1881 Census: Residents of Pontypool Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Hartley FEATHER | M | 47 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Haworth, York, England | |
| Lydia FEATHER | M | 37 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Kemble, Gloucester, England | |
| Emily Ann FEATHER | 12 | F | Daughter | Scholar | St Giles In The Fields, Middlesex, England | ||
| Catherine Eveline FEATHER | 11 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Llanfrechfa Upper, Monmouth, England | ||
| Alice Mary FEATHER | 6 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Llanfrechfa Upper, Monmouth, England | ||
| Frank Hartley FEATHER | 3 | M | Son | Llanfrechfa Upper, Monmouth, England | |||
| Gertrude Lydia FEATHER | 1 | F | Daughter | Llanfrechfa Upper, Monmouth, England | |||
| Hannah DUGGAN | U | 21 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse (Munic) | Llandefally, Brecknock, Wales | |
| Jane UPSTILL | M | 32 | F | Officer | Nurse Of Workhouse (Munic) | Usk, Monmouth, England | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| James ANDERSON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Engine Driver (Stationary Engine) | Dunfermline, Scotland | |
| Fanny ARNOLD | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Farm Labourer | Lunatic | Chepstow, Monmouth, England |
| Isaac BALL | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llangattock, Monmouth, England | |
| John BARKLEY | U | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llanbaddock, Monmouth, England | |
| Hannah BARTLETT | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Unloading Coal At Colliery | Blaenavon, Monmouth, England | |
| Charles BEES | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Mason Underground | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | |
| William BLACKWELL | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Stone Quarryman | Banbury, Oxford, England | |
| Emily Sophia BOWEN | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Monmouth, England | |
| Frank Henry BOWEN | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Caerleon, Monmouth, England | |
| Mary Jane BOWEN | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Monmouth, England | |
| Alice Maude BRIFFETT | 7m | F | Inmate | Pontypool Union | |||
| Sarah Ann BRIFFETT | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | (N K) | |
| Catherine BROWN | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Llanfrechva Lower, Monmouth, England | |
| John BRUTE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Blaenavon, Monmouth, England | |
| Henry BUCKLEY | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Clerk To A Contractor Of Railways | Limerick, Ireland | |
| Mary BUCKLEY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Farm Labourer | Cork, Ireland | |
| Mary Ann BURGESS | W | 32 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Soldier | Monmouth, England | |
| Thomas Edward BURLAND | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union | ||
| Francis COLES | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Farmer Labourer | Somerset, England | |
| Ellen COLLINS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | Chepstow, Monmouth, England | |
| Margaret CORFIELD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bristol, Gloucester, England | |
| Benjamin DAVIES | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Madley, Hereford, England | |
| Edmund DAVIES | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llanbaddock, Monmouth, England | |
| Ernest DAVIES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Mary DAVIES | U | 22 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Sarah DAVIES | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| Selena DAVIES | M | 20 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Painter | Monmouth, England | |
| William DAVIES | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Ponthir, Monmouth, England | |
| Ann DRAPER | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Coal Miner | Waterford, Ireland | |
| John DRISCOLE | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Blind | Cork, Ireland |
| Thomas DUKES | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| Jane EDWARDS | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Coal Miner | Lunatic | Shropshire, England |
| Mary ENWRIGHT | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Wife Of A Soldier | Blind | Ireland |
| David EVANS | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Painter | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| Joseph William EVANS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Boiler Maker | Walmer, Kent, England | |
| William EVANS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Currier | Hawrsifield, Gloucester, England | |
| Sarah FALTON | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Collier | Panteg, Monmouth, England | |
| Silas FOOT | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Great Torrington, Devon, England | |
| Jane FOX | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Blind | Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England | |
| James FRANCIS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Blaina, Monmouth, England | ||
| John FRANCIS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llanllowell, Monmouth, England | |
| Francis FRANKLYN | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sutton Veney, Wiltshire, England | |
| George GAMMON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Blind | Meekes, Hereford, England |
| Ezra GARDNER | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Stroud, Gloucester, England | |
| Dennis GEOGHEGAN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Limerick, Ireland | |
| John GEORGE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Llanfrechfa Lower, Monmouth, England | |
| Sarah Jane GEORGE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | ||
| Thomas GILES | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Malpas, Monmouth, England | |
| John GODWIN | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Stone Quarry | Stanton, Gloucester, England | |
