1881 Census: Inmates of Oxford Union Workhouse, Cowley Road, Oxford St Clement, Oxford, England
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | ||||||||
| Edwin Cole STEDHAM | M | 52 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Work House | Axminster, Devon | ||
| Lucinda STEDHAM | M | 47 | F | Wife | Matron Of Work House | Ireland | ||
| Ann MATHEWS | W | 75 | F | M In Law | Fund Holder | Aynho, Northampton | ||
| Jane EDENS | U | 15 | F | Servant | General Servant | Oxford | ||
| Mary DICKENS | U | 55 | F | Nurse | Nurse Of Workhouse | Wellingborough, Northampton | ||
| Maria SURMAN | U | 29 | F | Assistant Nurse | Assistant Nurse Of Workhouse | Twyford, Hampshire | ||
| John Robert MOBERLY | M | 52 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse (Instu Ser) | Coomb, Oxford | ||
| Ann MOBERLY | M | 47 | F | Female Tramp Attendant | Female Tramps Attendant (Munic) | Church Stretton, Shropshire | ||
| David BATES | W | 58 | M | Labour Master | Labour Master (Munic) | Headington, Oxford | ||
| Marianne GOLDBY | U | 44 | F | Matrons Assistant | Matrons Assistant (Munic) | Wroxton, Oxford | ||
| Inmates | ||||||||
| Betty ADAMS | U | 72 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Windsor, Berkshire | |
| Francis ADAMS | M | 80 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Oxford | ||
| Henry ADAMS | M | 78 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Windsor, Berkshire | ||
| Jane ADAMS | U | 52 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Leamington, Warwick | |
| Mary ADAMS | M | 76 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hampton Poyle, Oxford | ||
| William ADAMS | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Temple Cowley, Oxford | ||
| John ALLSOP | U | 72 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | London, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas BARRATT | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Ensham, Oxford | ||
| Martha BARTON | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Witney, Oxford | ||
| Thomas BARTON | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Mason | Laycock, Wiltshire | ||
| Thomas BATEMAN | M | 66 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Wendlebury, Oxford | ||
| John Thomas BAYLIS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Thomas BEAMS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Coombe, Oxford | ||
| George BEATHE | M | 49 | M | Inmate | Groom Stableman (ND) | Hungerford, Berkshire | ||
| James BENNETT | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Lath Render | Clifton Hampden, Oxford | ||
| Emma BLAY | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Mary Ann BOURTON | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blind | Maidenhead, Berkshire | |
| Martha BOWLES | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Marcham, Berkshire | ||
| Edward BOX | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Mason | Enstone, Oxford | ||
| George BRAIN | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Stableman | Charlbury, Oxford | ||
| Henry BRIDGEWATER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Hay Binder | Blind | Binsey, Oxford | |
| Elizabeth BROWN | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Lowestoft, Suffolk | ||
| William BROWN | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Confectioner | Oxford | ||
| Edward BRUTON | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Fishmongers Messenger | Oxford | ||
| Henry BUBB | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Cabinet Maker | Oxford | ||
| Richard BUCKELL | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Maltster | Oxford | ||
| Mary BULL | M | 79 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Ascot, Oxford | |
| Robert BULL | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver | Banbury, Oxford | ||
| Thomas BULL | U | 24 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Blind | Oxford | |
| Edward BUTLER | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Painter | Oxford | ||
| John BUTLER | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Pupil Teacher | Oxford | ||
| Catherine CARTER | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Nottingham | ||
| John CARTER | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Northmoor, Oxford | ||
| Sarah CARTER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | South Hinksey, Berkshire | ||
| Thomas CARTER | U | 27 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Thomas CARTER | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Printer | Oxford | ||
| Thomas CATTLE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Islip, Oxford | ||
| Maria CLARKE | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Pershore, Worcester | ||
| Charles William CLAY | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Engine Bar Fitter | Wolverhampton, Stafford | ||
| Sarah CLEMENTS | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bermondsey, Surrey | ||
| Charles CLEWLEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | College Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Emily COFFIN | 3 | F | Inmate | Oxford | ||||
| Ann COOPER | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Horse Path, Oxford | ||
| George William CORKE | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Bampton, Oxford | ||
| John COX | U | 18 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Oxford | ||
| James CRAWFORD | U | 54 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Edward CURTIS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Oxford | ||
| Sarah CURTIS | M | 65 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ipswich, Suffolk | ||
| Elizabeth DAUBURY | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Aylesbury, Buckingham | ||
| John DAUBURY | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Ropemaker | Tring, Buckingham | ||
| Ann DAY | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Oxford | ||
| Charles DAY | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Oxford | ||
| Marie DAY | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Henry DELL | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Mary Ann DELL | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Oxford | ||
| John DIPPLE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Stableman | Chipping Norton, Oxford | ||
