1881 Census: Residents of Whitby Union Workhouse, Church Street, Whitby, York
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John WATSON | M | 43 | M | Head | Workhouse Master | Lythe Nr Whitby, York | |
| Isabella WATSON | M | 44 | F | Wife | (Workhouse) Matron | Lythe Nr Whitby, York | |
| Alice WATSON | U | 12 | F | Daur | Lythe Nr Whitby, York | ||
| Mary Elizabeth Dunbar WATSON | U | 5 | F | Daur | Lythe Nr Whitby, York | ||
| Catherine BOAK | U | 24 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Pickering, York | |
| William PRETTY | M | 51 | M | Officer | Porter | Guisboro, York | |
| Ann PRETTY | M | 55 | F | Officer | Nurse | Whitby, York | |
| Ann RAW | M | 56 | F | Officer | Nurse | Whitby, York | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ADAMS | W | 62 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Gloucester | |
| George ALLEN | U | 10 | M | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| Thomas ATKINSON | U | 68 | M | Patient | Mariner | Whitby, York | |
| Charlotte BEDLINGTON | W | 70 | F | Patient | Formerly A Washerwoman | Raithwaite Nr Whitby, York | |
| James BETTEY | U | 56 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Sand End Whitby, York | |
| William Allen BIELBY | U | 47 | M | Vagrant Warden | Stone Quarryman | Stainacre Whitby, York | |
| Ann BOYD | W | 80 | F | Patient | Formerly Domestic Servant | Barnard Castle, Durham | |
| Thomas BOYES | U | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| William BOYES | U | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| Joseph BRECKON | W | 62 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Poplar, Middlesex | |
| John BROOK | U | 36 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John BUSFIELD | W | 80 | M | Patient | Mariner | Whitby, York | |
| Jane CAGILL | U | 93 | F | Patient | Charwoman | Whitby, York | |
| Peter CAMBELL | U | 22 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Glasgow | |
| William CAMERON | U | 24 | M | Vagrant | Plasterer | Glasgow | |
| John COLEFIN | U | 30 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Louth, Ireland | |
| Robert COOPER | U | 50 | M | Patient | Watch Maker | Whitby, York | |
| Jane COWART | U | 79 | F | Patient | Deaf & Dumb | Ayton, York | |
| William COX | W | 81 | M | Patient | Ship Carpenter | Whitby, York | |
| John DALE | U | 26 | M | Patient | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Hinderwell, York | |
| Jane DAVIS | W | 58 | F | Patient | Formerly A Nurse | Salmhope, York | |
| Anthony DAWSON | U | 44 | M | Patient | Ship Carpenter | Whitby, York | |
| William DODD | U | 49 | M | Patient | Fisherman | Whitby, York | |
| John EASON | U | 22 | M | Vagrant | Plasterer | Dundee | |
| Thomas ELINEER | 22m | M | Patient | Bradford, York | |||
| John FLETCHER | U | 22 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Hull | |
| Thomas FRANK | U | 74 | M | Patient | Hair Dresser | Whitby, York | |
| John GOODWILL | W | 61 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Thornton, York | |
| Florence GRAY | U | 9 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| Mary GRAY | U | 60 | F | Patient | Needlewoman | Whitby, York | |
| Matthew GRETTON | M | 66 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Hockbrock, Derby | |
| Elizabeth MC GUIRE | M | 39 | F | Patient | Formerly A Washerwoman | Holywell, Flint, Wales | |
| Patrick HAILEY | U | 41 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Rinagh, Ireland | |
| Patrick HAILEY | U | 42 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Mayo, Ireland | |
| Charles HALL | U | 25 | M | Patient | Mariner | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| George HARLAND | U | 8 | M | Patient | Scholar | Leeds | |
| Jane HARLAND | U | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | Leeds | |
| Mary Ann HARRISON | W | 71 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Whitby, York | |
| William HARRISON | U | 55 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Runswick, York | |
| John HOBKIRK | W | 48 | M | Patient | Joiner | Whitby, York | |
| Isabella HODGSON | U | 70 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Boorothy, York | |
| Thomas HOPPER | M | 75 | M | Patient | Miller | Woolsingham, Durham | |
| William HOULDEN | U | 13 | M | Patient | Scholar | Pocklington, York | |
| Thomas HUNTER | U | 35 | M | Patient | Imbecile | Whitby, York | |
| Christopher ISLEY | W | 70 | M | Patient | Shoe Maker | Stockton, Durham | |
| Betsey JEFFERSON | W | 73 | F | Patient | Servant | Staithes, York | |
| Hannah JOHNSON | U | 32 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Whitby, York | |
| William JONES | W | 64 | M | Patient | Brickmaker | Beverley, York | |
| Catherine MC KENZIE | U | 4 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| Charles MC KENZIE | U | 10 | M | Patient | Scholar | Richmond, York | |
| Jonathan MC KENZIE | U | 8 | M | Patient | Scholar | Richmond, York | |
| Martin MC KENZIE | U | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Richmond, York | |
| Mary KITCHING | U | 81 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Whitby, York | |
| George KNAGGS | U | 26 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Lythe Nr Whitby, York | |
