1881 Census: Residents of Birkenhead Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Jno. Edwin Sunmer OLLIVE | M | 34 | M | Book Keeper | Clerk (Munic) | Upton, Cheshire | |
| Ellen OLLIVE | M | 40 | F | Matron | School Matron | Rochford, Essex | |
| Edward HESS | U | 27 | M | Officer | School Master (Munic) | Liverpool | |
| Lucy Jane MACKEY | U | 24 | F | Officer | School Mistress (Munic) | Dublin | |
| Eliza Alice BENNETT | U | 25 | F | Officer | Infant Mistress (Munic) | Newcastle U Lyme, Stafford | |
| Edward HAYTON | M | 28 | M | Officer | Labour Master (Munic) | Settle, York | |
| Priscilla Gorse HAYTON | M | 26 | F | Officer | Industrial Trainer (Munic) | Ormskirk, Lancashire | |
| Grace DONALDSON | 51 | F | Officer | Nurse (Munic) | Scotland | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Ada ANDREWS | 6 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Elizth. APPLETON | 13 | F | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| George APPLETON | 10 | M | School Inmate | Warrington | |||
| Georgina APPLETON | 8 | F | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| Frances ASHCROFT | 13 | F | Scholar | Manchester | |||
| Jane BAILEY | 12 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| James BAILY | 9 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Elizabeth BAKER | 10 | F | Scholar | Leeds | |||
| John BAKER | 5 | M | Scholar | Leeds | |||
| John BARNES | 10 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Catherine BARNETT | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Christopher BARRETT | 11 | M | Sch | Bootle | |||
| James BARRETT | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Thomas BARRETT | 7 | M | Sch | Everton Liverpool | |||
| Wm.James BARRETT | 9 | M | Sch | Liverpool | |||
| James BELLIS | 7 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Joseph BENNETT | 9 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| Annie BERINGTON | 11 | F | Scholar | Seacombe | |||
| John BEVINGTON | 14 | M | School Inmate | Seacombe | |||
| Ellen BLACK | 9 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Annie BLOOM | 6 | F | Scholar | Oxton, Cheshire | |||
| Garrett BURNS | 9 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| James BURNS | 9 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| Matilda BURNS | 8 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Philip BURNS | 7 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Florence CHINN | 14 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Kate CHINN | 11 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Dennis CHRISTIAN | 12 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Rose CLAY | 13 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Kate COPELAND | 15 | F | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| Matthew CORCORAN | 14 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Thos. CORCORAN | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| William CORCORAN | 11 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Harriett CORLETT | 12 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| John CORLETT | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Margaret COTTRILL | 11 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Martha Ellen CRIGHTON | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Clara CROFT | 8 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Wm.Henry CROFT | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Annie DAFT | 13 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary DAVAN | 6 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Michael DAVAN | 4 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Mary L. DAVIES | 14 | F | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| Morris DAVIES | 7 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| Peter W. DAVIES | 12 | M | School Inmate | Ireland | |||
| Robert DAVIES | 10 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| George DICKIE | 6 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| James DICKIE | 12 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Kate DICKIE | 11 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Samuel DUTTON | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Thos. DUTTON | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| James EATON | 12 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Patrick EATON | 7 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Henry EDWARDS | 7 | M | Sch | ||||
| Mary EDWARDS | 4 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Rebecca ELLIS | 7 | F | Scholar | Oxton, Cheshire | |||
| John FAGAN | 7 | M | School Inmate | Oxton Nr Birkenhead | |||
