1881 Census: Residents of Liskeard Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Alfred BAILEY | M | 47 | M | Head | Master Liskd Workhouse (Munic) | Hungerford | |
| Jane S. BAILEY | M | 46 | F | Wife (Matron) | Matron Of Workhouse | Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire | |
| John F. STEPHENS | M | 37 | M | Schoolmaster | Schoolmaster Of Workhouse (Munic) | Devonport, Devon | |
| Maria A. STEPHENS | M | 42 | F | Serv | Industrial Trainer Workhouse | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Peggy TAMBLYN | W | 66 | F | Serv | Nurse Of Hospital (Muni) | Tresonear | |
| John GASKIN | W | 74 | M | Serv | Porter Of Workhouse (Munic) | Liskeard | |
| Alfred J. BAILEY | U | 15 | M | Son | Articled Architect (Art Student) | Liskeard | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Thomas ALLEN | M | 59 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Liskeard | |
| John ANDREWS | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Talland, Cornwall | |
| Emmeline BAILEY | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Blind | St Dominick, Cornwall | |
| Susannah BARRETT | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Pelynt, Cornwall | |
| George BAZELEY | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Polruan, Cornwall | |
| John BEER | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Lanreath, Cornwall | |
| John BLIGHT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Liskeard | |
| Susan BODY | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Miner | Ashburton, Devon | |
| Betsy A. BOUNDY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Altarnun, Cornwall | |
| Mary BOUNDY | 3m | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| Margaret BRAY | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Breage, Cornwall | |
| John BRIGHT | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | |
| Clara BROAD | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Staymaker | Lanreath, Cornwall | |
| Alfred BROOKS | 1 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Union, Cornwall | ||
| Edward BROOKS | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Mary A. BROOKS | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Liskeard | |
| Rosetta BROOKS | 9 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Polperro, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas BROOKS | 5 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Edwin BUDGE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | (None) | Imbecile | Callington, Cornwall |
| Alice BUNT | 7 | F | Scholar | Scholar | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| Clara BYERLIE | 10 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Emma BYERLIE | 13 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Freddy BYERLIE | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Elizabeth CHEGWIN | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | |
| John H. CHEGWIN | 7m | M | Scholar | Scholar | Union, Cornwall | ||
| Rosy CHEGWIN | 1 | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| George COLE | 8 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
| Sarah A. COLE | 5 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Alice COLLINGS | 6 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Union, Cornwall | ||
| John COLLINGS | 8 | M | Scholar | Scholar | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| John COLLINGS | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Lansallos, Cornwall | ||
| Maria COLLINGS | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Sailor | Talland, Cornwall | |
| Richard COLLINGS | 2 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Polperro, Cornwall | ||
| William COLLINS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Lansallos, Cornwall | |
| William CONGDON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Quethiock, Cornwall | |
| Samuel COOK | 12 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| John COUCH | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | St Dominick, Cornwall | |
| Fanny CRABB | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Kingsbridge, Devon | |
| John CRAGO | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Mason | Liskeard | |
| Joseph DAVEY | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | ||
| Mary A. DAVEY | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Samuel DAVEY | 9 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth DAVIS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | East Looe, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth MC DONALD | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Callington, Cornwall | |
| Edward DONEY | 11 | M | Scholar | Scholar | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| James DONEY | 10 | M | Scholar | Scholar | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| Samuel DONEY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Neot, Cornwall | |
| Samuel DONEY | 11 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Braddock, Cornwall | ||
| William DYER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Liskeard Union | |
| William EDEN | U | 57 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Wellsbourn | |
| Thomas FUGE | 12 | M | Scholar | Scholar | St Neot, Cornwall | ||
| Maria GAMBL | 8 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | ||
| William GILL | 6 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Jane GOODMAN | 9 | F | Scholar | Scholar | South Hill, Cornwall | ||
| Mary GOODMAN | 8 | F | Scholar | Scholar | South Hill, Cornwall | ||
| Noah GOODMAN | 11 | M | Scholar | Scholar | South Hill, Cornwall | ||
| Robert GROWDEN | U | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Neot, Cornwall | |
| Ann HAMBLY | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Work At Tin Mine | Callington, Cornwall | |
| Samuel HAMBLY | 3 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Callington, Cornwall | ||
| John HANCOCK | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoeing Smith | Callington, Cornwall | |
| Sarah HANCOCK | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Menheniot, Cornwall | |
| William HANCOCK | 11 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Talland, Cornwall | ||
| Albert HARRIS | 5 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Emma HARRIS | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Copper Miner | Menheniot, Cornwall | |
| Mary J. HARRIS | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Pedlar | Pelynt, Cornwall | |
| Rosy HARRIS | 11 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Menheniot, Cornwall | ||
| Richard HARVEY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Copper Miner | Chacewater, Cornwall | |
| John HOBBS | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Labourer | St Cleer, Cornwall | |
| Samuel HOBBS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Menheniot, Cornwall | |
| Nicholas HONEY | U | 72 | M | Unm | Labourer | St Keyne, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth HOOPER | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Pelynt, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth HOOPER | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Duloe, Cornwall | |
| Emma HOOPER | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Miner | Lanreath, Cornwall | |
| Lewis HOOPER | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Catherine HOSKING | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Shoemaker | Appledore, Devon | |
| Kate HOSKING | 8 | F | Scholar | Scholar | St Cleer, Cornwall | ||
