1881 Census: Residents of South Molton Union Workhouse, South Molton, Devon, England
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph BAKER | M | 29 | M | Head | Master Of Workho | Chulmleigh, Devon | |
| Hannah BAKER | M | 32 | F | Matron | Matron (Munic) | Bristol | |
| William BAKER | 7 | M | Son | Scholar | Sapford, Devon | ||
| Mary E. BAKER | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar | Hatfield, York | ||
| Ellen E. CHURCHILL | U | 31 | F | School Mistress (Serv) | School Mistress | Margan, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth MOOR | U | 26 | F | Assist School Mistress | Assist School Mistress | S Molton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth THORNE | M | 65 | F | Nurse (Serv) | Nurse | Exeter, Devon | |
| Henry C. HUXTABLE | U | 25 | M | Porter (Serv) | House Porter (Munic) | N Molton, Devon | |
| William RAWCLIFFE | U | 24 | M | Trainer (Serv) | Industrial Trainer | Lapford, Devon | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ALFORD | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Bishops Nympton, Somerset | |
| Thomas BAKER | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Knowstone, Devon | |
| Hugh BAWDEN | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | S Molton, Devon | |
| Alice A. BENNETT | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Molton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth BLACKFORD | U | 31 | F | Inmate | General Domes Servt | South Molton, Devon | |
| William BRADFORD | 2 | M | Inmate | Molland, Devon | |||
| James BRAYLEY | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | South Molton, Devon | |
| Mary BRIDGMAN | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Idiot | South Molton, Devon | |
| Philip BURGESS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farmer Labourer | South Molton, Devon | |
| George CHASE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dulveston, Somerset | ||
| John CLATWORTHY | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| Jane COLE | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv Genl | Burrington, Devon | |
| Sarah COLLINGS | W | 28 | F | Inmate | General Servt Domes | Dulveston, Somerset | |
| Jethro COMER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Molton, Devon | ||
| Thomas COSY | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker (Joyman) | So Molton, Devon | |
| John COX | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| Mary CROOK | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domes Servt Genl | Witheridge, Devon | |
| Mary Ann DAVEY | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Witheridge, Devon | |
| Henry DEANMAN | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | So Molton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth DIBBLE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Idiot | West Austey, Devon | |
| James DIBBLE | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knowstone, Devon | |
| John DIBBLE | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Idiot | West Austey, Devon | |
| Charles DOWN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chittlehampton, Devon | ||
| Emma DOWN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chittlehampton, Devon | ||
| Frederick DOWN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chittlehampton, Devon | ||
| Lucy DOWN | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chittlehampton, Devon | ||
| Thomas DOWN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chittlehampton, Devon | ||
| George DUNN | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| Henry DUNN | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Witheridge, Devon | ||
| John EDWORTHY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Witheridge, Devon | |
| Lily FLEW | 1 | F | Inmate | South Molton, Devon | |||
| William FLEW | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rackenford, Devon | |
| Susan FOOK | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Formerly Confectoner | South Molton, Devon | |
| Emily FORD | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Walkeridge, Devon | |
| William FORD | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Chawleigh, Devon | |
| John FRAYNE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | S Molton, Devon | |
| Mary FUKE | U | 85 | F | Inmate | Formerly Gen Dome Serv | N Molton, Devon | |
| Amand GEAN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | So Molton, Devon | ||
| George GEBBETT | U | 11 | M | Inmate (Patient) | Scholar | So Molton, Devon | |
| John Marwood GEEN | 10 | M | Inmate (Patient) | Scholar | Meshaw, Devon | ||
| John GOUT | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | S Molton, Devon | |
| Ellen GREENSLADE | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | So Molton, Devon | |
| Leah GREENSLADE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Lace Worker | Chulmleigh, Devon | |
| Lucy GREENSLADE | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Molton, Devon | ||
| Sarah J. HAWKER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishops Nympton, Somerset | |
| John HAWKES | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Farmers Labourer | Witheridge, Devon | |
| John HAYMAN | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | S Molton, Devon | |
| William HEREFORD | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Mishaw, Devon | |
| John HOBBS | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | So Molton, Devon | |
| William LAVERCOMBE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Farmers Labourer | Witheridge, Devon | |
| James LOCK | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bishopsnympton, Devon | |
| George LOOSEMORE | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | S Molton, Devon | |
| Jane LOOSEMORE | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Formerly Gen Dome Serv | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| Ellen LOOSMORE | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Genl Serv Dome | S Molton, Devon | |
| Henry LYMMONS | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kingsnympton, Devon | |
| John MATTHEWS | 42 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Barnstaple, Devon | ||
| William MILDON | U | 71 | M | Inmate (Patient) | General Labourer | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| Eliza NEAL | U | 26 | F | Inmate (Patient) | General Servt Domes | N Molton, Devon | |
| Mary PALMER | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Formerly Actress | South Molton, Devon | |
| Alice PETERS | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mariansleigh, Devon | |
| Betsey PETERS | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Formely Domes Serv Genrl | East Worlington, Devon | |
| Henry PETERS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mariansleigh, Devon | |
| Sarah PETERS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Romansleigh, Devon | |
| John PINN | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Idiot | Kingsnympton, Devon |
| John POPE | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Burrington, Devon | |
| Richard PROUT | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | S Molton, Devon | |
| Sarah RUDD | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chulmleigh, Devon | |
| Selina RUDD | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chulmleigh, Devon | |
| Thomas RUDD | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | So Molton, Devon | |
| James SANDERS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag) | S Molton, Devon | |
| William SHORT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farmers Labourer | Witheridge, Devon | |
| Charles SIMMON | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kingsnympton, Devon | |
| William SLEE | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Rose Ash, Devon | |
| William THOMAS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Rose Ash, Devon | |
| Jane C. THORNE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishops Nympton, Somerset | ||
| Louise TOMS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Tailor (Journeyman) | So Molton, Devon | |
| John TUCKER | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Joiner (Joyman) | So Molton, Devon | |
| John TUCKER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Witheridge, Devon | ||
| Sidney J. TUCKER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Witheridge, Devon | ||
| Robert TURNER | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Dom) | Witheridge, Devon | |
| Susan TURNER | U | 40 | F | Inmate | General Serv Domes | South Molton, Devon | |
| William TURNER | 40 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Barnstaple, Devon | ||
| William TURNER | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | S Molton, Devon | |
| Nora TYNAN | 1 | F | Inmate | South Molton, Devon | |||
| Emily VICARY | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Chittlehampton, Devon | ||
| Mary M. VICARY | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv Genl | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| Margaret WEBB | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domes Serv | S Molton, Devon | |
| Mary WEBBER | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Dulveston, Somerset | |
| John WISE | U | 23 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Meshaw, Devon | |
| Mary WONACOTT | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Filleigh, Devon | |
| Richard WOOD | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farmer Labourer | Rackenford, Devon | |
| James WOOLCOLT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Molton, Devon | ||
| James WRIGHT | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bishopsnymton, Devon |
Total residents: 102
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