1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Bannerock Street, Tavistock
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Major H. SOLLOWAY | M | 36 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Union Workhouse | Windsor, Berkshire | |
| Mary I. SOLLOWAY | M | 37 | F | Matron (Wife) | Matron Of Union Workhouse | Tavistock | |
| Charles MAY | U | 20 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster Of Union Workhouse | Stoke, Devon | |
| Elizabeth T. WYATT | U | 31 | F | Officer | Nurse Of Union Workhouse | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Marian BATE | U | 27 | F | Officer | Industrial Wainer (Munic) | Tavistock | |
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| Thomas HORE | M | 57 | M | Head | Porter At Union & Shoemaker | Highweek, Devon | |
| Mary HORE | M | 66 | F | Wife | Totness, Devon | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Robert ANDREWS | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Farmer | Horrabridge, Devon | |
| Frederick ARSCOTT | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| William ARSCOTT | U | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| Jonathan ARTHURS | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Farmer | Tavistock | |
| John ASH | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Kingsbridge, Devon | |
| John AXFORD | W | 58 | M | Pauper | Copper Miner | Peter Tavy, Devon | |
| Edwin BALL? | 6m | M | Pauper | Tavistock | |||
| John BARLEY | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Stone Breaker | Brenton, Devon | |
| George BARRY | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cornwall | ||
| Mary A. BEER | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Calstock, Cornwall | ||
| Richard H. BEER | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Calstock, Cornwall | ||
| Thyrsa BEER | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Calstock, Cornwall | ||
| George BLACKMAN | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatham, Kent | ||
| Louisa BLACKMAN | M | 29 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv Housemaid | Milton Abbot, Devon | |
| Thomas H. BLACKMAN | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Athlone, Ireland | ||
| Henry BLANCHARD | M | 55 | M | Pauper | Currier & Leather Seller | Tavistock | |
| Alfred BLOYE | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Elizabeth A. BOWDEN | W | 35 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Lywardreath, Cornwall | |
| John BOWDEN | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Calstock, Cornwall | ||
| Lucy BOWDEN | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Imbecile | Meavy, Devon |
| Rosina BOWDEN | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Tavistock | ||
| Amos BRAILY | U | 18 | M | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Tavistock |
| James BREALEY | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Mary Tavy, Devon | |
| Richard BURLEY | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Tavistock | |
| Amelia CAMPBELL | U | 64 | F | Pauper | No occupation | Imbecile | Tavistock |
| Edward CAMPBELL | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Tavistock | |
| Susan CHUBB | M | 29 | F | Pauper | Soldiers Wife | Stoke Climsland, Cornwall | |
| William CHUBB | 2 | M | Pauper | Latchley, Cornwall | |||
| George H. CLARKE | 8m | M | Pauper | Tavistock | |||
| Olive A. CLARKE | U | 39 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Gunnislake, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth COLLACOTT | M | 42 | F | Pauper | Cook Domestic Serv | Stonehouse, Devon | |
| Emma COLLACOTT | U | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Launceston, Cornwall | |
| George COLLACOTT | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Launceston, Cornwall | |
| Richard COLLACOTT | U | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | St Austel, Cornwall | |
| Rosanna COLLACOTT | U | 11m | F | Pauper | Infant | St Austel, Cornwall | |
| John CRAZE | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Journeyman | Lamerton, Devon | |
| George H. CRISP | U | 35 | M | Tramp | Laborer | Ilminster, Somerset | |
| Mary DAWE | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Stoke Climsland, Cornwall | |
| George DOIDGE | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Mary DOIDGE | U | 96 | F | Pauper | Midwife | Tavistock | |
| Alfred DOWN | 4 | M | Pauper | Devon | |||
| Bertha J. DOWN | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Devon | ||
| Ernest W. DOWN | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Devon | ||
| Susan A. DOWN | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Devon | ||
| William DREW | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Tavistock | |
| Elizabeth EASTLAKE | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Tavistock | |
| Thomas EDWARDS | U | 39 | M | Pauper | Copper Miner | Blind | Newton St Cyres, Devon |
| George EVANS | W | 44 | M | Pauper | Clerk | Bengal, India | |
| Charlotte FLEMAN | U | 64 | F | Pauper | Lodging House Keeper | Lipton, Devon | |
| Jacob GASWORTHY | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Country Postman | Tavistock | |
| John GILBERT | M | 53 | M | Pauper | Copper Miner | Brenton, Devon | |
| Mary A. GLUBB | U | 40 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Tavistock | |
| Mary A. GREGORY | U | 50 | F | Pauper | No Occ | Lunatic | Tavistock |
| Susan A. GUEST | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Gen Domestic Serv | Beeralston, Devon | |
| Jane HALFYARD | U | 68 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Lunatic | Dartmoor, Devon |
| William HALL | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Railway Lab | Beerferris, Devon | |
| Henry HARDING | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Horrabridge, Devon | |
| William R. HARDING | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Horrabridge, Devon | ||
| Eliza O. HARRIS | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Chittlehampton, Devon | |
| John HIB | W | 52 | M | Pauper | Farmer | Northlew, Devon | |
| John HILL | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Navvy Lab | Lydford, Devon | |
| Richard HOCKADAY | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Farm Labr | Lifton, Devon | |
| Emily HOCKING | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Markek Woman Coster | Meavy, Devon | |
| Elizabeth HOYTE | M | 78 | F | Pauper | Schoolmistress | Tavistock | |
| George HOYTE | M | 74 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Grampound, Cornwall | |
