1881 Census: Residents of Manchester Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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