1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Minster In Sheppey, Kent
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas KNIGHT | M | 32 | M | Officer (Head) | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Alverstoke, Hampshire | |
| Rosanna KNIGHT | M | 28 | F | Wife | Nurse | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Henry Wm. KNIGHT | 3m | M | Son | Minster, Kent | |||
| Harriet TROAKE | W | 38 | F | Officer (Head) | Workhouse Matron | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Sarah TROAKE | 5 | F | Visitor | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Martha ELVIN | M | 31 | F | Officer (Head) | Workhouse Schoolmistress | Witham, Lincoln | |
| Lily E. ELVIN | 1 | F | Dau | Minster, Kent | |||
| Eliza V. ELVIN | W | 58 | F | Visitor | Housewife | L..., Lincoln | |
| Richd. E. WHITE | U | 25 | M | Officer | Workhouse Porter | Minster, Kent | |
| Joseph H. DIELER | W | 59 | M | Servant | Shoemaker (Institution) | Minster, Kent | |
| Mary E. KIMBER | U | 27 | F | Servant | Cook | Minster, Kent | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Charlotte BARNETT | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Lewisham, Kent | |
| Sidney BARNETT | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Mary A. BARNICOTT | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Sarah BARNICOTT | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Mary BARTLETT | U | 53 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Eastchurch, Kent | |
| George BATES | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Minster, Kent | |
| Sarah BATES | U | 17 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Minster, Kent | |
| William BILLS | U | 27 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Eastchurch, Kent |
| Rose E. BISHOP | W | 83 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Maidstone, Kent | |
| George BOWDEN | U | 21 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Kingston, Hampshire | |
| Henry BOWKER | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Waterman | Chatham, Kent | |
| Edith BRENT | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatham, Kent | ||
| Thomas BRIDGES | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Compton, Surrey | |
| William BRYSON | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Baker & Butcher | Rochester, Kent | |
| James BUTLER | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| John BUTLER | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Patrick BUTLER | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Alfred CAMPBELL | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Imbecile | Minster, Kent | |
| John CAMPBELL | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Plymouth | ||
| Margaret CARNINE (WARNER) | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Needlewoman | Cork Co, Ireland | |
| James CHAMBERS | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Stone, Kent | |
| James CHARLESWORTH | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Rose CHEESEMAN | M | 51 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Minster, Kent | |
| Henry CHERRINGTON | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Seaman | (British Subject), At Sea | |
| John CHURCH | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Minster, Kent | |
| Fanny CLARK | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| James CLARK | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Ellen COBLE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Eastchurch, Kent | ||
| George COBLE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Eastchurch, Kent | ||
| John COBLE | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Eastchurch, Kent | ||
| Kate COBLE | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Eastchurch, Kent | ||
| Margaret COLE | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Ireland | |
| James COLLYER | W | 57 | M | Pauper | House Decorator | St Lukes, Middlesex | |
| Samuel CORK | M | 46 | M | Pauper | Dockyard Labourer | Hoo, Kent | |
| Charles COULTRIP | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Eastchurch, Kent | |
| Ann CULLEN | W | 86 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Ireland | |
| Alice M. DANE | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Eliza DANE | M | 27 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Minster, Kent | |
| Henry DANE | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Elizh. DARLING | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Martha DENCE | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Mary DENCE | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Charles DUNN | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Edward DUNN | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Maria DYKES | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Cratfield, Suffolk | |
| John EASON | W | 49 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Queenboro, Kent | |
| Ann EASTON | U | 35 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Northampton | |
| Annie EASTON | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Northampton | ||
| Elizabeth EASTON | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Pancras, Middlesex | ||
| Kate EASTON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Northampton | ||
| Thomas EASTON | 1 | M | Pauper | Minster, Kent | |||
| Thos. EDWARDS | W | 83 | M | Pauper | Dom Gardener Servant | Maidstone, Kent | |
| William FILKINS | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Schoolmaster | Middlesex | |
| Charles FISHER | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Minster, Kent | |
| John FLAHERTY | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatham, Kent | ||
| John FLEET | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Middlesex | |
| John GAMBRILL | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Harty, Kent | ||
| William GOODWIN | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Minster, Kent | |
| Elizabeth GRIFFITHS | U | 34 | F | Pauper | General Dealer In Wood | Minster, Kent | |
| Ada GRITTEN | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Camberwell, Kent | ||
| Alice GRITTEN | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Camberwell, Kent | ||
| Esther GROVES | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Nunny, Somerset | |
| Charlotte HALFPENNY | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Shoeburyness, Essex | ||
| Eliza HALFPENNY | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Shoeburyness, Essex | ||
| Harriet HALFPENNY | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Herbert HALFPENNY | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Shoeburyness, Essex | ||
| Maria HAMMOND | W | 64 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Gillingham, Kent | |
| Amelia HAWKINS | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Ann HAWKINS | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Monthly Nurse | Minster, Kent | |
| James HAYMAN | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Newington, Kent | |
| Albert HILLS | U | 16 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Minster, Kent | |
| James HILLS | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourr | Stourmouth, Kent | |
| George HOUGHTING | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| George HOUTING | W | 41 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Minster, Kent | |
