1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, St Austell, Cornwall
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William Henry SLEEMAN | U | 27 | M | Master | Workhouse Master | Altarnum, Cornwall | |
| Agnes RICHARDS | W | 47 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron | - | Mawgan, Cornwall |
| Mary Ann RICHARDS | W | 47 | F | Schoolmistress | Workhouse Schoolmistress | Truro, Cornwall | |
| Richard SLOGGETT | U | 22 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter | St Cleather, Cornwall | |
| Joan VIVIAN | W | 61 | F | Nurse | Workhouse Nurse | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Arthur ALLEN | 9m | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Mary ALLEN | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Henry ALSOPP | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Calstock, Cornwall | ||
| Catherine ARTHUR | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Jemima ARTHUR | M | 41 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Sampson, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth BARNICOTT | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Farm Labourer's Widow | Tregony, Cornwall | |
| Jane BARRETT | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Miller's Widow | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Ann BEARLY | W | 37 | F | Pauper | Laundress | St Michael Carhayes, Cornwall | |
| Mary Ann BEARLY | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gorran, Cornwall | ||
| Teresa BEASLY | 1 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| William BEER | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Lanreath, Cornwall | ||
| Jenifer BENTON | W | 61 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Gwennap, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth BLAKE | U | 77 | F | Pauper | St Ewe, Cornwall | ||
| Bessie BLIGHT | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| John BOND | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Idiot | St Ewe, Cornwall | |
| Beatrice BONE | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Dennis, Cornwall | ||
| Charles BONE | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Marshall BONE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Dennis, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas BONE | U | 35 | M | Pauper | Idiot | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Richard BRAY | W | 80 | M | Pauper | St Stephens, Cornwall | ||
| John BUDDLE | W | 46 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Laddock, Cornwall | |
| Eliza BUTTERFIELD | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Fowey, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth Ann CHALK | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Selina CHALK | 6m | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Elizabeth CHAPPELL | U | 39 | F | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Emma CLARK | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Bazey, Cornwall | ||
| Gilbert CLARK | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Randolph CLARK | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Betsy CLEMOW | W | 67 | F | Pauper | China Clay Labourer's Widow | St Stephens, Cornwall | |
| Jane CLEMU | U | 53 | F | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | St Mewan, Cornwall | |
| Ellen COLE | U | 23 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Luxulyan, Cornwall | |
| Robert Henry COLE | 2m | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Selina COLLINS | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Fowey, Cornwall | ||
| Richard CRADDOCK | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth CROCKER | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Tywardreath, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas CROCKER | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Tywardreath, Cornwall | ||
| Mary Ann DADDOW | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Idiot From Birth | Tywardreath, Cornwall | |
| Annie DINGLE | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gorran, Cornwall | ||
| Clara Louisa DREW | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Stonehouse, Devon | ||
| George William DREW | 1 | M | Pauper | Stonehouse, Devon | |||
| Susan Ann DREW | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Mevagissey, Cornwall | |
| William EASTMAN | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| James EDWARDS | U | 74 | M | Pauper | Blind From Birth | Flushing, Cornwall | |
| Tom ELLIS | U | 18 | M | Pauper | Idiot From Birth | St Stephens, Cornwall | |
| James FORD | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Kingston, Somerset | ||
| Miriam FRETHY | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Fowey, Cornwall | ||
| William GIDLEY | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Ann GILES | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Columb, Cornwall | |
| Emma GILES | 1 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Mary GILES | U | 36 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Ann GOUDGE | U | 38 | F | Pauper | House Keeper | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Frederick GOUDGE | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Albert Charles GOULD | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Susan GREET | M | 54 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer's Wife | Creed, Cornwall | |
| Samuel HAM | M | 75 | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Mary Ann HANCOCK | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Gwennap, Cornwall | ||
| Christianna HARRIS | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Tin Mine Worker | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Eliza HARRIS | U | 46 | F | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | St Clement, Cornwall | |
| Minnie HARRIS | 2 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Charles HENNAH | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth HENNAH | U | 35 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Sussex | |
| George HENNAH | 2 | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Rose HENNAH | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Deaf and Dumb | St Just, Cornwall |
| Annie HEWITT | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| William HEWITT | 3m | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Richard HICKS | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Luxulyan, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth HILL | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Mary HILL | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Tywardreath, Cornwall | ||
| Evelina HOOPER | 14 | F | Pauper | London, London, Middlesex | |||
| Frederick HOOPER | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Kate HOOPER | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Samuel HOOPER | M | 47 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Mevagissey, Cornwall | |
| Mabel HORE | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Stephens, Cornwall | ||
| Annie HOSKIN | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Roche, Cornwall | ||
| Henry HOSKIN | W | 79 | M | Pauper | St Veep, Cornwall | ||
| Joseph HOSKIN | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Roche, Cornwall | ||
| William HOSKIN | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Roche, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth HOTTEN | W | 65 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Charles IVEY | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Julia JEFFERY | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Mary JEFFERY | 1 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Pillip JEFFERY | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas JOB | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Arthur JOHNS | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth JOHNS | U | 33 | F | Pauper | House Keeper | St Ewe, Cornwall | |
