1881 Census: Residents of Ongar Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Robert LOW | M | 43 | M | Master (Head) | Union Master (Munic) | Billericay, Essex | |
| Ellen LOW | M | 46 | F | Wife | Union Matron | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Francis LOW | U | 18 | M | Son | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| Sarah BRACE | U | 24 | F | School Mistress | School Mistres | Newnham, Gloucester | |
| Hannah CLARKE | U | 18 | F | Nurse | Nurse | Kennington Park, Surrey | |
| Henry BRIDGMAN | 22 | M | Porter | Porter | Kelvedon, Essex | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Ann ARCHER | 29 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Navestock, Essex | ||
| Robert ARCHER | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Eliza ARGENT | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Servant | Bobbingsworth, Essex | |
| Sarah ARGENT | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Servant | Bobbingsworth, Essex | |
| William ARGENT | W | 81 | M | Inm | Gardener | Bobbingworth, Essex | |
| James BAKER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | High Laver, Essex | |
| Charles BARKER | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Navestock, Essex | ||
| James BARKER | 9 | M | Inmate | ||||
| James BARNARD | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Writtle, Essex | |
| Ann BEVIS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Willingdale Doe, Essex | |
| Elizabeth BEVIS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| Emma BEVIS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| George BEVIS | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| James BEVIS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| Joseph BEVIS | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Joseph BLOWES | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| Edward BREWER | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stapleford Abbotts, Essex | ||
| Fanny BREWER | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Stapleford, Hertford | ||
| Henry BREWER | 2 | M | Inmate | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |||
| James BREWER | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stapleford Abbotts, Essex | ||
| Jane BROWN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | Willingdale Spain, Essex | |
| John BURLS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Beauchamp Roothg, Essex | |
| Thomas BURR | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Cripple | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| Eliza CHALK | U | 30 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| Sydney CHALK | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Rebecca CHAPMAN | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Formerly Servt | Greenstead, Essex | |
| John CLARK | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stapleford Abbotts, Essex | |
| William CLARK | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Huntingdon | |
| Edward CLARKE | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Moreton, Essex | ||
| Thomas COLLINS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Epping, Essex | |
| James COWLING | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lambourne, Essex | |
| Simon CRABB | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Litle Laver, Essex | |
| Francis DALTON | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| George DAVIS | 13 | M | Inmate | Essex | Navestock, Essex | ||
| Emma DAY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | |||
| James DOCKLING | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Dunmow, Essex | |
| William DORRINGTON | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| Joseph ELLIS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| Robert ELLIS | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| Charles FRANCIS | 6 | M | Inm | Scholar | High Ongar, Essex | ||
| George FRANCIS | U | 5 | M | Inm | Scholar | High Ongar, Essex | |
| Ernest GOWING | 3 | M | Inm | ||||
| George GOWING | 5 | M | Inm | ||||
| Thomas GUNN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | North Weald, Essex | |
| Herbert HADGEL | 10 | M | Inm | Lambourne, Essex | |||
| Joseph HALLS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| James HART | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| James HAWKINS | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| William HOLGATE | 7 | M | Inmate | ||||
| Jane HORNSBY | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Idiot | ||
| Thomas HOY | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mashbury, Essex | |
| Elizh. HUMPHREY | W | 71 | F | Inmate | High Laver, Essex | ||
| Emily LITTLE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | Abbotts Roothg, Essex | |
| John LITTLE | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Abbotts Roothg, Essex | |
| Emily LODGE | 18 | F | Inm | Lambourne, Essex | |||
| Hannah LODGE | 20 | F | Inm | Gen Servant | Lambourne, Essex | ||
| James LODGE | 13 | M | Inm | Scholar | Lambourne, Essex | ||
| Joseph MADLE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | High Ongar, Essex | |
| Louisa MEAD | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fyfield, Essex | |
| William MEAD | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | High Ongar, Essex | |
| Charles MILLER | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stapleford, Essex | |