| John HUDSON | U | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Kate HUDSON | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Samuel JAGO | U | 8 | M | Pauper | Tavistock | ||
| Ann JOHNS | W | 87 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Blind | Calstock, Cornwall |
| Mary A. KARKETE | U | 55 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Lunatic | Broadwoodwidger, Devon |
| Mary A. KELSON | U | 53 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Stoke Climsland, Cornwall | |
| Harriett KEMAINE | W | 62 | F | Pauper | Soldiers Widow | Bradstone, Devon | |
| Stephen KEMANE | U | 19 | M | Pauper | Discharged Soldier | Colchester, Essex | |
| Hannah KINSMAN | W | 77 | F | Pauper | No Occ | Lunatic | Lamerton, Devon |
| William KNEEBONES | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Durston, Cornwall | |
| Anna LAITY ? | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | |||
| Lavinia LANGDON | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Latchley, Cornwall | |
| William LEWIS | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Copper Miner | Peter Tavy, Devon | |
| William LUCRAFFE | U | 53 | M | Pauper | No Occ | Lunatic | Montex, Devon |
| Ellen MARTIN | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gunnislake, Cornwall | ||
| Emma J. MARTIN | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Annes, Cornwall | ||
| Fanny MARTIN | U | 58 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Lunatic | Tavistock |
| William H. MARTIN | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | England | ||
| Richard MEDDLETON | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Copper Miner Lab | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| Richard H. MERRIFIELD | M | 55 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Tavistock | |
| Joanna MILFORD | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| Thomas MILLMAN | M | 80 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Bridestowe, Devon | |
| Elizabeth MOON | W | 71 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Devonport, Devon | |
| Charlotte NETTLE | U | 70 | F | Pauper | No occupation | Imbecile | Tavistock |
| John PALMER | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Chillaton, Devon | |
| Francis PARK | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Exeter, Devon | ||
| Ann PELLOW | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | St Giles, Devon | |
| Ann PERRY | U | 46 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | St Anns, Cornwall | |
| Harriett PETERS | W | 51 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Milton Abbot, Devon | |
| John PIKE | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Masons Laborer | Imbecile (Weak Mind) | Tavistock |
| Richard RANDALL | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Tamerton, Devon | |
| William RAWLINGS | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | St Helen, Cornwall | |
| Jane REDDECLIFFE | U | 73 | F | Pauper | No Occ | Lunatic | Lewtrenchard, Devon |
| Susan RICE | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Newton Bushel, Devon | |
| Mary A. ROBERTS | W | 55 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Gunnislake, Cornwall | |
| Thomas ROOKE | U | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sth Zeal, Cornwall | |
| Benjamin ROWE | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Miner & Collier | Tavistock | |
| Daniel RULE | W | 56 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Bridestowe, Devon | |
| John SALTERN | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Bradstone, Devon | |
| Mary I. SHAPTER | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv Stone Breaker | Tavistock | |
| Solomon SHERMAN | W | 49 | M | Tramp | Shoemaker | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Alice SHORT | 4m | F | Pauper | Tavistock | |||
| Edith J. SHORT | 2 | F | Pauper | Tavistock | |||
| Grace A. SHORT | U | 22 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Catchley, Cornwall | |
| Helen SIMMOND | U | 30 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Tavistock |
| Sampson SIMMONDS | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Sth Sydenham, Devon | |
| Richard SLADE | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Langtree, Devon | |
| Joan SLY | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Lamerton, Devon | ||
| Esther SOPER | U | 38 | F | Pauper | No Occ | Imbecile | Lipton, Devon |
| Ann SOUTHCOTT | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Walkhampton, Devon | ||
| Caroline SPARROW | U | 32 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Florence SPRY | U | 2 | F | Pauper | Tavistock | ||
| Frederick SPRY | U | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Imbecile (Weak Mind) | Landulph, Cornwall |
| Mary SPRY | W | 45 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Beerferris, Devon | |
| Richard SPRY | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Lipton, Devon | ||
| Thomas SPRY | U | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Torpoint, Cornwall | |
| John STANBURY | W | 66 | M | Pauper | (Scholar) | Okehampton, Devon | |
| Maria STEPHENS | U | 38 | F | Pauper | No Occ | Mary Tavy, Devon | |
| Amelia TEAQUE | U | 21 | F | Pauper | Housemaid Domestic Serv | Lifton, Devon | |
| William THORN | W | 87 | M | Pauper | Lab | Tavistock | |
| George TUCKER | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Lamerton, Devon | |
| Mary J. VEALE | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Stowford, Devon | |
| Isabella WALTERS | W | 52 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Lamerton, Devon |
| Mary WALTERS | U | 45 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Tavistock | |
| Richard WALTERS | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Milton Abbot, Devon | |
| Joseph WARREN | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Maker, Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth WESTLAKE | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Nurse In Hospital | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Elizabeth WILCOCKS | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Gen Serv | Calstock, Cornwall | |
| Jane WILCOCKS | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Toll Gate Keeper | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Henry WILLIAM | U | 43 | M | Pauper | Discharged Soldier A P | Dartmoor, Devon |
Total residents: 142
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