1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Watford, Hertford
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George MOUNT | M | 48 | M | (Head) | Master Of Workhouse | Broadstairs, Kent | |
| Mary MOUNT | M | 44 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Haverfordwest, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Elizabeth BATT | U | 49 | F | Visitor | Bristol, Gloucester | ||
| Alfred Trotman HOWARD | U | 37 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster | Stamford, Lincoln | |
| Ada Kezia LANGLEY | U | 26 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Bledlow, Buckingham | |
| Herbert EASTER | U | 27 | M | Officer | Porter Hurn | Blofield, Norfolk | |
| Mary HERBERT | W | 36 | F | Officer | Nurse (Munic) | Francis Street Newington | |
| Martha STAINSBY | W | 62 | F | Officer | Nurse Munic | Gaywood, Norfolk | |
| William RHODES | U | 45 | M | Officer | Baker Chelsea Pensioner | Watford, Hertford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ABBOT | M | 73 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Kensington | |
| Mary ABBOT | 14 | F | Pauper | Abbots Langley, Hertford | |||
| Susan ABBOT | M | 47 | F | Pauper | Laundress ... | Abbots Langley, Hertford | |
| Ann ALLEN | U | 33 | F | Pauper | Cook Domestic Servant | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Joseph ALLEN | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Maria ALLEN | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Walter ALLEN | 3 | M | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | |||
| Albert AMBROSE | 1 | M | Pauper | Kensington, Middlesex | |||
| Mary AMBROSE | U | 41 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Hatfield, Hertford | |
| Mary Ann AMBROSE | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Henry ARCHER | W | 67 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Bushey, Hertford | |
| George ARNOLD | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Jobbing Gardener | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Lydia ATKINS | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Charles AXTON | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Butcher | Imbecile | Watford, Hertford |
| Sarah BAIL | W | 84 | F | Pauper | Dunstable, Bedford | ||
| James BAILEY | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Great Gaddesden, Hertford | |
| James BAILEY | W | 62 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Alfred BARNES | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Annie BARNES | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Susan BATES | U | 54 | F | Pauper | Abbots Langley, Hertford | ||
| Henry BATTAMS | M | 57 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Charles BEDFORD | U | 38 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Sarratt, Hertford | |
| Frederic BEILL | U | 48 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | London, Middlesex | |
| Arthur BETTS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Thomas BETTS | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Thomas BIGNELL | M | 69 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Wendover, Buckingham | |
| Henry BIRCH | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| William BIRCH | U | 59 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| James BLYTON | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Builders Labourer | Medburn, Hertford | |
| Ann BOWDEN | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | ||
| James BROWN | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| William BROWN | U | 71 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| James BROWNSELL | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Radlett, Hertford | |
| James BULL | U | 67 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Tring, Hertford | |
| Arthur BUNCE | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Charles BURCH | U | 27 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| George BURGESS | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Walter BUTLER | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| John BUTT | U | 58 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Ann BYGRAVE | W | 64 | F | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Joseph CAFFALL | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Sawyer (Wood) | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| John CARTER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Abbots Langley | |
| Charles CHALK | 1 | M | Pauper | Abbots Langley, Hertford | |||
| Elizabeth CHALK | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Harriet CHALK | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Abbots Langley, Hertford | |
| Phoebe CHALK | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Abbots Langley, Hertford | ||
| Thomas CHALK | 3 | M | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | |||
| Charles CHANCE | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Henry CHANCE | M | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Louisa CHANCE | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann CHANCE | M | 46 | F | Pauper | Uxbridge, Middlesex | ||
| William CHANCE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Mary CHAPMAN | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| Sophia CHAPMAN | W | 43 | F | Pauper | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| Mary CHARGE | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Aldenham, Hertford | ||
| Isabella CHARLTON | U | 39 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Keyarsham, Somerset | |
| Joseph CHILDS | W | 54 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Aldenham, Hertford | |
| John CLARK | W | 87 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Maria CLIMPSON | W | 69 | F | Pauper | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| Caroline COLLEY | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| George COOK | U | 41 | M | Pauper | Brewers Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| Charles James DAVIS | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Mary Jane DAVIS | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Albans, Hertford | ||
| William DEACON | U | 40 | M | Casual Pauper | Tanner | Bermondsey, Surrey | |
| John DEARE | U | 27 | M | Pauper | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann DELLAFIELD | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Paddington, Middlesex | ||
| Susan DELLAFIELD | U | 33 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Letchmore Heath, Hertford | |
| Martha DODSON | U | 47 | F | Pauper | Aldenham, Hertford | ||
| Thomas DOGGET | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| George DOWSE | 15 | M | Pauper | Abbots Langley, Hertford | |||
| Elizabeth EAST | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | ||
| Eliza ELEMENT | U | 44 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Ephraim ENGLAND | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Park Street, Hertford | |
