1881 Census: Residents of Chard Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Arthur H. GRIMSEY | M | 34 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Frances S. GRIMSEY | M | 27 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (Mun) | Pewsey, Wiltshire | |
| Arthur H. GRIMSEY | 3 | M | Son | Alysham, Norfolk | |||
| Charles SUMMERS | U | 22 | M | Servant | House Porter | Coombe, Somerset | |
| George ROGERS | U | 51 | M | Servant | Industrial Trainer | Ringwood, Hampshire | |
| Ellen FOOTE | U | 41 | F | Servant | Nurse (M) | Cerne, Dorset | |
| Mary Ann SINGLETON | U | 36 | F | Servant | Industrial Trainer (Munic) | Chillington, Somerset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary Ann ADLEY | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant Pauper | Ashill, Somerset | |
| George ATKINS | U | 21 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| Edward BAGWELL | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Donyatt, Somerset | |
| Charles BAKER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Robert BAKER | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| Eli BARBER | U | 68 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | |
| William BARNES | M | 41 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Broadwinsor, Dorset | |
| William BARTLETT | U | 48 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| John BENNETT | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| William BISHOP | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker Pauper | Seavington, Somerset | |
| Ellen BROWN | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress Pauper | Cork, Ireland | |
| Edath CANNICOTT | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Bayford, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth CANNICOTT | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard Union, Somerset | ||
| Hannah CANNICOTT | M | 34 | F | Inmate (Head) | Cook Domestic Servant Pauper | Bayford, Devon | |
| George CASE | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Lunatic | Chillington, Somerset |
| Amelia CHALLICE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Imbecile | Chard, Somerset | |
| Annie CHALLICE | 16 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Henry CHALLICE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| William CHALLICE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| William CHANNING | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Idiot | Crimchard, Somerset |
| Zachariah CHICK | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Idiot | Chard, Somerset |
| Jane COLES | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Cotton Weaver Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | |
| George COLLEY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver Pauper | Hawkchurch, Somerset | |
| James COOK | W | 60 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Chaffcombe, Somerset | |
| Joseph COOK | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor Pauper | Lopen, Somerset | |
| John COOKE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | ||
| Enoch COX | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker Pauper | Winsham, Somerset | |
| Henry CRAKE | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker Pauper | Lunatic | Taunton, Somerset |
| Mark CUFF | 3 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Coombe St Nicholas, Somerset | ||
| Matthew CUFF | 3 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Coombe St Nicholas, Somerset | ||
| Sarah Elizabeth CUFF | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Coombe St Nicholas, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth DEEN | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Nurse Domestic Servant Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| Jonathan DENNING | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Yarcombe, Somerset | ||
| William DENNING | W | 61 | M | Inmate | French Polisher Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| Bertha EASTMONT | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | ||
| James FARR | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Gardener Pauper | Lunatic | Merriott, Somerset |
| Mary Jane FRAMPTON | U | 21 | F | Inmate (Head) | Housemaid Domestic Servant Pauper | Beminster Union, Dorset | |
| William FRAMPTON | 1 | M | Inmate (Son) | Pauper | Chard Union, Somerset | ||
| Sarah GALLOP | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Formerly Cook Pauper | Pool, Dorset | |
| James GILLARD | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | |
| James GILLARD | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Buckland, Somerset | |
| Alice GOODLAND | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant Pauper | Lopen, Somerset | |
| Fanny HAGGATT | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Lunatic | Crewkerne, Somerset |
| John HARP | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| James HART | 2 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | ||
| Mary HAWKER | M | 70 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| Thoms. HAWKER | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Ellen HEATHER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Emily HEATHER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Mary Ann HEATHER | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Harriet HOPKINS | W | 51 | F | Inmate | General Servant Pauper | Broadway, Somerset | |
| Thomas S. HOPKINS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Merriott, Somerset | ||
| Albert JEFFREY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard Union, Somerset | ||
| Edath JEFFREY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Laundress Pauper | Chinnock, Somerset | |
| George JEFFREY | 1 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Chard Union, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth LACEY | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Laundress Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Rebecca LARCOMBE | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Ann LAWLEY | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nurse Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| George LEAVEY | 3 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Kingstone, Somerset | ||
| William LEE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Henry LOCK | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | ||
| Matilda LOCK | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Ilminster, Somerset | ||
| Martha MARWOOD | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker Pauper | Uxbridge, Somerset | |
| John MEWETT | U | 19 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Milton, Kent | |
| Thomas MORGEN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| William MORRIS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| James MUTTER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Jane MUTTER | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Chard, Somerset | ||
| Mary Ann NEWICK | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nurse Pauper | Rotherham, York | |
| John NEWTON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Tailor Pauper | Stockland, Dorset | |
| Charles PALMER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| Edward PALMER | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| Frederick PALMER | 12 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Idiot | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Richard PALMER | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| Ann PATTEMORE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Servant Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Annie PATTEMORE | 3 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Chard Union, Somerset | ||
| James PATTEMORE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| John PATTEMORE | 1 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Chard Union, Somerset | ||
| Joseph PATTEMORE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| Mary PATTEMORE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| Simeon PATTEMORE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | ||
| Rhod PHILLIPS | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Dowlish, Somerset |
| Charles PHIPPIN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Hawkchurch, Somerset | |
| William PITTARD | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Formerly Grocer Pauper | Chard, Somerset | |
| John POTTER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Hinton, Somerset | ||
| Louisa POTTER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Hinton, Somerset | ||
| Robert RECORD | U | 18 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Tatworth, Somerset | |
| William H. ROWSELL | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Merchant Pauper | Dennington, Somerset | |
| John SAINT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Leather Currier Pauper | British Subject, Norway | |
| Henry SPILLER | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| William SQUIRES | W | 82 | M | Inmate | General Laborer Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Thomas STUCKEY | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Pauper | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Mary Ann SWEET | U | 17 | F | Inmate | House Maid Domestic Pauper | St Pancras, Middlesex |
Total residents: 100
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