Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Liverpool Parish, Lancashire, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Ann Algar | 7 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
William Bridge | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Alice Brownbill | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Bell | 11 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Bodd | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Burton | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Brooks | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Maria Branster | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Boyle | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Nichdas Barton | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Bolas | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Alice Bootle | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Cranford | 24 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Samuel Corbett | 18 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Maria Cornwall | 15 | 0 | Ill health and partial blindness | no. |
Matthew Currie | 14 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Robert Courtier | 11 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
William Creegan | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Connor | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Catherine Corbett | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Patrick Corrigan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Campbell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Downey | 16 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Mary Davies | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Douglas | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Man Dumb | 5 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Rose Devaney | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Moses Eden | 6 | 0 | Bad leg | no. |
Laura Evans | 5 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Sarah Ellis | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Mary Foy | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Finn | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Judy Flaherty | 5 | 0 | Ill health | no. |
Ellen Fryer | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Ann Groves | 7 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Michael Gordon | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Eliza Grimes | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Margaret Hughes | 13 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Margaret Hall | 10 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
Jane Handy | 7 | 0 | Defect in speech | no. |
Ellen Hughes | 7 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
Mary Hinds | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Martha Horrocks | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Martha Howard | 6 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Sarah Hall | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Jones | 7 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Elizabeth Jones | 6 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
Ann Jones | 6 | 0 | Infirm | yes. |
Elizabeth Jones | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Jackson | 5 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Mary Jones | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Jones | 5 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
Charles Jones | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Kelly | 13 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Mary Ann Kennedy | 8 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
James Kennedy | 7 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Catherine King | 6 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Joseph Knox | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Kelly | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Jane Kelshaw | 5 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Joshua Lamb | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Elizabeth Lloyd | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Latham | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Linacre | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Lewis | 6 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Patrick Lang | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Isabella Moss | 17 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
John Miller | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Morgan | 7 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Elizabeth McGrath | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Moss | 6 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Francis Mann | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Lydia Makin | 6 | 0 | Ill health | no. |
Mary Mahony | 6 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Mary McGarby | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary McCarty | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ellen Sheen | 6 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
Mary McNeille | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Mary McGuinness | 5 | 6 | Ill health | no. |
Mary McEvoy | 5 | 3 | Infirm | no. |
Ann McCartney | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Esther McDonald | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann McGovern | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary McAvoy | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Michael Naughton | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Neale | 5 | 0 | Old age | yes. |
Mary Owens | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann O'Melia | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Rebecca Owens | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Owens | 6 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Eliza O'Neill | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Parker | 17 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Fanny Powell | 9 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Eleanor Parry | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Peers | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Phillips | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
William Parris | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
John Parkinson | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Catherine Powell | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
Esther Quirk | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Quinn | 5 | 0 | Ill health | no. |
June Roberts | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Rose Rice | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Roberts | 7 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Mary Reynolds | 7 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
Ann Rooney | 6 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Dorothy Ryan | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Margaret Roberts | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Renfrew | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Sergeant | 12 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
William Shaw | 10 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
Ann Scannell | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Southwell | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hugh Simmons | 7 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Mary Simpkins | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Ellen Sullivan | 6 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
William Smith | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
Mary Simpson | 5 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Margaret Smith | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Spencer | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
James Shields | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann Sears | 5 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
William Thompson | 12 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
John Thomas | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Margaret Toons | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Taylor | 6 | 0 | Infirm, and deformity | no. |
Margaret Thomson | 6 | 0 | Old age and deformity | no. |
Margaret Turner | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Michael Tynan | 5 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Thomas Unsworth | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Rose Wood | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Wilcox | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Jane Williams | 14 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
Mary Woods | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Wright | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Martha Winstanley | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirm | no. |
Pierce Walsh | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Ellen Wilkinson | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Margaret Williams | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Williams | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Wynn | 6 | 0 | Deformed | no. |
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