1881 Census: Residents of Goole Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George BORROWS | M | 45 | M | Head | Union ... (Munic) | Swinefleet, York | |
| Mary A. BORROWS | M | 43 | F | Wife | Matron | Howden, York | |
| Ada A. BORROWS | 14 | F | Daug | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Emily BORROWS | 7 | F | Daug | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Jane ELLIS | U | 40 | F | Nurse | Louth, Lincoln | ||
| Mary S. HILL | U | 22 | F | Assistant Matron | Hayton, York | ||
| Dixon PHILLIPSON | M | 39 | M | Porter | Reedness, York | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jane APPLETON | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Snaith, York |
| Wm. ARMITAGE | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Fluter Metal Worker | Sheffield, York | |
| Mary AUDAS | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Hook, York | |
| Alfred AYRE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cowick, York | ||
| Annie AYRE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cowick, York | ||
| Sarah AYRE | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cowick, York | |
| Agnes BANCROFT | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Airmyn, York | ||
| William BANCROFT | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Airmyn, York | ||
| John BARNES | 30 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| John BATEMAN | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Dock Labourer | Goole, York | |
| Sarah BEADELL | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Bubwith, York | |
| Annie BEAN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Hannah BEAN | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Rawcliff, York | |
| Jonathan BEAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Charles BENNETT | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Thorne, York | |
| John BENTLEY | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Kirby Moorside | |
| Wm. BENTLEY | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Hunslet, York | |
| George BICKESTON | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Rawcliffe, York | |
| Robert BRADLEY | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Goole, York | |
| Mary A. BUCHANAN | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Howden, York |
| George BURKSBANK | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Tom BURKSBANK | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Ann BYRNE | W | 32 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Bridget BYRNE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| James BYRNE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| John BYRNE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | |
| Mary BYRNE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Thomas BYRNE | 15 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Luddington, York | ||
| Walice BYRNE | 9m | M | Inmate | Goole, York | |||
| John CADMAN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Hook, York | |
| Annie CASSADY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Joseph CASSELL | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Cowick, York | |
| Charles CHAPMANN | 55 | M | Vagrants | Labourer | |||
| Mary CLARK | U | 83 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Cowick, York | |
| Wm. CLIFF | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Mariner | York, York | |
| John W. COCKSHAW | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Thos. COCKSHAW | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Thos. CONNOLLY | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Hannah COOK | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Laborer | Swinefleet, York | |
| Hannah COOK | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Rawcliffe, York | |
| James COOK | 27 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| William CROFT | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Goole, York | |
| James CURRY | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Kildare, Ireland | |
| William DAY | 29 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| George DENBY | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Rawcliff, York | |
| Michael MC DERMOTT | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Ireland |
| Enock DOYLE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Stafford | |
| Bridget DUFFEY | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Cork, Ireland | |
| James DYSON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Brick Layer | Thorne, York | |
| Ann EASTON | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Garthorpe, York | |
| Richard ELLIN | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Cowick, York | |
| Robt. FRAZER | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Frokuby, York | |
| Hannah GLOVER | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Swinefleet, Lincoln | |
| Joseph GOOD | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Fishlake | |
| Albert GOODHAND | W | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | |
| Betsy GOUGH | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Mary GOUGH | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Nancy M. E. GOUGH | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Cowick, York | |
| William GOUGH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Mary GREEN | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Laborer | Galway, Ireland | |
| Cassey GREENFIELD | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Elizth. GREENFIELD | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant | Goole, York | |
| Peter GREENFIELD | 1 | M | Inmate | Goole, York | |||
| Winnie GREENFIELD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| Mary HALL | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Gl Hawker | Rawcliffe, York | |
| William HARRISON | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Negoland, York | |
| Dinah HILL | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Goole, York | |
| Eliza HINCHCLIFFE | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Servant | Imbecile | Goole, York |
| John HINCHCLIFFE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Paull, Lincoln | |
| John HOBMAN | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Pottington, York | |
| Annie HOMES | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Livanna, Wales | ||