| Thomas LIDDLE | W | 73 | M | Patient | Farmer | Lofthouse, York | |
| William LINCOLN | M | 60 | M | Patient | Ironstone Miner | Horncastle, Lincoln | |
| Margaret MARR | W | 60 | F | Patient | Formerly A Washerwoman | Whitby, York | |
| Annie MILLER | U | 36 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Grosmont, York | |
| Elizabeth MILLER | U | 8 | F | Patient | Scholar | Sleights Nr Whitby, York | |
| Thomas Haup MILLER | U | 11m | M | Patient | Whitby Workhouse, York | ||
| Mary NENDWICK | U | 15 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| Ann NEWTON | W | 32 | F | Patient | Formerly Domestic Servant | Whitby, York | |
| Hannah Mary NEWTON | U | 19m | F | Patient | Whitby, York | ||
| Jane Ann NEWTON | U | 7 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| Thomas NEWTON | U | 13 | M | Patient | Scholar | Leeds | |
| Robert NICHOLSON | U | 69 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Whitby, York | |
| Jane NOBLE | W | 86 | F | Patient | Formerly A Servant | Burneston, York | |
| Elizabeth PALMER | W | 81 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Blind | Old Stranton, Durham |
| John George PAYNES | U | 6m | M | Patient | Son Of Lousia Paynes | Whitby Workhouse, York | |
| Lousia PAYNES | U | 22 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Nottingham | |
| John PEACOCK | U | 65 | M | Patient | General Labourer (No Oc) | Chatham, Kent | |
| Mary A. PEACOCK | U | 10 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| John PEARSON | U | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Egton Whitby, York | |
| Joseph PINKNEY | U | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stainacre Whitby, York | |
| Mary POPE | M | 35 | F | Patient | Formerly Domestic Servant | E R Pocklington, York | |
| Hannah POSGATE | W | 70 | F | Patient | Formerly A Nurse | Whitby, York | |
| Mary PRODHAM | U | 11 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| William PRUDOM | U | 32 | M | Patient | Ship Brokers Clerk | Whitby, York | |
| William PUGH | U | 26 | M | Vagrant | Painter | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Thomas PURDIE | U | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Glaisdale, York | |
| John READMAN | W | 81 | M | Patient | Postman (C S) | Sleights Nr Whitby, York | |
| M.J. READMAN | U | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | Whitby, York | |
| James RHENHORN | W | 82 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Foxwood, Ireland | |
| Elizabeth ROBINSON | W | 87 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Lythe, York | |
| Mary ROBINSON | U | 26 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Hutton Mulgrave, York | |
| Sarah ROBINSON | U | 49 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Hutton Mulgrave, York |
| James SCAIFE | W | 82 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Pocklington, York | |
| Michael SHIMMINS | W | 82 | M | Patient | Ship Carpenter (No Oc) | Barnby Whitby, York | |
| Elizabeth SMALLWOOD | U | 42 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Runswick, York | |
| Mary A. SMALLWOOD | U | 11 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hinderwell, York | |
| William SMALLWOOD | U | 7 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hinderwell, York | |
| Thomas SMITHERS | W | 60 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Comingham, Lincoln | |
| Georg SPENCE | W | 78 | M | Patient | Farmer | Sandend Whitby, York | |
| Joseph SPENCELY | U | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Grosmont, York | |
| Margaret SPENCELY | U | 76 | F | Patient | Dress Maker | Whitby, York | |
| Pamela STEBOINGS | M | 21 | F | Patient | Formerly Domestic Servant | Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk | |
| Joseph SWALES | W | 59 | M | Patient | Blacksmith | Goathland Nr Whitby, York | |
| Thomas SWALES | U | 33 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Whitby, York | |
| Thomas SWALES | U | 52 | M | Patient | Blacksmith | Ugglebarnby, York | |
| Jane J. TATE | W | 70 | F | Patient | Dressmaker | Tynemouth, Durham | |
| James THOMPSON | U | 62 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Manchester | |
| William THOMPSON | W | 77 | M | Patient | Formerly Farmer | Ugglebarnby, York | |
| Jane TUNNERCLIFFE | M | 53 | F | Patient | Formerly A Servant | Newholm, York | |
| Elizabeth USHER | W | 77 | F | Patient | Servant | Danby, York | |
| Thomas WALKER | U | 80 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Somerset | |
| Joseph WALLER | U | 37 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Ruswarp Nr Whitby, York | |
| John WARD | W | 63 | M | Patient | Mariner | Whitby, York | |
| Charles WATSON | W | 64 | M | Patient | Draper | Whitby, York | |
| Elizabeth WATSON | M | 60 | F | Patient | Needlewoman | Malton, York | |
| William WATSON | M | 65 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Howlsyke Nr Whitby, York | |
| Elizabeth WILTON | U | 55 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Whitby, York | |
| Ann WINSPEAR | U | 50 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Whitby, York | |
| Mary WRAY | W | 67 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Raithwaite Nr Whitby, York |
Total residents: 121
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