1881 Census: Residents of St Thomas Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John MULES | M | 45 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Georgemympton, Devon | |
| Mary Sarah MULES | M | 43 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Witheridge, Devon | |
| Florence Winefred MULES | 9 | F | Daur | Scholar | Southmolton, Devon | ||
| James Blackmore MULES | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Southmolton, Devon | ||
| Edmund Wm. SCANES | U | 38 | M | Officer | School Master Of Workhouse | Ide, Devon | |
| Susannah BATER | U | 29 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse | Thorverton, Devon | |
| Mary Jane BLACKMORE | U | 31 | F | Officer | Nurse | Exeter, Devon | |
| Thomas SQUIRE | U | 29 | M | Officer | House Porter | Stoke Canon, Devon | |
| William FROST | U | 40 | M | Officer | Gardener Dom | Milford Port, Somerset | |
| Mary Ann COLE | U | 44 | F | Servt | Cook Domestic Servt | Burrington, Devon | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary ADDICOTT | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Kenton, Devon | |
| Richard ASH | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Cheriton Bishop, Devon | |
| John BADCOCK | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| Annie BAILEY | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| Elijah BAKER | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Woodbury, Devon | |
| Henry BAKER | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Pinhoe, Devon | |
| Margaret BARRETT | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Devonport, Devon | |
| Mary Ann BARRETT | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exmouth, Devon | ||
| James BERRY | U | 53 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Sarah Ann BERRY | U | 48 | F | Pauper | Blind | Exmouth, Devon | |
| Frederick BEST | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exmouth, Devon | ||
| Alice BIDGOOD | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kenton, Devon | ||
| Ellen BIDGOOD | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kenton, Devon | ||
| Louisa BIDGOOD | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kenton, Devon | ||
| Alice Ema BOLT | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exmouth, Devon | ||
| Annie Harriet BOLT | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exmouth, Devon | ||
| Jane BOLT | M | 32 | F | Pauper | Formerly Lace Maker | Blind | Knowle, Devon |
| William John BOLT | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chagford, Devon | ||
| Alice BREWER | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Colaton Raleigh, Devon | ||
| William BRIMSING | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Kenton, Devon | |
| Thomas BROWN | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Lympstone, Lancashire | |
| Samnuel Wm. BUCKLAND | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Aylesbeare, Devon | ||
| John BUCKNELL | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Budleigh Salterton, Devon | ||
| William BUCKNELL | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Budleigh Salterton, Devon | ||
| Ann BURRIDGE | U | 48 | F | Pauper | Fruit Sorter | Topsham, Devon | |
| Fanny BURTON | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Budleigh Salterton, Devon | ||
| Francis BURTON | U | 58 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Exeter, Lancashire | |
| Mary CANTERBURY | U | 27 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Topsham, Devon | |
| Ann CARPENTER | U | 51 | F | Pauper | Glover | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Charles CARPENTER | U | 28 | M | Pauper | Masons Labourer | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Mary Ann CARPENTER | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Jane CAWLEY | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Kenton, Devon | |
| William CHAMBERS | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Poltimore, Devon | ||
| Eliza CHANNING | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Housemaid Domestic | Stoke Canon, Devon | |
| Eliza CHAPMAN | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| William CLARK | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Bridford, Devon | |
| Ellen CLATWORTHY | 21 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Broadclyst, Devon | ||
| Alice Maud COLES | 1m | F | Pauper | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |||
| Elizabeth Jane COLES | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Clyst Hydon, Devon | |
| Emma Gregory COLES | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas Union, Devon | ||
| Thurza Giles COLES | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Clyst Hydon, Devon | ||
| William COLES | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Broadclyst, Devon | |
| William COLLINS | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| James COOMBES | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Rewe, Devon | |
| Emma CROSS | 11 | F | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |||
| William CROSS | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Nether Exe, Devon | |
| John DALKING | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Whitstone, Devon | |
| Frederick DAVEY | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Whimple, Devon | ||
| Henry DAW | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Imbecile | Ide, Devon |
| Courtenay DAWSON | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Basket Maker | Dalwood, Devon | |
| Mary Ann ELLARD | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | London, Middlesex | |
| Grace ELLIOT | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Formerly Cook | Crediton, Devon | |
| Jane ELLIS | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Formerly Farm Servt | Bridford, Devon | |
| Henry ELSON | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Baker | Littleham, Devon | |
| Edith ENDACOTT | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas Union, Devon | ||
| William Hy. ENDACOTT | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas Union, Devon | ||
| Eliza FORD | U | 75 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Sidney FRANCIS | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Topsham, Devon | ||
| James GALE | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Kenn, Devon | |
| William GALE | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Tin Plate Worker | Brittish Subject, Madeira, Portugal | |
| Thomas GAWSLAND | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | South Tawton, Devon | |
| Dormer GEORGE | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Miller | Christow, Devon | |
| Peter GILLARD | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Eliza GLANVILE | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Poltimore, Devon | |
| Robert GOLDSWORTHY | 1 | M | Pauper | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |||
| William GRANT | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Shobrooke, Devon | |
| Dinah HALL | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Idiot | London, Middlesex | |
| William HALSE | 44 | M | Pauper | Mason | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| John HARDING | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Ottery St Mary, Devon | |
| John HARRIS | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Nether Exe, Devon | |
| Ellen HAYNES | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Formerly Lace Maker | Exmouth, Devon | |
| Hall Upcott HENRY | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Commercial Traveller | Budleigh Salterton, Devon | |
| Harriet HILL | M | 43 | F | Pauper | Formerly Lace Maker | Exmouth, Devon | |
| Georg HOOPER | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Withycombe, Devon | |
| Dinah HORN | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Tedburn St Mary, Devon | |
| Emily IRELAND | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| Lucy IRELAND | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth ISAAC | U | 37 | F | Pauper | London, Middlesex | ||
