1881 Census: Residents of Melksham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George CHILDE | M | 35 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Yanworth, Gloucester | |
| Mary Ann CHILDE | M | 35 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire | |
| Sophia CHILDE | 9 | F | Daughter | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
| Charles Henry CHILDE | 8 | M | Son | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
| Sarah CHILDE | 5 | F | Daughter | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
| William CHILDE | 4 | M | Son | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
| George CHILDE | 2 | M | Son | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Geoffrey John CHILDE | 10m | M | Son | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Robert WARD | U | 23 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster | Denby, Derby | |
| Eliza TERRY | U | 27 | F | Officer | School Mistress | ||
| James Frederick KEENE | M | 26 | M | Officer (Head) | Porter In Workhouse | Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire | |
| Mary Annie KEENE | M | 25 | F | Officer | Assistant To Matron | Hinton, Wiltshire | |
| Amy Mary KEENE | 2 | F | Officers Daughter | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Ernest KEENE | 1 | M | Officers Son | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Elizabeth JENKINS | W | 52 | F | Officer | Nurse In Workhouse | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Arthur ALDER | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Idiot | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| William ALEXANDER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Pottern, Wiltshire | |
| James ALLEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Weaver Weaver | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| John ANGELL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Cork Fermoy, Ireland | |
| George ASHER | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Thomas BAILEY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Foundry | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Ruth BAILY | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| James BANCROFT | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Dresser | Westwood, Wiltshire | |
| George BARNES | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Dresser | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Mary Ann BARRETT | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Cook | Lunatic | N K, Somerset |
| Ruth BARRETT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William BASCOMB | U | 60 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Henry BATTLE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Elizabeth BENNETT | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Burler | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph BIGWOOD | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Water Carrier | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| James BOUCHER | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Draper | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| George BRETT | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| George BRINSDEN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | None | Rowde, Wiltshire | |
| Edward BROWN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | At Sea | ||
| William BROWN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Dresser | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| John BULGIN | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Sack Weaver | Lunatic | Melksham, Wiltshire |
| George BULL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Spinner | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| Charles BUTCHER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Woolen Cloth Worker (Fullman) | Turley, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph CARSON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Scribbler | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Rose CHAPPELL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas CHIVERS | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Annie COGSWELL | U | 17 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Elizabeth CROOK | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Seend, Wiltshire | |
| Hannah CROOK | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Blind | Yatesbury, Wiltshire |
| Arthur CULLEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hampshire | ||
| Florence CULLEY | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
| Kate CULLEY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
| Edmund DAVIS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
| John DAVIS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Ruth DAVIS | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Imbecile | Melksham, Wiltshire |
| Philip DEAN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| George DEVERIL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Hugh DOWLAND | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph DREW | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Rowde, Wiltshire | |
| John FELTHAM | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| John FISHER | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Quarryman | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| William FLOWER | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker-Weaver | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| James FRANCIS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
| Samuel FRANKLIN | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Boatman On Canal | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Alice FREESTONE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | N K, Cambridge | |
| Eliza GAY | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
| Matilda GERRISH | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Cook | Freshford, Somerset | |
| Sophia GREENLAND | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Emsworth, Hampshire | |
| Frederick GREENWOOD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
| Louisa GREENWOOD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
| Hannah GREGORY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
| Catherine GULLIVER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
| John GUNSTONE | 2 | M | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Winifred GYE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | None | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
| Alice HANCOCK | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| Ellen HANCOCK | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Fanny HANCOCK | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Seend, Wiltshire | ||
| Henry HANCOCK | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
| Mary HANCOCK | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| Sophia HANCOCK | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Cook | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Annie HARDING | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bath, Somerset | ||
| Edith HARDING | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bath, Somerset | ||
| Jane HARDING | M | 71 | F | Inmate | None | Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire | |
| Thomas HARRIS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Confectioner | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Alexander HAWKINS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Calne, Wiltshire | |
| Albert HILL | U | 16 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Westbury, Wiltshire |
| Ruth HILL | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Quiller | N K, Gloucester | |
| James HOOPER | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Furniture Broker | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| John HURD | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
| Mary HURD | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Feeder | Semington, Wiltshire | |
| Sarah HUTTON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Quiller | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Mary Ann ISGROVE | U | 37 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Lunatic | |
| Stella JELF | U | 43 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Semington, Wiltshire |
| Sarah JOHNSON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Schoolmistress | London, London, Middlesex | |
| James JONES | 17 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| Moses JOYCE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Stone Quarryman | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Eliza KEEVIL | W | 70 | F | Inmate | None | London, London, Middlesex | |
| William KEMP | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Fanny KENT | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Albert KING | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westbury, Wiltshire | ||
| Alice KING | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Westbury, Wiltshire | ||
| Maria KING | U | 50 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Melksham, Wiltshire |
| Prudence KING | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Piecer | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| William KING | 10m | M | Inmate | Westbury, Wiltshire | |||
| Sylvia KIRTON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Shoebinder | Shepton Mallett, Somerset | |
| Jane LAURENCE | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Monthly Nurse | Imbicle | |
| Hannah LINSEY | W | 89 | F | Inmate | None | Ireland | |
| Alfred John LOCKSLEY | 2 | M | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Elizabeth LOCKSLEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Feeder | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Frederick LOCKSLEY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
| Thomas LUCAS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Southwick, Wiltshire | |
| James MALTMAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| Joseph MARCHANT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Spinner | Lunatic | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Stephen MASLEN | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Ex Policeman General Labourer | Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire | |
| Freelove MAY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Reeler | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Albert MEAD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| William MUNDAY | U | 31 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Lucy NASH | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Fuller | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Ellen NICHOLLS | 3 | F | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Infant NICHOLLS | 1m | M | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
| Jane NICHOLLS | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| Rose NICHOLLS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| Albert NORTON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| John NUTT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Deaf & Dumb | Melksham, Wiltshire |
| William Isaac NUTT | U | 16 | F | Inmate | General Labourer | N K | |
| Eliza OBORNE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Spinner | Avening, Gloucester | |
| Elizabeth PEARCE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| Frederick PEPLAR | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| William PEPLAR | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Stephen PINNOCK | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Blind | Melksham, Wiltshire |
| Mary Ann PRIDE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Easton, Wiltshire | |
| Jacob PURNELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| Therza PURNELL | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
| John RUDMAN | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Caroline SARTAIN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hilperton, Wiltshire | ||
| Frederick SIMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
| James SINGER | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Semington, Wiltshire | |
| John SMART | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Brickyard | Bromham, Wiltshire | |
| Harriet SMITH | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| Samuel STAPLES | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Wood Sawyer | Turley, Wiltshire | |
| Tabitha TAYLER | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Mistress (School) | Lunatic | Sparkford, Somerset |
| William TAYLER | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Aaron TUCKER | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Boat Builder | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph WEBB | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Boatman On Canal | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| William WESTON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Lacock, Wiltshire | |
| Thomas WHITE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Seend, Wiltshire | |
| Edmund WILSHERE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Radstock, Somerset | ||
| George WILSHERE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Seend, Wiltshire | ||
| James WILSHERE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keevil, Wiltshire | ||
| John WILSHERE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Seend, Wiltshire |
Total residents: 145
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