| Mary HOUTING | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| James HOWARD | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | L... Bretton, Essex | |
| Adolph HUGHES | 2 | M | Pauper | Minster, Kent | |||
| Albert HUGHES | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Attercliff, York | ||
| Harriet HUGHES | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Attercliff, York | ||
| Elizath. HUMPHREY | U | 80 | F | Pauper | Minster, Kent | ||
| Mary A. HUNT | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Emily HUNTLEY | M | 36 | F | Pauper | Prostitute | Monmouth | |
| Thomas HYLAND | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Leeds, Kent | |
| Elizh. JACKSON | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| William JARVIS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Madeline JURY | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Leopold KEENER | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Mary KEENER | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Eliza KIDD | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chester, Cheshire | ||
| William KIMBER | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Henry KING | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Thatcher & Farm Labourer | Ospringe, Kent | |
| Ada A. LASHLEY | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| John LASHLEY | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| M.A. LASHLEY | M | 51 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Minster, Kent | |
| Mary A. LASHLEY | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| John LAWRENCE | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Middlesex | |
| John LEE | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Minster, Kent | |
| Charlotte LEWIS | O | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | |
| Florence LEWIS | O | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | |
| Jane LEWIS | W | 33 | F | Pauper | Chandler ... | ... Box, Wiltshire | |
| Josiah LEWIS | O | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | |
| Patrick B. LEWIS | 1 | M | Pauper | Minster, Kent | |||
| Wilhemina LEWIS | O | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | |
| Thomas LISSENDEN | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Minster, Kent | |
| Eliza LYONS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Eastchurch, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth MACKETT | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Domestic Sert | Minster, Kent | |
| Henry MACKETT | 1 | M | Pauper | Minster, Kent | |||
| James MADIGAN | 2 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cork Co, Ireland | ||
| Mary MADIGAN | 31 | F | Pauper | House Wife | Ireland | ||
| George MARTIN | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Minster, Kent | |
| Elizabeth MEAD | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Minster, Kent | |
| Thomas MEAD | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| James MERITT | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Iwade, Kent | |
| Phillis MILES | W | 64 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Cork Co, Ireland | |
| John MILLBANK | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Minster, Kent | |
| Andrew MOORE | U | 44 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Charlotte NICHOLLS | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | New Cross, Kent | ||
| Henry NICHOLLS | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Charlton, Kent | ||
| Jane NICHOLLS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Boulogne British Subject, France | ||
| Sarah NICHOLLS | W | 41 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Dover St Marys Parish, Kent | |
| Margaret NIXON | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Cumberland, Durham | |
| Daniel O'BRIEN | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | N K, Ireland | ||
| Winefred O'BRIEN | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| George PARKER | U | 42 | M | Pauper | Baker | South Weald, Essex | |
| James PEARCE | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Coal Meter | Minster, Kent | |
| Fannie L. PENNEY | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Nellie E. PENNEY | 1 | F | Pauper | Minster, Kent | |||
| Alice M.M. PENNY | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Eliza H. PENNY | M | 33 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Minster, Kent | |
| Ernest A. PENNY | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Walter G. PENNY | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Ephraim READER | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Eastchurch, Kent | |
| Elizabeth REYNOLDS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Williamth REYNOLDS | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Eliza ROBINS | W | 62 | F | Pauper | Housewife | E Budleigh, Devon | |
| William ROBINSON | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Marine Store Dealer | Northampton | |
| Elizh. RUSSELL | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Louisa RUSSELL | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Maud RUSSELL | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Jane SAINSBURY | U | 23 | F | Pauper | Machinist | Minster, Kent | |
| Albert SCROXTON | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Emma SCROXTON | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Kate SCROXTON | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Anthony SHEEPWASH | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Nicolas, Norfolk | ||
| Thomas SHEEPWASH | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Nicolas, Norfolk | ||
| Emma SHOOD | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Minster, Kent | |
| Frederic SMITH | U | 29 | M | Pauper | Light Porter | Queenboro, Kent | |
| James SMITH | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Marden, Kent | |
| Wm. Chas. SMITH | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Robert SPICE | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Thurnham, Kent | |
| Margaret STICKINGS | W | 61 | F | Pauper | Nurse | Egerton, Kent | |
| Charles STONE | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| Fanny THOMAS | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hampshire | ||
| Elizabeth TOMLYN | W | 57 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Gillingham, Kent | |
| Thomas TWIGG | 20 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Deaf & Dumb | Minster, Kent | |
| William TYRLL | W | 59 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labour | Cliff, Kent | |
| Maria VENUS | W | 91 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Dartford, Kent | |
| William J. WALL | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Minster, Kent | ||
| James WATTS | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Drayman | Minster, Kent | |
| Alice WEBB | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Florence WEBB | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Minster, Kent | |
| Mary WEEK | U | 62 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper | Minster, Kent | |
| Edward WILLIAMS | U | 30 | M | Pauper | Light Porter | Stonehurn, Devon | |
| Emily WILLIAMS | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Minster, Kent | |
| Henry YATES | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labour | Eastchurch, Kent |
Total residents: 176
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