1881 Census: Residents of Guisborough Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John HAYSMAN | M | 41 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Sevenoaks, Kent | |
| Mary HAYSMAN | M | 37 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Kings Lynn, Norfolk | |
| Emily HOWELL | U | 21 | F | Visitor | Dressmaker (Nurse) | Bristol, Somerset | |
| Mary RADGE | U | 24 | F | Serv | Industrial Trainer Dressmaker (Nurse) | Guisbro, York | |
| John CONNELL | W | 51 | M | Serv | House Porter | Stockton, Durham | |
| Jane GLADSTONE | W | 57 | F | Serv | Head Nurse | Staithes, York | |
| Mary ONSLOW | W | 44 | F | Serv | Cook Domestic Serv | Spooley, Shropshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Charles ALFORD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eston, York | ||
| John ALFORD | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eston, York | ||
| John ALLEN | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stockton, Durham | |
| John ALVIS | U | 22 | M | Tramp | Sailor | Bristol | |
| Clara ANDREW | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| George BAKER | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Painter | Guisbro, York | |
| Sarah BATES | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | N K | ||
| Hannah M. BECKWORTH | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Guisbro, York | |
| Robert BROWN | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Formerly Groom | Burton On Trent, Stafford | |
| Annie BUNN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesbro, York | ||
| Benjamin BUNN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitby, York | ||
| Caroline BUNN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesbro, York | ||
| Emily BUNN | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesbro, York | ||
| Charles BUXTON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stockton, Durham | ||
| Isaac BUXTON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eston, York | ||
| Sarah CAMBY | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Kitchenmaid Domestic Serv | Hinderwell, York | |
| Robert CAPPS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Warham, Norfolk | |
| Joseph CARTER | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab In Iron Works | Skelton, York | |
| Thomas CARTWRIGHT | W | 60 | M | Inmate | General Lab (No Occ) | Turpmereton, Stafford | |
| Moses CHACE | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Lab In Iron Works | Tundford, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth CLIFF | 2m | F | Inmate | Guisbro, York | |||
| Hannah CLIFFE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Serv | Stafford | |
| Andrew COBBING | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab In Iron Wks | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Lucy A. COBBLEY | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Seaton, Rutland | |
| Annie COBLEY | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Carlin How, York | ||
| Arthur COBLEY | 11m | M | Inmate | Carlin How, York | |||
| Edward COBLEY | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| Robert COBLEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| Margaret COLES | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dressmaker | Scotland | |
| David COOK | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Groom (8) | Loftus, York | |
| John G. DEAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Maston, Wales | ||
| Ann DOBBIN | W | 48 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Sunderland | |
| George DYSON | U | 69 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Huddersfield, York | |
| George ELCOAT | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| John ELCOAT | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Skelton, York |
| Thomas ELCOAT | U | 24 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile | Yeaton, York |
| Jane EMMERSON | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Serv | Cumberland | |
| Margaret EMMERSON | 5m | F | Inmate | Guisbro, York | |||
| Robert ESTON | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Guisbro, York | |
| Charles FISHER | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Painter | Bath Summwater | |
| William FOSTER | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | Wilton, York |
| Thomas GARRITY | U | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Durham, Durham | |
| Edward GIBSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| John GIBSON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| Thomas GIBSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| Joseph GOBLEY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Loftus, York | ||
| Charles HALLS | U | 43 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Rushby, Suffolk | |
| John HAMMOND | W | 73 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| Annie HANDISIDES | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Hannah HANDISIDES | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Guisbro, York | |
| Mary HANDISIDES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Benjamin HARRISON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| Joseph HARRISON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Formerly Fisherman | Landend, York | |
| Mary J. HARRISON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Boosbeck, York | ||
| John HARTLEY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Durham, Durham | |
| Thomas HEPTON | U | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Skelton, York | |
| Mary HINCHCLIFT | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Kitchenmaid Domestic Serv | Guisbro, York | |
| Dinah HOGGART | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Serv | Lofthouse, York | |
| John HOOLEY | U | 32 | M | Tramp | General Lab | Manchester | |
| Elizabeth HOWE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| John HOWSWITH | W | 31 | M | Tramp | Painter | Salford, Lancashire | |
| Mary A. JESSOP | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | ||
| Frank KETTLEWOOD | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | York, York | |
| Thomas KING | M | 36 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Ormesby, York | |
| William KING | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brotton, York | ||
| Charles KRATOCHWELL | U | 29 | M | Tramp | Sailor | France | |
| Arthur LONSDALE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leeds, York | ||
| George MATTHEWS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Painter | Scotland | |
| Mary A. MC CARTHY | W | 48 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Yearby, York | |
| James MC INTER | U | 33 | M | Tramp | General Lab | Newry, Ireland | |
| Philip MC INTYRE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | General Lab (No Occ) | Ireland | |
| John MITCHELL | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rosendale, York | ||
| Henry MUDDERMUD | 14m | M | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Mary A. MUDDERMUD | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Basket Maker | Northampton, Northampton | |
| Mary NINKS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stocton, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth OLD | 2m | F | Inmate | Guisbro, York | |||
| Mary J. OLD | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | ||
| Benjamin PARKER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Stonemason | Blackburn, Lancashire | |
| Edward PAYNE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Lab In Iron Works | Weston, Huntingdon | |
| William PEARCE | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Thomas POTTER | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wilton, York | ||
| Samuel POVEY | U | 26 | M | Tramp | General Lab | Wanlage, Berkshire | |
| Elizabeth RAPIER | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | York | |
| Emily RHODES | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Harriet RHODES | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Norfolk | ||
| Susan RHODES | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Serv | Norfolk | |
| Hannah RICHARDSON | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Francis ROBINSON | W | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hewerth, Durham | |
| Bessie SEATON | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Kitchenmaid Domestic Serv | Guisbro, York | |
| Elizabeth A. SEATON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Margaret SEATON | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Jesse SHUTE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Devon | |
| Robert SMITH | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Easedon, Northumberland | |
| Robert SMITH | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Sedgfield, Durham | |
| Sarah SOLITT | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Buckthorpe, York | |
| William SOLITT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | York, York | ||
| Harriet SOLLITT | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Loftus, York | ||
| Louisa SOLLITT | 10m | F | Inmate | Northallerton, York | |||
| Margaret SOLLITT | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Loftus, York | ||
| Mary A. SOLLITT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fridythorpe, York | ||
| Frederic STEELE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eston, York | ||
| Thomas STEPHENSON | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Groom(8) | Easington, Durham | |
| John TELFORD | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Formerly Baker | Scotland | |
| James THOMPSON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Painter | Scotland | |
| Tomason THOMPSON | U | 77 | F | Inmate | N K | Blind | Redcar, York |
| Sarah TOMLIN | M | 53 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Norfolk | |
| John VICKERS | U | 40 | M | Tramp | General Lab | Skipton, York | |
| Sarah VICKERY | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Rosendal, York | |
| Henry WALKER | U | 36 | M | Tramp | Shoemaker | Northampton | |
| Jackson WALLACE | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Whitby, York | |
| James WEST | W | 40 | M | Tramp | General Lab | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth WILSON | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Scotland | |
| John WILSON | U | 36 | M | Tramp | Painter | St Mary, Scotland | |
| William WILSON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Scotland | |
| Hannah WINTER | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guisbro, York | ||
| Mary WINTER | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Imbecile | Guisbro, York |
| William WOLF | U | 49 | M | Tramp | General Lab | Worsell, Stafford |
Total residents: 124
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