1881 Census: Residents of Hartlepool Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John Pattinson HURWORTH | W | 52 | M | Master (Head) | Workhouse Master | Hutton Rudby, York | |
| John E. R. HURWORTH | U | 22 | M | Son | Railway Clerk | Kilburn, York | |
| Sarah HESELTINE | W | 42 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron | Ainderby Steeple, York | |
| Louise M. GROOM | U | 52 | F | School Mistress | School Mistress | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| James FARNABY | U | 50 | M | Serv | Workhouse Porter | Sheriff Hutton, York | |
| Ellen THOMPSON | M | 39 | F | Serv | Nurse (Sub Med) | Darlington, Durham | |
| Elizabeth PALLISTER | U | 39 | F | Serv | Cook (Dom) | Sadberge, Durham | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ABDALE | W | 61 | M | Patient | Labourer | Stranton, Durham | |
| William ALTON | U | 33 | M | Patient | Blacksmith | Stranton, Durham | |
| Rachael APPLEBY | 16 | F | Patient | Farm Servant | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| Joseph ARNISON | W | 71 | M | Patient | Shoemaker | Selah, Cumberland | |
| Catharine ASH | U | 18 | F | Patient | Housemaid (Dom) | Stranton, Durham | |
| John AUSTIN | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Throston, Durham | ||
| Sarah AUSTIN | W | 84 | F | Patient | Housemaid (Dom) | Lynn, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth BAILEY | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Patrick BONNER | 10 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Jane BOOTH | U | 19 | F | Patient | Dressmaker | Stranton, Durham | |
| Jane BOOTH | 1 | F | Patient | Stranton, Durham | |||
| Elizabeth BOYES | W | 80 | F | Patient | Ladys Maid (Dom) | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Lydia BOYES | U | 52 | F | Patient | Idiot | Redmarshal, Durham | |
| Joseph BOYLE | U | 24 | M | Patient | Blacksmith | Scotland | |
| Ann BROWN | W | 85 | F | Patient | Corbridge, Northumberland | ||
| William BROWN | M | 66 | M | Patient | Seaman | Lunatic | Selby, York |
| John BRUNSKILL | 8 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Richard BRUNSKILL | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Thomas CANNING | M | 71 | M | Patient | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Sarah CAPES | W | 62 | F | Patient | House Maid (Dom) | Lynn, Norfolk | |
| Bridget CARLEY | M | 64 | F | Patient | Ireland | ||
| Patrick CARROLL | W | 74 | M | Patient | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Ann CATLY | 10 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Charles CATLY | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Dorothy CHRISTOPHER | 1 | F | Patient | Elwick, Durham | |||
| Jane A. CHRISTOPHER | U | 23 | F | Patient | Hutton Henry, Durham | ||
| John CHRISTOPHER | 3 | M | Patient | Scholar | Elwick, Durham | ||
| George CLOKE | 7 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Samuel CLOKE | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Mary COCHRANE | W | 45 | F | Patient | B S , Gibraltar | ||
| George COLLINGS | W | 70 | M | Patient | Labourer In Shipyard (Gen) | Ireland | |
| Stephen CONNOR | W | 76 | M | Patient | Bricklayers Labourer | Ireland | |
| Agnes COOPER | W | 61 | F | Patient | House Maid (Dom) | Scotland | |
| Patrick CURLEY | M | 67 | M | Patient | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizabeth CURRY | W | 55 | F | Patient | Laundress | Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland | |
| Bridget DANBY | W | 68 | F | Patient | Servant (Domestic) | Ireland | |
| Elizabeth DAVIES | W | 61 | F | Patient | Tailoress | Radnorshire, Wales | |
| Charles DOBRILLA | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| John DOBRILLA | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Dorothy DOBSON | 14 | F | Patient | Scholar | Greatham, Durham | ||
| Joseph EVANS | W | 61 | M | Patient | Puddler | Brixton, Stafford | |
| Archbald FAIRBAIRN | W | 57 | M | Patient | Seaman | Scotland | |
| George FOSTER | M | 63 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Easingwold, York | |
| John FRANKLAND | M | 76 | M | Patient | Seaman | Whitby, York | |
| John FRANKLING | U | 38 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Stillington, Durham | |
