1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Totnes, Devon
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Samuel Richard BALL | U | 20 | M | Schoolmaster | Schoolmaster | Plymstock, Devon | |
| Eliza TAPE | W | 48 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress | London, Middlesex | |
| Richard VENNING | U | 24 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse | Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Cordelia Jane JURY | W | 45 | F | Nurse | Nurse Of Workhouse | Stoke Damarel, Devon | |
| George GITSHAM | U | 31 | M | Nurse | Nurse Of Workhouse | Devonport, Devon | |
| Emlin DONEY | U | 31 | F | Assistant | Asst Matron & Supt Of Cooking | Altarnum, Cornwall | |
| Samuel NOTTAGE | U | 74 | M | Schoolmaster | London, Middlesex | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jane ADAMS | W | 73 | F | Imbecile | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Sarah Ann ADAMS | W | 39 | F | Sailmaker | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Albert ALMOND | 5 | M | Scholar | Ashprington, Devon | |||
| Ellen ALMOND | U | 19 | F | Domestic Servant | Ashprington, Devon | ||
| John ALMOND | 9 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Sarah ALMOND | 2 | F | Ashprington, Devon | ||||
| William ALMOND | 11 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| George ANDREWS | 11 | M | Scholar | Buckfastleigh, Devon | |||
| Nicholas ANDREWS | W | 84 | M | Thatcher | Diptford, Devon | ||
| Richard ANDREWS | W | 74 | M | Mason | Churston Ferrers, Devon | ||
| Grace BAKER | 3 | F | Stoke Gabriel, Devon | ||||
| John BAKER | 7 | M | Scholar | Stoke Gabriel, Devon | |||
| Louisa BAKER | 5 | F | Scholar | Stoke Gabriel, Devon | |||
| Thomas BAKER | 11 | M | Scholar | Stoke Gabriel, Devon | |||
| James Easton BALDERSTONE | U | 51 | M | Sailor | London, Middlesex | ||
| Mary BANKER | U | 23 | F | Imbecile | Totnes, Devon | ||
| Eliza BARNS | U | 65 | F | Wool Machine Feeder | Buckfastleigh, Devon | ||
| Kezia BATTERSHILL | U | 31 | F | Domestic Servant | Ashprington, Devon | ||
| Lewis Sydney Manning BATTERSHILL | 5 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Robert Henry BATTERSHILL | 11 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| John BENNETT | M | 57 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Brixham, Devon | ||
| William Frederick BICKFORD | 9 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| George BLACKLER | U | 71 | M | Cooper | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| George Henry BLATCHFORD | 10 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Maria BLATCHFORD | U | 47 | F | Domestic Servant | Ugborough, Devon | ||
| Mary Grace BRADRIDGE | U | 63 | F | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Lydia BRAY | U | 33 | F | Imbecile | Cornwall | ||
| Mary Ellen BRAY | 9 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Joseph BRICE | M | 38 | M | Fishmonger | Lunatic | Exeter, Devon | |
| Elizabeth BRINICOMBE | 11 | F | Scholar | Dartington, Devon | |||
| Jane BRINICOMBE | 12 | F | Scholar | Dartington, Devon | |||
| Christopher BULFORD | U | 52 | M | Shoemaker | Lunatic | St Saviours, Devon | |
| Mary BULLY | W | 49 | F | Sailor | Brixham, Devon | ||
| William BURNER | 10 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Ernest CANTER | 11 | M | Scholar | Paignton, Devon | |||
| William CHUDLEY | W | 85 | M | Sailor | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| Frederick John CLARKE | 3 | M | Totnes, Devon | ||||
| James CLARKE | U | 28 | M | Shoemaker | |||
| Maria CLEMENTS | W | 60 | F | Wool Weaver | Willand, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth COOMBS | W | 79 | F | Agricultural Labourer | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Mary COOMBS | W | 75 | F | Agricultural Labourer | East Ogwell, Devon | ||
| Thomas COWLE | M | 63 | M | Sailor | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| John COYD | 12 | M | Scholar | Brixham, Devon | |||
| John CRIDGE | 9 | M | Scholar | St Saviours, Devon | |||
| William CRIDGE | 11 | M | Scholar | St Saviours, Devon | |||
| George CRISPIN | 49 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Thomas CROCKER | U | 76 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Blind | Diptford, Devon | |
