1881 Census: Residents of Okehampton Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William SANGER | U | 31 | M | Master (Head) | (Munic) | Compton, Wiltshire | |
| Anna Maria CHASTY | U | 47 | F | Matron | (Munic) | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Rose Ann WEBBER | U | 31 | F | School Mistress | (Munic) | Kenton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth PALMER | W | 73 | F | Nurse | Chagford, Devon | ||
| John ABELL | U | 27 | M | Porter | Hatherleigh, Devon | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Grace ACKFORD | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Sourton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth BADCOCK | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| Albert BAKER | 18m | M | Inmate | Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | ||
| Ellen BAKER | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | ||
| Emma BAKER | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Factory Girl Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| Sarah BAKER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| William BAKER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | ||
| James BALKWELL | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Inmates | Bratton Clovelly, Devon | |
| Eliza BALL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Chagford, Devon | |
| Emily BALL | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Chagford, Devon | ||
| Henry BALL | 2 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Chagford, Devon | ||
| Rhoda BALL | 2m | F | Inmate | Paupers | Workhouse, Devon | ||
| Ann BARNES | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Inmates | Broadwood Kelly, Devon | |
| John BEER | 39 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | ||
| Thomas BERRY | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Eliza BOLT | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Inmates | Bonleigh, Devon | |
| Jessie BOLT | 3m | F | Inmate | Inmates | |||
| Laura Ellen BOLT | 3 | F | Inmate | Inmates | |||
| James BOND | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer Inmates | Belston, Devon | |
| Ann BREALEY | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sampford Courteney, Devon | ||
| Annette BRESLEY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sampford Courteney, Devon | ||
| George BRESLEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sampford Courteney, Devon | ||
| James BROWNING | 8m | M | Inmate | Paupers | Chagford, Devon | ||
| Mary Ann BROWNING | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Chagford, Devon | |
| John BURGESS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | North Lew, Devon | |
| William COCKRAM | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Sampford Courteney, Devon | |
| John COLE | U | 22 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer Paupers | Wimborne, Dorset | |
| Mary Ann COLE | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Paupers | Highampton, Devon | |
| Grace COOMBE | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Sampford Courteney, Devon | |
| Henry COTTLE | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | |
| John COX | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Exbourne, Devon | |
| Samuel CROSS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Drewsteignton, Devon | |
| Thomas CROSS | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Drewsteignton, Devon | |
| Alice CUMMINS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sourton, Devon | ||
| Rhoda CUMMINS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sourton, Devon | ||
| Edith DUNCOMBE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | ||
| William EASTERBROOKE | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Imbecile | South Tawton, Devon |
| Thomas EDWARDS | U | 33 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer Paupers | Sutton, Surrey | |
| Emily FISHER | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| Ann FORD | W | 88 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| William FRENCH | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Plasterer Paupers | Chagford, Devon | |
| Mary FURSDON | U | 30 | F | Inmate (Head) | Paupers | Imbecile | Hatherleigh, Devon |
| Mary A. FURSDON | O | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Perroton GILLARD | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| James HANLEY | U | 30 | M | Vagrant | Groom Paupers | Malam, Essex | |
| Bessie HILL | 1m | F | Inmate | Paupers | Okehampton Workhouse | ||
| Elizabeth HILL | M | 34 | F | Inmate | Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth HOLMES | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | North Lew, Devon | ||
| Loveday HOOPER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Factory Work Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| Richard HORNE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farmer Paupers | Sourton, Devon | |
| Eliza HUCKER | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | |
| George Edward HUCKER | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | ||
| Samuel Charles HUCKER | 2 | M | Inmate | ((Scholar)) Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | ||
| Sarah Ann HUCKER | 2 | F | Inmate | Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | ||
| Thomas John HUCKER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | ||
| William Henry HUCKER | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | ||
| Isaac HUXTABLE | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Imbecile | Inwardleigh, Devon |
| Lucy KEMP | U | 24 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Servant Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| Mary KEMP | O | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| William KEMP | O | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| John KING | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Inwardleigh, Devon | |
| Samuel KITE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sourton, Devon | ||
| Mary Ann LANG | 63 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | ||
| John LEWIS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Carpenter Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| Bessie LORAM | O | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth LORAM | U | 44 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Servant Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| John MADDERS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | ||
| Charles MATHEWS | U | 52 | M | Vagrant | Machine Fitter Paupers | Boston, Lincoln | |
| James MILFORD | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Highampton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth MILLS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sourton, Devon | ||
| Ellen MILLS | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Paupers | Sourton, Devon | |
| Emily MILLS | 2 | F | Inmate | Paupers | Sourton, Devon | ||
| Rose MILLS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar Inmates | Bridestowe, Devon | ||
| Samuel MILLS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Sourton, Devon | ||
| William George MILLS | U | 50 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer Paupers | Bridgewater, Somerset | |
| John MOCK | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Work Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | |
| Sarah MOLACOTT | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Paupers | Blind | Iddesleigh, Devon |
| Elizabeth NORTHCOTT | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Sampford Courteney, Devon | |
| William OADES | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | |
| William OLDING | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker Paupers | Drewsteignton, Devon | |
| Daniel PALMER | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Imbecile | Okehampton, Devon |
| Maria PALMER | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Inmates | Broadwood Kelly, Devon | |
| William PALMER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar Inmates | Broadwood Kelly, Devon | ||
| William PALMER | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith Inmates | Broadwood Kelly, Devon | |
| William PALTRIDGE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| Kate PEARSE | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Henry PELLOW | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Imbecile | Sourton, Devon |
| Maria PELLOW | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Sourton, Devon | |
| Charles PUDNER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labour Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| George RICE | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Inmates | Chagford, Devon | |
| Maria SMALE | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| Mary SMITH | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Chagford, Devon | ||
| James STONEMAN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farmer Paupers | Chagford, Devon | |
| Laura TOWELL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Chagford, Devon | ||
| Samuel TUCKER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Jacobstowe, Devon | ||
| Ellen VANSTONE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | Inwardleigh, Devon | |
| Henry VANSTONE | 2 | M | Inmate | Paupers | Inwardleigh, Devon | ||
| John VANSTONE | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Inwardleigh, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth WAYE | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Farm House Servant Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | |
| Emily WAYE | 3m | F | Inmate | Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | ||
| Henry WAYE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | North Tawton, Devon | ||
| William WEBBER | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Chagford, Devon | |
| William WILLIAMS | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | |
| William WOODRIDGE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Paupers | Germansweek, Devon | |
| Jane WOOLLAND | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | South Tawton, Devon | |
| Ellen WORDEN | 18m | F | Inmate | Paupers | North Lew, Devon | ||
| Jemima WORDEN | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Paupers | North Lew, Devon | |
| Jessie WORDEN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | North Lew, Devon | ||
| John WORDEN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | North Lew, Devon | ||
| Emily WORTH | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar Inmates | Bratton Clovelly, Devon | ||
| Rose WORTH | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar Inmates | Bratton Clovelly, Devon | ||
| Ellen YEO | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | ||
| Harriett YEO | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar Paupers | Okehampton, Devon | ||
| Anne | 1m | F | Inmate | Paupers | Okehampton Workhouse |
Total residents: 119
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