1881 Census: Residents of Neath Union Workhouse, Llantwit Rd, Neath, Glamorgan
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Annie J. MILLS | M | 40 | F | Wife | Matron Master Of Workhouse Wife | Leicester, Leicester, England | |
| John H. MILLS | M | 41 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Llanidloes, Montgomery | |
| Margaret DAVIES | M | 60 | F | Servant | Cook Domestic Servant | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| Mary MORGAN | U | 32 | F | Servant | Nurse | St.Dogwells, Pembroke | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jane ALLEN | W | 84 | F | Pauper | Formerly Eatinghouse Keeper | Crughowel, Brecknock | |
| Jemina ARMSTRONG | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Mary A. ARMSTRONG | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Thomas ARMSTRONG | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| William BAILEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Devizes, Wiltshire, England | |
| Thomas BIGGINS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| William BLEWITT | U | 40 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
| Elizabeth BOWEN | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Llandegug, Cardigan | |
| John BOWEN | U | 72 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Glynneath, Glamorgan | |
| Agnes BRITTLE | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Robert BRITTLE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Bridget BURKE | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Catherine BUTLER | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Housemaid (Dom Servt) | Aberdulais, Glamorgan | |
| David BUTLER | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Son | Aberdulais, Glamorgan | |
| Dennis MC CARTHY | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Iron Worker Furnaceman | Ireland | |
| Ann COOPER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Merthyr, Glamorgan | |
| Timothy DALEY | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Puddler (Iron) | Ireland | |
| Catherine DAVIES | U | 39 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | St.Athens, Glamorgan | |
| David DAVIES | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Tredegar, Monmouth, England | |
| Elizabeth DAVIES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Coedfrank, Glamorgan | |
| Elizabeth DAVIES | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Esther DAVIES | U | 9 | F | Pauper | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| John DAVIES | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Gardener Dom | Penbryn, Cardigan | |
| Maggie DAVIES | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Martha J. DAVIES | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Briton Ferry, Glamorgan | ||
| William DAVIES | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Llanfyrnach, Pembroke | |
| William DAVIES | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Servants Son | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| Ellen DIE | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| James DILLON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Ireland | |
| John DORAN | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Ireland | |
| Ann DRISCOLL | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Llandilo, Carmarthen | |
| John EDWARDS | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Master Mariner | St Dogwells, Pembroke | |
| Celia EVANS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Maesteg, Glamorgan | |
| Evan EVANS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Hatter | Lland Yssul, Cardigan | |
| Mary EVANS | W | 85 | F | Galltyrhodtwn, Cardigan | |||
| William EVANS | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Swansea, Glamorgan | |
| Rachel FRANCIS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Llansamlet, Glamorgan | |
| George GIBBS | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Aberdulais, Glamorgan | |
| William GOLDBY | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Platelayer | Annesley, Warwick, England | |
| Thomas W. GRAVES | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Clerk Bookkeeper | Ireland | |
| Herbert GRIFFITHS | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Cooper | Imbecile | Baglan, Glamorgan |
| John GRIFFITHS | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Coedfrank, Glamorgan | |
| James HARRIS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Pilot | Briton Ferry, Glamorgan | |
| William HICKEY | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Cwmavon, Glamorgan | ||
| William HOARD | M | 44 | M | Inmate | Gasfitter | Crediton, Devon, England | |
| Henry HOWELL | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Llangennith, Glamorgan | |
| Eustace HUGHES | U | 5 | M | Pauper | Bristol, Gloucester, England | ||
| Thomas HUGHES | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Iron Puddler | Briton Ferry, Glamorgan | |
| William HUGHES | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| David JENKINS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Sexton | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| Elizabeth JONES | U | 48 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Imbecile | Merthyr, Glamorgan |
| Gwenllian JONES | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Blind | Aberdulais, Glamorgan | |
| Jane JONES | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Sirhowy, Monmouth, England | |
| William JOY | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Rag Picker (Dlr) | Imbecile | Ireland |
| John LAKE | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| Maria LAKE | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| John LLEWELLYN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ostler Groom (ND) | Imbecile | Narbeth, Pembroke |
| William LLOYD | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Mariner | St Dogmells, Pembroke | |
| Thomas LUCAS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Penrice, Glamorgan | |
| Elizabeth A. MORGAN | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Neath, Glamorgan |
| Margaret MORGAN | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Baglan, Glamorgan | ||
| Sarah MORGAN | M | 56 | F | Inmate | Pyle, Glamorgan | ||
| William MORGAN | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Masons) | Ynisarwed, Glamorgan | |
| William NICKLAND | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Blind | Stone, Stafford, England |
| John PETHERRICK | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Copperman UF | Monkleigh, Devon, England | |
| William O. PICKIN | W | 44 | M | Inmate | Clerk Bookkeeper | Shiffnel, Shropshire, England | |
| David PRITCHARD | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Briton Ferry, Glamorgan | ||
| Ann PROSSER | U | 4 | F | Pauper | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Isaac PROTHERO | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Iron Puddler | Mathrie, Pembroke | |
| Ann REES | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Cwmavon, Glamorgan |
| John REES | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Maltster | Cadoxton, Glamorgan | |
| Margaret REES | U | 25 | F | Inmate | General Dom Servant | Llanbia, Carmarthen | |
| Martha REES | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Haverfordwest, Pembroke | |
| Elizabeth RICH | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Bridgwater, Somerset, England | ||
| John RICHARDS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Maltster | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| William RICHARDS | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Neath, Glamorgan | |
| Henry ROBERTS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Carmarthen | |
| Catherine SANDERS | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Merthyr, Glamorgan | ||
| Edward SANDERS | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Aberavon, Glamorgan | ||
| Jeremiah SANDERS | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Michael SANDERS | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Ann THOMAS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | General Dom Servant | Imbecile | Resolven, Glamorgan |
| Ann THOMAS | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| Eleanor THOMAS | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Dowlais, Glamorgan | |
| Henry THOMAS | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Imbecile | Neath, Glamorgan |
| Mary A. THOMAS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Cardiff, Glamorgan | |
| Richard THOMAS | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Briton Ferry, Glamorgan | ||
| William TIPPETT | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ostler Groom Nd | Kenn, Somerset, England | |
| David WILLIAMS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Iron Puddler | Blind | Cardigan |
| John WILLIAMS | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Neath, Glamorgan | ||
| William WILLIAMS | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Imbecile | Glynneath, Glamorgan |
Total residents: 95
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