1881 Census: Residents of Old Machar Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James Davidson DONALD | M | 43 | M | Head | House Governor | Inverurie, Aberdeen | |
| Georgina DONALD | M | 35 | F | Wife | S Kingsbarns, Fife | ||
| William DONALD | U | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Colinton, Edinburgh | |
| Cecilia DONALD | U | 4 | F | Dau | Colinton, Edinburgh | ||
| Georgina DONALD | U | 3 | F | Dau | Aberdeen | ||
| James DONALD | U | 7m | M | Son | Aberdeen | ||
| Mary Ann MACKAY | U | 44 | F | Officer | Matron | Lumphanan, Aberdeen | |
| Alexander MILNE | M | 61 | M | Officer | Porter | Aberdeen | |
| John CHARLES | U | 32 | M | Officer | Lunatic Attendt | Auchterless, Aberdeen | |
| George WALLACE | U | 23 | M | Officer | Lunatic Attendt | Fyvie, Aberdeen | |
| May HUTCHEON | U | 37 | F | Officer | Lunatic Attendt | Cuminestown, Aberdeen | |
| Margt. MILNE | M | 65 | F | Porters Wife (Head) | Porters Wife | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Ann MILNE | W | 48 | F | Porters Serv | Porters Serv | Methlic, Aberdeen | |
| Alexia HANTON | U | 23 | F | Serv | Cook | Riccarton, Kincardine | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ADAM | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farmer | Cluny, Aberdeen | |
| Alexander ADAMS | U | 40 | M | Patient | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Peter ALEXANDER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Coal Breaker | Forfar, Forfar | |
| Mary ALLAN | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Formerly Fish Seller | Aberdeen | |
| John ANDERSON | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Formerly Cabnetmaker | Elgin Speymouth | |
| Neil ANDERSON | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Formerly Helker (Flax) | Newhills, Aberdeen | |
| Catherine BAIN | U | 60 | F | Patient | Formerly Shopkeeper | Lunatic | Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty |
| James BAIN | U | 31 | M | Patient | Formerly Soldier | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Jessie BAIN | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| George BIRSE | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Formerly Flax Dresser | Aberdeen City | |
| Elizabeth BLACK | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Catherine BLACKIE | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Formerly Sick Nurse | New Pitsligo, Aberdeen | |
| Ann BOOTH | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Formerly Mill Worker | Aberdeen | |
| Elizabeth BOOTH | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Fyvie, Aberdeen | |
| Elizabeth BOWMAN | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Ser | Newhills, Aberdeen | |
| Mary BROWN | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Blind | Aberdeen City |
| William BROWN | M | 36 | M | Patient | Formerly Brushmaker | Lunatic | Aberdeen |
| Alexander BUYERS | U | 45 | M | Patient | Formerly Gardener | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| William BUYERS | U | 17 | M | Patient | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Sophia CALDER | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Colin CAMERON | U | 44 | M | Patient | Formerly Lab (Gen) | Lunatic | Crathie, Aberdeen |
| Jane CAMERON | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Darkland | ||
| Alexander CHALMERS | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Linen Weaver | Fetteresso, Kincardine | |
| Mary CHALMERS | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Aberdeen City | |
| Jane CLARK | W | 76 | F | Inmate | New Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Mary COOPER | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Mary COOPER | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Michael CORMACK | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Aberdeen | |
| Charles COUTTS | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Formerly Labr (Gen) | Birse, Aberdeen | |
| Elizabeth CUMMINE | U | 44 | F | Patient | Formerly Dom Serv | Lunatic | Banchory Ternan, Kincardine |
| Ann CUTHBERTSON | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Mary DENHAM | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Arbroath, Forfar | |
| John DIACK | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Formerly Tailor | Dundee, Forfar | |
| David DONALD | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Langholm, Dumfries | ||
| Isabella DONALD | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Inverness, Inverness | |
| Jane DONALD | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Gardenston, Banff | ||
| William DONALD | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Langholm, Dumfries | ||
| John DONALDSON | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly Plasterer | Ayr, Ayr | |
| Barbara DUNCAN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Mary ELPHINSTONE | M | 39 | F | Patient | Lunatic | ||
| James EMSLIE | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Formerly Stone Dyker | Coull, Aberdeen | |
| Mary ERSKINE | W | 78 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Leslie, Fife | |
| David FIDDES | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Formerly Millwright | Dun, Forfar | |
| Elspet FIDDES | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Formerly Mill Worker | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Alexander FORBES | U | 23 | M | Patient | Formerly Clerk | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Ann Elizabeth FORBES | W | 68 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Auchindoir | |
| Helen FORBES | W | 69 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Rayne, Aberdeen | |
| Jessie FOSTER | U | 53 | F | Patient | Formerly Mill Worker | Lunatic | Montrose, Forfar |
| James FRASER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Fireman | Aberdeen | |
| James FRASER | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Peter FRASER | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Midmar, Aberdeen | ||
| Helen GARDEN | U | 80 | F | Patient | Formerly Mill Worker | Lunatic | Portsoy, Banff |
| John GARDEN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Aberdeen | |
| Jessie GAULD | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| John GILBERT | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Formerly Waxcloth Weaver | Banff, Banff | |
| William GORDEN | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Aberdeen City | |
