1881 Census: Residents of Manchester Union Workhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
William BRANDON | M | 42 | M | Master (Head) | Workhouse Master | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
Emily BRANDON | M | 37 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron | Kersalt With Broughton, Lancashire | |
Edith BRANDON | U | 15 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Kersalt With Broughton, Lancashire | |
Matilda ROBERTS | W | 31 | F | Officer | Nurse | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ebth. COYLE | U | 56 | F | Nurse | Cotton Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Alexander WATTIE | U | 25 | M | Medical Officer | Resident Medical Officer | Scotland | |
Inmates | |||||||
Esther ALDRED | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Weaver Cotton | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Sarah ALEXANDER | M | 52 | F | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
Jane ALLIGHAM | W | 30 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Denbigh, Denbigh, Wales | |
Sarah Ann ARMITAGE | U | 19 | F | Casual Pauper | Worsted Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Adam ARMSTRONG | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
James BAMBER | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
William BARKER | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Whitesmith | Preston, Lancashire | |
Richard BAXENDALE | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas BECKETT | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Spinner Cotton | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John BELL | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Scotland | |
Wm. BIRCH | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Brush Maker | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Edwin BLACKBURN | U | 32 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Leeds, York | |
Joseph BOOTH | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Sarah Ann BOOTH | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Josiah BRETT | W | 66 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Stone, Stafford | |
Mary BROOKS | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas BROWN | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Geo. BRUNDRETT | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Cathe BRYAN | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
Thomas BUCKLEY | W | 78 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Chester, Cheshire | |
Bridget BURKE | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Millhand Card Room | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Annie BURNS | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Machinist | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Robert BUTTERWORTH | M | 69 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Shaw, Lancashire | |
Wm. BUTTERWORTH | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Slater | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ann CADMAN | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
Mary CADMAN | W | 53 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Newton, Lancashire | |
Mary CAMPBELL | 1m | F | Pauper | Manchester, Lancashire | |||
Mary Ann CAMPBELL | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Weaver Cotton | Manchester, Lancashire | |
William CARTER | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Stationers Traveller | Burnley, Lancashire | |
Rosanh. CASH | M | 52 | F | Casual Pauper | General Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Margt. CHATTERTON | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Thomas CHAYTOR | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Richard CHESHIRE | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Striker (B Smith) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
John CLARKE | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Mary Ann CLARKE | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | England | |
Julie CLEARY | U | 35 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Cork | |
Bridget CONDRON | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
Benjamin COOPER | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Machine Engraver (Stwm) | Glossop, Derby | |
Ann CORDWELL | W | 49 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Macclesfield, Cheshire | |
Ebth. CRANE | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Millhand Card Room | Manchester, Lancashire | |
George CROMERFORD | U | 48 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Preston, Lancashire | |
Wm. DALEY | W | 83 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Catherine DAVIDSON | W | 40 | F | Casual Pauper | Seamstress | Ireland | |
John DAY | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Block Printer (Cotton) | Gt Harwood, Lancashire | |
Ebth. DIXON | U | 31 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Hannah DOBSON | U | 55 | F | Casual Pauper | General Servant | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
William DODD | 10 | M | Casual Pauper | Measham, Derby | |||
William DODD | W | 58 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Northampton, Northampton | |
Daniel DOHERTY | U | 39 | M | Pauper | Cotton Carder | Ireland | |
Edward DOHERTY | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Ireland | |
Henry MC DONALD | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Norwich, Norfolk | |
Rose DONEGAN | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
William DOUGAN | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
James DOWER | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Butler (Dom) | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Patrick DOYLE | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Slipper Maker | Ireland | |
William EDMUNDS | U | 33 | M | Casual Pauper | Coach Mkr | Oxford, Oxford | |
Henry EGERTON | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Cabinet Maker | Bunbury, Cheshire | |
Thomas EGERTON | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Silk Overlooker | Bunbury, Cheshire | |
Emma EVANS | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Richard FITZGERALD | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Engine Driver In Factory | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Mary FLANAGAN | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Silk Weaver | Macclesfield, Cheshire | |