| Thos. FAHEY | 7 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Bessie FAIRBROTHER | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Jane FAIRBROTHER | 8 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Lizzie FLETCHER | 16 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| William FOSTER | 12 | M | School Inmate | Seacombe | |||
| Christina GRANT | 7 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Jane GRANT | 14 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Benj. HALLIGAN | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Elizth. HALLIGAN | 10 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| William HALLIGAN | 12 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| John HARPER | 4 | M | Scholar | Tranmere Workhouse | |||
| Joseph HATTRICK | 8 | M | School Inmate | (Workshouse) | |||
| Hannah HIGNETT | 8 | F | Scholar | ||||
| William HILL | 6 | M | Scholar | Tranmere | |||
| James HITCHELL | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| John HITCHELL | 6 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Alice HOUGHTON | 6 | F | Scholar | Tranmere | |||
| Henry HOUGHTON | 14 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Phebe HOUGHTON | 11 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Mary Jane HOWELL | 9 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary HUGHES | 8 | F | Scholar | Workhouse | |||
| Amelia HURST | 15 | F | Scholar | Glasgow | |||
| Joseph HURST | 8 | M | School Inmate | Scotland | |||
| Julia HURST | 11 | F | Scholar | Glasgow | |||
| Sarah Ann HURST | 5 | F | Scholar | Manchester | |||
| John JAMES | 14 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Hannah JONES | 12 | F | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| Joseph JONES | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Margaret JONES | 8 | F | Scholar | Liscard | |||
| Sarah JONES | 10 | F | Scholar | Liscard | |||
| Thomas JONES | 5 | M | School Inmate | Liscard, Cheshire | |||
| Thomas JONES | 5 | M | Scholar | Liscard | |||
| Henrietta LANG | 11 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Helena LAVERY | 9 | F | Scholar | Manchester | |||
| Albert LAWLEY | 4 | M | Scholar | Liscard, Cheshire | |||
| Mary LAWLEY | 5 | F | Scholar | Liscard, Cheshire | |||
| Rowland LAWLEY | 8 | M | Scholar | Liscard, Cheshire | |||
| Wm.David LAWLEY | 9 | M | School Inmate | Liscard, Cheshire | |||
| Kate LEARY | 9 | F | Scholar | Dublin | |||
| Edward LEWIS | 8 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| Jno.David LEWIS | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| John LEWIS | 10 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| John LYDIATT | 15 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Annie MARTIN | 8 | F | Scholar | Glasgow | |||
| Jas. MARTIN | 6 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Samuel MAXWELL | 8 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Fredk. MC ARDLE | 4 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Wm. John MC ARDLE | 14 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Patrick MC CANN | 10 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Saml. MC CUTCHEON | 10 | M | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| Mary Ann MC GRATH | 11 | F | Scholar | Oldham, Lancashire | |||
| Stephen MC GRATH | 9 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary MC KENNA | 9 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| William MC KENNA | 11 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Andrew MC ROBERTS | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Ellen MC ROBERTS | 13 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| James MC ROBERTS | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Joseph MERRYWEATHER | 14 | M | School Inmate | Seacombe Nr Birkenhead | |||
| Joseph MOORE | 5 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Mary MOORE | 12 | F | Scholar | Oldham | |||
| Annie MORRIS | 7 | F | Scholar | ||||
| John MORRIS | 9 | M | School Inmate | Seacombe | |||
| Mary MORRIS | 8 | F | Scholar | ||||
| Mary MORRIS | 8 | F | Scholar | Blind | Tranmere | ||
| William MORRIS | 5 | M | Scholar | ||||
| Wm. Jno. MORRIS | 6 | M | Scholar | Tranmere Workhouse, Cheshire | |||
| Mary A. MORRISEY | 8 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Thomas MORRISEY | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Jane SPARKS OR MOWLEY | 14 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Hubert NICHOLLS | 11 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Mary NICHOLSON | 8 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Wm. NICHOLSON | 13 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Jas. O'CONNELLY | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Frederick O'HARA | 14 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Henry O'HARA | 8 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary OWENS | 14 | F | Scholar | Wales | |||
