Long-term Workhouse Inmates in West Ham Union, Essex, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
---|---|---|---|---|
James Agnes | 9 | 0 | Illness | no |
Thomas Anderson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Elizabeth Anderson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Margaret Buckley | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Sarah Broughton | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Baxter | 8 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Brown | 14 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Burling | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
Elizabeth Barker | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Cunningham | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
John Cross | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
Mary Cowen | 8 | 0 | Blind | no |
Sarah Cooledge | 20 | 0 | Illness | no |
Elizabeth Crawley | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Charlotte Cole | 15 | 0 | ditto | no |
Charlotte Cooler | 5 | 0 | Bad legs | no |
Margaret Carty | 20 | 0 | Illness | no |
Margaret Cable | 30 | 0 | ditto | no |
John Dennis | 5 | 0 | Old age | no |
Joseph Dockerill | 9 | 0 | ditto | no |
Jeremiah Donough | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Ellen Dread | 13 | 0 | ditto | no |
Mary Davis | 13 | 0 | ditto | no |
Charlotte Dyche | 13 | 0 | Illness | no |
Mary Duncombe | 20 | 0 | ditto | no |
Susan Enever | 20 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Fitch | 12 | 0 | Old age | no |
Emanuel Fuller | 8 | 0 | Illness | no |
John Floyd | 19 | 0 | ditto | no |
Ann Felstead | 8 | 0 | ditto | no |
Elizabeth Fuller | 8 | 0 | ditto | no |
Joseph Green | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no |
Elizabeth Green | 12 | 0 | Old age | no |
Elizabeth Grover | 12 | 0 | ditto | no |
Joseph Hughes | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Daniel Hurley | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Robert Hills | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Edward Hennessey | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Helsden | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Harwood | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Hannah Harrington | 30 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Ruth Hicks | 10 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Susan Housden | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Harrison | 20 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Sarah Hills | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Jones | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Mary Jones | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Kingslow | 10 | 0 | Illness | no. |
John Kitchen | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William Lifford | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Loudon | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Lilly | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Lane | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Munday | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Moore | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
William Mace | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Morris | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Michael Maloney | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Murley | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Moris | 20 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Sarah Mead | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Macey | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Ellen Murphey | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Ann Maloney | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Catherine Muldoon | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Sarah Nelmes | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Harriet Newell | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Oglive | 8 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Jasper Orchard | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Otter | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Pettet | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Charlotte Purver | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Ann Perry | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Pannell | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Rouse | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Rigsby | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Rament | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Mary Reed | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Rolf | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Roach | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Cornelius Sullivan | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Spicer | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
William Stubberfield | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Richard Sims | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Shannon | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Smith | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Sheerwood | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Shipman | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Sheppard | 16 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Edward Tullet | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Tobias Talbot | 10 | 0 | Illness | no. |
William Sadler | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James Vale | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Watts | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ellen White | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary White | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Wright | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Susannah Wilson | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Rachel Wilson | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Wilson | 13 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Ann Wales | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Wall | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Wales | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Young | 13 | 0 | Illness | no. |
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