1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Wantage, Berkshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William KIGHT | M | 62 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Workhouse W | South Cerney, Gloucester | |
| Sophia KIGHT | M | 62 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Colnbrook, Buckingham | |
| Elizabeth Ann OLDS | U | 22 | F | School Mistress | Schoolmistress | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Amos COXHEAD | U | 19 | M | Porter | Porter W | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ADAMS | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Miles ALBERT | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| Eliza ALDER | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Ag Lab | Blewbury, Berkshire | |
| Emily ALDER | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| George ALDER | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| Georgena ALDER | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| Isaac ALDER | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Blewbury, Berkshire | ||
| James ALDER | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Letcomb Bassett, Berkshire | ||
| Mary A. ANNETT | U | 22 | F | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Chilton, Berkshire |
| Robert BOSHIER | U | 45 | M | Pauper | None | Imbecile | East Hendred, Berkshire |
| Emma BROWN | U | 28 | M | Pauper | General Servant | East Ilsley, Berkshire | |
| George BROWN | M | 40 | M | Casual Pauper | Bricklayers Lab | Whitechapel, Middlesex | |
| Ernest BRUNSDON | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Compton, Berkshire | ||
| James BRUNSDON | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Compton, Berkshire | ||
| Ann BUNCE | U | 34 | F | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Newbury, Berkshire |
| Charles CASBEARD | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| John CASBEARD | W | 58 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Blind | Blewbury, Berkshire |
| Vincent CASTLE | 17 | M | Pauper | None | East Hendred, Berkshire | ||
| Agnes CHALK | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Georgina CHALK | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Violet CHALK | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Thomas COOK | U | 63 | M | Casual Pauper | Ag Lab | Devizes, Wiltshire | |
| Hannah DAVIS | W | 85 | F | Pauper | Ag Lab | Blewbury, Berkshire | |
| William ELTHAM | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Sawyer | West Challow, Berkshire | |
| Jonathan FREEMAN | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | West Hendred, Berkshire | |
| George GILES | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Denchworth, Berkshire | |
| Harriett GOLDING | U | 72 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Deliah HAINES | U | 29 | F | Pauper | None | Ardington, Berkshire | |
| Mary HARPER | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | East Challow, Berkshire | ||
| Michael HARPER | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | East Challow, Berkshire | ||
| Mary HARRIS | U | 49 | F | Pauper | None | ||
| James HERMAN | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Agr Lab | East Lockinge, Berkshire | |
| Mary A. HERRIDGE | W | 61 | F | Pauper | Ag Lab | Imbecile | |
| William HIGGS | U | 81 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | West Hanney, Berkshire | |
| Eliza HISCOCK | U | 18 | F | Pauper | None | Hampstead Norris, Berkshire | |
| Fanny HUNTER | U | 44 | F | Pauper | General Servant Domestic | Denchworth, Berkshire | |
| Elizabeth KENT | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Letcomb Bassett, Berkshire | ||
| Rose KENT | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Letcomb Bassett, Berkshire | ||
| Charles LOVEGROVE | U | 35 | M | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Wantage, Berkshire |
| Sarah MAY | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Needlewoman | Pimlico, Middlesex | |
| Charles MILLS | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Charney, Berkshire | |
| Walter MITCHELL | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Thomas MOSS | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | West Hanney, Berkshire | |
| Rose MURRELL | U | 26 | F | Pauper | None | Harwell, Berkshire | |
| Elizabeth OWEN | U | 28 | F | Pauper | None | Imbecile | West Hanney, Berkshire |
| Henrietta PALMER | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Harwell, Berkshire | ||
| Julia PALMER | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Harwell, Berkshire | ||
| Mary PALMER | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Harwell, Berkshire | ||
| Elizabeth POUNDS | U | 30 | F | Pauper | General Serv | Chaddleworth, Berkshire | |
| Archibald PRICE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Robert PRICE | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Charles PULLEY | W | 47 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| William RALPH | U | 25 | M | Pauper | None | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Alice ROBINSON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | East Ilsley, Berkshire | ||
| Bertha ROBINSON | 3 | F | Pauper | Scolar | East Ilsley, Berkshire | ||
| Bertram E. ROBINSON | 5m | M | Pauper | East Ilsley, Berkshire | |||
| Eliza ROBINSON | W | 30 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Chievely, Berkshire | |
| John ROBINSON | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | East Ilsley, Berkshire | ||
| Winifred ROBINSON | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | East Ilsley, Berkshire | ||
| Emily SALISBURY | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| William SALISBURY | U | 17 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Thomas SHALFORD | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Compton, Berkshire | ||
| Martha SHERMAN | U | 48 | F | Pauper | Blind | Aldworth, Berkshire | |
| John SIMMONS | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Sparsholt, Berkshire | |
| Abraham SMART | W | 36 | M | Casual Pauper | Foundry Lab | Bradford, Wiltshire | |
| Edith TALBOT | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| Isaac TALBOT | 16 | M | Pauper | Scholar | East Hendred, Berkshire | ||
| Martha TALBOT | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| Mary A. TALBOT | U | 33 | F | Pauper | General Serv | Harwell, Berkshire | |
| Richard THORNHILL | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Silas VICARS | W | 89 | M | Pauper | Agr Lab | Peasemore, Berkshire | |
| Robert WALL | 18 | M | Pauper | None | Wantage, Berkshire | ||
| Jane WALLINGTON | U | 34 | F | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Childrey, Berkshire |
| Thomas WESTALL | W | 90 | M | Pauper | Formerly Hurdle Maker | East Ilsley, Berkshire | |
| Kezia WETHERALL | U | 32 | F | Pauper | None | Upton, Berkshire | |
| Edward WHEELER | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Ashmansworth, Hampshire | |
| Joseph WIGGINS | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Goosey, Berkshire | |
| Agnes WILLOUGHBY | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Fawley, Berkshire | ||
| Mary A. WILLOUGHBY | 17 | F | Pauper | Needlewoman | Fawley, Berkshire |
Total residents: 83
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