| Elizabeth CROSS | U | 35 | F | Domestic Servant | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| Jane CULLIN | 10 | F | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |||
| Thomas CUMING | W | 81 | M | Gardener | Harberton, Devon | ||
| James Weeks DAMERELL | W | 58 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Halwell, Devon | ||
| Charles DAVY | 12 | M | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |||
| Frances DIAMER | W | 52 | F | Agricultural Labourer | Bratton Fleming, Devon | ||
| George DICKSON | W | 76 | M | Wool Weaver | Cullompton, Devon | ||
| John DYMOND | W | 60 | M | Sailor | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| Ann EARLE | W | 52 | F | Lunatic | Naturalized British Subject, Malta | ||
| Robert Henry ELLIOTT | 2 | M | Totnes, Devon | ||||
| Sarah ELLIOTT | U | 27 | F | Dressmaker | Deaf And Dumb | St Saviour, Devon | |
| Richard ELSTON | U | 78 | M | Fisherman | Kingsteignton, Devon | ||
| Alfred EVENS | 6 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Bessie EVENS | 4 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| George William EVENS | M | 50 | M | Commercial Traveller | Totnes, Devon | ||
| George EVENS | 11 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| George FARLEY | W | 81 | M | Fisherman | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| Abraham FARMAN | W | 71 | M | Blacksmith | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| William FARR | W | 62 | M | Carpenter | Dittisham, Devon | ||
| Florence Annie FRENCH | 6m | F | Imbecile | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Grace FRENCH | U | 24 | F | Domestic Servant | Holne, Devon | ||
| John FRENCH | M | 67 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| Aaron FURNEAUX | 14 | M | Scholar | Buckfastleigh, Devon | |||
| Roseata GATTON | M | 19 | F | Husband Not To Be Found Seaman | Brixham, Devon | ||
| William James GATTON | 9m | M | Imbecile | Brixham, Devon | |||
| David GATZIAS | W | 76 | M | Agricultural Lab | Ashprington, Devon | ||
| William GIBBS | U | 58 | M | Imbecile | Brixham, Devon | ||
| William GILL | U | 74 | M | Agricultural Labourer | South Brent, Devon | ||
| William GLIDE | 7 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| George GREEN | U | 69 | M | Shoemaker | Totnes, Devon | ||
| Lewis Sydney GREEN | 11m | M | Domestic Servant | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Mary Ann GREEN | U | 25 | F | Domestic Servant | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| John GRIFFIN | U | 85 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Kingswear, Devon | ||
| William GRIFFIS | 12 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| John GRUTE | U | 80 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Buckfastleigh, Devon | ||
| John GUEST | M | 61 | M | Sailor | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| Samuel HALL | W | 60 | M | Fisherman | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth HANNAFORD | W | 60 | F | Domestic Servant | Buckland Monachorum, Devon | ||
| Richard HARVEY | 13 | M | Scholar | Buckfastleigh, Devon | |||
| Elsie Maud HAWKINS | 10m | F | Totnes, Devon | ||||
| Jessie HAWKINS | 11 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Sarah HAWKINS | U | 32 | F | Domestic Servant | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| William HAWKINS | 7 | M | Scholar | Buckfastleigh, Devon | |||
| Beatrice Leah Smith HEARD | 5m | F | Domestic Servant | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Leah HEARD | U | 21 | F | Domestic Servant | Diptford, Devon | ||
| Mary HEYWOOD | U | 50 | F | Domestic Servant | Buckfastleigh, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth HIGGINS | 6 | F | Scholar | South Brent, Devon | |||
| Sarah Jane HIGGINS | 9 | F | Scholar | South Brent, Devon | |||
| Susan HILL | U | 46 | F | Charwoman | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| John HOCKINGS | W | 75 | M | Agricultural Lab | Churston Ferrers, Devon | ||
| Mary HONEYWILL | W | 66 | F | Lunatic | Dartington, Devon | ||
| Ernest Albert HOWE | 6 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Florence HOWE | 9 | F | Scholar | Buckfastleigh, Devon | |||
| Thomas Shinner HUFFORD | W | 71 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Dartington, Devon | ||