| Betsey HUNKING | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | St Martins, Cornwall | |
| Jane JAMES | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Blind | Ludgvan | |
| William JAMES | U | 42 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Callington, Cornwall | |
| Mable JOHNS | 5 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Braddock, Cornwall | ||
| Samuel JOHNS | 11 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| William JOHNS | 1 | M | Scholar | Scholar | St Neot, Cornwall | ||
| Ann JORY | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Phillack, Cornwall | |
| John KNOTT | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| Samuel LAMPEN | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Devonport, Devon | |
| Sarah MARTIN | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Born At Sea | |
| Catherine MATTHEWS | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Lanreath, Cornwall | |
| Ann MEAGOR | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Breage, Cornwall | |
| Henry MEDLAND | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | West Looe, Cornwall | |
| Emily MOYLE | 10 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Jane MOYLE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Ive, Cornwall | |
| Lilly MOYLE | 1 | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| Edward NORTHCOTT | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| Jane NORTHCOTT | 11 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Honor OLIVER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | St Breward, Cornwall | |
| Edward OLVER | 3 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Union, Cornwall | ||
| Emma OLVER | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Liskeard | |
| Florence OLVER | 2 | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| Freddy OLVER | 7 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Henry OLVER | 9 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Herbert OLVER | 6 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Susan OLVER | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Menheniot, Cornwall | |
| George PARKER | 9 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Kingston On Thames | ||
| William PARKYN | 11 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Elizabeth PARSONS | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Morval, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth PASCOE | 6 | F | Scholar | Scholar | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| Mary PASCOE | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Perranzabuloe, Cornwall | |
| Merina PERKINS | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | St Mellion, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth POLLARD | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Cleer, Cornwall | |
| Ellen POLLARD | 12 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Bodmin, Cornwall | ||
| Caroline POUND | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Lanlivery, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth PRINN | M | 59 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Cork, Ireland | |
| William PUINNELL | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Polruan, Cornwall | |
| William REMP | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Tamerton Foliatt, Devon | |
| Ada RENALS | 3m | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| Harriet RENALS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Copper Miner | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | |
| Sarah RENECHY | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Liskeard | |
| Mary A. ROSKELLY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Portsea | |
| Mary A. ROSMARGY | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Blind | Camborne, Cornwall | |
| Beatrice ROWE | 5m | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| Henry ROWE | U | 35 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Devonport, Devon | |
| Mary J. ROWE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Cleer, Cornwall | |
| Robert RUNDLE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tywardreath, Cornwall | |
| William RUNDLE | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer | St Pinnock, Cornwall | |
| John SHARPE | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Genl Labourer | Mordlan, Norfolk | |
| William H. SKEWES | U | 20 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Ive, Cornwall | |
| John SOWDEN | U | 57 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Emily STANTLAKE | 9 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Callington, Cornwall | ||
| John STENTIFORD | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Basingstoke, Cornwall | |
| Richard STEPHENS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Liskeard | |
| Mary A. STRIKE | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Pedlar | South Petherwin, Cornwall | |
| Ada TRENOUTH | 6 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Bessie TRENOUTH | 7 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Dora TUCKER | 4m | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| Ernest TUCKER | 5 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Liskeard | ||
| Mary A. TUCKER | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Lanreath, Cornwall | |
| Nimrod TUCKER | 9 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Polperro, Cornwall | ||
| James VALLACK | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Smith (Bl) | Lanteglos, Cornwall | |
| Ann WAITING | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | St Cleer, Cornwall | |
| Mary WALLACE | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Linkinhorne, Cornwall | |
| Joseph WALTERS | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Tailor | East Looe, Cornwall | |
| Mary WALTERS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Ive, Cornwall | |
| Charles WARNE | 13 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Bodmin, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth WILCOCKS | 3m | F | Infant | Callington, Cornwall | |||
| Louisa WILCOCKS | 7 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Callington, Cornwall | ||
| Louisa WILLCOCKS | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Labourer | Callington, Cornwall | |
| William J. WILLCOCKS | 5 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Callington, Cornwall | ||
| Grace WILLIAMS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Duloe, Cornwall | |
| Jane WILLIAMS | 3 | F | Scholar | Scholar | Duloe, Cornwall | ||
| Jane WILLIAMS | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Mason | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Jane WILLIAMS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Neot, Cornwall | |
| Marjary WILLIAMS | 6m | F | Infant | Union, Cornwall | |||
| William WILLIAMS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Richard WILTON | 12 | M | Scholar | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Susan WILTON | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Deaf And Dumb | St Cleer, Cornwall | |
| Joseph WOKAM | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | St Martins, Cornwall | |
| George WORDEN | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Menheniot, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth WYATT | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Devonport, Devon |
Total residents: 165
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