1881 Census: Residents of Oswestry Incorporation Workhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
George FULCHER | M | 52 | M | Officer | Master Of Workhouse | Thetford, Norfolk | |
Mary FULCHER | M | 45 | F | Officer | Matron Of Workhouse | Stoke Poges, Buckingham | |
Elizabeth HUGHES | U | 33 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Llanarmon, Denbigh, Wales | |
Ann Elizabeth HALE | U | 18 | F | Officer | Girls Industrial Teacher | Stoke Poges, Buckingham | |
Mary Ann MOORE | W | 62 | F | Officer | Girls Nurse | Latchford, Cheshire | |
Elijah SMITH | M | 61 | M | Officer | Porter | Highworth, Wiltshire | |
Elizabeth THOMAS | W | 36 | F | Officer | Cook | Whixall, Shropshire | |
Margaret SMITH | M | 56 | F | Officers Wife | Porters Wife | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
Margaret Ann Lydia SMITH | U | 17 | F | Officers Daughter | Photographers Assistant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Inmates | |||||||
John ADAMS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Kate BARRATT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kinnerley, Shropshire | ||
Margaret BARRATT | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | West Felton, Shropshire | |
William BARRATT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | ||
Eliza BIRCH | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Kinnerley, Shropshire | ||
John BLOSS | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Woodbridge, Suffolk | |
Arthur BOWLES | 3 | M | Inmate | Whitley, Worcester | |||
Clara BOWLES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Whitley, Worcester | ||
Edward BOWLES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brecon, Brecknock, Wales | ||
Margaret BRASSGIRDLE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Thomas BRASSGIRDLE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
John BREEZE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
William BROMLEY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
Samuel BROWN | W | 91 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
Richard BURKE | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Hawker Of Small Wares | Ireland | |
John CASH | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
Louisa CASH | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Idiot | St Martins, Shropshire | |
Billy CHETWOOD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Ellen CHETWOOD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
George Arthur CHETWOOD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Henry COBBE | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Weston Under Lizard, Stafford | |
Henry COBBE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales | ||
James COBBE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales | ||
Ann DARCY | M | 76 | F | Inmate | Llansaintffraid, Montgomery, Wales | ||
Charles DAVIES | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Whittington, Shropshire | |
David DAVIES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Eliza Ann DAVIES | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
Jane DAVIES | W | 88 | F | Inmate | Llanrhiadr, Denbigh, Wales | ||
John DAVIES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Millwright | Bolton, Lancashire | |
James DERRICKS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Sarah Jane DERRICKS | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Mary DICKENSON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Ulverstone, Lancashire | ||
Albert DICKIN | 4 | M | Inmate | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |||
William Henry DICKIN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | ||
Abraham EDWARDS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Lunatic | Whittington, Shropshire |
Edward EDWARDS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Hannah EDWARDS | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Selattyn, Shropshire | ||
John EDWARDS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Stonemason | Blind | Ruyron XI Towns, Shropshire |
Margaret EDWARDS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Thomas EDWARDS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
David EVANS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
Margaret EVANS | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
Mary Jane EVANS | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Martins, Shropshire | |
Robert EVANS | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
Robert EVANS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Laborer In Rocks | Blind | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire |
Sarah EVANS | 1m | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
Sarah EVANS | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
Jane Ann FEATHERSTONE | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
Jane Ann FEATHERSTONE | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
Mary Augusta FFOULKES | M | 49 | F | Inmate | Labourers Wife | London, Middlesex | |
Ann FRANCIS | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
John FRANCIS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
John FRY | 7 | M | Inmate | Darlaston, Stafford | |||
Mary FRY | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Wife Of General Laborer | Derby, Derby | |
Samuel FRY | M | 37 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Derby, Derby | |
Thomas GLOVER | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
Elizabeth GORDON | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Formerly An Innkeeper | Lunatic | Oswestry, Shropshire |
Andrew GRICE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Paper Maker | Thrapston, Northampton | |
Elizabeth GRIFFITHS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
John GRIFFITHS | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dudley, Stafford | |
Thomas GRIFFITHS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
William GRIFFITHS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
Benjamin HARTSHORN | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Railway Laborer Tipper | Brecon, Brecknock, Wales | |
George HEAD | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
Mary Jane HEATH | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Hannah HILL | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Edward HODGKISS | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | St Martins, Shropshire | |
Harriette HODGKISS | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
Charlotte HUGHES | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Kinnerley, Shropshire | ||
Henry HUGHES | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
Robert HUGHES | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Samuel HUGHES | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Book Binder | Berriew, Montgomery, Wales | |
Thomas HUGHES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Castrator | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
William HUGHES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | West Felton, Shropshire | |
Edward HUMPHREYS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Martha HUMPHREYS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Thomas HUMPHREYS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
William HUMPHREYS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
William HUMPHREYS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Moreton, Shropshire | |
William JOHNSON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Northampton, Northampton | |
Alfred JONES | 2 | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
Charles JONES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | ||
David JONES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Pavior (No Occ) | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Edward JONES | m | ||||||
Edward JONES | 9m | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
Edward JONES | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Drapers Assistant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
Eliza JONES | W | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
Elizabeth JONES | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Elizabeth JONES | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
Elizabeth JONES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
Elizabeth JONES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Meifod, Montgomery, Wales | |
Evan JONES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Jane JONES | M | 71 | F | Inmate | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
John JONES | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
John JONES | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
John JONES | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Baschurch, Shropshire | ||
John JONES | 3 | M | Inmate | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |||
John JONES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Slater | St Martins, Shropshire | |
Letitia JONES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Martins, Shropshire | |
