellen MACLENNON | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Countin, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Ann MACLEOD | U | 69 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Jessie MANN | U | 46 | F | Pauper | Farm Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Lexy MANN | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Isabella MASON | U | 65 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Alexander MC DONALD | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Sailor | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Flora MC DONALD | 1m | F | Pauper | Inverness, Inverness | |||
| Hugh MC DONALD | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Isabella MC DONALD | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Portree, Inverness | |
| Jane MC DONALD | U | 67 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Deaf | Urquhart, Inverness |
| Janet MC DONALD | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Arisaig, Inverness | |
| Mary MC DONALD | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Deaf | Inverness, Inverness |
| Roderic MC DONALD | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| John MC DOUGAL | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Urquhart, Inverness | |
| Donald MC GILLVROU | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Railway Labourer | Inverness, Inverness | |
| George MC GREGOR | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Farm Serv | Urray, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Peggy MC GREGOR | U | 74 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Christina MC INTOSH | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| David MC INTOSH | 3 | M | Pauper | Wishaw, Lanark | |||
| Duncan MC INTOSH | U | 57 | M | Pauper | House Carpenter | Inverness, Inverness | |
| James MC INTOSH | 6m | M | Pauper | Inverness, Inverness | |||
| Janet MC INTOSH | M | 30 | F | Pauper | Serv (Domestic) | Nairn, Nairn | |
| John MC INTOSH | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Nickolas, Aberdeen | ||
| Ann MC KENZIE | W | 87 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Catherine MC KENZIE | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Donald MC KENZIE | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Cabinet Maker | Inverness, Inverness | |
| James MC KENZIE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Janet MC KENZIE | W | 55 | F | Pauper | Dress Maker | Daviot, Inverness | |
| John MC KENZIE | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Working Jeweller | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Margaret MC KENZIE | U | 45 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | |
| Mary MC KENZIE | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Red Castle, Ross and Cromarty | |
| Sarah MC KENZIE | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | ||
| Roderick MC LACHLAN | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Pedler | Sligo Clounmacoul | |
| Jessie MC PHERSON | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Betsey MILLAR | U | 64 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Ireland | |
| Rebecca MORGAN | W | 66 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Daviot, Inverness | |
| Alexander MUNRO | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Margaret MUNRO | M | 71 | F | Pauper | Mill Worker | Nairn, Nairn | |
| Catherine NICOLSON | U | 66 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Blind | Inverness, Inverness |
| Margaret NOBLE | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Farm Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Margaret NOBLE | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Croy, Inverness | ||
| Mary Ann NOBLE | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| Williamina NOBLE | 2 | F | Pauper | Inverness, Inverness | |||
| Alexander REID | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Huntly, Aberdeen | ||
| James M. REID | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Glasgow, Lanark | ||
| James RETSON | U | 48 | M | Pauper | Carver & Gilder | Cumberland, England | |
| Duncan ROBERTSON | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Ropemaker | England | |
| Andrew ROSS | U | 69 | M | Pauper | House Painter | Ardersier, Inverness | |
| Jane ROSS | U | 80 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Deaf | Dores, Inverness |
| Ann SKINNER | W | 61 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Isabella SMITH | U | 64 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Una SMITH | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Blind | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Archibald STEUART | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Farm Serv | Kilmorack, Inverness | |
| Julia STEWART | U | 66 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Inverness, Inverness | |
| John WATSON | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Jessie WRIGHT | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Inverness, Inverness | ||
| William A. WRIGHT | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dores, Inverness | ||
| Donald YOUNG | U | 56 | M | Pauper | Saw Miller | Inverness, Inverness |
Total residents: 96
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