| John DIXON | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Dairyman | Oxford | ||
| Rebecca EDDLES | U | 55 | F | Inmate | No Occupation A Cripple | Tetbury, Gloucester | ||
| Ann ELY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Edward EMANUEL | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oxford | ||
| Charles ENGLISH | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Stableman (Groom) | Oxford | ||
| Catherine FARMER | U | 78 | Inmate | Tailoress | xford | |||
| Sophia FIELD | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Oxford | ||
| John FLYNN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ireland | ||
| Frederick FORREST | M | 32 | M | Inmate | Iron Moulder | Oxford | ||
| William FRANCIS | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Broughton, Northampton | ||
| William FREEMAN | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Painter | West Bromwich, Stafford | ||
| Jane GARDNER | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Booker, Buckingham | ||
| Thomas GENAWAY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Fly Proprietor | Dorchester, Oxford | ||
| William GODFREY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Souldern, Oxford | ||
| William GOOCH | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Walworth, Surrey | ||
| Emma GOULD | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Thomas GRANT | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oxford | ||
| Henry HARRIS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Oxford | ||
| James HARRIS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Oxford | ||
| John HAYES | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Ada HAYNES | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| James HAYNES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Marston, Oxford | ||
| Charles HEMMING | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Caroline HEWLETT | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Shotover, Oxford | ||
| William HIBBARD | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Buckland, Berkshire | ||
| Henry HICKS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Oxford | ||
| Fanny HIGGINS | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Shipton, Oxford | ||
| Rachel HITCHMAN | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Oxford | ||
| Frederick HODGKINS | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Mary Amelia HODGKINS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Henry HOLT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Marine Store Dealer | Oxford | ||
| Daniel HOOKHAM | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Banbury, Oxford | ||
| Ellen HOOPER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| John Thomas HOOPER | 3 | M | Inmate | Oxford | ||||
| James HOWES | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Messenger To The Court Of Bankrupcy | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Richard HOWES | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | London, Middlesex | ||
| Elizabeth HUMPHRIS | M | 61 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Curdlington, Oxford | ||
| John HUMPHRIS | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Ensham, Oxford | ||
| Francis INNIS | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Quarry Man | Bottleton, Northumberland | ||
| George JACKSON | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Henry JACKSON | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Charles Henry JAMES | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Clerk In Orders | Oxford | ||
| Maria JEFFERIES | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Machinist | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Caroline JONES | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wootten, Gloucester | ||
| Edward JONES | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Tailor | London, Middlesex | ||
| John JONES | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Merthurtydvil, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Ann JOYCE | U | 81 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Arthur JUSTICE | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Oxford | ||
| Charles KERLAND | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Oxford | ||
| Frances KERR | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Elizabeth KING | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Sarah KING | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Francis KINGSTON | M | 48 | M | Inmate | White Smith | Oxford | ||
| Joseph LAWRENCE | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Highworth, Wiltshire | ||
| Thomas LAWRENCE | U | 85 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Headington, Oxford | ||
| John LINES | W | 64 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Leckhampstead, Berkshire | ||
| James LINGHAM | M | 68 | M | Inmate | College Servant | Chelsea, Middlesex | ||
| Richard LOCK | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Oxford | ||
| William LONGFORD | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kertleton, Oxford | ||
| John LOWE | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Marston, Oxford | ||
| Mary MARYGOLD | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Oxford | ||
| Henry MATTHEWS | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Paperhanger | Oxford | ||
| Mary Ann MATTHEWS | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Thomas MAYALL | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Barber | Oxford | ||
| Charles MEALAND | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Oxford | ||
| Susanah MEALAND | M | 73 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Oxford | ||
| Emily MELVILLE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Caroline NEAL | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Banbury, Oxford | ||
| Mary Ann NORGROVE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Alfred OSMAN | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Dyer | Oxford | ||
| William Adam OWEN | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Painter | Oxford | ||
| Lucy PACKWOOD | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Oxford | ||
| William PADBURY | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Oxford | ||
| William PARKER | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Oxford | ||
| John PARSONS | M | 32 | M | Inmate | Fagot Maker | Oxford | ||