| Edwin HOMES | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Hook, York | |
| Fred HOMES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Livanna, Wales | ||
| Arthur HOPKINSON | 2 | M | Inmate | Goole, York | |||
| Margt. HOPKINSON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Servant | Scarborough, York | |
| Fred HORNSBY | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Goole, York |
| Betsy HUNT | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Mary J. HUNT | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| James KELLETT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Thorne, York | |
| John KELLY | 40 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| Fred LANHAM | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Boatman (Barge) | Hull, York | |
| Thomas LAWLER | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Thos. LAWRENCE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Imbecile | Pollington, York |
| Fanny LEESON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Gt Driffield, York | |
| Thomas LEESON | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pollington, York | ||
| William LEESON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Snaith, York | ||
| Henry LEWIS | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | |
| William LONGBONES | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ousefleet, York | |
| Arthur LONGBOTTOM | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Margt. LONGBOTTOM | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Sarah LONGBOTTOM | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| George LORD | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Thorne Hill, York | |
| Jane MACHIN | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Swineleet, York | |
| Mary MANGHAN | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Laborer | Mayo, Ireland | |
| Mary A. MANGHAN | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mayo, Ireland | ||
| Isaac MASON | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Lawer | Mansfield, York | |
| John MASON | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Hook, York | |
| Mary MASON | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Hook, York | |
| Samuel MIDDLETON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Swinefleet, York | |
| Hannah MITCHELL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Rawcliffe, York |
| Charles MORRISS | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Lincoln | |
| David MOSITH | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Waler | Cowick, York | |
| Emily MURPHY | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Yealding, Lincoln | |
| William NEWSOME | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rawcliffe, York | ||
| Thos. OVERTON | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Goole, Lincoln | |
| Joseph PATRICK | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Holme, York | |
| Mary A. PEARSON | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Swinefleet, York | ||
| William PENDERGAST | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Ireland | |
| Sarah PILKINGTON | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Labourer | London, York | |
| Elizabeth PLATT | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Servant | Goole, York | |
| Mary PLATT | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Thos. PLATT | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | |
| John Thos. PLATTS | 10m | M | Inmate | Labourer | Goole, Lincoln | ||
| Mary A. PLATTS | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Servant | Goole, Lincoln | |
| George PRIESTLY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Rawcliffe, York | |
| John PULMAN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Knottingley | |
| Alethia REDMAN | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Servant | Hull, York | |
| John RIDLEY | 20 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| Lucy ROBINSON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Reedness, York | ||
| Sarah A. ROBINSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Reedness, York | ||
| George SCALES | M | 63 | M | Inmate | School Master | Selby, York | |
| Emily SMITH | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| J.W. SMITH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Joseph R. SMITH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| Sarah SMITH | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Cowick, York | |
| Sarah A. SMITH | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hook, York | ||
| William SOUTHWELL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Louth, Lincoln | |
| Isaac SPARLING | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Luddington, York | |
| Sarah SPINK | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Hirst, Lincoln | |
| Charles STONES | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Garthorpe, York | ||
| Jackson STONES | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Garthorpe, York | ||
| Mary A. SUNDERLAND | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Shipley | |
| George THORN | 39 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| George TIMM | 30 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | |||
| Edward WARD | M | 93 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Snaith, York | |
| Bridget WHALAN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| John WHALAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| Mary WHALAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Goole, York | ||
| John WHITE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Fitter | Louth, Lincoln | |
| Francis WILSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Derby | |
| Martha WILSON | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Reedness, York |
| Wm. WILSON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Soldier | ||
| Edward WINN | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Imbecile | Castleford, Lincoln |
| Mary WOOD | M | 78 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Airmyn, York | |
| Wilson WOOD | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Airmyn, York | |
| Abia YOUNG | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Labourer | Howden, York |
Total residents: 153
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