Maria JONES | 4m | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
Maria JONES | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Mary Ellen JONES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Matthew JONES | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Limestone Quarry Laborer | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
Miriam JONES | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
Richard JONES | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Richard JONES | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
Rosina JONES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Welshampton, Shropshire | ||
Sarah JONES | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Dudleston, Shropshire | |
Thomas JONES | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | St Martins, Shropshire | |
William JONES | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Whittington, Shropshire | |
William JONES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
William JONES | 3 | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
William KENDRICK | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Edward LEEKE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Thomas LEEKE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Tailor | West Felton, Shropshire | |
Edward LEWIS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Selattyn, Shropshire | ||
Elizabeth LLOYD | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Staymaker | Wem, Shropshire | |
Robert LLOYD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Gardener Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Jane LYNDUM | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Llanrhaiadr, Denbigh, Wales | |
Edward MANNING | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Rag & Bone Collector | Imbecile | Ireland |
John MCDONALD | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Scotland | |
Annie MINTON | 2 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
Elizabeth MORGAN | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
Martha Ann MORGAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | ||
Mary MORGAN | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Richard MORGAN | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Whittington, Shropshire | |
Edward MORRIS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
Enoch MORRIS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Canal Boatman (Ind T) | St Martins, Shropshire | |
John MORRIS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Gardener Domestic Servant | St Martins, Shropshire | |
Joseph MORRIS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
Mary MORRIS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | ||
Mary MORRIS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | ||
Thomas MORRIS | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Madeley, Shropshire | |
William MORRIS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Leighton, Shropshire | |
Elizabeth MYATT | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Whittington, Shropshire | |
Fanny OAKLEY | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Manchester, Lancashire | |
Thomas OAKLEY | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
Thomas OLIVER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Goodwood, Sussex | |
Gwen OWEN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | ||
John OWEN | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Thomas OWEN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
David OWENS | M | 60 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
Alfred PARKER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Jane PARKER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wrexham, Denbigh, Wales | ||
George PARRY | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wem, Shropshire | ||
Walter PEATE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Charles PERKINS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hengoed, Shropshire | ||
David PERKINS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hengoed, Shropshire | ||
Robert PERKINS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hengoed, Shropshire | ||
Ann PHILLIPS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Emma PHILLIPS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Martins, Shropshire | ||
Margaret PHILLIPS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
Thomas PHILLIPS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Blind | Ardleen, Montgomery, Wales |
Ernest PIEVOR | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
Rebekah Ann PIKE | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborers Wife | Wem, Shropshire | |
William PIKE | 4m | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
William PIKE | m | ||||||
Edward POLLETT | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Agnes POWELL | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
John POWELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
John PRICE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cefn, Denbigh, Wales | ||
Richard PRICE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Alfred PRITCHARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
John PRITCHARD | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Whittington, Shropshire | |
William PRITCHARD | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Llandisilio, Montgomery, Wales | |
James PROBERT | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
William PRODGER | M | 54 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Llansaintffraid, Montgomery, Wales | |
Robert RANDLES | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Excavator | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
Hannah REEVES | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
William REEVES | m | ||||||
William REEVES | 1 | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
Jane RICHARDS | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Peter RILEY | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Boiler Maker | Chester, Cheshire | |
David ROBERTS | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Nail Maker | Llangollen, Denbigh, Wales | |
Edward ROBERTS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
Evan ROBERTS | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Plasterers Laborer | Ruabon, Denbigh, Wales | |
John ROBERTS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Robert ROBERTS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ruthin, Denbigh, Wales | |
William ROBERTS | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Coachman Domestic Servant | West Felton, Shropshire | |
Ann ROGERS | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
William ROGERS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Stone Masons Laborer | Imbecile | Trefonen, Shropshire |
Mary Elizabeth RUSCOE | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | West Felton, Shropshire | |
Richard RUSSELL | 73 | M | Inmate | Coachbuilder Wheeler (No Occ) | Ireland | ||
George SCHOFIELD | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Hurst, Lancashire | |
Henry SMITH | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Excavator | (Naturalized British Subject), Germany | |
John STOCKER | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
Mary Eliza STOKES | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Hannah STONE | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Shottisham, Norfolk | |
John SUMMERFIELD | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
Fanny THOMAS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Frederick THOMAS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hordley, Shropshire | ||
Henry THOMAS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Margaret THOMAS | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Guilsfield, Montgomery, Wales | |
Maria THOMAS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
Thomas THOMAS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
William THOMAS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Rebekah TUCKER | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Bristol, Gloucester | ||
John TURNER | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Bramley, Surrey | |
Margaret TURNER | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Meifod, Montgomery, Wales | ||
Richard VAUGHAN | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Llanrhaiadr, Montgomery, Wales | |
Evan WILLIAMS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer (No Occ) | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
Thomas WILLIAMS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Llandisilio, Montgomery, Wales | |
William WILLIAMS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Thomas WILSON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland | |
Alice WOODS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
Sarah WOODS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire |
Total residents: 215
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