1881 Census: Residents of Kendal Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph GREENWOOD | M | 40 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Dent, York | |
| Elizabeth C. GREENWOOD | M | 33 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse M... | Middleton, Westmorland | |
| Bryan GREENWOOD | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Sedburgh, York | ||
| Elizabeth J. GREENWOOD | 8 | F | Dau | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| John A. GREENWOOD | 7 | M | Son | Scholar | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| Clara J. GREENWOOD | 1 | F | Dau | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Mary S. TOWNSEND | U | 25 | F | Serv | Nurse (Indoor) | Brighouse, York | |
| Agnes A. YATES | U | 32 | F | Serv | Attendant | Middleton, Westmorland | |
| James E. HAY | 3 | M | Visitor | Haslington, Lancashire | |||
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ALLISON | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Card Sp Mach Maker | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Mary ATKINSON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Robert ATKINSON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Lindal, Lancashire | |
| Thomas ATKINSON | U | 64 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Preston Patrick, Westmorland | |
| John AULSTON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Orton, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth BAILEY | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Frederick W. BAILEY | 1 | M | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Sarah BAINBRIDGE | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Stop, Wiltshire | |
| William BAINBRIDGE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |
| Margaret BAINES | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Margaret BARROW | U | 20 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Sarah J. BINDLOSS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Heversham, Westmorland | |
| Ann BIRTLE | U | 85 | F | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| John BISPHAM | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Bobbin Turner | Crookland, Westmorland | |
| James BLADES | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mallerstang, Westmorland | |
| Mary BOAK | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Lunatic | NK, Westmorland |
| William BOOTH | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Barbon, Westmorland | |
| William BOWMAN | 5 | M | Inmate | Ambleside, Westmorland | |||
| Joseph BOWNESS | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Conniston, Lancashire | ||
| James F. BRIGHT | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Isaac BULLMAN | W | 65 | M | Inmate | School Master | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |
| Robinson CAPSTICK | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Draper | Asby, Westmorland | |
| Nicholas CARNEY | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Horse Breaker | Ireland | |
| Robert CASSON | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Cockermouth, Cumberland | |
| John CLARK | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| Mark CLARK | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| Nancy CLIFTON | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper (Domestic) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Robert CLOUGHTON | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Selside, Westmorland | |
| Samuel COLBURN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Windmill Lane, Derby | |
| John COTTAM | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Gardener (ND) | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Thomas CREWDSON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Sedgwick, Westmorland | |
| Mary DICKINSON | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Thomas DICKINSON | U | 69 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Killington, Westmorland | |
| Ann DINSDALE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Staveley, Westmorland | |
| Betty DOWKIN | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Beetham, Westmorland | |
| Robert ECCLES | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Levens, Westmorland | |
| James FAIRCLIFFE | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Nailmaker | Blind | Wanington Bridge (?), Cheshire |
| Joseph FARREN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Carpet Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| James FRENCH | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| James GARNETT | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Lyth (?), Westmorland | |
| John GASS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Underbarrow, Westmorland | |
| Annie GERMAIN | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bowness, Westmorland | |
| Hannah GERMAIN | U | 19 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |
| Thomas H. GERMAIN | 3m | M | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Sarah GIBSON | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth GOTH | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper (Dom) | Lunatic | Milnthorpe, Westmorland |
| Ann HALEY | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Harriet HALL | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| James HALL | 3 | M | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | |||
| Hugh HAYS | 1 | M | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | |||
| Jane HAYS | M | 25 | F | Inmate | Millhand (FHT) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Robert HAYS | 3 | M | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | |||
| Betty HAYTON | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Old Hutton, Westmorland | |
| Ann HEWITSON | U | 38 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Troutbeck, Westmorland | |
| Francis HILL | U | 58 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Henry HIRD | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Windermere, Westmorland | |
| George HODGSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Carpet Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Isaac HODGSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Middleton, Westmorland | |
| Mary A. HODGSON | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Hutton Roof, Westmorland | |
| Ellen HOGGARTH | U | 81 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Lunatic | Crosthwaite, Westmorland |
| Roger HOLDEN | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth HOLME | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Alfred HOLMES | 5 | M | Inmate | Levens, Westmorland | |||
| Thomas HUDSON | 5 | M | Inmate | Langdale, Westmorland | |||
| Edward J. JACKSON | 3 | M | Inmate | Kellet, Lancashire | |||
