1881 Census: Residents of Altrincham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William TABERER | M | 54 | M | Officer (Head) | Chelsea Pensioner Master of Workhouse | Nuneaton, Warwick | |
| Elizabeth TABERER | M | 41 | F | Officer Wife of Above | Matron Of Workhouse | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Mary TABERER | 13 | F | Daughter of Above | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Nellie TABERER | 11 | F | Daughter of Above | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Mary Elizabeth MACKERITH | U | 37 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress (Munic) | Manchester | |
| Laura WILSON | U | 27 | F | Officer | Nurse (Munic) | Wensford, Cheshire | |
| Samuel CASH | M | 37 | M | Officer | Superintendent Of Labour | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Annie ACKERLEY | 2 | F | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| Herbert ACKERLEY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| Mary Jane ACKERLEY | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Timperley, Cheshire | |
| John BANCROFT | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Latchford, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth BANKS | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Heywood, Lancashire | ||
| Henry BANKS | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Giggleswick, York | ||
| Anne BATE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| John BENNETT | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Tarporley, Cheshire | |
| Henry BENTLEY | 1m | M | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| Jane BENTLEY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| John BESWICK | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Mobberley, Cheshire | |
| William BIRTLES | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | ||
| Janet BLOOMFIELD | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| John BOARDMAN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire | |
| Teresa BOWKER | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Fustian Cutter | Mobberley, Warwick | |
| Ellen BRADLEY | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wilmslow, Cheshire | |
| James BRADY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ostler (ND) | Preston, Lancashire | |
| Joseph BRAY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ashley, Cheshire | |
| Michael BRIDE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ireland | |
| Grace BRITTON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Hotlow, York | |
| William BRUNDRITT | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Bowdon, Cheshire | |
| Isaac BURGESS | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Mary BURGESS | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Annie BURKE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Maud Beatrice BURKE | 2m | F | Inmate | Sale, Cheshire | |||
| Laurence CARR | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Chelsea Pensioner | Warrington, Lancashire | |
| Allen CHRIMES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mobberley, Cheshire | ||
| Eliza CHRIMES | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Emily CHRIMES | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mobberley, Cheshire | ||
| Fanny CHRIMES | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Mobberley, Cheshire | |
| John CHRIMES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mobberley, Cheshire | ||
| Louisa CHRIMES | 3 | F | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| Maria CLARE | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | ||
| Ellen CLEARY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| Margaret CLEARY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| Martha CLEARY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| William COLLINS | 2 | M | Inmate | Lymm, Cheshire | |||
| Patrick CONNELL | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| John Hughs COOKE | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Fustian Cutter | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Ann COOMBS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bagaley, Cheshire | |
| Herbert COOMBS | 1 | M | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| Mary COOMBS | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| William Henry COOMBS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bagaley, Cheshire | ||
| Sarah COPPAKS | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Wilmslow, Cheshire | |
| Jane CROGAN | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Mary CROWDER | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Sale, Cheshire | |
| Sarah CROWDER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| William CROWDER | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Sale, Cheshire | |
| Mary Ann DARBYSHIRE | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| John DAVENPORT | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Bowdon, Cheshire | |
| Josiah DAVIES | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Wilmslow, Cheshire | |
| Ann DICKINSON | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bagaley, Cheshire | |
| Arthur DICKINSON | 2 | M | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| George DICKINSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| Abraham DRINKWATER | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Annie DRINKWATER | M | 22 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Hannah DUMBELL | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Timperley, Cheshire | |
| Bridget DUNN | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Ireland | |
| Mary Mc. D. DUNN | 1 | F | Inmate | Altrincham, Cheshire | |||
| John EYRES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Lostock Graham, Cheshire | |
| Archibald FALSTEAD | 2 | M | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| Clara FALSTEAD | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sale, Cheshire | |
| Samuel FAULKNER | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Wilmslow, Cheshire | |
| Patrick FINNESSEY | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| Maria FOSTER | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Davenham, Cheshire | |
| Mary FOSTER | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Davenham, Cheshire | |
| Mary Jane FRANKLIN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Mary FRANKLIN | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Ernest FREEMAN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| John FREEMAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Leah FREEMAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| John FREEMATLE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Northampton | |
| Annie GARNER | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | High Leigh, Cheshire | |
| Elijah GARNER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Chelsea Pensioner | Ringway, Cheshire | |
| Frederick GARNER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| George GARNER | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| John GARNER | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Charles GARRATT | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Pickmere, Cheshire | |
| Mary GIBNEY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| James GILLEBRAND | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Bollington, Cheshire | |
| Ann GRESTY | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Sale, Cheshire | |
| John GROOM | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Whitchurch, Shropshire | |
| Joseph HAMMETT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| James HANLEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Patrick HANLEY | W | 40 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| James HARDY | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Timperley, Cheshire | |
| Hannah HARTLEY | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Timperley, Cheshire | |
| Mary HASLAM | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Carrington, Cheshire | |
| Ann HEALD | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Lymm, Cheshire | ||
| John HEALD | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer Labourer | ||
| George HEATH | W | 66 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Dursley, Gloucester | |
| John HENNERLEY | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Ireland | |
| Lawrence HICKEY | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Blind | London Westminster, London, Middlesex |
