1881 Census: Residents of Perth Poorhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
John STUART | M | 43 | M | Governor | Governor | Blair Athole, Perth | |
Jessie STUART | M | 42 | F | Matron | Matron | Dull, Perth | |
George LAIRD | U | 76 | M | Clerk | Clerk | Edinburgh | |
James COULTER | W | 61 | M | Attendant | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife | |
Helen ROBERTSON | U | 35 | F | Attendant | Logierait, Perth | ||
Flora JACKSON | U | 23 | F | Cook | Teacher | Ardrishaig, Argyll | |
Margaret SIMPSON | U | 64 | F | Nurse | Dom Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Eliza FARQUHARSON | U | 26 | F | Nurse | Dom Serv | Montrose, Forfar | |
James COOK | M | 53 | M | Head | Gardener | Scone, Perth | |
Helen COOK | M | 50 | F | Wife | Porteress | Forteviot, Perth | |
David COOK | U | 15 | M | Son | Scholar | Perth, Perth | |
James COOK | U | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Tibbermore, Perth | |
George COOK | U | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Tibbermore, Perth | |
Inmates | |||||||
William ABERNETHY | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
Peter ADAMS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Lab | Lerwick | |
Elizabeth ADIE | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Nil | Angus Co, Perth | |
Jessie ALLAN | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
Mary ARCHER | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Wife | Ayr, Ayr | |
William ARCHER | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Perth, Perth | |
Helen ARMSTRONG | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
James BALMAIN | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Perth, Perth | |
William BAXTER | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab | Bankfoot, Perth | |
Peter BAYNE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab | Blackford, Perth | |
Grace BENNET | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
David BERRY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Perth, Perth | |
Alexander BISSET | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Ann BLAIR | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Wife | Kettins, Perth | |
John BLAIR | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Mason | Edinburgh | |
Austin BOYLE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
Barbara BUCHANAN | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
John BURNS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Lab | Blaigowrie, Perth | |
Thomas CAIRNEY | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Sweep | Glasgow, Lanark | |
Ann CALDER | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Dundee, Forfar | |
Mary CAMERON | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
William CAMERON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Lab | Abernethy, Perth | |
Catherine CAMPBELL | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret CAMPBELL | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Longforgan, Perth | |
Helen CARR | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Serv | Ireland | |
Agnes CHALMERS | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
David CHALMERS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Coachman | Perth, Perth | |
Jane CHALMERS | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Nil | Rattray, Perth | |
Margaret CHRISTIE | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Serv | Longforgan, Perth | |
Thomas COLEMAN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
William COMRIE | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Perth, Perth | |
Jane CRICHTON | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Nil | Amulree, Perth | |
John DAVIDSON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Dunfermline, Fife | |
Mary DAVIDSON | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Nil | Cupar, Fife | |
Ann DEWAR | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Serv | Abernethy, Perth | |
Alexander DONALDSON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
George DONALDSON | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Perth, Perth | |
Elizth. DOUGLAS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Peter DOW | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Caputh, Perth | |
George DRON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Perth, Perth | |
Helen DUFFY | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Serv | Dundee, Forfar | |
Thomas DUFFY | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Perth, Perth | |
Jane DUNCAN | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret DUNCAN | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
James EASSON | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Elizth. FARNES | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret FARNES | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Child | Glasgow, Lanark | |
Mary FLETCHER | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
Elizabeth FORSYTH | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Nil | Coatbridge, Lanark | |
Grace FORSYTH | W | 32 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Donald FRASER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab | Bgowrie, Perth | |
Edward GALLAGHAN | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Betsy GALLETLY | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
David GALLETLY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Errol, Perth | |
Jane GALLETLY | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
John GALLETLY | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
William GALLETLY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab | Monzie, Perth | |
Robina GALLOWAY | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
Brian GARVEY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
Thos. GAVIN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
Andrew GENTRY | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Ann GILMOUR | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
James GLEN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Alexander GORRIE | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Heckler | Abernyte, Perth | |
Jessie GRAY | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Jessie GRAY | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Peter GRAY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
William GRAY | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
David HARPER | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Janet HARPER | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
Jessie HARPER | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
George HENDERSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kelso, Roxburgh | |
James HERON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Serv | Lintrathen, Forfar | |
Ann HOBSON | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
Elizabeth HUTCHINSON | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Serv | Redgorton, Perth | |
Ann JACKSON | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Nil | Clunie, Perth | |
Isabella JOHNSON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
Eliza JONES | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Tramp | Perth, Perth | |
Ann KELLOCHAN | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Glasgow, Lanark | |
Maggie KELLOCHAN | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Child | Glasgow, Lanark | |
Andrew KENNEDY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Blairgowrie, Perth | |
John KENNEDY | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
Elizth. KING | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
Mary KING | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
Richard LAING | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kingcairn, Perth | |
Henry LAWSON | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Mary LEYDEN | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Serv | Ireland | |
Cathe. LOTHIAN | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Bookbinder | Perth, Perth | |
James LOW | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Child | Blairgowrie, Perth | |
Jane LOW | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Alexander LOWRIE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Perth, Perth | |
Christina MALLOCH | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
James MARSHALL | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Dundee, Forfar | |
Jane MARTIN | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
John MARTIN | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Lab | Glasgow, Lanark | |
James MC ARA | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
Robert MC ARA | U | 11 | M | Inmate | (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Thomas MC ARTHUR | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
Helen MC CAFFERTY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Ireland | |
Lawrence MC CAFFERTY | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Thomas MC CAFFERTY | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Jessie MC EWAN | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