| Henry HURRELL | W | 79 | M | Agricultural Labourer | East Allington, Devon | ||
| William IRISH | U | 78 | M | Farm Labourer | Totnes, Devon | ||
| Samuel JERMANS | U | 71 | M | Gardener | Heavitree, Devon | ||
| George JOHNS | W | 74 | M | Innkeeper | Bo...mpton, Devon | ||
| Edward JONES | M | 65 | M | Ropemaker | St Petrox, Devon | ||
| Mary Ann JONES | M | 58 | F | The Wife Of Edward Jones Rope Maker | Stoke Fleming, Devon | ||
| Ellen Soper KNAPMAN | U | 41 | F | Imbecile | South Brent, Devon | ||
| John KNAPMAN | 16 | M | Imbecile | Paignton, Devon | |||
| William KNOTT | U | 36 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Imbecile | South Brent, Devon | |
| Walter LAMBLE | M | 61 | M | Cattle Drover | Harberton, Devon | ||
| Caroline LANG | U | 48 | F | Domestic Servant | Lunatic | St Saviours, Devon | |
| Mary LANGDON | U | 63 | F | Imbecile | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| John LAVERS | W | 67 | M | Tailor | Harberton, Devon | ||
| Mary Brim LEAR | 9 | F | Scholar | Brixham, Devon | |||
| John LEGG | W | 79 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Paignton, Devon | ||
| Florence LOCK | 10 | F | Scholar | Dean Prior, Devon | |||
| Nicholas LOVELL | W | 77 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Frederick George LUSCOMBE | 5 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Joseph LUSCOMBE | 7 | M | Scholar | South Brent, Devon | |||
| William LUSCOMBE | W | 79 | M | Miller | North Huish, Devon | ||
| Robert MADDICK | U | 58 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Diptford, Devon | ||
| Charles MANSFIELD | M | 56 | M | Ship Builder | Lyme Regis, Dorset | ||
| John MARTIN | W | 69 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Churchstow, Devon | ||
| Nancy MATTHEWS | W | 72 | F | Butcher | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Mary MAUGER | W | 67 | F | Farmer | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | ||
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | U | 26 | F | Domestic Servant (G W H) | Totnes, Devon | ||
| Ernest MITCHELL | 6 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Jane MORGAN | 8 | F | Scholar | Brixham, Devon | |||
| John MORGAN | W | 50 | M | Shoemaker | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Louisa MORGAN | 9 | F | Scholar | Brixham, Devon | |||
| Edward MORTIMORE | U | 66 | M | Cooper | |||
| Rosina MOSES | 9 | F | Scholar | Brixham, Devon | |||
| Robert Matthew MUGFORD | U | 26 | M | Sailor | Imbecile | Brixham, Devon | |
| William NOAD? | U | 41 | M | Tailor | |||
| Alice OWEN | W | 43 | F | Scholar | Cornworthy, Devon | ||
| Louisa OWEN | 10 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Samuel PARKER | W | 74 | M | Weaver Wool | Cullumpton, Devon | ||
| Caroline PARSONS | 6 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Mary Jane PARSONS | 11 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Sophia PARSONS | U | 39 | F | Domestic Servant | South Brent, Devon | ||
| William PARTRIDGE | M | 68 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Paignton, Devon | ||
| William PENNY | U | 70 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Ugborough, Devon | ||
| John PERRING | W | 65 | M | Agricultural Lab | Dittisham, Devon | ||
| Charles PIKE | W | 60 | M | Fisherman | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Susan PIKE | W | 88 | F | Shoemaker | Cornworthy, Devon | ||
| William POOKE | W | 77 | M | Market Gardener | Paignton, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth PULLEYBLANK | 11 | F | Scholar | Ugborough, Devon | |||
| Ernest PULLEYBLANK | 9 | M | Scholar | Ugborough, Devon | |||
| John QUICK | W | 69 | M | Lime Burner | Harberton, Devon | ||
| Emily ROBINS | 8 | F | Scholar | St Petrox, Devon | |||
| Ida ROBINS | 2 | F | Imbecile | St Petrox, Devon | |||
| Mary Jane ROBINS | M | 26 | F | Deserted | St Petrox, Devon | ||
| Susan ROBINSON | W | 64 | F | Sawyer | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| Charles ROGERS | 9 | M | Scholar | St Petrox, Devon | |||
| John ROGERS | U | 51 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Sherford, Devon | ||
| Joseph ROSE | U | 45 | M | Imbecile | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Samuel ROUSE | U | 32 | M | Fisherman | Brixham, Devon | ||
