1881 Census: Residents of Launceston Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Daniel DOWNING | M | 50 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Workhouse | Boyton, Cornwall | |
| Louisa DOWNING | M | 41 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (M) | Northcott Hamlet, Devon | |
| Matilda DOWNING | U | 19 | F | Daur | Northcott Hamlet, Devon | ||
| Rosa WILLIAMS | U | 20 | F | Officer | School Mistress Of Workhouse (M) | Tavistock, Devon | |
| Mary POOLEY | U | 42 | F | Officer | Nurse Of Workhouse (M) | Boyton, Cornwall | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Elizabeth BABB | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Ag Labs Widow (Pauper) | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | |
| William BARTLETT | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Altarnun, Cornwall | |
| David BASKERVILLE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Ashwater, Devon | |
| James BATH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | ||
| Frederick BENNETT | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | ||
| James BINNEY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Lezant, Cornwall | |
| Henry BLUE | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Painter (Pauper) | Lezant, Cornwall | |
| John BOUNDY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth BROOKS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Soldiers Widow | Yeovil, Somerset | |
| William BRUMMELL | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Post Office Messenger | St Stephens By Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Richard BUCKINGHAM | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | |
| John CHAPMAN | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | |
| John COLMER | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Northhill, Cornwall | |
| Mary CONGDON | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Ag Labs Widow (Pauper) | Lanteglos, Cornwall | |
| Melinda CREEBER | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Miners Widow (Pauper) | Imbecile | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall |
| Annie CROCKER | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Laura CROCKER | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth DYMOND | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | ||
| Ernest DYMOND | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas DYMOND | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | ||
| William DYMOND | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Mason (Pauper) | North Hill, Cornwall | |
| Mary EASTMAN | U | 68 | F | Inmate | St Thomas Apostle, Cornwall | ||
| Kitty FOOT | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Imbecile From Birth | Launceston Workhouse, Cornwall | |
| Thomas FREEMAN | U | 26 | M | Traveller | Painter (Pauper) | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| William GARTRELL | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | |
| John GREEN | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Stone Cutter (Pauper) | Stoke Climsland, Cornwall | |
| Ella GREGORY | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Stokclimsland, Cornwall | |
| Ida GREGORY | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Mary GRENNAN | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl | Lifton, Devon | |
| Catherine HARVEY | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Altarnun, Cornwall | |
| John P. HARVEY | 1m | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| John HAYNE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Warbstow, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth HEARD | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab Widow (Pauper) | Camelford, Cornwall | |
| Abel HICKS | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Bridgerule, Cornwall | |
| John HICKS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Northpetherwin, Devon | |
| John HICKS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Northpetherwin, Devon | ||
| Mary HICKS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Northpetherwin, Devon | |
| Mary E. HICKS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Northpetherwin, Devon | ||
| Samuel HICKS | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Treneglos, Cornwall | |
| George HILLMAN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Stephens By Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Thomas HILLMAN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Stephens By Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Thomas G. HODGE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Laneast, Cornwall | ||
| Annabella HORNABROOK | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Laneast, Cornwall | |
| Annie HORNABROOK | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Warbstow, Cornwall | ||
| Joseph HORNABROOK | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Warbstow, Cornwall | ||
| Mary E. HORNABROOK | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Ellen HORRELL | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Werrington, Devon | ||
| Hannah JAMES | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| Mary JAMES | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Sailors Widow | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Catherine JASPER | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Altarnun, Cornwall | ||
| Hannah JASPER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | ||
| Richard JASPER | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Lunatic | Lezant, Cornwall |
| William JASPER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | ||
| William JAY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth KERSLAKE | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Werrington, Devon | |
| Catherine KNIGHT | M | 80 | F | Inmate | Ag Labr Wife | Altarnun, Cornwall | |
| Digory KNIGHT | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | |
| Emily LANE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Giles In The Heath, Devon | ||
| George T. LANE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Giles In The Heath, Devon | ||
| Hannah LANE | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Tea Dealers Widow (Pauper) | Pyworthy, Devon | |
| Rosa LANE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Pyworthy, Devon | ||
| Mary E. LOGG | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | ||
| Samuel LOGG | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Stephens By Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Grace MATTHEWS | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | |
| George MAY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | |
| James METHERELL | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Stowford, Devon | |
| George MOISE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | |
| Mary Ann MOISE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Ann NORTHCOTT | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Broadwoodwidger, Devon | |
| Barbara PALMER | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Broadwoodwidger, Devon | |
| Ellen PALMER | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Broadwoodwidger, Devon | ||
| Lorrah PALMER | 1 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Broadwoodwidger, Devon | ||
| James PARISH | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Sawyer (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | |
| Elnathan PARSONS | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farmer | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Richard PARSONS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | |
| Beatrice PERKIN | 1 | F | Inmate | (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Emma PERKIN | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Lezant, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth POOLEY | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Launceston Union Workhouse, Cornwall | |
| Thomas ROBBINS | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | |
| William RUNDLE | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Week S Mary, Cornwall | |
| Silvester SLEEP | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Lewannick, Cornwall | |
| William STEPHENS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Sawyer (Pauper) | North Hill, Cornwall | |
| Quintin SYMONS | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | St Thomas Apostle, Cornwall | |
| Mary A. TONKIN | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | |
| Flossie UGLOW | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Lilian UGLOW | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | ||
| Mary A. UGLOW | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Millers Wife (Pauper) | St Mary Magdalene, Cornwall | |
| Samuel VENNER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Warbstow, Cornwall | ||
| Maria WALLIS | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Gen (Pauper) | Altarnun, Cornwall | |
| Joseph WARNE | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Southpetherwin, Cornwall | |
| Grace WARRING | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domest Serv Genl (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall | |
| Lilian WARRING | 1m | F | Inmate | (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Mary WHEAR | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Clock Cleaners Widow | Northpetherwin, Devon | |
| William WHEELER | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Egloskerry, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth J. WILLIAMS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Mine Girl (Pauper) | Gunnislake, Cornwall | |
| James WILLIAMS | 1 | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Union Workhouse Launceston, Cornwall | ||
| Archibald WILLS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Stokeclimsland, Cornwall |
Total residents: 102
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