1881 Census: Residents of Perth Poorhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John STUART | M | 43 | M | Governor | Governor | Blair Athole, Perth | |
| Jessie STUART | M | 42 | F | Matron | Matron | Dull, Perth | |
| George LAIRD | U | 76 | M | Clerk | Clerk | Edinburgh | |
| James COULTER | W | 61 | M | Attendant | Linen Weaver | Dunfermline, Fife | |
| Helen ROBERTSON | U | 35 | F | Attendant | Logierait, Perth | ||
| Flora JACKSON | U | 23 | F | Cook | Teacher | Ardrishaig, Argyll | |
| Margaret SIMPSON | U | 64 | F | Nurse | Dom Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Eliza FARQUHARSON | U | 26 | F | Nurse | Dom Serv | Montrose, Forfar | |
| James COOK | M | 53 | M | Head | Gardener | Scone, Perth | |
| Helen COOK | M | 50 | F | Wife | Porteress | Forteviot, Perth | |
| David COOK | U | 15 | M | Son | Scholar | Perth, Perth | |
| James COOK | U | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Tibbermore, Perth | |
| George COOK | U | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Tibbermore, Perth | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ABERNETHY | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| Peter ADAMS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Lab | Lerwick | |
| Elizabeth ADIE | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Nil | Angus Co, Perth | |
| Jessie ALLAN | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary ARCHER | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Wife | Ayr, Ayr | |
| William ARCHER | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Perth, Perth | |
| Helen ARMSTRONG | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| James BALMAIN | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Perth, Perth | |
| William BAXTER | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab | Bankfoot, Perth | |
| Peter BAYNE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab | Blackford, Perth | |
| Grace BENNET | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| David BERRY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Perth, Perth | |
| Alexander BISSET | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Ann BLAIR | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Wife | Kettins, Perth | |
| John BLAIR | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Mason | Edinburgh | |
| Austin BOYLE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
| Barbara BUCHANAN | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| John BURNS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Lab | Blaigowrie, Perth | |
| Thomas CAIRNEY | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Sweep | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Ann CALDER | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Mary CAMERON | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| William CAMERON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Lab | Abernethy, Perth | |
| Catherine CAMPBELL | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret CAMPBELL | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Longforgan, Perth | |
| Helen CARR | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Serv | Ireland | |
| Agnes CHALMERS | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| David CHALMERS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Coachman | Perth, Perth | |
| Jane CHALMERS | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Nil | Rattray, Perth | |
| Margaret CHRISTIE | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Serv | Longforgan, Perth | |
| Thomas COLEMAN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
| William COMRIE | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Perth, Perth | |
| Jane CRICHTON | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Nil | Amulree, Perth | |
| John DAVIDSON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Dunfermline, Fife | |
| Mary DAVIDSON | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Nil | Cupar, Fife | |
| Ann DEWAR | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Serv | Abernethy, Perth | |
| Alexander DONALDSON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| George DONALDSON | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizth. DOUGLAS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Peter DOW | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Caputh, Perth | |
| George DRON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Perth, Perth | |
| Helen DUFFY | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Serv | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Thomas DUFFY | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Perth, Perth | |
| Jane DUNCAN | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret DUNCAN | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| James EASSON | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizth. FARNES | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret FARNES | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Child | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Mary FLETCHER | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizabeth FORSYTH | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Nil | Coatbridge, Lanark | |
| Grace FORSYTH | W | 32 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Donald FRASER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab | Bgowrie, Perth | |
| Edward GALLAGHAN | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Betsy GALLETLY | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| David GALLETLY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Errol, Perth | |
| Jane GALLETLY | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| John GALLETLY | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| William GALLETLY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab | Monzie, Perth | |
| Robina GALLOWAY | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| Brian GARVEY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
| Thos. GAVIN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Lab | Ireland | |
| Andrew GENTRY | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Ann GILMOUR | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| James GLEN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Alexander GORRIE | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Heckler | Abernyte, Perth | |
| Jessie GRAY | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Jessie GRAY | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Peter GRAY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| William GRAY | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| David HARPER | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Janet HARPER | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Jessie HARPER | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| George HENDERSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kelso, Roxburgh | |
| James HERON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Serv | Lintrathen, Forfar | |
| Ann HOBSON | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizabeth HUTCHINSON | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Serv | Redgorton, Perth | |
| Ann JACKSON | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Nil | Clunie, Perth | |
| Isabella JOHNSON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Eliza JONES | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Tramp | Perth, Perth | |
| Ann KELLOCHAN | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Maggie KELLOCHAN | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Child | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Andrew KENNEDY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Blairgowrie, Perth | |
| John KENNEDY | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| Elizth. KING | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary KING | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| Richard LAING | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kingcairn, Perth | |
| Henry LAWSON | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary LEYDEN | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Serv | Ireland | |
| Cathe. LOTHIAN | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Bookbinder | Perth, Perth | |
| James LOW | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Child | Blairgowrie, Perth | |
| Jane LOW | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Alexander LOWRIE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Perth, Perth | |
| Christina MALLOCH | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| James MARSHALL | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Flaxdresser | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Jane MARTIN | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| John MARTIN | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Lab | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| James MC ARA | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| Robert MC ARA | U | 11 | M | Inmate | (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Thomas MC ARTHUR | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| Helen MC CAFFERTY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Ireland | |
