1881 Census: Residents of Penzance Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James ANDREW | M | 48 | M | Head | Master Union Workhouse | St Agnes, Cornwall | |
| Jane ANDREW | M | 48 | F | Wife | Matron Union Workhouse | Redruth, Cornwall | |
| James H. ANDREW | 15 | M | Son | Scholar | Redruth, Cornwall | ||
| Frederick D. ANDREW | 14 | M | Son | Scholar | Redruth, Cornwall | ||
| John B. ANDREW | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Redruth, Cornwall | ||
| Christiana BROWN | W | 71 | F | Serv | Nurse Union Workhouse | St Dennis, Cornwall | |
| Sophia DEMELLWICK | U | 41 | F | Serv | Nurse Union Workhouse | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Johanna LAWRY | W | 35 | F | Serv | Cook Union Workhouse | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Jane Ann TUCKER | U | 26 | F | Serv | Schoolmistress Union Workhouse | Truro, Cornwall | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William BALL | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Jane BARNES | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Erth, Cornwall | |
| William BARNES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Gulval, Cornwall | |
| Alexander BARRON | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Tresco, Cornwall | |
| Samuel BAZELEY | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Mary BENNETTS | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Ludgvan, Cornwall | |
| Hannah BOASE | W | 43 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Hampstead, Middlesex | |
| Ann BRYANT | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Madron, Cornwall | |
| Jane CARBIS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Ludgvan, Cornwall | |
| William CARBIS | 1 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Uny Lelant, Cornwall | ||
| William CARE | M | 82 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Ives, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth A. CARNE | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Elizabeth J.C. CARTER | 1 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Rebecca CARTER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Morvah, Cornwall | |
| Amelia A. CHAPPELL | 10 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Towednack, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth J. CHAPPELL | 9 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Towednack, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth A. CHAPPELL | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Francis A. CHAPPELL | 1m | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Maria CHAPPELL | 3 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Uny Lelant, Cornwall | ||
| Mary E. CHAPPELL | 7 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Towednack, Cornwall | ||
| Richard J. CHAPPELL | 13 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | ||
| William J. CHAPPELL | 5 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Towednack, Cornwall | ||
| William CHARD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Ives, Cornwall | |
| John CHRISTOPHERS | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Buryan, Cornwall | |
| Ellen COLLICK | 10 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Jane CORNISH | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Marazion, Cornwall | |
| Adeline E. CURNOW | 8 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Ann CURNOW | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| William J. DALE | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Gulval, Cornwall | |
| Mary A. DAWE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| George DENNIS | M | 84 | M | Inmate (Head) | Pauper | Paul, Cornwall | |
| Grace DENNIS | M | 83 | F | Wife | Pauper | Paul, Cornwall | |
| Samuel EASTERBROOK | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth A. EDWARDS | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | |
| George FOX | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Madron, Cornwall | |
| Eliza GILBERT | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Hilary, Cornwall | |
| Mary L. GREEN | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | |
| William GREEN | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Madron, Cornwall | |
| Richard HALL | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Madron, Cornwall | |
| Thomas HALL | W | 92 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Madron, Cornwall | |
| Angelina HARVEY | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Levan, Cornwall | |
| John HARVEY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Gulval, Cornwall |
| Thomas HAWKE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Albert E. HICKS | 9 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth J. HICKS | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | |
| Annie W. HOCKING | 6 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | ||
| Celia HOCKING | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Edward HOCKING | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Kenwyn, Cornwall | |
| Edwin W. HOCKING | 9 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | ||
| Elizabeth HOLLOW | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Ives, Cornwall | |
| Annie HOSKING | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Christiana JAMES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Gulval, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth JAMES | 1 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas JELBART | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Annie JENNINGS | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Ives, Cornwall | |
| William JENNINGS | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Ireland | |
| Paul J. JEWELL | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Poole, Dorset | |
| Alice JOHNS | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Dumb, Imbecile | Ludgvan, Cornwall |
| Edith A. JULIAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Pauper | West Ham Union, Essex | ||
| Ernest JULIAN | 4 | M | Inmate | Pauper | West Ham Union, Essex | ||
| Thomas KESSELL | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Ireland | |
| Elizth. KITTO | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| George KNOWLES | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Uny Lelant, Cornwall | |