| Charles GORDON | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Formerly Spirit Dealer | Ellon, Aberdeen | |
| James GORDON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shop Porter | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Margaret GORDON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Nigg, Kincardine | ||
| Helen GRANGER | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Milly GRANGER | U | 3m | F | Inmate | England | ||
| James GRAY | U | 37 | M | Patient | Formerly Shop Porter | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| William HAY | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Formerly Labr (Gen) | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | |
| Margaret HENDERSON | U | 50 | F | Patient | Formerly Mill Wkr | Lunatic | Newhills, Aberdeen |
| Frances HENDRY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Seaman (M.S.) | Aberdeen City | |
| Jane HILL | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Elizabeth HOGG | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Formerly Office Keeper | Huntly, Aberdeen | |
| Elizabeth HUMBLE | U | 54 | F | Patient | Formerly Dom Serv | Lunatic | Banchory, Kincardine |
| Alexander INNES | U | 10m | M | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Harriet INNES | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Braemar, Aberdeen | |
| Helen INNES | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Jessie INNES | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | America | |
| William INNES | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Patrick IRONSIDE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Formerly Teacher | Old Deer, Aberdeen | |
| Eliza JOHNSTONE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Formerly Sack Maker | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Angelina KEEGAN | W | 26 | F | Inmate | England | ||
| Edward KEEGAN | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | |
| Frances KEEGAN | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Jane KELLY | M | 58 | F | Inmate | Formerly Fish Seller | Aberdeen | |
| William KELLY | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Formerly Wood Sawyer | Marnoch, Banff | |
| William KELLY | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | England | |
| Christina KENNEDY | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Helen KIDD | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Formerly Keeper Of Orphanage | Banff, Banff | |
| Alexander KING | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Hacher | Monymusk, Aberdeen | |
| Elspet KNOX | U | 42 | F | Patient | Formerly Dom Serv | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| William LAIRD | U | 48 | M | Patient | Formerly Tavern Waiter | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Andrew LANE | U | 30 | M | Patient | Formerly Clerk (Gen) | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Helen Ann LAWSON | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kincardine O Neil, Aberdeen | |
| James LECKY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Ser | Forfor, Forfar | |
| John LEDINGHAM | M | 59 | M | Patient | Formerly Weaver | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| John Mackay Scobbie LEITH | U | 46 | M | Patient | Formerly Gold Digger | Lunatic | Loth, Sutherland, Scotland |
| George LESLIE | M | 49 | M | Inmate | Formerly Labourer | New Machar, Aberdeen | |
| William LESLIE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Elizabeth LODGE | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| George LYALL | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sherriff | Kinnellar, Aberdeen | |
| Isabella MACKIE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Chapel Of Garioch, Aberdeen | ||
| Margaret Anderson MACKIE | U | 3m | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Alexander MARR | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ben Aur, Argyll | |
| Ann MARR | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Ben Awe, Argyll | ||
| Barbara MARR | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Kilspindie, Perth | ||
| Elspet MARR | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Fraserburgh, Aberdeen | ||
| Margaret MARR | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Kilspindie, Perth | ||
| Mary Ann MARR | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Mary Ann MARR | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Furnace, Argyll | |
| John MC ANDREW | U | 31 | M | Patient | Formerly Lab (Gen) | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Jane MC BAIN | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Rathen, Aberdeen | ||
| Jane MC COMACHIE | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Aberdeen | |
| John MC COMACHIE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Blind | Aberdeen City |
| Peter MC COMACHIE | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Aberdeen City | |
| Jane MC COMBIE | U | 76 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Aberdeen | |
| Alexr. MC CONNACH | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Formerly Tailor | Glenmuick, Aberdeen | |
| Elizabeth MC CONNACHIE | M | 66 | F | Patient | Lunatic | St Cyrus, Kincardine | |
| Alexander MC DONALD | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Harrietfield, Perth | |
| Parlane MC FARLANE | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carpet Weaver | Kilmarnoch, Ayr | |
| Elizabeth MC GREGOR | U | 32 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Aberdeen | |
| Margaret MC INTOSH | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Tarbat, Ross and Cromarty | ||
| Margaret MC KAY | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Deaf | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Agnes MC KENZIE | M | 61 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Inverkeithny, Banff | |
| Ann MC KENZIE | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Caroline MC LEOD | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Aberdeen | |
| Elizabeth MC LEOD | U | 62 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Dyke, Elgin | |
| Samuel MC ROBBIE | U | 32 | M | Patient | Formerly Tailor | Lunatic | Kincardine O Neil, Aberdeen |
| William MIDDLETON | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gen Lab | Banchory Ter, Kincardine | |
| Margaret MILLER | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Brechin, Forfar | ||
