1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Luton, Bedfordshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George BRANDON | M | 26 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Workhouse | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth BRANDON | M | 23 | F | Matron (Wife) | Matron Of Workhouse (Munic) | Luton, Bedford | |
| Thomas CHESHIRE | U | 22 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse | Markyate Street, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth BRIGHTMAN | W | 45 | F | Supt | Superintendant Of Children (Munic) | Gravenhurst, Bedford | |
| Jane BARING | M | 25 | F | Night Nurse | Nurse Night (Munic) | Luton, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth RADWELL | U | 51 | F | Nurse | Nurse Night (Munic) | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Selina GILLAMS | U | 36 | F | Nurse | Nurse Night (Munic) | Luton, Bedford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Joseph ABEL | M | 57 | M | Pauper | Butcher | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| Alfred Henry ALLEN | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Eddlesborough, Buckingham | ||
| Ann ALLEN | W | 65 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Lizzie ALLEN | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Eddlesborough, Buckingham | ||
| Lucy ALLEN | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Thomas ALLEN | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| William ALLEN | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Dagnall, Buckingham | |
| William ALLEN | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Luton, Bedford | |
| William ALLEN | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | |||
| Frederick AMBROSE | U | 17 | M | Son | Agricultural Labourer | Weston, Hertford | |
| Mary Ann AMBROSE | M | 54 | F | Wife | Plaiter | Knebworth, Hertford | |
| Thomas AMBROSE | M | 69 | M | Pauper (Head) | Hawker | Caddington, Bedford | |
| Sarah ANDREWS | U | 23 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Markyate Street, Bedford | |
| Ann ARNOLD | U | 63 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Whipsnade, Bedford | |
| Minnie ATHEWS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Caroline AUSTIN | U | 60 | F | Vagrant | Painter | ||
| George BANDY | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| Amos BILLINGTON | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Currier | East Ayling, York | |
| Annie BIRD | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Houghton Regis, Bedford | ||
| Thomas BIRD | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Houghton Regis, Bedford | ||
| George BODSWORTH | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Thomas BONNICK | U | 16 | M | Pauper | Eatonford, Nottingham | ||
| Catherine BOSTON | W | 45 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William BROOKS | W | 44 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Dennis BROWN | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Plasterer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Albert BUNKER | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Frederick BUNYAN | 1m | M | Son | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Frederick BUNYAN | W | 82 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Caddington, Bedford | |
| George BUNYAN | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| John BUNYAN | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Martha BUNYAN | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Rose BUNYAN | U | 16 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Thirzia BUNYAN | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Barkway, Hertford | |
| Mary Ann CAMP | W | 65 | F | Pauper | None | Astley, Bedford | |
| Sophia CHAMPKINS | U | 55 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Luton, Bedford |
| George CHAPPELL | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Matthew CHERRY | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Road Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| Sarah CLARK | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Barton, Bedford | |
| William CLARK | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | ||
| Ann CLARKSON | W | 82 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| John COBB | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Hexton, Hertford | |
| Charles COLEMAN | 3 | M | Pauper | Luton, Bedford | |||
| John COLEMAN | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Thomas COLEMAN | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Walter COLEMAN | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| William COLEMAN | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Robert CORNABEY | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Lowestoft, Suffolk | |
| Margaret COSTIN | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Markyate Street, Bedford | |
| Arthur COX | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Emily Elizabeth CRIPPS | 1m | F | Daughter | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Emma CRIPPS | U | 20 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Plaiter | Aylesbury, Buckingham | |
| Sarah CRIPPS | W | 67 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Totternhoe, Bedford | |
| William CRIPPS | U | 27 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Edlesborough, Buckingham | |
| Thomas CUMBERLAND | M | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| William CUMBERLAND | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| John DARBY | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Ann DAVIS | W | 38 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Sarah Ann DAVIS | 4 | F | Daughter | Luton, Bedford | |||
| William Edward DAVIS | 3 | M | Son | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Ellen DAY | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Chester, Cheshire | |
| Sarah Maria DEVIGE | U | 31 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Greenwich, Kent | |
| Mary DICKENS | W | 77 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Luton, Bedford | |
| David EDWARDS | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Ironfounder | Abergavenny | |
| Elizabeth ELKESTON | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Frederick ELKESTON | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Elizabeth EMERTON | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Barton, Bedford | ||
| William EMERTON | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barton, Bedford | ||