| John Henry JOHNSON | M | 30 | M | Pauper | Railway Guard | Teignmouth, Devon | |
| Mary JONES | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Scotland | |
| Emily LEE | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Mary Ellen LEE | 1 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Mary Ann LEE | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Grace LOCKYER | U | 83 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | St Neot, Cornwall |
| Armenial MAGOR | U | 54 | F | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | Tywardreath, Cornwall | |
| Louisa Jane MANNELL | U | 17 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Brixham, Devon | |
| Joan MARTIN | W | 83 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Eliza MATHEWS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Mary MATHEWS | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Roche, Cornwall | |
| Mary MELLOW | W | 87 | F | Pauper | Shoemaker's Widow | Blind | St Stephens, Cornwall |
| Frank MERRIFIELD | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| George MERRIFIELD | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Henry MERRIFIELD | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Clara Emily MIDDLETON | 6m | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Emily MIDDLETON | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Mevagissey, Cornwall | |
| Susan MILLS | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Mevagissey, Cornwall | |
| Albert MINNEAR | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth MINNEAR | W | 57 | F | Pauper | China Clay Worker | Imbecile | St Gennys, Cornwall |
| Thomas MORCOM | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| William MORCOM | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Gwennap, Cornwall | ||
| Richard OPIE | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Henry ORGAN | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Stoke Damerell, Devon | ||
| Benjamin OSBORNE | W | 80 | M | Pauper | St Stephens, Cornwall | ||
| Frederick PAPPIN | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Mary PEARCE | U | 69 | F | Pauper | St Stephens, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas PEARCE | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Buckfastleigh, Devon | ||
| Richard PENHALLIGAN | W | 90 | M | Pauper | St Breage, Cornwall | ||
| Emily PETERS | U | 17 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Evelina PETERS | 7m | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Ann POND | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Painter's Widow | Imbecile | St Austell, Cornwall |
| Thomas POPE | U | 46 | M | Pauper | Idiot From Birth | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Amelia REED | M | 51 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Joel REED | U | 31 | M | Pauper | Idiot | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| William REYNOLDS | U | 26 | M | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | ||
| Emily RICHARD | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Stephens, Cornwall | ||
| Eva RICHARD | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Stephens, Cornwall | ||
| William ROBINS | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Flushing, Cornwall | ||
| Betsy ROSEVEAR | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Barber's Widow | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Kate ROSEVEAR | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Idiot From Birth | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| William ROSEVEAR | W | 70 | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Ann ROWE | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Fowey, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth ROWE | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Tywardreath, Cornwall | |
| Margaret Ann ROWE | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Tywardreath, Cornwall | ||
| William John ROWE | 3m | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Ann RUBURY | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Dennis, Cornwall | |
| Walter SAMPSON | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penzance, Cornwall | ||
| Samuel SEAGERS | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Jersey, Channel Islands | ||
| Willie SHEA | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Fowey, Cornwall | ||
| John SLEEMAN | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Bradston, Devon | ||
| William SNELL | W | 88 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | St Stephens, Cornwall | |
| Rebecca STACKHOUSE | W | 75 | F | Pauper | China Clay Labourer's Widow | Roche, Cornwall | |
| Angelina STANLAKE | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | St Tudy, Cornwall | |
| Hannah STANLAKE | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Rebecca STANLAKE | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas STANLAKE | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth STEPHENS | U | 73 | F | Pauper | Roche, Cornwall | ||
| Beatrice Ann STICK | 1m | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Louisa Ann STICK | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Llanlivery, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth SULLIVAN | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Martha SULLIVAN | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Mary Jane TERRELL | 1 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Phillippa TERRELL | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Bodmin, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth TIZZER | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Beaton TRELEAVEN | 7 | F | Pauper | Blind From Birth | St Blazey, Cornwall | ||
| Emily TRESISE | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Emma TRESISE | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Liskeard, Cornwall | |
| Samuel John TRESISE | 7m | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| William TREVAIL | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Roche, Cornwall | ||
| Matthew TREWARTHA | U | 76 | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas TRUSCOTT | U | 56 | M | Pauper | Idiot | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| William UGLOW | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Charles UREN | U | 27 | M | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Susannah VARCOE | U | 82 | F | Pauper | St Dennis, Cornwall | ||
| George VIAN | U | 79 | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Matthew VIAN | W | 85 | M | Pauper | St Mewan, Cornwall | ||
| Agnes WARNE | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Mevagissey, Cornwall | ||
| Phillippa WARNE | U | 75 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Susan WARNE | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | St Blazey, Cornwall | |
| Rose Ann WENDON | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Austell, Cornwall | ||
| Sarah WHETTER | W | 90 | F | Pauper | Endellion, Cornwall | ||
| John WILL | W | 75 | M | Pauper | St Wenn, Cornwall | ||
| Alfred WILLIAMS | 1m | M | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Emily WILLIAMS | 1 | F | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |||
| Joseph WILLIAMS | U | 64 | M | Pauper | St Ewe, Cornwall | ||
| Louisa WILLIAMS | U | 29 | F | Pauper | China Clay Worker | St Stephens, Cornwall | |
| Mary WILLIAMS | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Stephens, Cornwall | |
| Bessie WILLS | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Fowey, Cornwall |
Total residents: 179
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