James FLEMING | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Mary FODEN | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Weaver Cotton | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Mary FREEMAN | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Cotton Reeler | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Matthew GALLAGHER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
John GOLDING | U | 27 | M | Casual Pauper | Labourer General | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas GOOD | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Thomas GOODIER | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
John GOREY | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Hawker | Ireland | |
Daniel GREEN | W | 66 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ellen GREY | W | 51 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
James HAGAN | M | 64 | M | Pauper | Cotton Carder | Ireland | |
Margaret HALL | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Wellington, Shropshire | |
Catherine HAMPSON | W | 63 | F | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Stockport, Cheshire | |
Sarah A. HANCOCK | U | 15 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Dudley, Stafford | |
James HARRINGTON | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
William HART | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Bolton, Lancashire | |
Ebth. HARTLEY | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Machinist | Doncaster, York | |
Jerimiah HAWLEY | W | 74 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Mary HEATON | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Joseph HENDRICK | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Venetian Blind Maker | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Francis HIGGOTT | U | 55 | M | Pauper | Clerk | Cromford, Derby | |
James HOLDEN | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Litchfield, Stafford | |
Patrick HOLIAN | W | 68 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
William HOPWOOD | M | 63 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ellen HORROCKS | W | 42 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Wales | |
James HOUGHTON | U | 28 | M | Pauper | Metal Grinder | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John MC HUGH | M | 69 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
Thomas MC HUGH | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
John HUGHES | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
James HULME | W | 72 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas HYLAND | U | 47 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
George INGHAM | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ebth. JACKSON | W | 59 | F | Pauper | Cotton Peicer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John JACKSON | U | 34 | M | Casual Pauper | Labourer General | Newton Le Willows, Lancashire | |
William JACKSON | U | 39 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Bolton, Lancashire | |
George JOHNSON | U | 25 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Lincoln, Lincoln | |
William JONES | U | 35 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
Jane KENNY | M | 22 | F | Pauper (Head) | Cotton Peicer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John KENNY | M | 22 | M | Casual Pauper | Cotton Peicer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John Wm. KENNY | 11m | M | Casual Pauper | Manchester, Lancashire | |||
Francis KILLION | M | 62 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Ireland | |
Jerimiah KIRWAN | W | 67 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
James LEE | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Sylvester LEECH | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Currier | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John LIVESEY | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Printer Letter Press | London, Middlesex | |
John LOGUE | M | 67 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Scotland | |
Annie LOMAS | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Cotton Reeler | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas MC LOUGHLIN | U | 55 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ann LOWE | U | 56 | F | Casual Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
William LOWRY | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Ireland | |
Mary A. LYCETT | M | 44 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Burton, Westmorland | |
James MAGUIRE | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Marmaduke MAYNARD | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Fustian Cutter Undg | Scotland | |
Margaret MCCABE | U | 48 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Ireland | |
Winifred MCMURRAY | U | 19 | F | Casual Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas MIDDLEHURST | M | 66 | M | Pauper | Screw Bolt Maker | Ashton In Makerfield, Lancashire | |
James MILLINGTON | M | 67 | M | Pauper | Ale Beam Maker (Meas Cypher Maker) | Birmingham, Warwick | |
Benjamin MILLS | W | 36 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Sheffield, York | |
George MITCHELL | U | 73 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Barnsley, York | |
Peter MOORE | M | 74 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
Isabella MORRIS | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ellesmere, Shropshire | |
John MORRIS | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Preston, Lancashire | |
Samuel MORRIS | U | 22 | M | Casual Pauper | Blacksmith | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
Richard MULHALL | W | 74 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
Catherine MURPHY | W | 46 | F | Casual Pauper | General Servant | Ireland | |
Patrick MURPHY | W | 76 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
Thomas MURPHY | U | 37 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
William MURRAY | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Catherine MC NALLY | U | 45 | F | Pauper | Cotton Sorter | Galway | |
Emma NEILSON | W | 30 | F | Pauper | Drapers Assistant | Worcester, Worcester | |
James NEWTON | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Rope Maker | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Christopher OLDRIDGE | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Linen Draper | Eccles Hall, Stafford | |