| Thomas EVANS | U | 26 | M | Pauper | Railway Labourer | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth FISHER | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Esther FISHER | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Sarah FISHER | W | 37 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Susan FISHER | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Frederic FORSDICK | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Horace FORSDICK | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Edward FRANKLIN | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Ada GARDNER | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Robert GIBSON | W | 69 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Bushey, Hertford | |
| John GINGER | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Martha GINGER | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Florence GOATLEY | 2 | F | Pauper | ||||
| Alfred GREEN | 2m | M | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | |||
| Elizabeth GREEN | W | 57 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Northchurch, Hertford | |
| Mary GREEN | U | 69 | F | Pauper | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Sarah GREEN | U | 23 | F | Pauper | Potterspury, Northampton | ||
| George GRISTWOOD | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| George GROVER | M | 67 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| Ada GURNEY | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Eliza GURNEY | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Walter GURNEY | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Martin HADNUTT | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Grocer | Aldenham, Hertford | |
| Mary Ann HALES | U | 77 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Tring, Hertford | |
| James HALL | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | St Albans, Hertford | |
| Sarah HALL | M | 68 | F | Pauper | Water Stratford, Buckingham | ||
| Elizabeth HANNEN | M | 36 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| James HANNEN | M | 40 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Mary Ann HANNEN | 14 | F | Pauper | Newton Abbott, Devon | |||
| Rose HANNEN | 10 | F | Pauper | Havant, Hampshire | |||
| William HANNEN | 3 | M | Pauper | Kenninghall, Norfolk | |||
| George HARDY | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Sandridge, Hertford | ||
| George HARRISON | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Martha HARRISON | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| John HART | U | 39 | M | Pauper | Aldenham, Hertford | ||
| Sarah HAWKINS | M | 46 | F | Pauper | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| John HAYES | U | 66 | M | Casual Pauper | Painter | Southwark, Surrey | |
| Joseph HEATHCOTE | U | 68 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| Charlotte HEDGE | W | 66 | F | Pauper | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| James HENLEY | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Roadman Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| George HILL | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Aldenham, Hertford | ||
| Avis HOARE | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Lambeth, Surrey | ||
| Charlotte HONNOR | U | 52 | F | Pauper | Cook And Housekeeper No D M | St James, Middlesex | |
| William HOOKHAM | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Chenies, Buckingham | |
| Hannah HORWOOD | U | 59 | F | Pauper | Sempstress | Watford, Hertford | |
| Eliza HOWE | U | 38 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Watford, Hertford | |
| James HOWE | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Builders Labour | Blind | Abbots Langley |
| Thomas HUGHES | M | 67 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Edith HUMPHREY | 3 | F | Pauper | Abbots Langley, Hertford | |||
| Emily HUMPHREY | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kings Langley, Hertford | ||
| Frederic HUMPHREY | W | 36 | M | Pauper | Card Cutter | Blind | Praed Street Paddington |
| Minnie HUMPHREY | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kings Langley, Hertford | ||
| William HUMPHREY | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Kings Langley, Hertford | ||
| George HUNT | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| John JIFKINS | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Berkhampsted, Hertford | |
| Walter KIFFORD | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Caroline KING | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | ||
| James KING | U | 70 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Stephen KING | U | 78 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Charles KNIGHT | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford | ||
| Louisa KNIGHT | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Bangalore, East Indies | ||
| Betsy LANGSTON | U | 15 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Watford, Hertford | |
| John LEE | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Coachman Domestic Servant | Flamstead, Hertford | |
| Sarah MACKAY | M | 58 | F | Pauper | Nova Scotia | ||
| William MALES | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| William MANNING | U | 42 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Harpenden, Hertford | |
| Martha MARLBOROUGH | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Tooting, Surrey | ||
| Margaret MAXEY | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Emily MAYO | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| James MEAD | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Stableman N D | Berkhampstead, Hertford | |
| Richard MILES | U | 28 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Watford, Hertford | |
| John MONEY | U | 38 | M | Pauper | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Joseph MORRIS | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Kings Langley, Hertford | |
| Rebecca NEIGHBOUR | M | 53 | F | Pauper | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Sarah NEVILLE | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Harefield, Hertford | ||
| Charles NICHOLLS | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | St Albans, Hertford | |
| Isabella OWEN | U | 42 | F | Pauper | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Benjamin PAINE | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Water Cress Growers Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Eliza PALMER | U | 29 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Emma PALMER | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex | ||
| Harriet PALMER | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex | ||
| Mary PALMER | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| William PEARCE | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Wheathampstead, Hertford | |
| Harriet PETTIFER | U | 56 | F | Pauper | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| William PHILLIPS | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Painter And Grainer | Hemel Hempsted, Hertford | |
| Jesse PORTER | W | 61 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Aldenham, Hertford | |
