1881 Census: Residents of Blean Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Edward AYRE | M | 39 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Somerby, Lincoln | |
| Anne C. AYRE | M | 33 | F | Wife | Matron of Workhouse (Mun) | Bourne, Lincoln | |
| Jessie E. AYRE | 11 | F | Daur | Scholar | Hoadington, Oxford | ||
| Frederick E. AYRE | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Hoadington, Oxford | ||
| Mary S. AYRE | 9 | F | Daur | Scholar | Hoadington, Oxford | ||
| Ethel A.A. AYRE | 2 | F | Daur | Herne, Kent | |||
| Aubrey J.S. AYRE | 12m | M | Son | Herne, Kent | |||
| Alice T. HEWLETT | U | 31 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Drayton, Oxford | |
| John BARRY | W | 60 | M | Officer | Industrial Teacher | London, Middlesex | |
| George SKINNER | M | 45 | M | Officer | Porter Munic (...Serv) | Keith, Scotland | |
| Sarah COLMORNE | W | 60 | F | Officer | Nurse (Mun) | Pilton, Devon | |
| Ann STEFF | U | 63 | F | Servant | Cook & Matrons Asst (Dom) | N K, Suffolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Alexander TURNER | U | 75 | M | Pauper | Formerly Carpenter | Stirling, Scotland | |
| Alfred MURPHY | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Alfred HILLS | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Alfred ST CLAIR | 11m | M | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | |||
| Alice GEORGE | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Herne, Kent | ||
| Alice RIGDEN | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Herne, Kent | ||
| Alice E. CURD | 11m | M | Pauper | Herne, Kent | |||
| Alicia A. CURD | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Stephen, Kent | ||
| Amelia ADMANS | M | 47 | F | Pauper | Bricklayers Wife | St Nicholas, Kent | |
| Amy MURPHY | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Romford, Essex | ||
| Ann PAGE | W | 90 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Ann GILBERT | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Ann DOWNS | W | 90 | F | Pauper | Formerly Hawker | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Ann Fras. MINTER | W | 46 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper (Dom) | Chislett, Kent | |
| Anne STUPPELL | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Sturry, Kent | ||
| Arthur MURPHY | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Arthur ATKINS | U | 25 | M | Casual Pauper | Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Bertha TAYLOR | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Caroline SUTTON | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Ramsgate, Kent | ||
| Caroline PEYTON | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Formerly Housekeeper | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Charles COOPER | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Lab | Cranbrook, Kent | |
| Charles BOURNE | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | ||
| Charlotte S. CURD | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Stephen, Kent | ||
| Charlotte REGAN | U | 23 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Seasalter, Kent | |
| Charlotte NEWING | 2 | F | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | |||
| Edith WATERS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Edward GOODWIN | M | 74 | M | Pauper | Ag Labourer | Blean, Kent | |
| Edwin NEWING | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth WALKER | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Faversham, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth STUPPELL | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Hoath, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth HOCKLESS | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Formerly Servant | Partially B | Whitstable, Kent |
| Elizabeth HOGBIN | W | 82 | F | Pauper | Pauper | London, Middlesex | |
| Ellen FARLEY | U | 22 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Ellen GOLDFINCH | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St George Hnr Sq, Middlesex | ||
| Ellen ST CLAIR | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Emily CURD | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | St Stephen, Kent | |
| Emily MAHER | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Emma JACOBS | M | 62 | F | Pauper | Fishermans Wife | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Frank HOLBOURN | W | 92 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Herne, Kent | |
| Frederick G. HOLNESS | U | 18 | M | Pauper | Labr | Chislett, Kent | |
| Frederick ANDERSON | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Blean, Kent | ||
| Frederick DANIEL | U | 36 | M | Pauper | Labr | Blean, Kent | |
| Frederick ANDERSON | U | 38 | M | Pauper | Labr | Blean, Kent | |
| George PERLEY | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Butcher (Formerly) | Sturry, Kent | |
| George THOMPSON | U | 18 | M | Casual Pauper | Labourer | Woolwich, Kent | |
| George COTTON | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| George EELEY | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| George ADMANS | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Birchington, Kent | ||
| George EYERS | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| George COOPER | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Labr | Kingsley, Hampshire | |
| George EWELL | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Herne, Kent | ||
| George APPLETON | U | 51 | M | Pauper | Formerly Fisherman | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Harriet PUTWAIN | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Harriet GEORGE | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Servant Domestic House Maid | Herne, Kent | |
| Henry WOOD | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Labr | Blean, Kent | |
| Henry CORVELL | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Lab | Elmsted, Kent | |
| Henry LANGFORD | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Reculver, Kent | ||
| Henry ADAMS | M | 67 | M | Pauper | Labr | Herne, Kent | |
| Horace MURPHY | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Romford, Essex | ||
| Isaac WHITE | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Labourer | L Hardres, Kent | |
| Isaac BEAL | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Lab | Sturry, Kent | |
| James WILLIAMS | W | 88 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Sturry, Kent | |
| James HOGBIN | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Formerly Seaman | Whitstable, Kent | |
| James ST CLAIR | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| James HUDSON | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Lab | Herne, Kent | |
| James STEVE | U | 19 | M | Casual Pauper | Labourer | G Norton, Oxford | |