| Alexander MILNE | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Alexander MILNE | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Leslie, Aberdeen | ||
| Elizabeth MILNE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Formerly Mill Worker | Aboyne, Aberdeen | |
| Isabella MILNE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Leslie, Aberdeen | |
| John MILNE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aberdeen | |
| Mary MILNE | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leslie, Aberdeen | |
| Christina MILNER | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Formerly Farmworker | Banchory Div, Kincardine | |
| James MITCHELL | U | 4m | M | Inmate | Insch, Aberdeen | ||
| Mary MITCHELL | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Aberdeen | |
| Robert MOIR | U | 57 | M | Patient | Formerly Ships Carpenter | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Isabella MOLLISON | U | 73 | F | Patient | Formerly Dom Serv | Lunatic | Strachan, Kincardine |
| Susan MONCUR | U | 54 | F | Patient | Formerly Mill Worker | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Catherine MORGAN | U | 89 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Helen MORGAN | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Old Machar, Aberdeen | ||
| Agnes MUNRO | U | 51 | F | Patient | Formerly Mill Worker | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Catherine MUNRO | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| Hannah MUNRO | U | 41 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Aberdeen | |
| Thomas MURDOCH | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carpet Weaver | Forres, Elgin | |
| George Thomson NICOL | U | 35 | M | Patient | Formerly Clerk | Lunatic | Fetteresso, Kincardine |
| James NICOL | U | 29 | M | Patient | Formerly Druggists Asst | Lunatic | Banchory Ternan, Kincardine |
| Mary NICOL | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Formerly Egg Dealer | Aberdeen | |
| Ann PATERSON | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Isabella PATERSON | U | 54 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Aberdeen | |
| Jessie PATERSON | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| William PETRIE | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Formerly Tailor | Banff, Banff | |
| Elizabeth PHILIP | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aberdeen | |
| John PHILIP | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Margaret PHILIP | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Formely Dom Serv | Aberdeen | |
| Helen RAMSAY | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Lumphanan, Aberdeen | ||
| Stewart REITH | M | 50 | F | Patient | Lunatic | ||
| Isabella RENNIE | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Kincardine O Neil, Aberdeen | ||
| John RHIND | U | 25 | M | Patient | Formerly Stone Dresser | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Isabella RIELLY | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Dumb & Deaf | Aberdeen City |
| George ROBERTSON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carpet Weaver | Aberdeen City | |
| Christina ROBISON | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Rathen, Aberdeen | ||
| Louisa ROBISON | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Fordoun, Kincardine | ||
| William ROBISON | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aberdeen | |
| Williamina ROBISON | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aberdeen | |
| Jane Ann ROSS | U | 31 | F | Patient | Formerly Seamstress | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| John ROSS | U | 31 | M | Patient | Formerly Stone Cutter | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Charles SELLER | U | 63 | M | Patient | Formerly Med Pactitioner | Lunatic | |
| Jane SHAND | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Formely Dom Serv | Cabrach, Aberdeen | |
| John SILVER | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Garderner | Aberdeen City | |
| Christina SINCLAIR | W | 62 | F | Inmate | St Andrews, Fife | ||
| Rose SINCLAIR | U | 51 | F | Patient | Formerly Boot Binder | Lunatic | |
| Christian SINGER | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| William SINGER | U | 46 | M | Patient | Formerly Sailor | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| David SLATER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fordyce, Banff | |
| George SLATER | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fordyce, Banff | |
| Jacob SLATER | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fordyce, Banff | |
| John SLESSOR | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Formerly Heckler (Flax) | Aberdeen | |
| Alexander SMITH | U | 36 | M | Patient | Formerly Cabinet Mkr | Lunatic | Aberdeen |
| John SMITH | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Formerly Joiner | Aberdeen City, Aberdeen | |
| John SMITH | U | 46 | M | Patient | Formerly Clerk | Lunatic | Old Machar, Aberdeen |
| Mitchell SMITH | W | 66 | F | Patient | Formerly Poulterer | Lunatic | Aberdeen |
| Alexander STRAITH | U | 53 | M | Patient | Formerly Labourer | Lunatic | New Machar, Aberdeen |
| George SUTHERLAND | U | 46 | M | Patient | Formerly Clerk | Lunatic | Aberdeen |
| Elizabeth SWIRLES | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Formerly Yarn Winder | Old Machar, Aberdeen | |
| John TAYLOR | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly Lab (Gen) | Aberdeen | |
| William TAYLOR | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Labourer | New Deer, Aberdeen | |
| Robert TULLOCH | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly Boiler Maker | Banff, Banff | |
| Catherine URQUHART | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Belhelvie, Aberdeen | ||
| Alfred WALKER | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Auchindoir, Aberdeen | |
| Ann WALKER | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Aberdeen | ||
| Catherine WALKER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dom Serv | Auchindoir, Aberdeen | |
| Catherine WHALLAY | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nil | Deaf | Aberdeen City |
| John WILSON | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Formerly Linnenweaver | Aberdeen City | |
| Ann YOUNG | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Formerly Seamstress | Aberdeen City | |
| William Ross YOUNG | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Arbroath, Forfar |
Total residents: 207
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