1881 Census: Residents of Northwich Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Adam HOWARTH | M | 46 | M | Head | Governor Of Workhouse | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| Mary Ann HOWARTH | M | 46 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| Isabella COWELL | M | 50 | F | Serv | Nurse At Workhouse | Marown, Isle of Man | |
| Elizabeth CROSSLEY | U | 25 | F | Serv | School Mistress At Workhouse | Farnworth, Lancashire | |
| Charles S. WHITE | U | 30 | M | Serv | Porter Music At Workhouse | Woodstock, Oxford | |
| Elizabeth HASSELL | U | 25 | F | Serv | Cook | Poyley, Cheshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Elizabeth ADAMS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | N K, Cheshire | |
| Harriet BARKER | 1m | F | Inmate | At Workhouse, Cheshire | |||
| Mary E. BARKER | 1 | F | Inmate | Lostock, Cheshire | |||
| Mary A. BARKER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Mary BARKER | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Factory Hand | Staleybridge, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth BARLOW | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| James BLAND | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Elizabeth BOARDMAN | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Elizabeth BOSTON | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Elizabeth BOSTON | U | 49 | F | Inmate | (Dom) Nurse | Blind | Comber Rach, Cheshire |
| John BOSTON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Joseph BOWDEN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Richard BOWYER | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Baler Maker | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| John BRIAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burslem, Stafford | ||
| James BUCKLEY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Govt Pensioner | Kinderton, Cheshire | |
| James BURKE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| William COMBES | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Croxton, Cheshire | |
| George COTTERAL | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Waterman | Hale, Lancashire | |
| Thomas COWLEY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| Henry DEAN | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Harford, Cheshire | |
| Mary J. DEAN | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| William DICKINS | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Marston, Cheshire | |
| Ellen DODD | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Holmes Chapel, Cheshire | |
| Agnes DONNELY | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Ellen DONNELY | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth DUNCALF | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Frodsham, Cheshire | |
| Jane DUNCALF | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Frodsham, Cheshire | |
| Samuel DUNCALF | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Frodsham, Cheshire | |
| Ann DUTTON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Norley, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth DUTTON | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Joshua EATON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Whatcroft, Cheshire | |
| Frances M. EVANS | 1 | F | Inmate | Acton, Cheshire | |||
| Mary EVANS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Acton, Cheshire | |
| Peter FLETCHER | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Lab At Salt Works | Lymn, Cheshire | |
| Joseph FORSTER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Winnington, Cheshire | |
| James GALLEGHER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Ireland | |
| Alfred GATES | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Waterman | Barnton, Cheshire | |
| Sarah Ann GERRARD | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Cuddington, Cheshire | |
| William GOODWIN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Rope Maker | Newton, Cheshire | |
| John GRAHAM | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Painter | Scotland | |
| Martha GREGORY | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Harford, Cheshire | |
| Mary A. HALL | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Amos HAMPSON | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Winsford, Cheshire | |
| William HARDING | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Joiner | N K, Cheshire | |
| Charles HATTON | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Pensioner | Kinderton, Cheshire | |
| Levi HATTON | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Albert E. HAYES | 1m | M | Inmate | Workhouse, Cheshire | |||
| Emily HAYES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Barnton, Cheshire | |
| Ernest HAYES | U | 10m | M | Inmate | Barnton, Cheshire | ||
| Leah HAYES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Barnton, Cheshire | |
| Michael HINES | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| John HODKINSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Litte Budworth, Cheshire | |
| Sarah HOLLAND | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Ann JOHNSON | M | 63 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bilston, Stafford | |
| Joseph JOHNSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Workhouse, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas JOHNSON | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Workhouse, Cheshire | ||
| Ann KIRKHAM | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| John LATHAM | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Linen Weaver | Ireland | |
| Richard LATHAM | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Brazier | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Jane LAWTON | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Over, Cheshire | |
| Thomas LEATHER | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Salt Boiler | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Annie LEONARD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Mary LIGHTFOOT | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Barnton, Cheshire | ||
| Walter LOWE | 2m | M | Inmate | Winnington, Cheshire | |||
| Charles MAINWARING | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Earlstown, Lancashire | ||
| Edward MARSH | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Chester, Cheshire | |
| Isaac MEAKIN | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Blind | Hale, Lancashire |
| Maria MEAKIN | M | 61 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Speke, Lancashire | |
| Frederick MILLINGTON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Simeon MILLINGTON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Albert E. MORGAN | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Warrington, Lancashire | ||
| James MOTTERSHEAD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Over, Cheshire | |
| Thomas MOTTERSHEAD | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Nether Peover, Cheshire | |
| Annie MC NARMUS | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Catherine NICHOLSON | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Ireland | |
| Ellen NICHOLSON | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Peter NICHOLSON | 2 | M | Inmate | Northwich, Cheshire | |||
| Peter NODEW | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Ann PERCIVAL | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Barnton, Cheshire | |
| Mary PERCIVAL | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Barnton, Cheshire | ||
| William PERCIVAL | 2 | M | Inmate | Barnton, Cheshire | |||
| William PERCIVAL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barnton, Cheshire | |
| Charles PERRIN | 12 | M | Inmate | Flint, Wales | |||
| Elizabeth POOLE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Publican | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| George PUTMAN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Painter | Thursley, Surrey | |
| Margaret PYE | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Hannah RIGBY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| James RIGBY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northwich, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas RIGBY | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Hair Dresser | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Alice ROYLE | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Hartford, Cheshire | |
| Florence ROYLE | 1 | F | Inmate | In Workhouse, Cheshire | |||
| Mary SADDLER | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| Charles SANDBACH | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Imbecile | Northwich, Cheshire |
| John SANDBACH | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ostler (Groom Nd) | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| Hugh SHARMON | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Over, Cheshire | |
| Martha SMALLWOOD | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Croxton, Cheshire | |
| Mary STAGG | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| John TOMKINSON | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Richard TOMKINSON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| William WALKER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | N K, Cheshire | |
| William WALKER | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Weaverham, Cheshire | |
| John WALTON | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Albert WEEDALL | 1 | M | Inmate | In Workhouse, Cheshire | |||
| Sarah A. WEEDALL | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Mary WELCH | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| Richard WILLIAMS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Leather Chaser | Chester, Cheshire | |
| George WOODWARD | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Weaverham, Cheshire | |
| Ellen WOODYER | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Button Maker | Northwich, Cheshire | |
| William WRENCH | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Hartford, Cheshire | |
| Mary YARWOOD | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales |
Total residents: 116
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