1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Alton Street, Ross, Hereford
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Edward GOWER | M | 36 | M | Head | Master Of Worhouse | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Emma GOWER | M | 32 | F | Wife | Matron Of Worhouse | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Mary BRADSHAW | U | 21 | F | School Mistr | Schoolmistress Workhouse | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Mary CHRISTY | U | 27 | F | Nurse | Nurse Of Infirmary | Blakeney, Gloucester | |
| William HANDMAN | W | 39 | M | Porter | House Porter | Kempley, Gloucester | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Emma ADDIS | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Little Birch, Hereford | |
| Samuel BARRET | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Foy, Hereford | |
| Timothy BARTLETT | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Brampton, Oxford | |
| Ann BAYNHAM | W | 80 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Treadington, Gloucester | |
| John BAYNHAM | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ross | |
| Mary BEVAN | U | 64 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Allensmore, Hereford | |
| James BICKERTON | W | 67 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Ross | |
| William BLEWITT | M | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Weston, Hereford | |
| Albert BRAIN | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Ellen BRAIN | U | 31 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Buck Castle, Hereford | |
| George BRAIN | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Rosa BRAIN | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Mary BROWN | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Needle Woman | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
| Louisa CLARK | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Charles COLLINS | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterstow, Hereford | |
| George COLLINS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bridstow, Hereford | |
| Alice COOK | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwarne, Hereford | |
| Ellen COOK | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Llanwarne, Hereford | ||
| Emily COOK | U | 16 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Harry COOK | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwarne, Hereford | |
| Edwin COOPER | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Elizebeth COOPER | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Martin COOPER | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Mary COOPER | M | 37 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Sarah COOPER | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Yatton, Hereford | ||
| Charlotte COWMEADOW | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Eliza COWMEADOW | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Hannah COWMEADOW | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Marian COWMEADOW | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Mary A. COWMEADOW | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Whitchurch, Hereford | ||
| Ruth COWMEADOW | W | 40 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Whitchurch, Hereford | |
| Alma DAVIES | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Emily DAVIES | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| John DAVIES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Walford, Hereford | |
| Obiah DAVIES | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Thomas DAVIES | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Thomas DAVIES | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Newent, Gloucester | |
| William DAVIES | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| William DAVIES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Vagrant | London, Middlesex | |
| James DEAKINS | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker (No Co) | Gloucester, Gloucester | |
| Mary DENTON | W | 84 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Brock Hampton, Hereford | |
| Robert DOBBS | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Walford, Hereford | |
| Sarah ELSMORE | U | 31 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Ross | |
| Ann ESSEX | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Hentland, Hereford | |
| Sarah ESSEX | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Hentland, Hereford | |
| Margaret FEILD | U | 5m | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Margaret FEILD | U | 25 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Ross | |
| Robert GARDENER | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ross | |
| George GOODE | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ross | |
| Mary GRIFFITHS | W | 74 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Hereford, Hereford | |
| James HARPER | W | 57 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Llanwarne, Hereford | |
| George HAYWARD | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Peterstow, Hereford | |
| Peter HAZELWOOD | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brampton, Hereford | |
| Thomas HAZELWOOD | M | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Stourbridge, Stafford | |
| Henry HEWLETT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (No Oc) | Parkend, Gloucester | |
| Henry HICKS | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Tailor | St Lukes, Middlesex | |
| George HUSBAND | W | 62 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Long Hope, Gloucester | |
| Timothy JACKSON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Llanwarne, Hereford | |
| John JAMES | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Michael JARVIS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Sollers Hope, Hereford | |
| Walter JARVIS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Mason No Oc | Ross | |
| James JENKINS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brockhampton, Hereford | |
| Kate JENKINS | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goodrich, Hereford | |
| Thomas JENKINS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (No Oc) | Walford, Hereford | |
| Alfred JONES | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Alice JONES | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Edward JONES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Carpenter No Oc | Walford, Hereford | |
| William JONES | U | 17 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Imbercile | Peterstow, Hereford |