| Charles OXTON | 6 | M | Scholar | Oxton, Cheshire | |||
| Florence OXTON | 8 | F | Scholar | Oxton | |||
| Maddius OXTON | 11 | M | School Inmate | York | |||
| Maria OXTON | 10 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Anna Rebecca PAGE | 4 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| David PAGE | 9 | M | School Inmate | Gloucester | |||
| Francis Jno. PAGE | 10 | M | School Inmate | Gloucester | |||
| Ann Jane PARKER | 14 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Hetty PEARSON | 8 | F | Scholar | Liverpool | |||
| Herbert PEMPERTON | 6 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Susannah PLIMLEY | 4 | F | Scholar | Warrington | |||
| Wm. Hy. PLIMLEY | 6 | M | Scholar | Cheshire | |||
| George PRATT | 10 | M | Scholar | Chatham | |||
| Mary Ann PRATT | 12 | F | Scholar | Rockferry Nr Birkenhead | |||
| William PRATT | 7 | M | School Inmate | Tranmere Nr Birkenhead | |||
| Ann PRICE | 10 | F | Scholar | Rock Ferry | |||
| Edward PRIOR | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Ellen PRIOR | 8 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| James PRIOR | 6 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Catherine QUIN | 11 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Terence QUIN | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Frank RAWDIN | 14 | M | School Inmate | Seacombe Nr B K D | |||
| Ellen REDMOND | 5 | F | Scholar | ||||
| John REYNOLDS | 13 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Annie RIDING | 10 | F | Scholar | Ormskirk | |||
| Ellen RIDING | 13 | F | Scholar | Ormskirk | |||
| Martha RILEY | 13 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Rob.W. RIMMER | 8 | M | School Inmate | Tranmere | |||
| Charles ROSS | 8 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| Edward ROWLANDS | 9 | M | School Inmate | Seacombe | |||
| Elizth. ROWLANDS | 12 | F | Scholar | Seacombe, Cheshire | |||
| Annie SMITH | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| James SMITH | 11 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Matilda SMITH | 13 | F | Scholar | Tranmere, Cheshire | |||
| William SMITH | 10 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| James SPENCER | 8 | M | School Inmate | (Workhouse) | |||
| Wm. SUMMERS | 8 | M | School Inmate | ||||
| Alice TAYLOR | 15 | F | Scholar | Southampton | |||
| Beatrice TAYLOR | 10 | F | Scholar | Southampton | |||
| Lydia TAYLOR | 12 | F | Scholar | Southampton | |||
| Michael TAYLOR | 11 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Edward THOMAS | 14 | M | School Inmate | Liverpool | |||
| Kate THOMAS | 9 | F | Scholar | Liscard, Cheshire | |||
| Clara TITHERINGTON | 7 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Edward TITHERINGTON | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Sarah J. TITHERINGTON | 9 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary Ann TOMLINSON | 10 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Patrick TOWIE | 14 | M | Scholar | Ireland | |||
| Elizth. OXTON (WALLER) | 16 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Louisa BARNES (WALLER) | 15 | F | Scholar | Leeds | |||
| Ada WESLEY | 8 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| George WESLEY | 10 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| William WESLEY | 12 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Wm. Henry WHITFIELD | 9 | M | Sch | Birkenhead | |||
| Annie WILLIAMS | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Elizth. WILLIAMS | 7 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Frances WILLIAMS | 8 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Frank WILLIAMS | 13 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Robert WILLIAMS | 13 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead | |||
| Robert WILLIAMS | 13 | M | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Sarah Ann WILLIAMS | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Elizabeth WOODCOCK | 14 | F | Scholar | Oxton, Cheshire | |||
| Mary Jane WOODCOCK | 8 | F | Scholar | Oxton, Cheshire | |||
| William WOODCOCK | 11 | M | School Inmate | Oxton | |||
| Ann WOODS | 9 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Anna WOODS | 7 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Catherine WOODS | 13 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary WOODS | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Sarah WOODS | 6 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Annie WORRALL | 7 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary Jane WORRALL | 9 | F | Scholar | Birkenhead | |||
| Robert WORRALL | 12 | M | School Inmate | Birkenhead |
Total residents: 213
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