1881 Census: Residents of Congleton Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Tom GRIFFIN | M | 37 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Mun) | ||
| Eliza GRIFFIN | M | 37 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Horshay, Shropshire | |
| Thomas PEOVER | M | 65 | M | Officer | Porter Of Workhouse | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| William RUTHERFORD | U | 21 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster Workshouse | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Julia MURRAY | U | 22 | F | Officer | School Mistress Workhouse (Music) | London, Middlesex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| James ALTMAN | M | 40 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Barthomley, Cheshire | |
| Aubery BAILEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | Buglawton, Cheshire | ||
| James BAILEY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Astbury, Cheshire | |
| Percy BAILEY | 11 | M | Inmate | Nill | Buglawton, Cheshire | ||
| Sidney BAILEY | 13 | M | Inmate | Nill | Buglawton, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas BALL | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Buglawton, Cheshire | |
| William BALL | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Boatman (Barge) | Coppenhall, Cheshire | |
| Charles BARBER | U | 54 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Imbecile | Congleton, Cheshire |
| Thomas BARBER | U | 41 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Brentwood, Essex | |
| Joseph BENNETT | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | West Derby, Lancashire | ||
| Mary BENNETT | 9 | F | Inmate | Nill | West Derby, Lancashire | ||
| Mary BENNETT | W | 46 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Brereton, Cheshire | |
| Walter BENNETT | 3 | M | Inmate | Nill | Arclid, Cheshire | ||
| Jane BENTLEY | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Crewe, Cheshire |
| George BESWICK | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Imbecile | Congleton, Cheshire |
| Elizabeth BILLINGE | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Odd Rode, Cheshire | |
| Charles BILLINGTON | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| William BIRTLES | 7 | M | Inmate | Nill | Odd Rode, Cheshire | ||
| John BLOOR | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Joseph BOOTH | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth BOSSONS | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Belfast, Ireland | |
| Joseph H. Y. BOSSONS | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Mary E. BOSSONS | 2 | F | Inmate | Nill | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Susan BOSSONS | 6 | F | Inmate | Nill | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Thomas BRERETON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wydenbury, Cheshire | |
| Susanah BROWN | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| Charles BROWNSETT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Alsager, Cheshire | |
| George BUCKLEY | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Odd Rode, Cheshire | |
| Samuel BUTTON | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Silk Throster | Winsford, Cheshire | |
| Richard CAPPER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Elton, Cheshire | |
| Mary CARRINGTON | U | 41 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Patricroft, Lancashire | |
| Charles COBBE | 9 | M | Inmate | Nil | |||
| Frank COBBE | 7 | M | Inmate | Nill | |||
| Mary COFFIN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | London, Middlesex | |
| Ellen CONLAN | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Astbury, Cheshire | |
| Michail CONNOR | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Sophia COOK | U | 68 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Imbecile | Sandbach, Cheshire |
| Thomas COTTERELL | W | 44 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Imbecile | |
| Henry CROUTHER | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Blackburn, Lancashire | |
| Elenor CULLUM | U | 20 | F | Officer | Cooke Dom | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Daniel CURTIS | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | Sandbach, Cheshire | ||
| Joseph DAVENPORT | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Slater | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Martha DAVENPORT | U | 55 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Swettenham, Cheshire | |
| Thomas DAVENPORT | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Imbecile | Congleton, Cheshire |
| William DAVIES | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver | Middlewich, Cheshire | |
| Margery DEAN | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Thomas DEBORS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Madeley, Stafford | |
| William DEBORS | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Weston, Cheshire | |
| William FORSTER | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Swettenham, Cheshire | |
| Peter GEE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Joseph GRANGER | 6 | M | Inmate | Nil | Cranage, Cheshire | ||
| Annie GREGORY | 8 | F | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| George GREGORY | 7 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas GREGORY | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Marine Store Dealer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Henry GRINDLEY | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Thomas HAMBLETON | 11 | M | Inmate | Nill | Biddulph, Cheshire | ||
| George HAMMERSLY | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Leek, Stafford | |
| Daniel HARKER | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Dunstall, Oxford | |
| Mary A. HORTON | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Cook | ||
| William HULME | W | 82 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Gawsworth, Cheshire | |
| Jonathan HUNT | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Bricksetter Laborer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Fanny JACKSON | 5 | F | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| William JACKSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | Imbecile | ||
| Frank JEFFS | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Imbecile | Congleton, Cheshire |
| Rosannah JOYSON | U | 18 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Bradwall, Cheshire | |
| Ann KEY | M | 53 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Mary KEY | U | 32 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| George KIRKHAM | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Stafford | |
| Thomas LANCASTER | U | 69 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Imbecile | |
| John LARGE | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Imbecile | Congleton, Cheshire |
| David LEA | U | 60 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Somerford Booths, Cheshire | |
| Ellen LEA | 4 | F | Inmate | Nill | Sandbach, Cheshire | ||
| Jane LEA | 3 | F | Inmate | Nill | Sandbach, Cheshire | ||
