1881 Census: Residents of Newport Union Workhouse, Shropshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Lewis JAMES | M | 66 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | High Offley, Stafford | |
| Emma JAMES | M | 61 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (Muni) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Caroline JAMES | U | 59 | F | Visitor | High Offley, Stafford | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ADDERLEY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| John ADDERLEY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Chetwynd Aston, Shropshire | |
| Rebekah ADDERLEY | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Tibberton, Shropshire | |
| Richard ADDERLEY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| James ASTLEY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Church Eaton, Stafford | |
| Eliza BELCHER | W | 45 | F | Inmate | Sheriffhales, Shropshire | ||
| William BOFFEY | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Cheswardine, Shropshire | |
| John BREW | U | 67 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Forton, Stafford | |
| Ellen BROADHURST | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | ||
| Selina BROADHURST | U | 20 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Shiffnal, Shropshire | |
| Harriet BROWN | 14 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Chetwynd, Shropshire | ||
| Sarah BURKE | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Johanna CADMAN | M | 49 | F | Inmate | Colwich, Stafford | ||
| William CARR | W | 83 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Emma CARTER | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Lilleshall, Shropshire | ||
| Anthony CAWLEY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| John CHEADLE | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Mary COLARVOIL | U | 38 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Darlaston, Stafford | |
| John COOPER | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Richard COOPER | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Butler Domestic Serv | Bicton, Shropshire | |
| Mary DOODY | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Joseph DUTTON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | High Offley, Stafford | |
| Sarah ECCLESHALL | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| James ELKES | M | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Astley Abbotts, Shropshire | |
| Jane ELKES | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Chetwynd, Shropshire | ||
| Leonard FELTON | 2 | M | Inmate | Edgmond, Shropshire | |||
| Lucy FELTON | 11m | F | Inmate | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |||
| Mary Ann FELTON | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Serv | Bridgenorth, Shropshire | |
| Samuel FELTON | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Church Aston, Shropshire | ||
| Ann FLETCHER | U | 46 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Longford, Shropshire | |
| John FLYNN | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizabeth FOX | U | 35 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Longford, Shropshire | |
| Susannah FRANCE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Bankswoman (Coal) | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Eliza GREEN | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Woolstanton, Stafford | ||
| George GREEN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Abraham HARVEY | M | 24 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Abraham HARVEY | 4m | M | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | |||
| Sarah HARVEY | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | ||
| Sarah HENN | U | 33 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Sarah HILL | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| Henry HODGKISS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Beesom Maker | Newport, Shropshire | |
| John HOPE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Edward HUSON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Stone, Stafford | ||
| Elizabeth HUTCHINSON | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | ||
| Benjamin JAMES | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Edgmond, Shropshire | ||
| Harriet JAMES | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Edgmond, Shropshire | |
| Sarah JAMES | U | 47 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Edgmond, Shropshire | |
| Jane JONES | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Lilleshall, Shropshire | ||
| Mary JONES | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Bankswoman (Coal) | Wombridge, Shropshire | |
| Daniel LAWLEY | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| James MC LOCKLIN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| Joseph MACKLIN | U | 38 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| William MARTIN | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Wood Sawyer | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| William MILLINGTON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| John MORLEY | U | 30 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile | Normanton, York |
| Sarah MORRIS | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| Thos. MOSS | 4 | M | Inmate | Edgmond, Shropshire | |||
| Patrick MURDOCK | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| James MURDY | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Chetwynd, Shropshire | |
| Ann MURPHY | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| John MYAT | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | High Offley, Stafford | |
| Jane NEVILLES | U | 62 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Newport, Shropshire | |
| John NORTON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hinstock, Shropshire | |
| Mary PHILLIPS | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Ann PLANT | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Church Aston, Shropshire | ||
| William PLANT | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Eccleshall, Stafford | ||
| Catherine PRUDENCE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Edward RALPHS | W | 88 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| James RALPHS | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Brick Maker | Hodnet, Shropshire | |
| Michael READ | U | 60 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Charles REEVES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Forton, Stafford | |
| John RICHARDS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Lborer | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Jane ROGERS | M | 74 | F | Inmate | Edgmond, Shropshire | ||
| John ROGERS | M | 87 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Tibberton, Shropshire | |
| Catherine ROSS | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Stone, Stafford | ||
| John ROWLEY | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Weston Upon Trent, Stafford | |
| Emma SCRAGG | U | 42 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth SHARRATT | U | 40 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Norbury, Cheshire | |
| Harriet SHARRATT | U | 14 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Jane SILLITOE | U | 35 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Windsor, Berkshire | |
| William STEELE | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Tunstall, Stafford | |
| Ann Elizabeth TAYLOR | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| Harry TAYLOR | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | ||
| Maria TAYLOR | U | 22 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Hinstock, Shropshire | |
| Hannah THOMPSON | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | ||
| Mary TITLEY | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Stafford, Stafford | ||
| Mary Ann TURNER | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Holborn, Middlesex | ||
| Ada VENABLES | 4 | F | Inmate | Gnosall, Stafford | |||
| Georgie VENABLES | 2m | M | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | |||
| Lizzie VENABLES | 2 | F | Inmate | Stoke On Trent, Stafford | |||
| Mary VENABLES | U | 29 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| John VERNON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| Stephen VERNON | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Patrick WALDRON | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| Samuel WHISTONS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ironworks) | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Keziah WILKES | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Bankswoman (Coal) | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth WINDSOR | U | 20 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Gnosall, Stafford | |
| Thomas WINDSOR | 3m | M | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | |||
| Mary WORRALL | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Newport, Shropshire | ||
| Michael YARDLEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Norbury, Stafford |
Total residents: 103
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