| James FREEMAN | 11 | M | Patient | Idiot | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Francis GAFFNEY | W | 26 | M | Patient | Bricklayer | Ireland | |
| Annie GAFTEN | W | 36 | F | Patient | Darlington, Durham | ||
| Emma GAFTEN | 5 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| George GAFTEN | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Blind | Hartlepool, Durham | |
| Margaret GAFTEN | 8 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth GILL | 7 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Jane GILL | 5 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Martha GILL | 9 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Sophia GILL | 3 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Rebecca GRAY | 5 | F | Patient | Idiot | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Joseph GRIEVES | U | 27 | M | Patient | Tailor | Leeds, York | |
| Henry HANSEN | W | 62 | M | Patient | Labourer (Genl) | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Robert HARDWICK | W | 80 | M | Patient | Seaman | Whitby, York | |
| Stephen HARRISON | W | 62 | M | Patient | Fisherman | Hartlepool, Durham | |
| William HARTLENSON | W | 66 | M | Patient | Servant Groom (Dom Gm) | Newbock, Durham | |
| Francis HASTINGS | W | 56 | M | Patient | Seaman | Hartlepool, Durham | |
| Margaret HAYS | 7 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Ann HIGGINS | 3 | F | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Ann HIGGINS | M | 35 | F | Patient | Housemaid (Dom) | Ireland | |
| Cicily HIGGINS | U | 9 | F | Patient | Scholar | Sheffield, York | |
| Peter HIGGINS | 7 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth HIRST | M | 71 | F | Patient | Lunatic | Hull, York | |
| Catharine HORSLEY | W | 59 | F | Patient | Housemaid | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Thomas HOWBECK | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Robert HUGHES | U | 63 | M | Patient | Carpenter | Scotland | |
| Joseph HULL | W | 77 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Wolviston, Durham | |
| George HURWORTH | W | 65 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Gilling, York | |
| Henry HUSBAND | 10 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Thomas HUSBAND | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Peter IBBETSON | U | 49 | M | Patient | Labourer | Osmotherly, York | |
| Mary JACK | W | 70 | F | Patient | Dress Maker | Whitby, York | |
| Mary JACKSON | W | 73 | F | Patient | Confectioner | Lanchester, Durham | |
| Hannah JAQUES | W | 62 | F | Patient | Dom Housemaid | Wooler, Northumberland | |
| Edward JENNINGS | W | 66 | M | Patient | Bricklayers Labourer | Ireland | |
| John W. JOHNSON | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Richard JOHNSON | 5 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Mark JOPLING | 15 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stockton, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth LANCASTER | 12 | F | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Ellen LANCASTER | 11 | F | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| William LANCASTER | 4 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Margaret LANGSTAFF | U | 34 | F | Patient | Bp Auckland, Durham | ||
| James LENG | W | 71 | M | Patient | Carpenter | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Patrick LENNARD | U | 67 | M | Patient | Bricklayers Labourer | Ireland | |
| Thomas LEWIS | M | 43 | M | Patient | Sugar Boiler | Builth Briand (Ch...), Wales | |
| Thomas LOCKWOOD | U | 46 | M | Patient | Labourer | Scotland | |
| Edward MANN | 7 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Margaret MANN | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Arthur MARSHALL | 10 | M | Patient | Scholar | Gowdhurst, Kent | ||
| Ellen MARSHALL | W | 34 | F | Patient | House Maid Dom | Gowdhurst, Kent | |
| Kelly MARSHALL | 4 | F | Patient | Scholar | Gateshead, Durham | ||
| Lilly MARSHALL | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | Gateshead, Durham | ||
| Mary A. MARSHALL | 11 | F | Patient | Scholar | Gowdhurst, Kent | ||
| Rachael MARSHALL | 1 | F | Patient | Hartlepool, Durham | |||
| James MC DERMOTT | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Mary MC DERMOTT | M | 34 | F | Patient | Factory Hand | Thirsk, York | |
