1841 Census: Residents of Bolton Union Workhouse
(Reference: HO 107/535/9, f.37 p.1 to f.40 p.9)
| Surname | Chr Name | Sex | Age | Ocupation | Born in Cty | S, I, FP |
| Staff | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews | James | m | 40 | governor | Y | |
| Andrews | Hannah | f | 40 | matron | Y | |
| Green | Jane | f | 45 | female servant | Y | |
| Kay | Mary Ann | f | 40 | female servant | Y | |
| Fitton | Alice | f | 15 | Y | ||
| Hughes | James | m | 60 | assistant house surgeon | Y | |
| Flitcroft | Betty | f | 40 | nurse fever ward | Y | |
| Inmates | ||||||
| Orrel | John | m | 30 | patient weaver | Y | |
| Halliwell | Jane | f | 40 | P shopkeeper | Y | |
| Taylor | Thomas | m | 9 | P | Y | |
| Vallince | Ellen | f | 10 | P | Y | |
| Longworth | Alice | f | 7 | P | Y | |
| Davenport | Mary | f | 55 | nurse, hospital, weaver | Y | |
| Ogden | Mary | f | 65 | patient charwoman | Y | |
| Cummins | Bridget | f | 20 | P factory | I | |
| Monks | Jane | f | 60 | P winder | Y | |
| Clough | Betty | f | 40 | P weaver | Y | |
| Hilton | Mary | f | 80 | P weaver | Y | |
| Turner | John | m | 12 | P P | Y | |
| Greenhalgh | Mary | f | 10 | P P | Y | |
| Holding | Mary | f | 7 | P P | Y | |
| Yates | John | m | 70 | P tin brazier | Y | |
| Davies | Thomas | m | 60 | P shoemaker | Y | |
| Hughes | James | m | 60 | P weaver | I | |
| Bradshaw | Mary | f | 50 | Y | ||
| Butterworth | Betty | f | 30 | N | ||
| Butterworth | Thos | m | 5 | N | ||
| Butterworth | John | m | 1 | Y | ||
| Quin | John | m | 4 | Y | ||
| Heyes | Elizabeth | f | 5 | Y | ||
| Ainsworth | Thomas | m | 6 | Y | ||
| Ainsworth | Mary | f | 4 | Y | ||
| Holding | Ester | f | 1 | Y | ||
| Crompton | Margaret | f | 15 | Y | ||
| Carter | Margaret | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Bradshaw | Betsy | f | 11 | Y | ||
| Medowcroft | John | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Wallwork | Thomas | m | 65 | Y | ||
| Wallwork | Ann | f | 60 | N | ||
| Hodson | Thomas | m | 60 | Y | ||
| Yates | Ann | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Harwood | Ann | f | 65 | Y | ||
| Latham | Henry | m | 9 | Y | ||
| Fielding | Ann | f | 20 | Y | ||
| Farmer | William Henry | m | 6 | Y | ||
| Moore | Eliza | f | 2 | Y | ||
| Farrow | James | m | 14 | Y | ||
| Cunliffe | Stephen | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Taylor | Sarah | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Hollinson | Scholastier | f | 50 | Y | ||
| Pollit | Ann | f | 45 | N | ||
| Wallwork | Betty | f | 75 | Y | ||
| Blackburn | Thomas | m | 11 | N | ||
| Cartwright | Margaret | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Haslam | Sarah | f | 10 | Y | ||
| Quin | Thomas | m | 15 | Y | ||
| Blakeley | John | m | 2 | Y | ||
| Patten | Ann | f | 75 | Y | ||
| Jackson | Elizabeth | f | 30 | N | ||
| Jackson | Ester | f | 10 | N | ||
| Jackson | Hannah | f | 6 | N | ||
| Jackson | William | m | 5 | N | ||
| Jackson | Emma | f | 1 | N | ||
| Plowes | Margaret | f | 25 | Y | ||
| Taylor | John | m | 11 | Y | ||
| Potts | Mary | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Walker | William | m | 12 | Y | ||
| Bowling | Daniel | m | 60 | I | ||
| Hardman | John | m | 75 | Y | ||
| Blackburn | Alice | f | 45 | Y | ||
| Blackburn | Margaret | f | 4 | Y | ||
| Gregory | Ellen | f | 20 | Y | ||
| Gregory | Ann | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Buckley | Alice | f | 25 | Y | ||
| Buckley | Alice | f | 40 | Y | ||
| Buckley | Easter | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Holt | Mary | f | 13 | Y | ||
| Somerton | Edward | m | 5 | Y | ||
| Liptrot | Thomas | m | 10 | Y | ||
| Bennet | John | m | 15 | Y | ||
| Higham | William | m | 65 | Y | ||
| Medows | Richard | m | 35 | Y | ||
| Dearden | Peter | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Atkinson | William | m | 70 | Y | ||
| McCardie | Barny | m | 70 | I | ||
| Hunt | Peter | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Diggles | James | m | 40 | Y | ||
| Quin | John | m | 35 | Y | ||
| Brannon | Michael | m | 75 | I | ||
| Mahoney | Timothy | m | 65 | I | ||
| Harrison | Thomas | m | 80 | Y | ||
| Hart | James | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Marsh | John | m | 20 | Y | ||
| Flitcroft | John | m | 30 | Y | ||
| Boardman | William | m | 65 | Y | ||
| Leyland | Ralph | m | 75 | Y | ||
| Davenport | James | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Platt | Henry | m | 65 | Y | ||