| Annie FENSOME | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth FENSOME | 9 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Hannah FENSOME | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Lilley, Hertford | |
| Hannah FENSOME | U | 30 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Hat Sewer | Slip End, Bedford | |
| Joseph FENSOME | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Luton, Bedford | |
| Mary Ann FENSOME | 5 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Samuel FLETCHER | U | ... | M | Pauper | Straw Hat Dyer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Walter FROST | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Henry GIBBONS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| John GIBBONS | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Thomas GOODMAN | M | 80 | M | Pauper | Tripe Dresser | Simpson, Buckingham | |
| Ann GORDON | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Woburn, Bedford | |
| George GOTHARD | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Houghton Regis, Bedford | ||
| Sarah GRAY | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Ann GREEN | M | 37 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Hat Sewer | Leighton Buzzard, Bedford | |
| Edwin GREEN | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Henry GREEN | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Studham, Hertford | |
| Margaret GREEN | 10 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Maud GREEN | 2 | F | Daughter | Luton, Bedford | |||
| William GROVES | M | 66 | M | Pauper | Blocker Straw Hat | Watford, Hertford | |
| James GUTTERIDGE | U | 62 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Whipsnade, Bedford | |
| Ann HAGGAR | U | 69 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| William HAWKINS | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Woodside, Hertford | |
| Mary HILLYARD | M | 62 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Shillington, Bedford | |
| William HILLYARD | M | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Barton, Bedford | |
| Thomas HOAR | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Woodside, Hertford | |
| Joseph HOLLAND | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Tring, Hertford | |
| Sarah HORWOOD | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Studham, Bedford | ||
| Thomas HOWS | U | 25 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Worcester, Worcester | |
| George HUGHES | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Sailor | Barton, Bedford | |
| Thomas IMPEY | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Baker | Royston, Hertford | |
| Alice INKESTER | U | 38 | F | Pauper (Head) | Hawker | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Frederick INKESTER | 1m | M | Son | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Alice JANES | 2 | F | Daughter | Tilsworth, Bedford | |||
| Emma JANES | U | 27 | F | Pauper Head | Washerwoman | Eaton Bray, Bedford | |
| Emma JANES | M | 64 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| George JANES | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Eaton Bray, Bedford | ||
| Jason JANES | 7 | M | Son | Scholar | Eaton Bray, Bedford | ||
| Rose JANES | 4 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Dunstable, Bedford | ||
| Elizabeth JARVIS | U | 35 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Frederick JARVIS | 1m | M | Son | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Elizabeth JONES | U | 32 | F | Vagrant | Farm Servant | ||
| Robert JORDAN | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| William JORDAN | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Robert KEYS | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Wadden, Buckingham | |
| Ann KING | U | 50 | F | Pauper | None | Luton, Bedford | |
| Annie KING | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Kensworth, Bedford | |
| Henry KITCHINER | M | 27 | M | Pauper | Plasterer | Hemel Hempstead, Hertford | |
| William KNIGHT | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| Charles LACK | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dunstable, Bedford | ||
| Emily LACK | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Dunstable, Bedford | ||
| Thomas LACK | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Cranfield, Bedford | |
| Harriet LANGHAM | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Plaiter | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Jane LAWRENCE | W | 84 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Joseph LAWRENCE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Laban LAWRENCE | U | 16 | M | Pauper | None | Luton, Bedford | |
| David LEACH | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Gamekeeper | Chelmsford, Essex | |
| Joseph LEDMAN | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Swavesey, Cambridge | |
| Annie LEECH | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Barton, Bedford | ||
| Ellen LEECH | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Barton, Bedford | ||
| Thomas LEECH | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barton, Bedford | ||
| Maud LEEPER | 2 | F | Pauper | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Sarah LEEPER | U | 40 | F | Pauper | None | Luton, Bedford | |
| William LINGER | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Westoning, Bedford | |
| Maria LITTLE | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Ann MADDY | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Woburn, Bedford | |
| Ann MAYLES | U | 55 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Luton, Bedford |
| William MEAD | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Coachman | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Robert MILIMORE | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Lydia MITCHELL | U | 55 | F | Pauper | Charing | Luton, Bedford | |
| Sarah MONK | U | 80 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Joseph NORMAN | M | 65 | M | Pauper | Miller | Ashby De La Zouche, Leicester | |
| Ann ODELL | W | 89 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Eversholt, Bedford | |
| Emma OLDFIELD | U | 22 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Joseph PAINE | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Totternhoe, Bedford | |
| John PATEMAN | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| John PEAK | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Luton, Bedford | |
| James PECK | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | East Harlone, Norfolk | |