| James WALKER | W | 48 | M | Pauper | Formerly Soldier | Swalecliffe, Kent | |
| Jane MC NEILL | 34 | F | Pauper | Needlewoman | Pembury, Kent | ||
| Jane M. KEEN | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Servant Domestic | Herne, Kent | |
| Jane BOURNE | W | 62 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper (Formerly) | Brabourne, Kent | |
| Jane GOLDFINCH | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Blind | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Jane JANES | U | 76 | F | Pauper | Formerly Housekeeper | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Jane HARRIS | U | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Brook, Kent | |
| Jesse J. SIMPSON | 3m | M | Pauper | Canterbury, Kent | |||
| John HENZILL | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| John CARTER | M | 79 | M | Pauper | Lab | Newington, Kent | |
| John HUDSON | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Lab | Swalecliffe, Kent | |
| John PHILLPOT | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Lab | Whitstable, Kent | |
| John HEARNDEN | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Lunatic | Canterbury, Kent |
| John CLADISH | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Lab | Herne, Kent | |
| John SEATH | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| John BURTON | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Gen Labourer | Blean, Kent | |
| John SAYER | 2 | M | Pauper | Herne, Kent | |||
| John COOK | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Porter (Domestic Serv) | Blofield, Suffolk | |
| John CULMER | U | 29 | M | Pauper | Blean, Kent | ||
| John BUSBRIDGE | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Labr | Chislett, Kent | |
| Julia SAYER | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Housemaid Domestic Servant | Chislett, Kent | |
| Leonard CARR | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Formerly Baker | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Leonard CHAMPS | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Nicholas, Kent | ||
| Lydia MURPHY | M | 34 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Margaret ST CLAIR | M | 35 | F | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Maria STEADY | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Formerly Housekeeper | Hickham, Kent | |
| Martha HUDSON | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Martha CASTLE | W | 83 | F | Pauper | Westbere, Kent | ||
| Mary GOODWIN | M | 74 | F | Pauper | Labrs Wife | Harbledown, Kent | |
| Mary LONG | U | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar(Pauper) | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| Mary FEARN | M | 41 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper (Dom) | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Mary CURTIS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Reading, Berkshire | ||
| Mary HUCHINS | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Needlewoman | Blind | St Lawrence, Kent |
| Matilda HAWKINS | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Georges Hanv Sq, Middlesex | ||
| Nancy APPLETON | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Nathaniel NEWING | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Nelson NEWING | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Philadelphia NEWING | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Rebecca HOLBOURN | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Richard HUGHES | W | 57 | M | Pauper | Frame Maker | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| Richard PORT | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Herne, Kent | ||
| Richard WRIGHT | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Labr | Hungerford, Berkshire | |
| Robert DUNK | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Labr | Chislett, Kent | |
| Robert REASON | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Gen Labr | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Robert BAILEY | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Painter | Ramsgate, Kent | |
| Rosa CLEAVER | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Samuel JOY | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Labr | Chislett, Kent | |
| Sarah MAY | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Sarah SMITH | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | ||
| Sarah LEMAR | U | 64 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Sarah DANIELS | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Chislett, Kent | |
| Selina SMITH | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Whitstable, Kent | ||
| Stephen SAYER | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Blean, Kent | ||
| Stephen CHRISTIAN | W | 82 | M | Pauper | Labr(Pauper) | Herne, Kent | |
| Susanna KNOTT | W | 40 | F | Pauper | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Herne, Kent | |
| Susanna KEEN | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Gen Servt (Domestic) | Wickham, Kent | |
| Thomas WARD | U | 25 | M | Casual Pauper | Labourer | Middlesboro, York | |
| Thomas REGAN | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Seasalter, Kent | ||
| Thomas HARVEY | M | 64 | M | Pauper | Labr | Reculver, Kent | |
| Thomas PARKS | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Charing, Kent | |
| Thomas DANIELS | W | 90 | M | Pauper | Labr | Littlebourne, Kent | |
| Wallace WATERS | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| William NEVES | 82 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Herne, Kent | ||
| William BARNETT | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Lab | Swalecliffe, Kent | |
| William JAMES | U | 30 | M | Casual Pauper | Painter | Lancaster, Lancashire | |
| William MAHER | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| William COURT | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Seasalter, Kent | |
| William STURGES | W | 56 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Whitstable, Kent | |
| William WRAIGHT | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Lab | St Stephens, Kent | |
| William THEOFF | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Labr | Westbere, Kent | |
| William WILLIAMS | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chislett, Kent | ||
| William CREASEY | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Lab | Stoneham, Suffolk | |
| William HOLNESS | 61 | M | Pauper | Labr | Chislett, Kent | ||
| William ANDERSON | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Blean, Kent | ||
| William C. PEYTON | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| William GISBIE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar |
Total residents: 154
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