1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Near Common, Wareham Lady St Mary, Dorset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John HALLETT | M | 58 | M | Head | Work House Master (Munic) | Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset | |
| Isabella HALLETT | M | 58 | F | Wife | Work House Matron | Curland, Somerset | |
| Alice WHITE | U | 20 | F | Officer | School Mistress | Stoke, Dorset | |
| Mary A. GRAY | M | 39 | F | Officer | Nurse (M) | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| Robert MILLER | U | 35 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Kingston, Dorset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jane ANDREWS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Late Washerwoman | Winfrith, Dorset | |
| Alice AUDLEY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Frederick AUDLEY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Esther BARNES | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Blind | Sherborne, Dorset |
| Alfred C. BASS | O | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth BASS | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Late Brush Maker | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Harry BASS | O | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Ann BISHOP | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Late Needlewoman | Preston, Dorset | |
| Robert BLASHFORD | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Late Farm Labourer | ||
| Samuel BONFIELD | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Late Stone Cutter | Swanage, Dorset | |
| Arthur BROWN | O | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth BROWN | O | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | East Stoke, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth BROWN | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Late Domestic Serv | Langton Matravers, Dorset | |
| Harry BROWN | O | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary BROWN | O | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | East Stoke, Dorset | |
| Mary BROWN | O | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Rosa BROWN | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Late Charwoman | Devonport, Devon | |
| Walter BROWN | O | 9m | M | Inmate | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth CARPENTER | O | 40 | F | Tramp | Pauper | Wasell, Stafford | |
| William CARPENTER | M | 46 | M | Tramp | Late Gardener | Malta | |
| Thomas CLARK | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Late Farm Lab | Ringwood, Hampshire | |
| Mary CLENCH | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Late Needle Woman | Poole, Dorset | |
| George COLEMAN | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Idiot | Swanage, Dorset |
| Fanny COUSINS | O | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Morden, Dorset | |
| Jane COUSINS | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Late Washerwoman | Morden, Dorset | |
| Soloman C. COUSINS | O | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Thomas A. COUSINS | O | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Morden, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth CURTIS | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Late Cook | Cerne, Dorset | |
| Jane Emily CURTIS | O | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | |
| John CURTIS | O | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Caroline DOMINEY | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Late Needlewoman | Bruton, Somerset | |
| John EDMONDS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Late Agricultural Labourer | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Charles EDMUNDS | O | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westminster, Middlesex | |
| Mary EDMUNDS | O | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Joseph ELLIS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Winfrith, Dorset | ||
| George FOOT | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Late Dairyman | Hazelbury Baiant, Dorset | |
| Phineas FURNER | M | 4 | M | Inmate | Late Stone Cutter | Swanage, Dorset | |
| John GILLARD | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Late Sailor | Morden, Dorset | |
| Phineas HARDING | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Late Sailor | Swanage, Dorset | |
| John HAYSOM | O | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chelsea | |
| Joseph HAYSOM | 1 | M | Inmate | Wareham, Dorset | |||
| Mary HAYSOM | M | 34 | F | Inmate | Late Washerwoman | Wooburn, Buckingham | |
| Hannah HEATH | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Idiot | Wareham, Dorset |
| James HIBBS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Wool, Dorset | |
| Bessie HOBBS | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Charles HOOD | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Holme, Dorset | ||
| George HOOD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Holme, Dorset | ||
| Henry HOUSE | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Late Carpenter | Bere Regis, Dorset | |
| Walter HUTCHINGS | W | 44 | M | Inmate | Late Hawker | Langton Matravers, Dorset | |
| William JAMES | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Late Agricultural Labourer | Wareham, Dorset | |
| John KELLAWAY | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Late Shepherd | ||
| John KING | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Late Dairyman | Winfrith, Dorset | |
| Robert KING | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Late Sailor | Wool, Dorset | |
| George MAIDMENT | U | 54 | M | Tramp | Late Farm Labourer | Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Charles MARSH | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Charles MARSH | 1 | M | Inmate | Wareham, Dorset | |||
| Flora MARSH | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Frederick MARSH | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Jane MARSH | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Late Needlewoman | Morden, Dorset | |
| John MARSH | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Late Brewers Labourer | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Albert MASTERS | M | 35 | M | Inmate | Late Carpenter | Wareham, Dorset | |
| James MEADEN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Eliza MOORE | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bere Regis, Dorset | |
| John PARKER | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Labourer | Winfrith, Dorset | |
| Robert PARKER | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Corfe Castle, Dorset | |
| George PAYNE | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Lulworth, Dorset | |
| Mary PETMAN | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Late Washerwoman | Corfe Castle, Dorset | |
| Susan PHILLIPS | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Late Nurse | Bere Regis, Dorset | |
| Thomas PHILPOT | U | 30 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Northumberland | |
| Joseph REEKS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Church Knowle, Dorset | |
| Hester RIDOUT | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Late Domestic Serv | Corfe Castle, Dorset | |
| Giles SAMPSON | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Late Farmer | Steeple, Dorset | |
| James SCUTT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Late Farm Labourer | Affpuddle, Dorset | |
| Robert SEARLEY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Studland, Dorset | |
| Charles SILLER | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Labourer | East Lulworth, Dorset | |
| Sophia SMORK | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Late Washerwoman | Affpuddle, Dorset | |
| Edward SPRANKLIN | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blandford, Dorset | |
| Blanch STICKLAND | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Henry STICKLAND | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wareham, Dorset | ||
| Henry SUMMERS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Late Tailor | Studland, Dorset | |
| John SWEENEY | U | 40 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| Henry TALBOT | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Chaldon Herring, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth TERRY | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Late Needlewoman | Poole, Dorset | |
| John THOMPSON | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Late Shoemaker | Tolpuddle, Dorset | |
| Frances TOMS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Winfrith, Dorset | ||
| James TOMS | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Late Thatcher? | Idiot | Lulworth, Dorset |
| Benjamin TORVILLE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Late Farm Lab | Bere Regis, Dorset | |
| John TRAVERS | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Morden, Dorset | |
| William TRENT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Late Farm Labourer | Winfrith, Dorset | |
| William TURTLE | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Labourer | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Caroline WALKER | W | 63 | F | Tramp | Late Charwoman | Berkshire | |
| Mary WELLSTEAD | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Late Charwoman | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Edna WHITE | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Late Domestic Serv | Wareham, Dorset | |
| Thomas WHITE | U | 49 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Windsor | |
| William WHITE | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Late Gardener | Church Knowle, Dorset | |
| Hillery WILLIAM | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | ||
| William WILLIAMS | U | 33 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Poole, Dorset | |
| Alfred WOOLFRIES | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Late Ag Lab | Church Knowle, Dorset |
Total residents: 103
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