| Thomas PECK | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Luton, Bedford | |
| William PECK | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Joseph PEDDER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Mary Ann PHILPOTTS | W | 74 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Kensworth, Bedford | |
| Smith PICKEN | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Ashwell, Hertford | |
| James PLOUGMAN | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Brickmaker | Luton, Bedford | |
| William POULTER | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Ofley, Hertford | |
| James POULTON | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Woodside, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth PRICE | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Hat Sewer | London, Middlesex | |
| Abraham PUNTER | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Markyate Street, Hertford | |
| Amelia RAY | U | 15 | F | Vagrant | Needlework | ||
| Eliza RAY | U | 49 | F | Vagrant | Laundress | ||
| William ROBERTS | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Streatley, Bedford | |
| William RUSSELL | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Harlington, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth SAMMIS | W | 67 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Stanstead Hill, Hertford | |
| Matthew SCARBOROUGH | U | 56 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| William SCRIVENER | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Groom | West Hyde, Bedford | |
| Mary SEARLE | U | 81 | F | Pauper | None | Houghton, Huntingdon | |
| Sarah SHARMAN | U | 66 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Martha SHIELDS | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Straw Bonnet Sewer | Elfaire Galway, Ireland | |
| Charles SHILTON | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Barking, Essex | |
| Thomas SIMPKINS | U | 49 | M | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Barton, Bedford |
| William SIMPKINS | U | 54 | M | Pauper | None | Barton, Bedford | |
| James SINFIELD | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| William SKINNER | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Flamstead, Hertford | |
| David SMITH | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | East Harling, Norfolk | |
| Emily Elizabeth SMITH | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Hannah SMITH | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Imbecile | East Hyde, Bedford |
| John SMITH | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Thomas SMITH | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Millfield, Hertford | |
| Joseph STANIER | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Eggington, Bedford | |
| Thomas STOKES | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Sarah STREETON | M | 83 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Ellen SULLIVAN | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Wexford, Ireland | |
| Charlotte SUMMERFIELD | U | 69 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| George SUMMERFIELD | U | 19 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer Labourer | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Jane SUTTON | W | 19 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Sarah SWANN | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Haydon, Essex | |
| Annie TAYLOR | 2 | F | Daughter | Bedford, Bedford | |||
| Edward TAYLOR | 11 | M | Son | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Francis TAYLOR | U | 47 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Labourer | Edmonton, Middlesex | |
| Rebecca TAYLOR | M | 39 | F | Pauper (Head) | Straw Hat Sewer | Houghton Regis, Bedford | |
| Samuel TAYLOR | 7 | M | Son | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| William TAYLOR | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Elizabeth THREADER | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| George THROWER | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Mary TOMLINSON | U | 92 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| William TREACHER | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| William TRUMAN | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Farrier | Bedford, Bedford | |
| Francis TURNER | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Woodside, Hertford | |
| Alice TURPIN | 10 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Dunstable, Bedford | ||
| Eliza TURPIN | U | 27 | F | Pauper (Head) | Plaiter Straw | Eaton Bray, Bedford | |
| Amelia VARNEY | M | 73 | F | Pauper | None | Luton, Bedford | |
| James VARNEY | M | 91 | M | Pauper | Publican | Blind | Harpenden, Hertford |
| Arthur VASS | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| George VASS | 5 | M | Pauper | London, Middlesex | |||
| Eliza VINCENT | U | 58 | F | Pauper | Hat Sewer (Straw) | London, Middlesex | |
| Catherine WALKER | U | 67 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Markyate Street, Bedford |
| Thomas WALKER | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Gravenhurst, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth WALTON | W | 59 | F | Pauper | Fish Dealer (Monger) | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth WALTON | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Blind | Finchley, Middlesex | |
| William WARD | U | 20 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Charles WARMAN | U | 40 | M | Vagrant | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| William WEBSTER | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Wheelwright | Penn, Buckingham | |
| Ann WHITE | W | 51 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Barton, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth WILSON | U | 20 | F | Pauper (Head) | General Servant | Shillington, Bedford | |
| Emily WILSON | 1 | F | Daughter | Luton, Bedford | |||
| Sarah WILSON | W | 69 | F | Pauper | Straw Hat Sewer | Luton, Bedford | |
| Herbert WINNETT | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Luton, Bedford | ||
| Catherine WRIGHT | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Hat Sewer (Straw) | Imbecile | Hemel Hempstead, Hertford |
| William WRIGHT | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Markyate Street, Bedford | |
| Soloman YARRELL | M | 64 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Wrestlingworth, Bedford |
Total residents: 224
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