1881 Census: Residents of Melksham Union Workhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
George CHILDE | M | 35 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Yanworth, Gloucester | |
Mary Ann CHILDE | M | 35 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire | |
Sophia CHILDE | 9 | F | Daughter | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
Charles Henry CHILDE | 8 | M | Son | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
Sarah CHILDE | 5 | F | Daughter | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
William CHILDE | 4 | M | Son | Preshute, Wiltshire | |||
George CHILDE | 2 | M | Son | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Geoffrey John CHILDE | 10m | M | Son | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Robert WARD | U | 23 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster | Denby, Derby | |
Eliza TERRY | U | 27 | F | Officer | School Mistress | ||
James Frederick KEENE | M | 26 | M | Officer (Head) | Porter In Workhouse | Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire | |
Mary Annie KEENE | M | 25 | F | Officer | Assistant To Matron | Hinton, Wiltshire | |
Amy Mary KEENE | 2 | F | Officers Daughter | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Ernest KEENE | 1 | M | Officers Son | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Elizabeth JENKINS | W | 52 | F | Officer | Nurse In Workhouse | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
Inmates | |||||||
Arthur ALDER | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Idiot | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
William ALEXANDER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Pottern, Wiltshire | |
James ALLEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Weaver Weaver | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
John ANGELL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Cork Fermoy, Ireland | |
George ASHER | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Thomas BAILEY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Foundry | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Ruth BAILY | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
James BANCROFT | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Dresser | Westwood, Wiltshire | |
George BARNES | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Dresser | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Mary Ann BARRETT | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Cook | Lunatic | N K, Somerset |
Ruth BARRETT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
William BASCOMB | U | 60 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
Henry BATTLE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Elizabeth BENNETT | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Burler | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Joseph BIGWOOD | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Water Carrier | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
James BOUCHER | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Draper | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
George BRETT | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
George BRINSDEN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | None | Rowde, Wiltshire | |
Edward BROWN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | At Sea | ||
William BROWN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Dresser | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
John BULGIN | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Sack Weaver | Lunatic | Melksham, Wiltshire |
George BULL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Spinner | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
Charles BUTCHER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Woolen Cloth Worker (Fullman) | Turley, Wiltshire | |
Joseph CARSON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Scribbler | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Rose CHAPPELL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
Thomas CHIVERS | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Annie COGSWELL | U | 17 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
Elizabeth CROOK | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Seend, Wiltshire | |
Hannah CROOK | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Blind | Yatesbury, Wiltshire |
Arthur CULLEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Portsmouth, Hampshire | ||
Florence CULLEY | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
Kate CULLEY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
Edmund DAVIS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
John DAVIS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Ruth DAVIS | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Imbecile | Melksham, Wiltshire |
Philip DEAN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
George DEVERIL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Hugh DOWLAND | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Joseph DREW | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Rowde, Wiltshire | |
John FELTHAM | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
John FISHER | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Quarryman | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
William FLOWER | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker-Weaver | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
James FRANCIS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Weaver | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
Samuel FRANKLIN | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Boatman On Canal | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Alice FREESTONE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | N K, Cambridge | |
Eliza GAY | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
Matilda GERRISH | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Cook | Freshford, Somerset | |
Sophia GREENLAND | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Emsworth, Hampshire | |
Frederick GREENWOOD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
Louisa GREENWOOD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
Hannah GREGORY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
Catherine GULLIVER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
John GUNSTONE | 2 | M | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Winifred GYE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | None | Hilperton, Wiltshire | |
Alice HANCOCK | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
Ellen HANCOCK | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
Fanny HANCOCK | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Seend, Wiltshire | ||
Henry HANCOCK | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
Mary HANCOCK | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
Sophia HANCOCK | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Cook | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Annie HARDING | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bath, Somerset | ||
Edith HARDING | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bath, Somerset | ||
Jane HARDING | M | 71 | F | Inmate | None | Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire | |
Thomas HARRIS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Confectioner | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Alexander HAWKINS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Calne, Wiltshire | |
Albert HILL | U | 16 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Westbury, Wiltshire |
Ruth HILL | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Quiller | N K, Gloucester | |
James HOOPER | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Furniture Broker | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
John HURD | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
Mary HURD | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Feeder | Semington, Wiltshire | |
Sarah HUTTON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Quiller | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Mary Ann ISGROVE | U | 37 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Lunatic | |
Stella JELF | U | 43 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Semington, Wiltshire |
Sarah JOHNSON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Schoolmistress | London, London, Middlesex | |
James JONES | 17 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
Moses JOYCE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Stone Quarryman | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Eliza KEEVIL | W | 70 | F | Inmate | None | London, London, Middlesex | |
William KEMP | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Fanny KENT | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
Albert KING | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westbury, Wiltshire | ||
Alice KING | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Westbury, Wiltshire | ||
Maria KING | U | 50 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Melksham, Wiltshire |
Prudence KING | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Piecer | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
William KING | 10m | M | Inmate | Westbury, Wiltshire | |||
Sylvia KIRTON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Shoebinder | Shepton Mallett, Somerset | |
Jane LAURENCE | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Monthly Nurse | Imbicle | |
Hannah LINSEY | W | 89 | F | Inmate | None | Ireland | |
Alfred John LOCKSLEY | 2 | M | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Elizabeth LOCKSLEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Feeder | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Frederick LOCKSLEY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semington, Wiltshire | ||
Thomas LUCAS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Southwick, Wiltshire | |
James MALTMAN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
Joseph MARCHANT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Spinner | Lunatic | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
Stephen MASLEN | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Ex Policeman General Labourer | Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire | |
Freelove MAY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Reeler | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Albert MEAD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
William MUNDAY | U | 31 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
Lucy NASH | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Fuller | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Ellen NICHOLLS | 3 | F | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Infant NICHOLLS | 1m | M | Inmate | Semington, Wiltshire | |||
Jane NICHOLLS | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
Rose NICHOLLS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent | ||
Albert NORTON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
John NUTT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Deaf & Dumb | Melksham, Wiltshire |
William Isaac NUTT | U | 16 | F | Inmate | General Labourer | N K | |
Eliza OBORNE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Woollen Cloth Worker Spinner | Avening, Gloucester | |
Elizabeth PEARCE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
Frederick PEPLAR | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
William PEPLAR | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Stephen PINNOCK | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Blind | Melksham, Wiltshire |
Mary Ann PRIDE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Easton, Wiltshire | |
Jacob PURNELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
Therza PURNELL | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | ||
John RUDMAN | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Caroline SARTAIN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hilperton, Wiltshire | ||
Frederick SIMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melksham, Wiltshire | ||
James SINGER | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Semington, Wiltshire | |
John SMART | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Brickyard | Bromham, Wiltshire | |
Harriet SMITH | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
Samuel STAPLES | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Wood Sawyer | Turley, Wiltshire | |
Tabitha TAYLER | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Mistress (School) | Lunatic | Sparkford, Somerset |
William TAYLER | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Aaron TUCKER | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Boat Builder | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
Joseph WEBB | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Boatman On Canal | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
William WESTON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Lacock, Wiltshire | |
Thomas WHITE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Seend, Wiltshire | |
Edmund WILSHERE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Radstock, Somerset | ||
George WILSHERE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Seend, Wiltshire | ||
James WILSHERE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keevil, Wiltshire | ||
John WILSHERE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Seend, Wiltshire |
Total residents: 145
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