| George GOODE | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Weston Near Ross, Hereford, England | |
| Ann GOULD | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Blacksmith | Caerleon, Monmouth, England | |
| Patrick GRANT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| William GUPPY | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Painter And Glazier | Hay, Brecknock, Wales | |
| Bridget HARMON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Daniel HARMON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Mary HARMON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| John HARRIS | U | 94 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Blaenavon, Monmouth, England | |
| Thomas HARRIS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | N K, England | |
| William HARRIS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llanbaddock, Monmouth, England | |
| Joseph HICKS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Mary Jane HICKS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | (N K) | ||
| Thomas HOCKEY | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Inn Keeper | Chepstow, Monmouth, England | |
| Sarah Ann HOPTON | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| John HOSKINS | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Puddler In Iron Works | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| David HUGHES | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Baller In Iron Works | Ebbw Vale, Monmouth, England | |
| Edmund Henry HUGHES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hanley, Stafford, England | ||
| Elizabeth HUGHES | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | (N K) | |
| Hugh Rowland Henry HUGHES | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Judith HUGHES | 3 | F | Inmate | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |||
| Mary Ann HUGHES | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union, Monmouth, England | ||
| Llewellin JAMES | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Mary Ann JAMES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Panteg, Monmouth, England | ||
| Henry JARRETT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | |
| Eliza JENKINS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | ||
| Hannah JENKINS | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Shoemaker | Tredegar, Monmouth, England | |
| John Joseph JENKINS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union, Monmouth, England | ||
| John JENKINS | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Glascoed, Monmouth, England | |
| Martha JENKINS | W | 31 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Collier | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | |
| Sarah JENKINS | 8m | F | Inmate | Pontypool Union, Monmouth, England | |||
| Bridget JONES | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Widow Of An Umbrella Maker | Newport Mayo, Ireland | |
| David JONES | M | 45 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Blaina, Monmouth, England | |
| Edward JONES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Lunatic | Trostrey, Monmouth, England |
| Eliza Ann JONES | U | 24 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Lunatic | Panteg, Monmouth, England |
| Hannah JONES | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Panteg, Monmouth, England | |
| John JONES | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llanbaden, Radnorshire, Wales | |
| Alice JOSHUA | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union, Monmouth, England | ||
| William KENDALL | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Town Crier (Munic) | Gloucester City Of | |
| Elizabeth KNILL | W | 84 | F | Inmate | (N K) | ||
| Albert KNOWLES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Henry LAW | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ebbw Vale, Monmouth, England | ||
| Humphrey LEARY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Cork, Ireland | |
| Benjamin LEWIS | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Abersychan, Monmouth, England | |
| Caradoc LEWIS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Llangibby, Monmouth, England | |
| Daniel LEWIS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Cardigan, Wales | |
| Edward LEWIS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union, Monmouth, England | ||
| Eliza LEWIS | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Butcher | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| Jamima LEWIS | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Panteg, Monmouth, England | ||
| John LEWIS | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Panteg, Monmouth, England | |
| Mary LEWIS | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Glascoed, Monmouth, England | |
| Robert James LEWIS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Sarah LEWIS | M | 82 | F | Inmate | Wife Of A Gardener | Hereford, England | |
| Thomas LEWIS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Charcoal Burner | Mamhilad, Monmouth, England | |
| William LEWIS | M | 93 | M | Inmate | Groom At Colliery (Miner) | Llanellen Llanfoist, Monmouth, England | |
| William LEWIS | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Bosbury, Hereford, England | |
| Bessie LOVERIDGE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Frederick LOVERIDGE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Hiram LOVERIDGE | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Mary Ann LOVERIDGE | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Wife Of A Collier | Newport, Monmouth, England | |
| Rosetta LOVERIDGE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| William Charles LOVERIDGE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Charles MANNS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Cordwainer (Shoemaker) | Tandish, Gloucester, England | |
| John MCCARTHY | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Puddler (Iron) | Abersychan, Monmouth, England | |
| Elizabeth MCKINDS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union | ||
| James MILES | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Monkswood, Monmouth, England | |
