1881 Census: Residents of Morpeth Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William BROWN | W | 66 | M | Head | Master Of The Workhouse (Munic) | Widdrington, Northumberland | |
| Margaret A. MARSHALL | U | 20 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Frances BRIMER | U | 60 | F | Servant | Nurse (Domestic Servant) | So Shields, Durham | |
| Emma HENDERSON | W | 44 | F | Servant | Laundry Maid (Domestic Servant) | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Isabella DODD | U | 24 | F | Servant | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Wooler, Northumberland | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William RAISBECK | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Thornley, Durham | |
| Jane WILLIS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Fawdon, Northumberland | |
| Lilian WILLIS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| Eliza WILLIS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| Isabella MOFFATT | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Mabel SCORER | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | |
| Alice GREEN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| William GREEN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Robert ROBSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Belsay, Northumberland | ||
| Bridget WEIR | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Bp Auckland, Durham | |
| Eliza WEIR | 3 | F | Inmate | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| Hannah WOOD | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Coal Miners Widow | High Felling, Durham | |
| John T. WOOD | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Mary H. WOOD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| David HOWARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| Robert YOUNG | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| John YOUNG | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Robert WILSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| George KELLY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Jesmond, Northumberland | |
| John MANN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Ireland | |
| Thomas OGLE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Felton, Northumberland | ||
| Charles MILLER | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Callerton, Northumberland | |
| John WINTER | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Blind | Bedlington, Northumberland |
| Jane YOUNG | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Isabella YOUNG | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Stephen MITCHELL | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| James MITCHELL | 7 | M | Inmate | Bedlington, Northumberland | |||
| Euphemia BALLANTYNE | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Blaydon, Northumberland | |
| Agnes BALLANTYNE | 11m | F | Inmate | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| Jane SMITH | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Elizabeth SMITH | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| George SMITH | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Hannah SMITH | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedlington, Northumberland | ||
| Elizabeth WALLACE | U | 83 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | South Shields, Durham | |
| Thomasine NICHOLSON | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Wooler, Northumberland | |
| Ralph G. FAILS | W | 33 | M | Inmate | Railway Labourer | Bedlington, Northumberland | |
| John SWAN | W | 41 | M | Inmate | Mason (Stone) | Bedlington, Northumberland | |
| Frances VICKERS | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Joseph SWINHOE | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Laborer | Brinkburn, Northumberland | |
| Jane SNAITH | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Bedlington, Northumberland | |
| Dorothy THOMPSON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Durham | ||
| Sarah BULMAN | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Haswell, Durham | |
| Jane BULMAN | 1 | F | Inmate | Bedlington, Northumberland | |||
| James GILROY | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Blind | Hartley, Northumberland |
| Ellen REDFORD | M | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Woodhorn, Northumberland | |
| Catherine CARR | M | 56 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Bedlington, Northumberland | |
| Peter MADDEN | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Dyer | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Allen YOUNG | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Ridswell, Northumberland | |
| Eleanor YOUNG | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ridswell, Northumberland | |
| Elizabeth WHITE | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | ||
| Henry VEITCH | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | ||
| Joseph WATSON | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | ||
| George WATSON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Miller (Corn) | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| John JEFFERSON | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Fisherman | Newbiggin, Northumberland | |
| Mary JEFFERSON | M | 80 | F | Inmate | Fisherwoman | Glenwhort, Cumberland | |
| William COULSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Woodhorn, Northumberland | ||
| John PATTERSON | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Newbiggin, Northumberland | |
| Thomas BEAL | W | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Shilbottle, Northumberland | |
| Jane BLADER | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Sunderland, Durham | |
| John J. BLADER | 6m | M | Inmate | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| Margaret BICKERTON | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Thornley, Durham | |
| Ann I. PATTERSON | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Shilbottle, Northumberland | |
| Mary A. PATTERSON | 1m | F | Inmate | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| James WILSON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| James ARCHER | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| John ARCHER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| Alexander CAMERON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Ralph NIXON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| William MITCHELL | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | ||
| Isabella LIDDELL | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Northumberland | |
| Matthew BURN | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| John CULLIWAIN | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Margaret HAIR | 2 | F | Inmate | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| John WAKE | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Robert WARDLE | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Quarryman (Stone) | Widdrington, Northumberland | |
| Julia MARIN | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Rothbury, Northumberland | |
| Thomas MARIN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rothbury, Northumberland | ||
| John BLACK | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Draper | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| William BATSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| William ROBSON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Mason | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Joan CARMAN | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Edward ROBSON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Mason | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Arther RANCE | W | 41 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Leeds, York | |
| Ann RANCE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stockton, Durham | ||
| John MUCKLE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Mason (Stone) | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Margaret WILSON | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Felton, Northumberland | |
| Mary Jane WILSON | 1m | F | Inmate | Morpeth, Northumberland | |||
| John APPLEBY | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Meldon, Northumberland | |
| Isabella COWENS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| John MITCHELL | U | 47 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Houghton Le Spring, Durham | |
| John WYLD | U | 31 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Yarm, York | |
| Isabella PATTERSON | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Cameron, Scotland | |
| Francis JOHNSON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Leeds, York | |
| Michael JUDGE | U | 21 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Leeds, York | |
| John WHITE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Long Framlington, Northumberland | |
| Margaret BOWES | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Berwick On Tweed | |
| Richard BOWES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| Joseph BOWES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Morpeth, Northumberland | ||
| John KELLY | M | 62 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Jane KELLY | M | 57 | F | Inmate | Killkenny, Ireland | ||
| William KELLY | U | 44 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Barnsley, York | |
| John HOPE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Jedburg, Scotland | |
| George HART | U | 21 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Driffield, York | |
| John COULTER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Down, Ireland | |
| Henry ROBERTS | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Painter House | London, London, Middlesex | |
| George ROBERTS | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Painter House | London Lambeth, London, Middlesex | |
| Patrick MONAGAN | U | 26 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Mayo, Ireland | |
| Thomas BOOTH | U | 32 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Thomas NICHOLSON | U | 28 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Thomas MURRAY | U | 33 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Thomas BRANT | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | West Bromwich, Stafford | |
| Patrick MOON | M | 43 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Roscommon, Ireland |
Total residents: 117
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