1881 Census: Residents of Bodmin Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Tom WHALE | M | 32 | M | Head | Master Of Bodmin Union Wk.House | Altarnum, Cornwall | |
| Mary Elizabeth WHALE | M | 31 | F | Wife | Matron Of Union Wk. House | Helston, Cornwall | |
| Banfield Hawke WHALE | 2 | M | Son | Bodmin | |||
| Tom WHALE | 1 | M | Son | Bodmin | |||
| William Thomas DAVEY | U | 23 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster (Munic) | Bodmin | |
| Maria SMITH | U | 45 | F | Officer | Industrial Trainer | Lanhydrock, Cornwall | |
| John MICHELL | W | 64 | M | Officer | House Porter | Bodmin | |
| Elizabeth TUCKER | W | 64 | F | Officer | Nurse (M) | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Bathsheba ADAMS | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Widow | Imbecile | St Blazey, Cornwall |
| Raleigh ALLEN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| Elizabeth BATE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Kew, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas BATE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Kew, Cornwall | ||
| John BAWDEN | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Blisland, Cornwall | |
| John BECKHAM | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | Lanivet, Cornwall | |
| John BENNETT | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | |
| Emma BLAKE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| Emma BLAKE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Endellion, Cornwall | ||
| Susan BLAKE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Egloshayle, Cornwall | ||
| George BOWDEN | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Looe, Cornwall | |
| John BRAY | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ostler | Bodmin | |
| Louisa BREWER | 1 | F | Inmate | St Endellion, Cornwall | |||
| James BROWN | 1 | F | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Louisa BROWN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Kew, Cornwall | ||
| Sarah Jane BROWN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Kew, Cornwall | ||
| Sarah BROWN | M | 36 | F | Inmate | St Teath, Cornwall | ||
| William BROWN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | St Endellion, Cornwall | |
| Thomas BUNNY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | St Winnow, Cornwall | |
| Mary BUNT | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Widow | Bodmin | |
| Ann BUSCOMBE | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Widow | St Minver, Cornwall | |
| Lois CALLAWAY | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| William L. CALLAWAY | 1m | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Ethel Martha CHAMPION | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| Martha CHAMPION | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| William George CHAMPION | 7m | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| William COCK | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Tin MIner | Luxulyan, Cornwall | |
| Charles COUCH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Padstow, Cornwall | ||
| John Henry COUCH | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Padstow, Cornwall | ||
| Louisa COURTS | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | St Winnow, Cornwall | |
| Joseph COWLING | U | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| Temperance CRADDOCK | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Widow | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| Mary DINGLE | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Widow | Bodmin | |
| Clara DYER | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | St Minver, Cornwall | |
| Richard EDE | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Blisland, Cornwall | |
| George Exel EDWARDS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Ernest GLANVILLE | 6m | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Jane GLANVILLE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| William GOULD | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Tinker | Wear Gifford, Devon | |
| Sarah GOYEN | W | 88 | F | Inmate | Widow | Bodmin | |
| Matthew GROWDEN | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Wood Ranger | Bodmin | |
| Jane HALEY | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Widow | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | |
| Selina HARRIS | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| Thomas HARRIS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Mabyn, Cornwall | ||
| Samuel HAWKE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | St Endillion, Cornwall | |
| Sarah HEARD | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | St Winnow, Cornwall | |
| Polly HICK | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Lanhydrock, Cornwall | ||
| Alfred HILL | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | |
| Samuel HOARE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Thomas HOARE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Annie JONES | 1 | F | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Elizabeth Ann JONES | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Kew, Cornwall | ||
| Susan JONES | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| Edward JOY | 7 | M | Inmate | Blind 6 Weeks From Birth | Gosport, Hampshire | ||
| Lucy JOY | W | 30 | F | Inmate | No Calling | Blisland, Cornwall | |
| William Henry KEAST | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Warleggan, Cornwall | |
| Millicent KEAT | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | |
| Susan KEAT | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Devonport, Devon | |
| Jane KELLOW | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| Charles KELLY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lanlivery, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas KELLY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lanlivery, Cornwall | ||
| George KENNEDY | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Callington, Cornwall | |
| Ann KNIGHT | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Blind | St Minver, Cornwall | |
| James LAWRY | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| Tabitha LAWRY | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| Edith MARK | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Luxulyan, Cornwall | ||
| William P. MARK | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Luxulyan, Cornwall | ||
| Philip MARKS | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Luxulyan, Cornwall | |
| Anna Maria MASTERS | 2 | F | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Harriet MASTERS | 1 | F | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Mary Ann MASTERS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | Endellion, Cornwall | |
| Susan MASTERS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Endellion, Cornwall | |
| William James MASTERS | 3m | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Edith MAY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| Henry MAY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wales | ||
| Isaac MILLETT | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Clay Labourer | Luxulyan, Cornwall | |
| Robert MULLIS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| John PEARCE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bristol, Gloucester | ||
| Theodore PEARSE | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Bodmin | |
| Ann PHILLIPPS | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Widow | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| Henry PHILLIPPS | 1 | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| John PHILLIPPS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | ||
| Millicent PHILLIPPS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas PHILLIPPS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | ||
| William T PHILLIPPS | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | ||
| Albert POLKINGHORNE | 10m | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Rebecca POLKINGHORNE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Egloshayle, Cornwall | |
| Stephen POMROY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Warleggan, Cornwall | ||
| Annie RETALLICK | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| Archibald RETALLICK | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lanivet, Cornwall | ||
| Bernard RETALLICK | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| Harriet RETALLICK | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | Lanivet, Cornwall | |
| Henry RETALLICK | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lanivet, Cornwall | ||
| Marwood RETALLICK | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lanivet, Cornwall | ||
| Mary RETALLICK | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Lanivet, Cornwall | |
| George ROSCORL | 1 | M | Inmate | Bodmin | |||
| Maud ROSCORL | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Columb, Cornwall | ||
| Sarah ROSCORL | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bodmin | |
| Ann ROWE | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Luxulyan, Cornwall | |
| David SANDY | W | 54 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Lanivet, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth STEER | U | 86 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Endellion, Cornwall | |
| Jane THOMAS | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Tudy, Cornwall | |
| John TRELOAR | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lanivet, Cornwall | ||
| Jane TRUAN | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Green Grocer | Bodmin | |
| William TRYHALL | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Tin Miner | Bodmin | |
| Edward TUCKER | M | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Bodmin | |
| Susan TUCKER | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Wife Of General Labourer | Lostwithiel, Cornwall | |
| John VARCOE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Restormel, Cornwall | |
| John WARNE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag La | St Minver, Cornwall | |
| Anna WORDEN | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | St Kew, Cornwall | |
| Emma WORDEN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bodmin | ||
| William John WORDEN | 1 | M | Inmate | Bodmin |
Total residents: 120
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