Delina ORMROD | W | 48 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Pendlebury, Lancashire | |
Mary OWEN | W | 50 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Seth PEARSON | U | 28 | M | Casual Pauper | File Cutter | Sheffield, York | |
Mary PHILIPS | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Cotton Stretcher | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John PRESTON | U | 42 | M | Casual Pauper | Marble Polisher | Bury, Lancashire | |
John RASHLEY | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Weaver | Ireland | |
James RICHMOND | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Cabinet Maker | Scotland | |
Robert RIGBY | W | 67 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Newcastle, Stafford | |
Lavinia RIGDEN | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Whitstable, Kent | |
Nancy RILEY | U | 14 | F | Pauper | Cotton Reeler | Manchester, Lancashire | |
William RILEY | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Ashton, Lancashire | |
David ROBERTS | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Tin Plate Worker | Bangor, Wales | |
Annie ROBINSON | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Lincoln, Lincoln | |
Jane ROBINSON | M | 31 | F | Casual Pauper | Plymouth, Devon | ||
Thomas ROPER | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Clerk | Horridge, Lancashire | |
Ellis ROTHWELL | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Engine Fitter | Ainsworth, Lancashire | |
Ebth. ROURKE | W | 63 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
William RUSHTON | W | 68 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Haslingdon, Lancashire | |
William RUSHTON | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Birkenhead, Cheshire | |
Thomas SALE | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Mary SAUNDERS | W | 41 | F | Casual Pauper | Tailoress | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
William SCHOFIELD | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Dyer (Undg) | Failsworth, Lancashire | |
Thomas SCOTT | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Ireland | |
James SHAKESPERE | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Dyer Dresser | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Sarah Ann SHARP | M | 29 | F | Casual Pauper | General Servant | Lincoln, Lincoln | |
George SHAW | U | 48 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Stockport, Cheshire | |
Mary A. SHEEHAN | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Bristol, Somerset | |
Thomas SHEEHAN | U | 25 | M | Casual Pauper | Linen Weaver | London, Middlesex | |
John SHELDON | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Slater | Salford, Lancashire | |
Edward SHIELDS | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Mold, Wales | |
Ann SMITH | U | 41 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Charles SMITH | M | 65 | M | Pauper | Upholsterer | London, Middlesex | |
Edward SMITH | U | 30 | M | Casual Pauper | Engine Fitter | Dudley, Worcester | |
James SMITH | U | 40 | M | Casual Pauper | Blacksmith | Dontin, Wiltshire | |
John SMITH | U | 35 | M | Casual Pauper | Striker (B Smith) | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
Joseph SMITH | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
Joseph SMITH | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Doncaster, York | |
Margt. SMITH | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
Mary SMITH | W | 60 | F | Casual Pauper | Seamstress | Leeds, York | |
Mary J. SMITH | W | 37 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Annie STANLEY | W | 39 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Scotland | |
Sarah STOREY | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Brace Stitcher | Congleton, Cheshire | |
Bridget SWEENEY | M | 41 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Galway | |
George TAYLOR | M | 53 | M | Casual Pauper | Marble Polisher | Bury, Lancashire | |
Mary Ann THOMAS | U | 28 | F | Pauper | C Doubler Millhand | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Ann THOMPSON | U | 64 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Benjm. TRAVIS | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Oldham, Lancashire | |
Hannah TYDS | W | 55 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Norton In The Moors, Stafford | |
Alfred WALTON | U | 22 | M | Casual Pauper | Baker | British Subject, America | |
George WEBSTER | U | 42 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Richmond, York | |
Alfred WELLS | M | 51 | M | Pauper | Clerk | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John WHELAN | U | 70 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Ireland | |
Winifred WHELAN | U | 83 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Ireland | |
Thomas WILKS | W | 47 | M | Casual Pauper | Tool Smith | Stourbridge, Worcester | |
Ann WILLIAMSON | W | 39 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
Jane Ann WILMOTT | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Cotton Reeler | Stockport, Cheshire | |
Ann WILSON | U | 22 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
James WILSON | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Iron Moulder | Scotland | |
Thomas WILSON | U | 31 | M | Casual Pauper | Engine Fitter | Scarborough, York | |
William WILSON | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Weaver | Army | |
Richard WOOD | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Seaman | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Richard WOOD | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Hollinwood, Lancashire | |
Charles WOOLLEY | U | 72 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
John WOOLRIDGE | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Tanner | Southampton, Hampshire | |
Alfred WRIGHT | U | 34 | M | Casual Pauper | Potter | Hanley, Stafford | |
John WRIGHT | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Manchester, Lancashire | |
William YOUNG | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Cotton Weaver | Ireland | |
Charlotte YURRIN | W | 50 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
Joseph ZUILL | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Engraver (Artz) | Manchester, Lancashire |
Total residents: 208
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