1881 Census: Residents of Kendal Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas HAYHURST | M | 47 | M | Head | Workhouse Master | Lupton, Westmorland | |
| Sarah Jane HAYHURST | M | 43 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron (Munic) | Under Hillbeck, Westmorland | |
| Thomas H. HAYHURST | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | ||
| Annie Jane HAYHURST | 9 | F | Daur | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Ann NEVISON | W | 49 | F | Industrial Teacher (School) | Staveley, Westmorland | ||
| Hannah CATON | U | 34 | F | Schoolmistress | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| George NICHOLSON | W | 71 | M | Workhouse Porter | Broughton In Furness, Lancashire | ||
| Elizabeth OLDCORN | W | 64 | F | Nurse (Inst Ser) | Helsington, Westmorland | ||
| Hannah MC MILLAN | U | 26 | F | Cook (Inst Ser) | Over Staveley, Westmorland | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Agnes A. AIREY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Eleanor AIREY | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Under Barrow, Westmorland | ||
| Hannah AIREY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Under Barrow, Westmorland | ||
| James AIREY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Robert AIREY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Thomas AIREY | 3 | M | Inmate | Under Barrow, Westmorland | |||
| Thomas AIREY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Killington, Westmorland | |
| William AIREY | M | 67 | M | Inmate | (Wool) Dyer | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| William ASHBURNER | U | 57 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Nether Staveley, Westmorland | |
| Christopher ATKINSON | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| James ATKINSON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth BACKHOUSE | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Cook (Dom) | Killington, Westmorland | |
| Hannah BAILEY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| John BARKER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Preston Richard, Westmorland |
| James BARNES | U | 31 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| John W. BARNES | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| John BAXINDALE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Cartmel, Lancashire | |
| Elizabeth BAXTER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Maria BAXTER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| William BEAUMONT | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Linsey Weaver | Keswick, Cumberland | |
| Hannah BELL | U | 31 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| William S. BELL | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | ||
| Henry BENNETT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| James BENNETT | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| Joseph BLAMIRE | U | 31 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| John W. BLENKHAM | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Skelsmergh, Westmorland | ||
| Thomas BOLTON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Edith BOWMAN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, Westmorland | ||
| Margaret BOWMAN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| William BOWMAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| John BOYD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire | ||
| Daniel BROCKBANK | U | 25 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| Jane BROCKBANK | U | 69 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Patterdale, Westmorland | |
| Robert BROCKBANK | U | 67 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Cartmel, Lancashire |
| John CAPSTICK | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Killington, Westmorland | |
| George CARLISLE | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Painter | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| John CARRADUS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Barber | Hugill, Westmorland | |
| Mary Eliz. COOPER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Percy COULTES | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales | ||
| Francis H. CRAWFORD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Pearson DAWSON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | |
| William DAWSON | W | 68 | M | Inmate | (Wood) Bobbin Turner | Skelshergh, Westmorland | |
| Annie E. DENVIR | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Mary J. DENVIR | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Rose DENVIR | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Martha DEROME | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Charr (Woman) | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| William DRIESDALE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| Frederick DURHAM | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| John EVANS | W | 53 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Betsy FELL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| Leonard FELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Underbarrow, Westmorland | ||
| Mackereth FELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Agnes FOX | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| William FOX | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| Daniel GARNETT | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| James GARNETT | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| John GARNETT | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Thomas GARNETT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Levens, Westmorland | ||
| William GARTH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Richard GIBSON | U | 39 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab ((Gen L) | Imbecile | |
| Edward GREENOP | U | 22 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Langdale, Westmorland | |
| Samuel GUIVER | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Barquay, Hereford | |
| Anthony HARRISON | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Cabinet Maker | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| George HARRISON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Thomas HARRISON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Thomas HARRISON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Henry HEWETSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Skelsmergh, Westmorland | ||
| Joseph HEWETSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| William HODGKINSON | U | 38 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Michael HOGGARTH | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Robert HOLME | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newtown, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| George HUDSON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Langdale, Westmorland | ||
| John W. HYSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sedgewick, Westmorland | ||
| George JACKSON | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Cabinet Maker | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Richard JACKSON | U | 39 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Percy JAMES | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hyde, Kent | ||
| Jane JOHN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Thomas KIDD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Robert LANGHORN | W | 56 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Agnes LEE | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Sewing (Seamstress) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| David Robert LEE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Hannah H. LEE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Milnthorpe ((Kendal)), Westmorland | ||
| John H. LEE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Arthur LEWTHWAITE | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Jane LEWTHWAITE | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Charr (Woman) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| William MACKERETH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Robert MARSDEN | U | 47 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kirkby By Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| Thomas MAY | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| George W. METCALFE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Lilian METCALFE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Rose METCALFE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Edward MONKHOUSE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Agnes MC MULLAN | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Ellen MC MULLAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stafford, Stafford | ||
| Mary J. MC MULLAN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Thomas MC MULLAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Hannah M. NELSON | M | 28 | F | Inmate | General Servant | New Hutton, Westmorland | |
| Thomas NELSON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Dalton, Lancashire | |
| Daniel NEWBY | W | 60 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| James NEWTON | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Bobbin Turner (Wood) | Garstang, Lancashire | |
| Isabella PARKER | W | 49 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Charles PARKINSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | ||
| James PENNELLS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| Joseph PENNELLS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| Richard RAWES | U | 43 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| John RAWSTHORNE | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Natland, Westmorland | |
| Frank READ | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Margaret READ | U | 42 | F | Inmate | (No Occ) General Servt | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| William REDMAYNE | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Kestwick, Cumberland | |
| George RICHARDSON | U | 41 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| William ROBINSON | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Linsey Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| James ROOKS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Slater | York, York | |
| William RUSHFORTH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| William SCOTT | U | 30 | M | Inmate | General Servt (Dom) | ||
| Daniel SHARP | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Firbank, Westmorland | |
| William SHARP | U | 34 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |
| James SHAW | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sedgewick, Westmorland | ||
| Joseph SHAW | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Platerers Labr | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Mary SIMPSON | U | 56 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| Joseph SLINGER | U | 33 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Stainforth, York |
| James SMITH | U | 39 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Kettering, Northampton |
| Thomas SMITH | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Heversham, Westmorland | |
| Allen SPEIGHT | U | 52 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) Umbrella Maker | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| James H. STACKHOUSE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Old Hutton, Westmorland |
| Fanny STANSFIELD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| John STOREY | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Coach Builder | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| John STUDDART | U | 42 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) General Lab | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| Thomas SUTTON | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Linsey Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| William SWAINSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Under Millbeck, Westmorland | |
| John SWIDENBANK | U | 59 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) Wool Comber | Imbecile | Whinfell, Westmorland |
| Ada TAYLOR | 5 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | |||
| James TEBAY | U | 41 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Joseph THOMPSON | M | 50 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Troutbeck, Westmorland | |
| Margaret THOMPSON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nether Staveley, Westmorland | ||
| Frederick THORNBURROW | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Underbarrow, Westmorland | |
| William TROUGHTON | M | 54 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Benjamin T. TURNER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Undermill Beck, Westmorland | ||
| John VAREY | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Genral Lab | Burton, Westmorland | |
| James WALLACE | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Painter | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Agnes WILSON | W | 48 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Skelsburgh, Westmorland | |
| Joseph C. WILSON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) Agricultural Lab | Imbecile | Borwick, Lancashire |
| Margaret J. WILSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kendal, Westmorland |
Total residents: 151
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