1881 Census: Residents of Hailsham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Wm. BAUM | M | 56 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Leicester, Leicester | |
| Emma BAUM | M | 51 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Mary A. DAINES | 8 | F | Grand Daur | Scholar | Hailsham, Sussex | ||
| Alfred FAITH | M | 45 | M | Trainer | Tailor Instructor | Selsea, Sussex | |
| Clara REVES | U | 54 | F | School Mistress | School Mistress | Fittleworth, Sussex | |
| Reuben HEAD | M | 25 | M | Head | Porter | Burwash, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth HEAD | M | 23 | F | Wife | Asst Matron | Ripe, Sussex | |
| Charlotte CLOUT | W | 47 | F | Head | Nurse | Hove, Sussex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Clara A. ALLEN | 10 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Eliza ASHDOWN | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Idiot | ||
| Emily E. BAKER | 3m | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Emily BAKER | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Servant Housemaid | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| Urbin BALDY | U | 47 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Heathfield, Sussex | |
| Henry BARTHOLOMEW | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Laughton, Sussex | |
| James BENNETT | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| Albert E. BIGNELL | 3 | M | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| George BIGNELL | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Hephzibah BIGNELL | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Hailsham, Sussex | ||
| Sarah A. BIGNELL | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Laucitllo BONIFACE | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Hailsham, Sussex | |
| David BOOTHE | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Lunatic | Heathfield, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth BRAY | 1 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Frederick BRAY | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Hannah BRAY | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Mercy BRAY | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Hailsham, Sussex | ||
| Winifred BRAY | 4 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Frederick BRETT | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Wartling, Sussex | |
| Edward BURCHELL | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Herstmonceux, Sussex | |
| Robert BURFIELD | W | 49 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Laughton, Sussex | |
| Edward BURTON | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Heathfield, Sussex | ||
| Albert CARTER | 4 | M | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Clement CARTER | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Nelson CARTER | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Oscar CARTER | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Owen CARTER | M | 39 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Chiddingly, Sussex | |
| Reginald CARTER | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| John CASEY | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Hove, Sussex | ||
| Thomas CHAPMAN | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Wartling, Sussex | |
| Ernest CHRISTMAS | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Esther CLAPSON | W | 82 | F | Pauper | Hailsham, Sussex | ||
| John CLEMANT | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| Alexander COLEMAN | W | 52 | M | Pauper | Wheelwright | Ninfield, Sussex | |
| John COLLINS | U | 75 | M | Pauper | Wartling, Sussex | ||
| Stephen CORNWALL | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Warbleton, Sussex | |
| Joseph COSHAM | U | ... | M | Pauper | Brick Maker | Laughton, Sussex | |
| Jane COX | U | 62 | F | Pauper | Ninfield, Sussex | ||
| James DAVEY | W | 83 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Laughton, Sussex | |
| Drusella DAWES | U | 70 | F | Pauper | Wartling, Sussex | ||
| Edward DEACON | W | 69 | M | Pauper | ... | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| John DUNK | M | 86 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Wartling, Sussex | |
| Mary EVENDEN | W | 85 | F | Pauper | Ninfield, Sussex | ||
| Eliza FOORD | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ninfield, Sussex | ||
| Hannah FOORD | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ninfield, Sussex | ||
| James FOORD | W | 46 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Ninfield, Sussex | |
| Salina FOORD | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hove, Sussex | ||
| Sarah FOORD | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hove, Sussex | ||
| Thomas FOORD | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hove, Sussex | ||
| Caroline FUNNELL | U | 52 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Chiddingly, Sussex | |
| Henry FUNNELL | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Chiddingly, Sussex | |
| Sarah GANDER | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Herstmonceux, Sussex | ||
| George GOLDSMITH | U | 51 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Laughton, Sussex | |
| Rosa GURR | U | 15 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Jane GUY | U | 67 | F | Pauper | Chiddingly, Sussex | ||