| Charlotte PRESTON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| James PRESTON | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Henry RACKLEY | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Edith REDDING | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Lily REDDING | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Henry RHODES | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Jane RIDGEWAY | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Abbots Langley, Hertford | ||
| William RIDGEWAY | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Abbots Langley, Hertford | ||
| Julia Ann RILEY | 20 | F | Pauper | Elstree, Hertford | |||
| Fanny RIPPINGTON | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Frederic RIPPINGTON | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| Ruth RIPPINGTON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Rickmansworth, Hertford | ||
| William RIPPINGTON | W | 58 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Princes Risborough, Buckingham | |
| Joseph ROOM | W | 75 | M | Pauper | General Labour | Hemel Hempstead, Hertford | |
| William ROWLEY | U | 80 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Elstree, Hertford | |
| Joseph RYDER | U | 34 | M | Pauper | Water Cress Growers Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth SAWYER | W | 57 | F | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Elizabeth SEABROOK | M | 69 | F | Pauper | Edgware, Middlesex | ||
| George SHAKELL | U | 54 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| Thomas SIMPSON | U | 56 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| Alice SMITH | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Ann SMITH | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Ann SMITH | M | 32 | F | Pauper | Aylesbury, Buckingham | ||
| James SMITH | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Jane SMITH | U | 31 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Watford, Hertford | |
| John SMITH | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| John SMITH | U | 78 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Mary SMITH | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Cook Domestic Servant | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Susan SMITH | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| William SMITH | U | 79 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Elstree, Middlesex | |
| William SMITH | W | 74 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Goldington, Bedford | |
| Thomas SPENCER | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Hemel Hempsted, Hertford | |
| Edmund STEPHENSON | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Whitesmith | Up Park Camp, Jamaica | |
| Watford STRANGER | U | 40 | M | Pauper | Deaf & Dumb | ||
| Sarah STRINGER | M | 60 | F | Pauper | Appledore, Devon | ||
| Charles SYMES | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Jobbing Gardener | Twyford, Hampshire | |
| William TAYLOR | M | 69 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Pinner, Middlesex | |
| George THOMPSON | U | 26 | M | Casual Pauper | Type Caster | Clerkenwell, Middlesex | |
| Harvey TIBBLES | U | 59 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| Albert TOGHILL | U | 16 | M | Pauper | Builders Labourer | St Pancras, Middlesex | |
| Septimus TOPPIN | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Retired Publican | Watford, Hertford | |
| Mary TRAPP | U | 46 | F | Pauper | Abbots Langley, Hertford | ||
| Henry TUFNELL | 43 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| Emma TYERS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| George TYERS | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| James TYERS | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Silk Throwster | Watford, Hertford | |
| Matilda TYERS | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Walter TYERS | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Caroline TYLER | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Holloway, Middlesex | ||
| Charlotte TYLER | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Emma TYLER | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Holloway, Middlesex | ||
| George TYLER | W | 42 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Watford, Hertford | |
| James TYLER | 3 | M | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | |||
| Walter TYLER | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Annie WALDUCK | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sarratt, Hertford | ||
| Ada WARREN | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Edith WARREN | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Henry WATERS | U | 80 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Leavesden, Hertford | |
| George WATERTON | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Ringsole, Buckingham | |
| Thomas WEEDON | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Edward WELLS | U | 35 | M | Casual Pauper | General Labourer | Anstey, Hertford | |
| Fanny WELLS | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Field Worker Ag Lab | Bushey, Hertford | |
| Frances WELLS | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Middle Chair, Durham | ||
| George WELLS | 10m | F | Pauper | Kensington, Middlesex | |||
| Mary WELLS | W | 64 | F | Pauper | Field Worker | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| Mary WELLS | W | 88 | F | Pauper | Burham Wood, Hertford | ||
| William WELLS | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Crown Bank, Stafford | ||
| Georgina WHITE | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Headington, Oxford | ||
| William WHITTAKER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Railway Labourer | ||
| Catherine WILSON | W | 85 | F | Pauper | Nettlestead, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth WILSON | 4 | F | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | |||
| Ellen WILSON | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Field Worker Ag Lab | Watford, Hertford | |
| Robert WILSON | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Watford, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann WINDMILL | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Watford, Hertford | ||
| George WINGRAVE | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Hempton, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann WITHERS | W | 46 | F | Pauper | Bellary, East Indies | ||
| William WOOD | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Stableman N D | Watford, Hertford | |
| Robert WOODWARD | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Aldenham, Hertford | ||
| Walter WOODWARD | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bushey, Hertford | ||
| Edward WRIGHT | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| William WRIGHT | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Jobbing Gardener | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| Frederic WYATT | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Poulterer | Southwold, Suffolk | |
| Maria YAPP | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Blind | Southwark, Surrey |
| John YOUNG | U | 30 | M | Pauper | Painter And Grainer | Bath, Somerset |
Total residents: 252
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