| Hilman JOHN | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Rope Maker | Topsham, Lancashire | |
| Ann KEMBLE | U | 76 | F | Pauper | Tedburn St Mary, Devon | ||
| William KENNICOTT | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Bridford, Devon | |
| George LAKE | 14 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth J. LAMACRAFT | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Christow, Devon | |
| Sarah Jane LAMACRAFT | 2m | F | Pauper | Christow, Devon | |||
| Charles LANE | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Susan LANG | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Formerly Ladysmaid | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| John LEDGER | M | 59 | M | Pauper | Butler | Kenn, Devon | |
| Eliza LEE | W | 75 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Mary LEMON | U | 78 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Lympstone, Lancashire | |
| Henry MADDICKS | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Topsham, Devon | |
| Jane MADDICKS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Heavitree, Devon | ||
| William MADDICKS | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heavitree, Devon | ||
| Dorcas MAINKER | U | 31 | F | Pauper | East Budleigh, Devon | ||
| Mathew MANN | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Kenn, Devon | |
| Henry MAYNE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Topsham, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth MCLAREN | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exmouth, Devon | ||
| Sarah MCLAREN | W | 49 | F | Pauper | Formerly Milliner | Exmouth, Devon | |
| Jane MCLAY | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Formerly Lace Maker | Exmouth, Devon | |
| Mary Ann MEDWAY | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Christow, Devon | |
| John MELHUISH | W | 49 | M | Pauper | Rope Maker | Topsham, Lancashire | |
| George MILES | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heavitree, Devon | ||
| Richard MILFORD | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Imbecile | |
| William MILLER | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Weymouth, Devon | ||
| Mary MILLS | U | 79 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Honiton Clyst, Devon | |
| George MOOR | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| William MOOR | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| Arthur MOORE | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Topsham, Devon | |
| Charlotte OTTON | W | 83 | F | Pauper | Rag Sorter At Paper Mills | Exeter, Devon | |
| Thomas PARSONS | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Broadclyst, Devon | |
| John PATEY | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Pinhoe, Devon | |
| John PEARSON | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Kenn, Devon | |
| John PENNINGTON | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Truro, Cornwall | |
| Mary J. PERKINS | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| William PHILLIPS | U | 38 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Exeter, Devon | |
| William PILE | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Woodbury, Devon | |
| Thomas POWSLAND | M | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Woodbury, Devon | |
| Elizabeth PRICE | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Stoke Canon, Devon | ||
| Sarah PRICE | U | 35 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Stoke Canon, Devon | |
| Thomas PRICE | U | 36 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Stoke Canon, Devon | |
| William PRICE | 76 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| Harriett PUNCHARD | M | 40 | F | Pauper | Formerly Housmaid | Bicton, Devon | |
| George PYKE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Budleigh Salterton, Devon | ||
| George RICHARDS | W | 53 | M | Pauper | Butcher | Exmouth, Devon | |
| James RICHARDS | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Martha RICHARDS | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Frederick RIDGWAY | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Honiton Union, Devon | ||
| Richard ROWLAND | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Whimple, Devon | |
| William RUSSELL | M | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Stoke Canon, Devon | |
| Thomas SATTERLEY | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas Union, Devon | ||
| William SAUNDERS | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Clyst Hydon, Devon | |
| Mary Jane SELDON | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Farm Servt | Exminster, Devon | |
| Samuel SELDON | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exminster, Devon | ||
| Thomas SELDON | 1 | M | Pauper | Exeter St Thomas Union, Devon | |||
| William SELDON | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exminster, Devon | ||
| John SELLICK | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Colaton Raleigh, Devon | |
| William SHORT | M | 80 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Exbourne, Devon | |
| Charlotte SYMES | U | 42 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Broadclyst, Devon | |
| Charles TARR | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| Eliza TARR | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Idiot | East Budleigh, Devon | |
| Mary TARRANT | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Formerly Nurse | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| Rhoda THOMAS | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| William TOTHILL | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heavitree, Devon | ||
| Thomas TOWELL | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Kenton, Devon | |
| Albert TOZER | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Aylesbeare, Devon | ||
| Annie TOZER | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ashburton, Devon | ||
| Florence Rachel TOZER | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| Frederick TOZER | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Dawlish, Devon | ||
| Lucy TOZER | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Aylesbeare, Devon | ||
| Samuel TOZER | M | 35 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Rockbeare, Devon | |
| Samuel TOZER | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ashburton, Devon | ||
| Webber TOZER | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Brick Maker | Withycombe Raleigh, Devon | |
| James UPRIGHT | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Sawyer | Crediton, Devon | |
| William VINNACOMBE | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Falmouth, Cornwall | |
| Jane VOYSEY | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter, Devon | ||
| Mary Ann VOYSEY | W | 47 | F | Pauper | General Servant | Crediton, Devon | |
| Charles WARE | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Broadclyst, Devon | ||
| Ellen WARE | U | 44 | F | Pauper | Alphington, Devon | ||
| Thurza WARREN | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Ashcombe, Devon | ||
| William WARREN | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | |
| John WEST | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Kenton, Devon | |
| Henry WESTACOTT | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Woodbury, Devon | ||
| Frederick C. WHEAR | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter St Thomas, Devon | ||
| Thomas WILKEY | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Alphington, Devon | |
| Caroline WINTER | M | 66 | F | Pauper | Formerly Laundress | Exeter, Devon | |
| John WINTER | M | 78 | M | Pauper | Coppersmith | Exeter, Devon | |
| John WOOD | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labr | Cruwys Morchard, Devon | |
| Ann WRIGHT | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Rag Sorter At Paper Mills | Broad Clyst, Devon |
Total residents: 177
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