| Lucy HUGGETT OR HAGGETT | M | 67 | F | Pauper | |||
| Henry HAYLER | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Idiot | West Dean, Sussex | |
| Edward HICKMAN | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Chiddingly, Sussex | |
| Henry HICKMAN | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Chiddingly, Sussex | |
| Jane HOAD | W | 46 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| John HOAKLEY | U | 39 | M | Casual | Seaman | Ireland | |
| William HONEYSETT | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Ninfield, Sussex | |
| George HOWLING | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hove, Sussex | ||
| John ISTED | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Lab | Hailsham, Sussex | |
| Harriet JEFFERY | U | 15 | F | Pauper | Servant Housemaid | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| Mary Jane JEFFERY | 3m | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| John JONES | W | 62 | M | Casual | Stone Cutter | Sevenoaks, Kent | |
| Barbara KEMP | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Charity KEMP | W | 34 | F | Pauper | Lewes, Sussex | ||
| Edith KEMP | 3m | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Emily KEMP | 2 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Henry KING | U | 45 | M | Casual | Bricklayers Lab | Deal, Kent | |
| Benjamin LANGRIDGE | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hartfield, Sussex | ||
| Clara LAVENDER | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hailsham, Sussex | ||
| Reuben LAVENDER | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Warbleton, Sussex | |
| Jane LEE | U | 59 | F | Casual | Woolich, Kent | ||
| Stephen LUSLEY | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Herstmonceux, Sussex | ||
| Charles MARYAN | U | ... | M | Pauper | Light Porter | Hailsham, Sussex | |
| Henry MASON | U | 44 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Bromley, Kent | |
| Alfred MAY | U | 24 | M | Casual | Bricklayers Lab | Ireland | |
| Martha MEPHAM | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Warbleton, Sussex | ||
| Thomas MEPHAM | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Warbleton, Sussex | |
| Henry MESSAGE | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Warbleton, Sussex | |
| John MILLER | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Arlington, Sussex | |
| William MITCHELL | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Catsfield, Sussex | |
| Frances NORRUS | W | 62 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Alfred PAGE | W | 78 | M | Pauper | ... | Hailsham, Sussex | |
| Ann PAGE | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Arlington, Sussex | ||
| Ann PAGE | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Chas. PAGE | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| James PAGE | W | 55 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Laughton, Sussex | |
| Louisa PAGE | U | 4 | F | Pauper | Eastbourne, Sussex | ||
| Peter PAGE | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| David ROBERTS | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Chiddingly, Sussex | |
| Charles SANDS | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Lab | Wartling, Sussex | |
| Ann SHOEBRIDGE | M | 48 | F | Pauper | Arlington, Sussex | ||
| Joseph SIMMONS | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Brighton, Sussex | ||
| John SOPER | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Biscuit Maker | Wartling, Sussex | |
| Albert STEVENS | U | 17 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Lab | Hailsham, Sussex | |
| Samuel STEVENS | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Warbleton, Sussex | |
| Eliza SWEATMAN | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Herstmonceux, Sussex | ||
| Mary A. SWEATMAN | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Thomas SWEATMAN | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Herstmonceux, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth TOMPKINS | W | 84 | F | Pauper | Burwash, Sussex | ||
| William VINE | M | 49 | M | Pauper | Cocoa Mat Weaver | Hellingly, Sussex | |
| Mary WAITE | W | 78 | F | Pauper | At Sea | ||
| George WALTERS | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Heathfield, Sussex | |
| Stephen WALTERS | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Warbleton, Sussex | |
| Eliza WENHAM | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Benjamin WHITE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chiddingly, Sussex | ||
| Edith WHITE | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chiddingly, Sussex | ||
| Mary A. WHITE | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chiddingly, Sussex | ||
| Sarah WHITLEMAN | U | 67 | F | Pauper | Laughton, Sussex | ||
| George WISHAM | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Dallington, Sussex | |
| Alice YOUNG | 4 | F | Pauper | Hellingly, Sussex | |||
| Annie YOUNG | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hellingly, Sussex | ||
| Catherine YOUNG | U | 26 | F | Pauper | |||
| George YOUNG | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ninfield, Sussex | ||
| Kate YOUNG | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ninfield, Sussex |
Total residents: 127
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