| Emma MORGAN | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Crumlin, Monmouth, England | |
| George MORGAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union | ||
| James MORGAN | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Limeburner | Llanbaddock, Monmouth, England | |
| John MORGAN | 8 | M | Inmate | ||||
| Phoebe MORGAN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| William MORGAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| James MORRIS | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Waggoner | Caerleon, Monmouth, England | |
| John MOSS | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Mason's Labourer | Belfast, Ireland | |
| Mary NAUCTON | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Nail Maker | Limerick, Ireland | |
| Samuel NEEDS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | ||
| James NEWMAN | W | 81 | M | Inmate | File Grinder (Maker) | Purton, Wiltshire, England | |
| Elizabeth NICHOLAS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | (N K) | ||
| Thomas NOHIN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Cork, Ireland | |
| Dennis NOONAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | At Sea British Waters | ||
| Thomas PARRY | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llangeview, Monmouth, England | |
| Diana PERKINS | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Coal Miner | Haverfordwest, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Eliza PITT | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Widow Of Lime Burner | Govilon, Monmouth, England | |
| Harriet PRITCHARD | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Pontypool, Monmouth, England |
| Sarah Ann PRITCHARD | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Serv | Panteg, Monmouth, England | |
| Thomas PRITCHARD | 4m | M | Inmate | Pontypool Union | |||
| Mary Ann PROSSER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Daniel QUINLAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Michael QUINLAN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Thomas QUINLAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Catherine Ann REARDON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Cornelius John REARDON | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Daniel REARDON | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Margaret REARDON | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Wife Of A Puddler In Iron Works | Abersychan, Monmouth, England | |
| Margaret REARDON | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Abersychan, Monmouth, England | ||
| Mary Ann REARDON | 1 | F | Inmate | Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales | |||
| William RODERICK | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Panteg, Monmouth, England | |
| Ellen ROSSER | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Charcoal Refiner | Dumfries, Scotland | |
| Louisa RUDDICK | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic Servant | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | |
| Ellen RYAN | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Widow Of A Currier | Ireland | |
| John SAUNDERS | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Monkswood, Monmouth, England |
| William SAUNDERS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Plasterer (Tiler) | Pontypool, Monmouth, England | |
| Ann SLOCOMBE | M | 52 | F | Inmate | Wife Of Cabinet Maker | Caerleon, Monmouth, England | |
| John SPARKS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Yarcum, Devon, England | |
| John STOCK | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Iron Miner (Stone) | Abersychan, Monmouth, England | |
| Ellen SULLIVAN | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Limerick, Ireland | |
| Robert TANNER | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Wickwar, Gloucester, England | |
| Harry James TELFE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union, Monmouth, England | ||
| Martha THOMAS | U | 24 | F | Inmate | General Domestic | Deaf And Dumb | Brynmawr, Brecknock, Wales |
| Rebecca THOMAS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Richard THOMAS | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Newbridge, Monmouth, England | |
| Robert THOMAS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Monmouth, England | ||
| Ann WATERS | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Monmouth, England | |
| Ann WILLIAMS | U | 50 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | Lunatic | Longtown, Hereford, England |
| Daniel WILLIAMS | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Skiller In Tin Works (Plate Scaler) | Llanfrechfa Upper, Monmouth, England | |
| David Victor WILLIAMS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trevethin, Monmouth, England | ||
| Elizabeth WILLIAMS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Gen Domestic (Serv) | Penrose Abergavenny, Monmouth, England | |
| James WILLIAMS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Idiot | Llangeview, Monmouth, England |
| John WILLIAMS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Pitsinker (Well) | Somerset, England | |
| Morgan WILLIAMS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Puddler In Iron Works | Panteg, Monmouth, England | |
| Rhoda WILLIAMS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Monmouth, England | ||
| Robert WILLIAMS | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Groom (HM) | Trellick, Monmouth, England | |
| Samuel WILLIAMS (1) | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Contractor In Coal Works (Miner) | Brecknock, Wales | |
| Samuel WILLIAMS (2) | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bruton, Somerset, England | |
| Sarah WILLIAMS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pontypool Union | ||
| Thomas WILLIAMS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Groom (H Man) | Berkley, Gloucester, England | |
| William WYNDHAM | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Puddler In Iron Works | Pontypool, Monmouth, England |
Total residents: 184
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