| Lawrence MC CAFFERTY | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Thomas MC CAFFERTY | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Jessie MC EWAN | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizth. MC FARLANE | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret MC FARLANE | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Perth, Perth | |
| Thomas MC FARLANE | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Helen MC GILLEVRIE | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Nil | Edinburgh | |
| Daniel MC GREGOR | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary MC GREGOR | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| William MC GREGOR | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Concertina Maker | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizabeth MC KENZIE | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Nil | Abernethy, Perth | |
| Ann MC LANDERS | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Rattray, Perth | |
| Amelia MC LEAN | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| James MC NICOL | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Baker | Perth, Perth | |
| Isabella MC PHEAT | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Glencarse, Perth | |
| Ann MC PHERSON | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Cathe. MC PHERSON | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizabeth MC PHERSON | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Jane MC PHERSON | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Rose Ann MC RUDDEN | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| David MC TAGGART | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary MC TAGGART | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Alexander MC WILLIAM | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Lab | Elgin | |
| Helen Maria MELDRUM | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Artist | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Alexander MENZIES | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| James MENZIES | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Alexander MILLER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Lab | Edinburgh | |
| James MILLER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Abernethy, Perth | |
| John MILLER | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Margaret MILLER | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Perth, Perth | |
| William MILLER | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Kinnoul, Perth | |
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret MITCHELL | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret MONCRIEFF | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| William MORRISON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Lab | Dunfermline, Fife | |
| Harry MURPHY | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab | Mayo, Ireland | |
| Alexander MURRAY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Perth, Perth | |
| Agnes NICOL | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Perth, Perth | |
| John NICOL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kinnoul, Perth | |
| John NISBIT | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Robert NOBLE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Dunblane, Perth | |
| Jane PATTERSON | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Ragpicker | Perth, Perth | |
| Ann PEDDIE | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Nil | Murthly, Perth | |
| Mary Hannah PEDDIE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Brechin, Forfar | |
| Alexander PEGGIE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| George PERROT | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Carter | England | |
| David PITKCATHLY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Rope Spinner | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary QUINN | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Ireland | |
| John RAMSAY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Joan REID | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Kilspindie, Perth | |
| John RENNIE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Perth, Perth | |
| Joseph RITCHIE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Ann ROBERTSON | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Serv | Errol, Perth | |
| Ann ROBERTSON | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Outworker | Errol, Perth | |
| Catherine ROBERTSON | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Ireland | |
| David ROBERTSON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Kingkell, Forfar | |
| Georgina ROBERTSON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Isabella ROBERTSON | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| Isabella ROBERTSON | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Washer | Badenoch, Inverness | |
| Jane ROBERTSON | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Errol, Perth | |
| Jessie ROBERTSON | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Jessie ROBERTSON | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret ROBERTSON | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Marina ROBERTSON | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Mary ROBERTSON | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary ROBERTSON | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| Robert ROBERTSON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Errol, Perth | |
| John RODGER | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Stanley, Perth | |
| William ROLLO | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Slater | Kinnoul, Perth | |
| Hugh ROSS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Perth, Perth | |
| Isabella ROSS | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Alexander ROY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Perth, Perth | |
| Susan ROY | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Serv | Dundee, Forfar | |
| Christina SEATON | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Weaver | Ayr, Ayr | |
| Ann SIME | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary SIMPSON | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Ireland | |
| Jane SLATER | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Wynder | Perth, Perth | |
| Cecilia SMITH | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| James SMITH | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Lab | England | |
| Alexander SPEEDIE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Christina STEVENS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Serv | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary STEVENS | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Damhead, Perth | |
| David STEWART | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Porter | Perth, Perth | |
| Elizth. STEWART | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Nil | Clunie, Perth | |
| Agnes STRACHAN | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Edinburgh | |
| Douglas STRACHAN | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Edinburgh | |
| Elizabeth STRACHAN | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| Isabella STRACHAN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Edinburgh | |
| Martha STRACHAN | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Wife | Glasgow, Lanark | |
| David SWORD | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Mary SWORD | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Nil | Forgandenny, Perth | |
| Robert TAIT | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Perth, Perth | |
| Cathe. THOMPSON | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| John THOMPSON | M | 39 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| Marjory THOMPSON | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Perth, Perth | |
| Peter THOMPSON | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| George TYRIE | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| William WALLACE | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Lab | Kettins, Perth | |
| Robert WELSH | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Lab | Scone, Perth | |
| John WHITE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Abernethy, Perth | |
| Mary WHITE | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Sewer | Perth, Perth | |
| John WHITEHEAD | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Lab | Dumbarney, Perth | |
| John WILLIAMSON | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Greenock, Renfrew | |
| Mary WILLIAMSON | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Campbelltown, Argyll | |
| Mary WRIGHT | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Serv | Methven, Perth | |
| Mary E. WRIGHT | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Dunkeld, Perth | |
| Robert WRIGHT | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Child | Perth, Perth | |
| George WYLIE | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Carter | Newburgh, Fife | |
| Jane WYLIE | W | 42 | F | Inmate | Millworker | Perth, Perth | |
| John WYLIE | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Lab | Perth, Perth | |
| David YOUNG | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Jessie YOUNG | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Child (Scholar) | Perth, Perth | |
| Margaret YOUNG | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Nil | Perth, Perth |
Total residents: 225
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