| James ROWE | 6 | M | Scholar | Ashburton, Devon | |||
| Mabel Kate ROWE | 1m | F | Agricultural Labourer | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Sarah Jane ROWE | U | 17 | F | Domestic Servant | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| William Henry RYDER | 4 | M | Sch... | ||||
| Joseph Henry SEAWARD | 8 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Albert SHEPHERD | 6 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Jane SHEPHERD | U | 33 | F | Domestic Servant | Paignton, Devon | ||
| John SHEPHERD | 11 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Augusta SHINNER | U | 19 | F | Imbecile | Totnes, Devon | ||
| George Sparke SILLEY | M | 61 | M | Sailor | St Saviour, Devon | ||
| Charles Richard SMALDRIDGE | 12 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Sarah SMALE | U | 76 | F | Domestic Servant | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Edward SQUIRES | U | 66 | M | Agricultural Labourer | St Petrox, Devon | ||
| Ann STENTIFORD | 5 | F | Scholar | Dittisham, Devon | |||
| Elizabeth STENTIFORD | M | 33 | F | Deserted | London, Middlesex | ||
| Florence STENTIFORD | 10 | F | Scholar | Ipplepen, Devon | |||
| Frank STENTIFORD | 3 | M | Dittisham, Devon | ||||
| James Hedley STENTIFORD | 7 | M | Scholar | Dittisham, Devon | |||
| John STENTIFORD | 4 | M | Scholar | Dittisham, Devon | |||
| Mary Elizabeth STENTIFORD | 8 | F | Scholar | Dittisham, Devon | |||
| William Charles STENTIFORD | 11 | M | Scholar | Ipplepen, Devon | |||
| Frederick STONE | 9 | M | Scholar | St Saviours, Devon | |||
| Caroline STOYLE | U | 35 | F | Domestic Servant | Nailsea, Somerset | ||
| Frederick STOYLE | 9 | M | Scholar | Devonport, Devon | |||
| George STOYLE | 12 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| John STOYLE | M | 60 | M | Sawyer | Totnes, Devon | ||
| John STOYLE | 6 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Agnes THOMAS | U | 58 | F | Domestic Servant | St Saviours, Devon | ||
| Stephen THOMAS | U | 42 | M | Imbecile | St Petrox, Devon | ||
| Henry TREBY | W | 74 | M | Green Grocer | Churston Fer., Devon | ||
| William Henry TREMLETT | 11 | M | Scholar | Dartington, Devon | |||
| George TUCKER | M | 66 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Diptford, Devon | ||
| Hyrena Mary TUCKER | U | 30 | F | Domestic Servant | Diptford, Devon | ||
| Louisa TUCKER | 3m | F | Domestic Servant | Totnes, Devon | |||
| William TURNER | U | 33 | M | Ga... | |||
| George UPHAM | U | 54 | M | Schoolmaster | Brixham, Devon | ||
| Henry VEASEY | U | 58 | M | Brush Maker | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| Richard VEASEY | W | 76 | M | Mason | Berry Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| Emma VINNICOMBE | U | 39 | F | Domestic Servant | Paignton, Devon | ||
| Samuel WALTERS | U | 53 | M | Imbecile | Buckfastleigh, Devon | ||
| Frances WATERSON | 10 | F | Scholar | Harberton, Devon | |||
| Richard WATSON | W | 83 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Totnes, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth WESTAWAY | U | 18 | F | Domestic Servant | Broad Hempston, Devon | ||
| Charles WESTCOTT | U | 38 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Paignton, Devon | ||
| John Collings WEYMOUTH | M | 61 | M | Shoemaker | Sandford Spiney?, Devon | ||
| John WHITEWAY | M | 50 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Newton Abbot, Devon | ||
| Roger WILLIAMS | W | 85 | M | Agricultural Labourer | Loddiswell, Devon | ||
| Jane WINCHESTER | W | 76 | F | The Widow Of Winchester | Dartington, Devon | ||
| John WOODLEY | U | 63 | M | Seaman Royal Navy | Ugborough, Devon | ||
| William Henry WORTHMAN | 1 | M | Sailor | Newton Abbott, Devon | |||
| William WOTTON | U | 64 | M | Lighterman | Totnes, Devon | ||
| Andrew WREFORD | 6 | M | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| Louisa WYATT | 12 | F | Scholar | Totnes, Devon | |||
| William WYATT | 17 | M | Shoemaker | ||||
| Jacob ZEISS | M | 49 | M | Shoemaker | Deaf And Dumb | Hesse Darmstadt Naturalized British Subject, Germany | |
| ? | W | 70 | F | ||||
| ? | U | 22 | M |
Total residents: 222
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