| William JONES | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Peterstow, Hereford | |
| Robert KEYSE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Jockey No Oc | Peterstow, Hereford | |
| Charlotte LLEWELLEN | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| George LLEWYLLEN | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foy, Hereford | |
| Sarah LLOYD | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Farmers Wife | Bodenham, Hereford | |
| Annie MALLET | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Longhope, Gloucester | |
| Arthur MALLET | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Longhope, Gloucester | |
| Fanny MALLET | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Longhope, Gloucester | |
| George MALLET | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Longhope, Gloucester | |
| Ann MALLETT | U | 38 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Longhope, Gloucester | |
| Florence MEEK | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Ruerdean, Gloucester | ||
| Gertrude MEEK | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Ruerdean, Gloucester | ||
| Henrietta MEREDITH | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goodrich, Hereford | |
| Frederick MOORE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Sarah MOORE | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Amos MORGAN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Walford, Hereford | |
| Joseph MORGAN | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Little Birch, Hereford | |
| Joseph MORRIS | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ross | |
| Louisa MORRIS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Ross | |
| John OBRIEN | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Draper (No Oc) | Idiot | Hereford |
| Charles OLIVER | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Edwin OLIVER | U | 6m | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Emily OLIVER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Kate OLIVER | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Maud OLIVER | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| William PEAKE | U | 83 | M | Inmate | Silk Coat Winder No Oc | Ireland | |
| Thomas PORTER | U | 51 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Ruardean, Hereford |
| Edward POWELL | U | 76 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Earsland, Hereford | |
| Eliza POWELL | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Ross | |
| Phillip POWELL | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (No Oc) | Pencoyd, Hereford | |
| Elizabeth PREECE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Buckcastle, Hereford | |
| Ellen PREECE | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Buckcastle, Hereford | ||
| Ellen PREECE | W | 37 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Brampton, Hereford | |
| George PREECE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Buckcastle, Hereford | |
| Harriett PREECE | W | 50 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Hereford, Hereford | |
| John PREECE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farmer No Oc | Ross | |
| William PREECE | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Thomas PREEDY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (No Oc) | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Elizebeth PROBERT | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Needle Woman | Sellack, Hereford | |
| Sophia PROBERT | U | 21 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Sellack, Hereford | |
| Arthur PUGH | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walford, Hereford | |
| Edith PYMBLE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Ross | |
| Ernest PYMBLE | U | 8m | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Matilda RUDGE | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Goodrich, Hereford | ||
| Elizabeth SANDERS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Llangerron, Hereford | |
| Henry SANDERS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holloway, Middlesex | |
| John SHAW | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Fox, Hereford | |
| Mary SMART | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Elizebeth SMITH | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Weonords, Hereford | |
| John SMITH | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | St Austill, Cornwall | |
| Henry SYMONS | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Sawyer No Oc | Walford, Hereford | |
| George THOMAS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | General Labourer No Oc | Sollers Hope, Hereford | |
| Elizabeth TINGLE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| George TINGLE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Mary TINGLE | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Albert TRANTER | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Harry TRANTER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| James TRANTER | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| James TURNER | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Llanwarne, Hereford | |
| Frank VINE | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Sophia VINE | U | 21 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Staunton, Gloucester | |
| Harriett WANKLYN | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Michaelchurch, Hereford | |
| James WARNE | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Newent, Gloucester | |
| Emma WATKINS | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ross | |
| Phillip WATKINS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Collier No Oc | Ruardean, Gloucester | |
| Sarah WATKINS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Walford, Hereford | |
| Thomas WEBB | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterstow, Hereford | |
| John WELCH | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Ross | |
| Ada WILCE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Whitchurch, Hereford | ||
| Thomas WILLIAMS | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Ross | |
| Thomas WILLIAMS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Ships Cook | Nova Scotia Halifax | |
| James WOOD | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Ellen WOODWARD | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Ross | ||
| Jane WYNN | W | 64 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Chippenham, Wiltshire |
Total residents: 147
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