| Margaret HINDLEY | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Swinton, Lancashire | |
| William C. HOLDER | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Watchmaker | Greenwich, Kent | |
| James HOLT | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Dunham, Cheshire | |
| William HOOLEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| John HOWARTH | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire | |
| Sarah HUGHES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Altincham, Cheshire | ||
| Elizabeth HULME | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Macclesfield, Cheshire | |
| Frances HULME | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Herbert HULME | 3 | M | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| James HUSSEY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Knutsford, Cheshire |
| Edwin JACKSON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Dudley, Worcester | |
| Enoch JACKSON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Lymm, Cheshire | |
| Mary Jane JAMISON | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Isaac JOHNSON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| James JOHNSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leeds, York | ||
| John JOHNSTONE | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizabeth JONES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hale, Cheshire | ||
| John JONES | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Wool Weaver | Ross, Hereford | |
| Kate JONES | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Mary Ellen JONES | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Sarah JONES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hale, Cheshire | ||
| John KELSALL | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire | |
| George KENNERLEY | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Wilmslow, Cheshire | |
| Emma KYNSEY | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| William KYNSEY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eccles, Lancashire | ||
| Alice LATUS | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Blackpool, Lancashire | ||
| Alice LATUS | 3 | F | Inmate | Altrincham, Cheshire | |||
| Harry LATUS | 9 | M | Inmate | Blackpool, Lancashire | |||
| Mary Ellen LATUS | 7 | F | Inmate | Altrincham, Cheshire | |||
| Peter LATUS | 11 | M | Inmate | Blackpool, Lancashire | |||
| Joseph LEAH | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Tabley, Cheshire | |
| John LEIGH | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Lydia LIGNUM | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Timperley, Cheshire | |
| William LINGLETON | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire | |
| Ada Mary LOCKHART | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Ellen LOWE | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| James LOWE | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Labourer | Knutsford, Cheshire | |
| Mary LYNCH | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Michael MACDONALD | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| Peter MATHER | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Tabley, Cheshire | |
| Hannah MOORES | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Hale, Cheshire | |
| Silas MOORES | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Hale, Cheshire | |
| George MORGAN | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Timperley, Cheshire | |
| Annie MORTON | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Lymm, Cheshire | |
| James MOTTERSHEAD | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Powvall Lee, Cheshire | |
| Annie MUNNS | 2 | F | Inmate | Knutsford, Cheshire | |||
| Jane MUNNS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire | |
| Louisa MUNNS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| Mary Ann NEWHALL | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Eliza PARKER | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sale, Cheshire | |
| Mary Jane PEAKE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| James PEARSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Danham Massey, Cheshire | |
| John PEMBERTON | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Lower Plover, Cheshire | |
| William PLANT | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | West Indies | |
| Joseph PRESTON | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Market Drayton, Leicester | |
| Thomas PRICE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hale, Cheshire | ||
| James PRITCHARD | U | 86 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | ||
| Catherine QUIGLEY | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| John RENSHAW | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Sale, Cheshire | |
| Mary RENSHAW | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Servant (Dom) | Deaf & Dumb | Altrincham, Cheshire |
| William RIDGWAY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Motham, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth ROGERS | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Hale, Cheshire | |
| John ROYLE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire | |
| Sarah ROYLE | M | 51 | F | Inmate | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Charles SHAW | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| Ellen SHAW | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Tatton, Cheshire | |
| Barney SHERIDAN | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ireland | |
| John SHERIDAN | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mobberley, Cheshire | ||
| Patrick SHERIDAN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William SHERIDAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mobberley, Cheshire | ||
| George SHOPLAND | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | London St Georges, London, Middlesex | |
| John SMITH | M | 86 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Jonathan SMITH | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Hale, Cheshire | |
| Thomas STEELE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scolar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| William STEELE | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Plumbley, Cheshire | |
| George STEVENS | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | At Sea | |
| James STODDARD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Burnley, Lancashire | |
| Harriet STONIER | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Alderley, Cheshire | |
| Eliza STREET | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Tabley, Cheshire | |
| William STREET | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Labourer | Lymm, Cheshire | |
| Joseph A. TAYLOR | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Albert S. THROP | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| George THROP | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sale, Cheshire | ||
| Elias TOFT | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | High Leigh, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth TURNER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Nelly WALKER | 2 | F | Inmate | (Worksop), Nottingham | |||
| Eliza WALTERS | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | St Edmunds, Lincoln | |
| William WALTON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Ashley, Cheshire | |
| Annie WATKINSON | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Altrincham, Cheshire | ||
| Benjamin WATKINSON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Timperley, Cheshire | ||
| Florence WATKINSON | 1 | F | Inmate | Timperley, Cheshire | |||
| John WATKINSON | M | 81 | M | Inmate | Gardener (ND) | Ashley, Cheshire | |
| John WATKINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Timperley, Cheshire | ||
| Sarah WATKINSON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Timperley, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas WATKINSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Timperley, Cheshire | ||
| Lucy WEBB | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Knutsford, Cheshire |
| Alfred WEETMAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| Catherine WEETMAN | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Altrincham, Cheshire | |
| Florence WEETMAN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas WILSON | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Scotland | |
| William WORRALL | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Fustian Cutter | Lymm, Cheshire |
Total residents: 201
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