| Sarah LEA | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Imbecile | Sandbach, Cheshire |
| Mary LEESE | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Housewife | ||
| James LEWIS | U | 39 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Mow Cop, Cheshire | |
| Ann LOCKETT | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Grocer | Leftwich, Cheshire | |
| Peter LONG | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Louth, Ireland | |
| John LOWE | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Florence MADDOCK | 4 | F | Inmate | Nill | Elton, Cheshire | ||
| Isaac MAKELIN | 14 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Harriett MANLEY | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Servant | ||
| Jabez MASSEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Silk Spinner | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| James MATTHIR | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Haslington, Cheshire | |
| John MC GARRY | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Silk Throster | Macclesfield, Cheshire | |
| James MC VOY | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Ireland | |
| Maria MC VOY | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Shoe Binder | Elton, Cheshire | |
| Thomas MEE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Goostrey, Cheshire | |
| Matilda MILLWARD | W | 34 | F | Inmate | Silk Winder | Taverston, Somerset | |
| Adam MITCHELL | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Buglawton, Cheshire | |
| John MOORE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Alsager, Cheshire | |
| Annie MORRIS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | General Servant | ||
| Charlotte Ann MORRIS | 1m | F | Inmate | Arclid, Cheshire | |||
| Mary MOSLEY | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Elton, Cheshire | |
| Winifred MURRAY | M | 65 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Imbecile | Sligo, Ireland |
| James NEWTON | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Cranage, Cheshire | |
| Mathew NEWTON | W | 67 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Stone, Stafford | |
| George NICHOLSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Moorhouse, York | |
| Ellen NORBURY | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Housewife | Brereton, Cheshire | |
| Thomas OLDCROFT | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Harriet PECKEN | M | 55 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| William PLANT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Green Bank, Stafford | |
| James POOLE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Richard POTTS | U | 49 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Imbecile | Church Hulme, Cheshire |
| William POYNTON | 9 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Martha PRICE | 8 | F | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Mary PRICE | 10 | F | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Sarah PRICE | 12 | F | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Ellen PRINCE | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Silk Winder | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Mary RAVENSCROFT | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Nill | Imbecile | Wheelock, Cheshire |
| James REEVES | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Lydia ROBERTS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Machinist ... | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Anne ROWLEY | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Mow Cop, Cheshire | |
| Annie ROWLEY | 12 | F | Inmate | Nill | Astbury, Cheshire | ||
| Elizabeth RUSHTON | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Sandbach, Cheshire |
| Louisa RUSHTON | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| James SHAW | U | 88 | M | Inmate | Silk Throster | Twemlow, Cheshire | |
| Samuel SHAW | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Groom | Brereton, Cheshire | |
| William SHAW | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Thomas SHEPLEY | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Joiner | London, Middlesex | |
| James SHERRATT | 13 | M | Inmate | Nill | Buglawton, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas SHERRATT | 11 | M | Inmate | Nill | Buglawton, Cheshire | ||
| Enoch SHUFFLEBOTTOM | 11 | M | Inmate | Nill | Biddulph, Cheshire | ||
| Jane SHUFFLEBOTTOM | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | ||
| Hannah SIMMS | W | 42 | F | Inmate | Silk Winder | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Samuel SIMMS | 8 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas SIMMS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Silk Throster | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| George SKELLON | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Imbecile | |
| James SKELLON | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Imbecile | |
| Samuel SLATER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Fish Hawker | North Rode, Cheshire | |
| William SMALLWOOD | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Kidsgrove, Stafford | |
| Thomas STAPLETON | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Annie STATHAM | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Alderley, Cheshire | |
| Thomas STATHAM | 4m | M | Inmate | Nill | Arclid, Cheshire | ||
| Alice STOKES | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Housewife | Ashton Under Lime, Lancashire | |
| George SUTTON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Clogger | Wincle, Cheshire | |
| Mary SWAINS | 3 | F | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| George H. Y. TAYLOR | 13 | M | Inmate | Nill | Holmes Chapel, Cheshire | ||
| Mary TAYLOR | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Nill | Deaf & Dumb | Sandbach, Cheshire |
| Thomas TAYLOR | U | 40 | M | Casual | General Laborer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Harriett THORLEY | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | ||
| Henry THORNLEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Leyland, Lancashire | |
| William TOFT | 14 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| Robert TOWNLEY | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Silk Spinner | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth WAINWRIGHT | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Imbecile | Wheelock, Cheshire |
| Frederick WALLEY | U | 38 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Wheelock, Cheshire | |
| Fanny WARD | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| James WEBB | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Fustian Cutter | Mow Cop, Cheshire | |
| Charles C. WILLIAMS | 14 | M | Inmate | Nill | Congleton, Cheshire | ||
| George WILLIAMS | U | 46 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Eccles, Lancashire | |
| James WILLMOT | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Silk Throster | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Samuel YARWOOD | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Surlich, Cheshire |
Total residents: 157
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