| Tom MC DERMOTT | 2 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stockton, Durham | ||
| Ann MC DONALD | W | 72 | F | Patient | Dom Housemaid | Scotland | |
| Margery MC DOUGLE | W | 58 | F | Patient | Housemaid (Dom) | Scotland | |
| Richard METCALFE | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth MILLS | 10 | F | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Edith MONTRESSOR | U | 72 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Langwathby, Cumberland | |
| Eleanor MOSSMAN | W | 85 | F | Patient | Servant Domestic | Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland | |
| Mary MURPHY | W | 64 | F | Patient | House Maid | Ireland | |
| Margaret MURRAY | 5 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Maria NELSON | U | 33 | F | Patient | Imbecile | London, Middlesex | |
| Margaret NICHOLSON | W | 69 | F | Patient | Nth Sunderland, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas PARKIN | W | 78 | M | Patient | Labourer | Ripley, York | |
| Elizabeth PYE | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | ...th, Essex | ||
| Sarah PYE | W | 6 | F | Patient | Servant Dom | ...th, Essex | |
| William REAH | U | 59 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Greatham, Durham | |
| George REEVES | 6 | M | Patient | B S , United States | |||
| John REEVES | 3 | M | Patient | Stranton, Durham | |||
| Margaret REEVES | U | 7 | F | Patient | Scholar | B S , United States | |
| Sophia REEVES | M | 27 | F | Patient | Housemaid | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Walter REEVES | 1 | M | Patient | Stranton, Durham | |||
| George RIDLEY | 7 | M | Patient | Scholar | Pocklington, York | ||
| Thomas RIDLEY | 9 | M | Patient | Scholar | Pocklington, York | ||
| Joseph ROBINSON | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Mary ROBINSON | W | 60 | F | Patient | Dom Housemaid | Bp Middleham, Durham | |
| Thomas ROBINSON | 13 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stockton, Durham | ||
| William ROBINSON | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stockton, Durham | ||
| James SAYERS | 3 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Margaret SAYERS | 6 | F | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Robert SAYERS | 13 | M | Patient | Scholar | Bp Auckland, Durham | ||
| Thomas SAYERS | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| William SAYERS | 8 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| John SCOTT | 10 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| William SEWELL | M | 34 | M | Patient | Labourer | Lunatic | Hartlepool, Durham |
| Elizabeth SHIELDS | W | 44 | F | Patient | Housemaid | Scotland | |
| Ann SIDGWICK | W | 66 | F | Patient | Servant Dom | Sedgefield, Durham | |
| James H. SMATES | 18 | M | Patient | Seaman | East , India | ||
| Henry SMITH | 12 | M | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Jane SMITH | U | 10 | F | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | |
| Janet SMITH | M | 45 | F | Patient | Servant Domestic | Hull, York | |
| John SMITH | U | 40 | M | Patient | Labourer Iron Works | Ireland | |
| William SMITH | U | 17 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | |
| John STEWART | W | 60 | M | Patient | Labourer | Ireland | |
| John THOMPSON | 11 | M | Patient | Scholar | Hartlepool, Durham | ||
| Margaret TROTTER | 7 | F | Patient | West Hartlepool, Durham | |||
| John WAINWRIGHT | M | 39 | M | Patient | Puddler | Worsley, Stafford | |
| John WALLER | U | 50 | M | Patient | Seaman | London, Middlesex | |
| Patrick WEAR | U | 45 | M | Patient | Labourer In Shipyard | Blind | Ireland |
| Amelia WELSH | 10m | F | Patient | Hartlepool, Durham | |||
| Elizabeth WELSH | U | 20 | F | Patient | Servant (Domestic) | London, Middlesex | |
| Sarah WHITEHOUSE | W | 66 | F | Patient | Dom Housemaid | Bridlington, York | |
| James WHYNN | U | 21 | M | Patient | Seaman | London, Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth WILSON | 14 | F | Patient | Scholar | Gateshead, Durham | ||
| Isabella WILSON | U | 60 | F | Patient | Cook Dom | Stockton, Durham | |
| Margaret WRAY | 13 | F | Patient | Scholar | Stranton, Durham | ||
| Peter WRIGHT | W | 75 | M | Patient | Mason | Alnwick, Northumberland |
Total residents: 163
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