| Smith | Richard | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Crowther | George | m | 35 | Y | ||
| Smethurst | Robert | m | 80 | Y | ||
| Smith | John | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Smith | Betty | f | 55 | Y | ||
| Smith | James | m | 6 | Y | ||
| Acres | John | m | 4 | Y | ||
| Lowe | Isaac | m | 25 | Y | ||
| Lowe | Sarah | f | 25 | Y | ||
| Lowe | Sarah Ann | f | 4 | Y | ||
| Gidman | John | m | 45 | Y | ||
| Gidman | Mary Ann | f | 35 | Y | ||
| Gidman | Nancy | f | 9 | Y | ||
| Gidman | Margaret | f | 8 | Y | ||
| Hutchinson | Ann | f | 75 | Y | ||
| Hart | Betty | f | 50 | Y | ||
| Smith | Mary | f | 60 | I | ||
| Johnson | Dorothy | f | 40 | Y | ||
| Johnson | John | m | 15 | Y | ||
| Johnson | Thomas | m | 11 | Y | ||
| Johnson | Mary | f | 8 | Y | ||
| Johnson | Peter | m | 6 | Y | ||
| Manley | Ellen | f | 40 | Y | ||
| Medows | Ellen | f | 40 | Y | ||
| Smith | Susannah | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Smith | John | m | 3 | Y | ||
| Robinson | Margaret | f | 25 | Y | ||
| Longworth | John | m | 2 | Y | ||
| O'Hara | Mary Ann | f | 20 | Y | ||
| Hilton | Martha | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Ward | Cornelius | m | 8 | Y | ||
| Heywood | Margaret | f | 55 | Y | ||
| Green | Elizabeth | f | 15 | Y | ||
| Flitcroft | Mary | f | 40 | Y | ||
| Flitcroft | Thomas | m | 8 | Y | ||
| Flitcroft | Amblet | m | 3 | Y | ||
| Thompson | Ann | f | 25 | Y | ||
| Thompson | Jane | f | 3 | Y | ||
| Thompson | Margaret | f | 1 | Y | ||
| Spencer | David | m | 13 | Y | ||
| Spencer | Ellen | f | 6 | Y | ||
| Marsh | John | m | 11 | Y | ||
| Marsh | James | m | 7 | Y | ||
| Marsh | Ellen | f | 5 | Y | ||
| Dootson | Peter | m | 4 | Y | ||
| Wilde | Alice | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Brown | Mary Ann | f | 1 | Y | ||
| Lee | Easter | f | 35 | Y | ||
| Lee | Ellen | f | 11 | Y | ||
| Lee | Betty | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Lee | Peter | m | 2 | Y | ||
| Mather | Betty | f | 50 | Y | ||
| Crook | Robert | m | 55 | Y | ||
| Makant | William | m | 80 | I | ||
| Hughes | Joseph | m | 70 | W | ||
| Watson | John | m | 80 | Y | ||
| Riley | James | m | 60 | N | ||
| Mercer | William | m | 85 | Y | ||
| Grundy | Wright | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Wilson | Robert | m | 65 | N | ||
| Eccles | Hugh | m | 45 | Y | ||
| Crook | James | m | 65 | Y | ||
| Holding | William | m | 10 | Y | ||
| Wilde | Samuel | m | 75 | Y | ||
| Hodson | Thomas | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Heyes | William | m | 60 | Y | ||
| Topping | Peter | m | 65 | I | ||
| Ramsden | James | m | 75 | Y | ||
| Hulme | Joseph | m | 65 | Y | ||
| Hodson | Jermy | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Brandwood | Joseph | m | 55 | Y | ||
| Kay | William | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Smith | David | m | 70 | I | ||
| Hughes | Thomas | m | 60 | Y | ||
| Bleakley | John | m | 55 | Y | ||
| Winward | John | m | 70 | Y | ||
| Barnes | John | m | 75 | Y | ||
| Orrel | Margaret | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Ashcroft | Marina | f | 40 | Y | ||
| Hodson | Betty | f | 45 | Y | ||
| Quin | Sarah | f | 12 | Y | ||
| Quin | Mary | f | 2 | Y | ||
| Doran | Daniel | m | 65 | I | ||
| Morris | Jane | f | 35 | Y | ||
| Reve | Betty | f | 25 | Y | ||
| Reve | Sarah | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Reve | Robert | m | 2 | Y | ||
| Dean | Thomas | m | 15 | Y | ||
| Dean | Jane | f | 15 | Y | ||
| Dean | Herbert | m | 12 | Y | ||
| Dean | Hellen | f | 7 | Y | ||
| Dean | Betty | f | 2 | Y | ||
| McDonald | Elizabeth | f | 55 | I | ||
| Smethurst | John | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Horrocks | Ralph | m | 40 | Y | ||
| Smethurst | Joseph | m | 10 | Y | ||
| Parker | John | m | 25 | Y | ||
| Birket | Thomas | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Tompson | Joseph | m | 60 | Y | ||
| Yates | John | m | 40 | Y | ||
| Cross | Joseph | m | 15 | Y | ||
| Spencer | Richard | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Johnson | William | m | 50 | Y | ||
| Thwait | Isabella | f | 60 | Y | ||
| Sholfield | Robert | m | 25 | Y | ||
| Elton | William | m | 75 | Y | ||
| McGee | Thomas | m | 75 | I |
Total residents: 205
Acknowledgement
Thanks to Peter Park for kindly contributing the above data.
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