1881 Census: Residents of Kirkcaldy Combination Poorhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
William Mc D. ELDER | W | 62 | M | Head | Governor K.C. Poorhouse | Reay, Caithness, Scotland | |
Mary Mc D. ELDER | U | 27 | F | Daur | House Keeper | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
Christina R. WILLIAMSON | U | 35 | F | Matron | Matron K C P | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Jessie D. WILLIAMSON | U | 43 | F | Teacher | Teacher K C P | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland | |
Inmates | |||||||
James ALEXANDER | M | 44 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Leslie, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret ALLAN | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Hawker Crockery | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Alice ANNAN | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Gen | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Joan ARTHUR | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Genl | Queensferry, Fife, Scotland | |
George BAXTER | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Henrietta BAXTER | 4 | F | Inmate | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |||
George BEVERIDGE | M | 46 | M | Inmate | House Carpenter | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
William BEVERIDGE | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Coatbridge, Lanark, Scotland | |
John BINNIE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
David BLACK | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland | |
Catherine BLAIR | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Frances BROWN | U | 79 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Richard BROWN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
John CAIRNS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Flax Dresser | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Rosean CAMPBELL | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Ireland | |
Christina CHAPMAN | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Jemmima CLARK | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Gen | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Margorie COCHRAN | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Aberdeen, Scotland | |
Agnes COOK | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hallbeath, Fife, Scotland | |
Andrew CROMBIE | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Hostler | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
John DODDS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Blind | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland |
Allison DOWNIE | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Flax Mill Lab | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Jane DUNCAN | 2 | F | Inmate | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |||
Jessie DUNCAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
Thomas DUNCAN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
Maryann DUNDAS | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
George FAULDS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Jane FLETCHER | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Cook | Dysart, Fife, Scotland | |
Sarah GALLOWAY | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Gen | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Thomas GRANT | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Deaf & Dumb | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland |
Andrew HANE | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Rebecca HENDERSON | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Dysart, Fife, Scotland | |
William HENDERSON | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Flax Dresser | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret HOPE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
David HOUSTON | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Beath, Fife, Scotland | |
Janet HUNTER | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Aloa, Clackmannan, Scotland | |
Christina HYND | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Jane JACK | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Cook | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
Jane KIRK | 2 | F | Inmate | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |||
John KIRK | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | ||
Elizabeth LIDDLE | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Cook | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Ann LOW | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Laundry | Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland | |
William LOW | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | ||
Margaret MARTIN | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Bleacher Linen Yarn | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Allison MASON | W | 49 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Edinbrg, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
Alexander MC ANDREW | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
Marion MC ANDREW | W | 27 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Sarah MC ANDREW | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
William MC ANDREW | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
Agnes MC DONALD | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Kingskettle, Fife, Scotland | |
James MC DONALD | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland | |
William MC DONALD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
William MC KENZIE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Jewel Box Maker | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
Peter MC MENNAMY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
Ann MC PHERSON | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Gen | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
James MC QUEEN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland | |
Ann MELLVILLE | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Cook | Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland | |
Jane METHVINE | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | England | |
David MILLAR | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Clerk Gen | England | |
John MILLAR | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland | |
Helen MITCHELL | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Samuel MOOR | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Cooper | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
Euphemia MORRISON | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Genl | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
James MORRISON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland | |
David MORTIMER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leven, Fife, Scotland | ||
Helen MORTIMER | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Leven, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret MOTSON | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Flax Mill Worker | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
Thomas NESS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland | ||
William NIBLO | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Sail Maker | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
William OLIVER | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Humbie, Haddington, Scotland | |
John PAGE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
Annie PEARSON | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
Mary PEARSON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
John PEGGIE | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Mary PERNSMAN | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Cook | Blind | Gibraltar |
George PHILP | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
Jessie RAMSAY | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Edin, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
Mary RAMSAY | 3 | F | Inmate | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |||
Elizabeth RATCLIFFE | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Christina ROBERTSON | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | State, Inverness, Scotland | |
James ROBERTSON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Carter | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Christina ROSS | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Catherine RUSSELL | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Gen | Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland | |
Elizabeth SCOTT | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
Andrew SEATH | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Provision Merchant | Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland | |
Ann SIMPSON | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Haddington, Haddington, Scotland | |
Cecelia SIMPSON | >m | F | Inmate | Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | |||
David SIMPSON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
David SIMPSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Carter | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
James SIMPSON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
Robert SIMPSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
William SIMPSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
Ann SMITH | 2 | F | Inmate | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |||
James SMITH | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Baker | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Michael SMITH | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | ||
William SMITH | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Mary SPENCE | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Janet STALKER | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt Gen | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Alexander STEWART | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Euphemia STEWART | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt Gen | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret STEWART | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Flax Mill Lab | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret STEWART | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
David STRUTHERS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | House Carpenter Joiner | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
John STUBBLES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | |
Alexander SUTTIE | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Stableman | Carnbee, Fife, Scotland | |
John SUTTIE | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Cupar, Fife, Scotland | |
Alexander THOMSON | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Catherine THOMSON | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | |
George THOMSON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
William THOMSON | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |
John TODD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | ||
Jessie TURNBULL | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Robert URQUHART | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Blind | Cupar, Fife, Scotland |
Helen WALKER | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Genl | Anstruther, Fife, Scotland | |
James WALLACE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Tobacco Spinner | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret WALLACE | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Gen | Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland | |
Margaret WALLACE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Laundry | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Chas. WATSON | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Flax Dresser | Dundee, Forfar, Scotland | |
Jane WEBSTER | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Genl | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | |
Janet WEST | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland | |
Owen WILLIAMS | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Corkcutter | England | |
Charlotte WILLIAMSON | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Cook | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |
James WILLIAMSON | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
James WILSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
James WILSON | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Quarryman | Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland | |
Margaret WILSON | >m | F | Inmate | Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland | |||
Margaret WILSON | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Mill Lab Flax | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
James YOUNG | 2 | M | Inmate | Burntisland, Fife, Scotland | |||
Roseann YOUNG | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv Housemaid | Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Total residents: 133
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