| Mary J. JACKSON | U | 27 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Wharton, Lancashire | |
| Robert JACKSON | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant | Staveley, Westmorland | |
| William JAMISON | W | 94 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| John JOHNSON | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Carpet Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| John JOHNSON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth KITCHING | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Millhand (FHT) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Agnes J. MACKERETH | 1m | F | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Emma MACKERETH | U | 22 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Thomas K. MASHITER | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Quernmore (?), Lancashire | |
| Betty MATTHEWS | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Imbecile | Kendal, Westmorland |
| Benjamin MATTINSON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Preston, Westmorland | |
| Edward MATTINSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Preston Richard, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth MATTINSON | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Preston Richard, Westmorland | |
| John MATTINSON | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Deaf & Dumb Blind | Preston Richard, Westmorland |
| Denis MCGEE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Flat Dresser | Ireland | |
| Agnes MCMULLIN | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Catherine MCMULLIN | 3 | F | Inmate | Liverpool, Lancashire | |||
| Charles MCMULLIN | 5m | M | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Richard MEDCALF | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Carpet Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Janet MILLS | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Scotland | |
| Agnes MORLAND | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Halton, Lancashire | |
| Jane MOULDING | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Elizabeth PARKINSON | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper (Domestic Servant) | Ulverston, Lancashire | |
| Thomas PARRINGTON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Docker, Westmorland | |
| Ann PENNELLS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Burton, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth A. PENNELLS | 3 | F | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Maria PENNELLS | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |
| Mary PROCTER | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Millhand (FHT) | Burton, Westmorland | |
| James RELPH | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Bobbin Turner (W) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| William REMMINGTON | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lupton, Westmorland | |
| Charles RICHARDSON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Carpet Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| George RICHARDSON | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Scotland | |
| Margaret RICHARDSON | M | 42 | F | Inmate | Millhand | Lunatic | Kendal, Westmorland |
| Robert RICKELL | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Tanner | York, York | |
| Jane RIGG | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Margaret ROBINSON | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Bowness, Westmorland | |
| Margaret ROBINSON | M | 40 | F | Inmate | School Mistress | Lunatic | Kendal, Westmorland |
| Thomas ROBINSON | U | 77 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Walter ROBINSON | 2 | M | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Elizabeth SCOTT | M | 51 | F | Inmate | Millhand | Leeds, York | |
| Thomas SHAW | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Witherslack, Westmorland | |
| William SMART | U | 64 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Troutbeck, Westmorland | |
| Alice SMITH | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | ||
| Alice A.B. SMITH | 1 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | |||
| John SMITH | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Rug Weever | Huddersfield, York | |
| William SPEDDINGS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | School Master | Grasmere, Westmorland | |
| Isabella STEPHENSON | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Storth, Westmorland | |
| John E. STEPHENSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | |||
| Daniel STOREY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Beathwaite Green, Westmorland | |
| William STOREY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Waller Mason | Windermere, Westmorland | |
| Rhoda TALBOT | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Artificial Flowr Maker | Lunatic | N K, Westmorland |
| John TATE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ostler (H & M) | Skelsmergh, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth TAYLOR | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Cartmell, Lancashire | ||
| Mary THIXTON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| John TOWLMIN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Bentham, York | |
| Caroline TRESILION | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Whitehaven, Cumberland | ||
| Jane TURNER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Holme, Westmorland | ||
| Mary USHER | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Hawkshead, Westmorland | |
| Thomas VARTY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant | Crossthwaite, Westmorland | |
| Elizabeth WALKER | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| Elizabeth A. WALKER | 3 | F | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | |||
| Mary A. WALKER | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Domestic) | Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland | |
| Jean WHAITE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Millhand | Scotland | |
| Robert P. WHALLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Silverdale, Lancashire | |
| Thomas WHITEHEAD | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mansergh, Westmorland | |
| Robert WINDEN | U | 68 | M | Inmate | General Lab | West Sledale, Westmorland | |
| Jane WINDER | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Kendal, Westmorland | ||
| John WINN | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Marble Mason | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Daniel WREN | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Carpet Weaver | Kendal, Westmorland | |
| Charles WRIGHT | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Ireland |
Total residents: 144
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