Elizth. MC FARLANE | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret MC FARLANE | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Perth, Perth | |
Thomas MC FARLANE | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Helen MC GILLEVRIE | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Nil | Edinburgh | |
Daniel MC GREGOR | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Mary MC GREGOR | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
William MC GREGOR | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Concertina Maker | Perth, Perth | |
Elizabeth MC KENZIE | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Nil | Abernethy, Perth | |
Ann MC LANDERS | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Rattray, Perth | |
Amelia MC LEAN | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
James MC NICOL | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Baker | Perth, Perth | |
Isabella MC PHEAT | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Glencarse, Perth | |
Ann MC PHERSON | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Dundee, Forfar | |
Cathe. MC PHERSON | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
Elizabeth MC PHERSON | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
Jane MC PHERSON | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Rose Ann MC RUDDEN | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
David MC TAGGART | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Mary MC TAGGART | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Alexander MC WILLIAM | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Lab | Elgin | |
Helen Maria MELDRUM | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Artist | Dundee, Forfar | |
Alexander MENZIES | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
James MENZIES | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Alexander MILLER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Lab | Edinburgh | |
James MILLER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Abernethy, Perth | |
John MILLER | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Dundee, Forfar | |
Margaret MILLER | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Perth, Perth | |
William MILLER | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Kinnoul, Perth | |
Elizabeth MITCHELL | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret MITCHELL | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret MONCRIEFF | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
William MORRISON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Lab | Dunfermline, Fife | |
Harry MURPHY | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab | Mayo, Ireland | |
Alexander MURRAY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Perth, Perth | |
Agnes NICOL | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
John NICOL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kinnoul, Perth | |
John NISBIT | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Robert NOBLE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Dunblane, Perth | |
Jane PATTERSON | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Ragpicker | Perth, Perth | |
Ann PEDDIE | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Nil | Murthly, Perth | |
Mary Hannah PEDDIE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Brechin, Forfar | |
Alexander PEGGIE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
George PERROT | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Carter | England | |
David PITKCATHLY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Rope Spinner | Perth, Perth | |
Mary QUINN | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Ireland | |
John RAMSAY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Joan REID | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Kilspindie, Perth | |
John RENNIE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Perth, Perth | |
Joseph RITCHIE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Ann ROBERTSON | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Serv | Errol, Perth | |
Ann ROBERTSON | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Errol, Perth | |
Catherine ROBERTSON | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Ireland | |
David ROBERTSON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Kingkell, Forfar | |
Georgina ROBERTSON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Isabella ROBERTSON | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
Isabella ROBERTSON | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Washer | Badenoch, Inverness | |
Jane ROBERTSON | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Errol, Perth | |
Jessie ROBERTSON | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Jessie ROBERTSON | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret ROBERTSON | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Marina ROBERTSON | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Dundee, Forfar | |
Mary ROBERTSON | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Mary ROBERTSON | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
Robert ROBERTSON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Errol, Perth | |
John RODGER | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Stanley, Perth | |
William ROLLO | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Slater | Kinnoul, Perth | |
Hugh ROSS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Perth, Perth | |
Isabella ROSS | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Alexander ROY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Perth, Perth | |
Susan ROY | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Serv | Dundee, Forfar | |
Christina SEATON | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Weaver | Ayr, Ayr | |
Ann SIME | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
Mary SIMPSON | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Ireland | |
Jane SLATER | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Perth, Perth | |
Cecilia SMITH | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
James SMITH | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Lab | England | |
Alexander SPEEDIE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Christina STEVENS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
Mary STEVENS | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Damhead, Perth | |
David STEWART | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Porter | Perth, Perth | |
Elizth. STEWART | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Nil | Clunie, Perth | |
Agnes STRACHAN | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Edinburgh | |
Douglas STRACHAN | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Edinburgh | |
Elizabeth STRACHAN | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Glasgow, Lanark | |
Isabella STRACHAN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Edinburgh | |
Martha STRACHAN | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Wife | Glasgow, Lanark | |
David SWORD | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Mary SWORD | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Nil | Forgandenny, Perth | |
Robert TAIT | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Perth, Perth | |
Cathe. THOMPSON | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
John THOMPSON | M | 39 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
Marjory THOMPSON | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Perth, Perth | |
Peter THOMPSON | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
George TYRIE | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
William WALLACE | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kettins, Perth | |
Robert WELSH | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Lab | Scone, Perth | |
John WHITE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Abernethy, Perth | |
Mary WHITE | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
John WHITEHEAD | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Lab | Dumbarney, Perth | |
John WILLIAMSON | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Greenock, Renfrew | |
Mary WILLIAMSON | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Campbelltown, Argyll | |
Mary WRIGHT | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Serv | Methven, Perth | |
Mary E. WRIGHT | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Dunkeld, Perth | |
Robert WRIGHT | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
George WYLIE | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Carter | Newburgh, Fife | |
Jane WYLIE | W | 42 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
John WYLIE | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
David YOUNG | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Jessie YOUNG | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
Margaret YOUNG | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth |
Total residents: 225
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