| Annie MADDERN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Sancreed, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth J. MADDERN | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | |
| Sophia A.M. MADDERN | 2 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Angelina MADDOX | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Scotland | |
| Edward MATTHEWS | 1 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Grace MATTHEWS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Buryan, Cornwall | |
| John MATTHEWS | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Paul, Cornwall | |
| John E. MATTHEWS | 8 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Margaret MATTHEWS | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Levan, Cornwall | |
| Mary Ann MATTHEWS | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | St Just, Cornwall |
| Mary MATTHEWS | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Buryan, Cornwall | |
| Priscilla MATTHEWS | 11 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Edward MAUNDER | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Truro, Cornwall | |
| John P. NICHOLAS | 10 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | ||
| John NICHOLLS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Sancreed, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth OATS | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Ludgvan, Cornwall | |
| Josiah OATS | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Ludgvan, Cornwall | |
| Samuel ODGEN | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Tresco, Cornwall | |
| Ellen OSBORNE | W | 42 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Bideford, Devon | |
| Samuel OSBORNE | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Perranuthnoe, Cornwall | |
| Elizth.Ann PASCOE | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Ludgvan, Cornwall | |
| Louisa PASCOE | 9 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | ||
| John K. PEARCE | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| John C. PRISK | 5 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Perranuthnoe, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas Henry PRISK | 10 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Perranuthnoe, Cornwall | ||
| Alice QUICK | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | St Ives, Cornwall |
| Mary RENDLE | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Grace RENFREE | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Falmouth, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth A. REYNOLDS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Harold G. REYNOLDS | 5 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance Union, Cornwall | ||
| Agnes J. RICHARDS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Mary B. RICHARDS | 3m | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | ||
| Thomas RICHARDS | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Mary ROBERTS | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Helston, Cornwall | |
| William ROWE | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Mary RUTTER | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Susan SAUNDRY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| John SECCOMBE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Luxyulian, Cornwall | |
| Hannah SEDGSMAN | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Phillack, Cornwall | |
| Ann SEMMENS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| Rosa SMITH | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Georgina S. STEVENS | 5 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | ||
| Henry STEVENS | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Gulval, Cornwall | |
| Henry STEVENS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Dumb | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Mary STEVENS | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Gwinear, Cornwall | |
| William STEVENS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Gulval, Cornwall | |
| Mary A. STOTTERN | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Dumfries, Scotland | |
| John TAYLOR | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Phillack, Cornwall | |
| Alfred TREGARTHEN | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Grace TREMBATH | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| James TRESIDDER | M | 64 | M | Inmate (Head) | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Peggy TRESIDDER | M | 63 | F | Wife | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Harriet TREVARTHEN | M | 72 | F | Wife | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Richard TREVARTHEN | M | 60 | M | Inmate (Head) | Pauper | St Erth, Cornwall | |
| Jane TREWERNE | W | 48 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Buryan, Cornwall | |
| Eliza TREYNARD | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Penz Union, Cornwall |
| Jessie VAUGHAN | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Henry VINGOE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Emily WALLIS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Dumb, Blind, Imbecile | Penz Union, Cornwall |
| Rebecca WALLIS | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Pauper | St Just, Cornwall | |
| John WARREN | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Pauper | St Ives, Cornwall | |
| Mary WATKINS | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Louisa J. WATTERS | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Penz Union, Cornwall | |
| George WEARNE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Madron, Cornwall | |
| Eliza WEBSTER | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Clerkenwell, Middlesex | |
| Mary M. WHITE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Towednack, Cornwall | |
| James WILLIAMS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Marazion, Cornwall | |
| William WILLIAMS | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Penzance, Cornwall |
| Richard WINNAN | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Uny Lelant, Cornwall | |
| Richard N. WOOLCOCK | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| William WOOLCOCK | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Gulval, Cornwall | |
| Phillis B. WORSLEY | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Buryan, Cornwall |
Total residents: 144
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