| Joseph MOLES | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lambourne, Essex | |
| Emily MONK | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Servant | Abbotts Roothg, Essex | |
| Francis MONK | 6 | M | Inmate | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |||
| William MONK | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hatfield, Essex | |
| Thomas MOSS | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | ||
| James MUMFORD | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Fyfield, Essex | |
| James NASH | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Moreton, Essex | ||
| John NASH | 13 | M | Inmate | Moreton, Essex | |||
| Rebecca NASH | U | 40 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Moreton, Essex | |
| Robert NASH | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Sydney NASH | 3 | M | Inmate | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |||
| William NASH | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Sarah NEWLAND | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Servant | ||
| John NOKES | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Collar Maker | ||
| Michael NORRIS | W | 71 | M | Inm | Ag Lab | Ongar High, Essex | |
| Alice PERRY | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Idiot | ||
| John REEVE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lambourne, Essex | |
| William REEVES | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Stapleford Tawney, Essex | ||
| John RIGLEN | W | 74 | M | Inm | Ag Lab | Kelvedon Hatch, Essex | |
| Thomas ROBERTS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Albertina SALMON | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Blind | Kelvedon Hatch, Essex | |
| John SARLING | W | 79 | M | Inm | Blacksmith | Kelvedon Hatch, Essex | |
| James SCOTT | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Idiot | High Laver, Essex |
| William SEWELL | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stapleford Abbotts, Essex | |
| James SHIPTON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Little Laver, Essex | |
| Emily SITCH | 12 | F | Inmate | Norton, Essex | |||
| Henry SITCH | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Essex | ||
| John SITCH | M | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Norton, Essex | |
| Charles SMITH | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| Mary SMITH | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| Sarah SMITH | W | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Willingale Doe, Essex | |
| William SMITH | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | High Laver, Essex | |
| Thomas SPELLER | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | ||
| Benjamin STAINES | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Cripple | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| James STAMNERS | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Whtham, Essex | |
| John STANNARD | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Late Soldier | Stapleford Tawney, Essex | |
| Benjmn. STARLING | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| James STARLING | U | 71 | M | Inm | Ag Lab | Lambourne, Essex | |
| John STOKES | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Coopersale, Essex | |
| Lucy STONE | W | 80 | F | Inmate | |||
| Elizabeth STRANGE | W | 77 | F | Inmate | |||
| Mary SUTTON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Blackmore, Essex | ||
| Robert SUTTON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blackmore, Essex | |
| Joseph TAVENOR | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Idiot | Navestock, Essex | |
| James TAYLOR | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
| William WARDEN | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Berners Roothg, Essex | |
| Walter WATSON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| Charles WEAL | 12 | M | Inm | Scholar | |||
| Charlotte WEAL | 10 | F | Inm | Scholar | |||
| Emily WEAL | 11 | F | Inm | Scholar | Kelvedon Hatch, Essex | ||
| James WEAL | 6 | M | Inm | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Naomi WEAL | 7 | F | Inm | Scholar | |||
| Susan WEAL | U | 41 | F | Inm | General Servant | Kelvedon Hatch, Essex | |
| Williams WEAL | 10 | M | Inm | Scholar | |||
| John WHITHAND | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blackmore, Essex | |
| Mary WILLIAMS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| John WINGER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | High Ongar, Essex | |
| Charles WOOD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| John WOOD | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | High Laver, Essex | |
| Sarah WOOD | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Navestock, Essex | ||
| Annie WOOLMORE | 11 | F | Inm | Scholar | Hastings, Sussex | ||
| Frederick WOOLMORE | 3 | M | Inm | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Martha WOOLMORE | W | 45 | F | Inm | Hastings, Sussex | ||
| Selina WOOLMORE | 10 | F | Inm | Scholar | Hastings, Sussex | ||
| William WOOLMORE | 6 | M | Inm | Stanford Rivers, Essex | |||
| John WORTINS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanford Rivers, Essex | ||
| Sarah WORTINS | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Stapleford Tawney, Essex | |
| Sarah WRIGHT | W | 83 | F | Inmate | High Ongar, Essex |
Total residents: 135
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