| Louisa PARSONS | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Islip, Oxford | ||
| Oliver PARSONS | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Oxford | |||
| Ann PAYNE | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oxford | ||
| Rosalinda PAYNE | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Governess (Teacher) | Merrifield, Cornwall | ||
| John PERRY | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Confectioner | London, Middlesex | ||
| Edmund PLAISTER | W | 50 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Peter PRICKET | U | 66 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Mary PRIDE | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Brownings, Kent | ||
| Eliza PROSSER | M | 65 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Oxford | ||
| Charles PUDDLE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | White Smith | Oxford | ||
| Ann QUAINTON | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| George RACKSHAW | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Lawyers Clerk | Oxford | ||
| Henry RAVES | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Clifton, Somerset | ||
| John REAVES | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Charles REYNOLDS | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Cowley, Oxford | ||
| Benjamin RIDGE | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Groom (D) | Oxford | ||
| Sarah RILEY | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | London, Middlesex | ||
| Caleb ROBBINS | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Abingdon, Berkshire | ||
| William ROBERTS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Blacksmiths Laborer | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Charles ROBINSON | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Milkman | Oxford | ||
| George ROBINSON | W | 42 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Oxford | ||
| Henrietta RUSSELL | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Risby, Suffolk | ||
| John SAVINS | M | 86 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Water Eaton, Oxford | ||
| Thomas SEATES | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver | Kencott, Oxford | ||
| Eliza SHURROCK | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Oxford | ||
| Emily SIMMONS | M | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Cherington, Gloucester | ||
| Minnie SIMMONS | 1 | F | Inmate | Cirencester, Gloucester | ||||
| William SIMPSON | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kencott, Oxford | ||
| Ann SMITH | M | 59 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Oxford | ||
| Georgina SMITH | M | 25 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Oxford | ||
| Henry SMITH | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Painter | Oxford | ||
| John SMITH | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Fairford, Gloucester | ||
| Samuel SMITH | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kidlington, Oxford | ||
| Thomas SMITH | U | 50 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Oxford | ||
| George SPARROW | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oxford | ||
| Susan STANTON | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Lechlade, Gloucester | ||
| Ann STEVENTON | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Littlemore, Oxford | ||
| Henry STROUD | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Oxford | ||
| Benjamin TAYLOR | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Waddesdon, Buckingham | ||
| Frederick TAYLOR | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver | Oxford | ||
| George TAYLOR | U | 54 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Susan TAYLOR | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Fanny THOMAS | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Littlemore, Oxford | ||
| George THOMAS | M | 30 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Bessleigh, Berkshire | ||
| Elizabeth THOMPSON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Brighton, Sussex | |
| James THOMPSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Imbecile | Rathven, Banff, Scotland | |
| Christopher TIBBLE | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Sweep | Oxford | ||
| Mary TIBBLE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Machinist | Oxford | ||
| Thomas TITCOMBE | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Painter | Burford, Oxford | ||
| George TOLLEY | M | 75 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Kidlington, Oxford | ||
| Sarah TOLLEY | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Charlton, Oxford | ||
| William TYSON | U | 26 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Amelia WAKELIN | U | 32 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Maria WALL | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Rag Sorter | Abingdon, Berkshire | ||
| George WARD | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Oxford | ||
| Maria WATTS | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Headington, Oxford | ||
| Charles WEBB | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Cumnor, Berkshire | ||
| Matilda WELSH | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Clifton, Somerset | ||
| Ann WESTON | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Oxford | ||
| Charles WIGGINS | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Imbecile | Oxford | |
| Rebecca WIGGINS | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Weston On The Green, Oxford | ||
| Solomon WILKS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Hinksey, Berkshire | ||
| William WILLIAMS | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Imbecile | Monmouth | |
| William WOOD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Printer | Oxford | ||
| James WOODLEY | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | West Hagborn, Berkshire | ||
| John WYATT | U | 50 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Oxford | ||
| John Watts WYLLIE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Publican | Imbecile | London, Middlesex | |
| James YOUNG | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oxford | ||
| Richard YOUNG | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Groom (ND) | Oxford |
Total residents: 208
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