1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Weymouth, Dorset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William BISHOP | M | 51 | M | Master (Head) | Master Wk House (Formerly Farmer) | Rodden Abbotsbury, Dorset | |
| Harriet BISHOP | M | 51 | F | Matron | (Mun) (Wife) | Shipton Gorge, Dorset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Arthur ALLEN | 30 | M | Tramp | Painter Pauper | Beverley | ||
| George ALLEN | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Portland, Dorset |
| John BAKER | 74 | M | Inmate | Mason Pauper | |||
| Ann BARNES | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Dover, Kent | |
| Emmanuel BARNES | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Mason Pauper | Worth Isle Purbeck | |
| Sarah BENTLY | U | 22 | F | Patient | Pauper | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Thomas W. BENTLY | 3 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Harriet BERRY | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Deaf & Dumb | |
| George BIRD | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Upwey, Dorset | |
| Ann BISHOP | W | 83 | F | Patient | Pauper | ||
| William BOCK | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Formerly Accountant Pauper | London, Middlesex | |
| Eliza BOWERING | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Maiden Newton, Dorset | ||
| Alfred BRISCOL | 11 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Preston, Dorset | ||
| Harry BRISCOL | 10 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Preston, Dorset | ||
| George BROOKS | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Pauper | N K | |
| Mary BROWN | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth CARTER | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Amelia CHAPPELL | 3 | F | Inmate | Sch | Weymouth Union | ||
| John CHRITCHELL | 2 | M | Inmate | Upwey, Dorset | |||
| Charles CLEAL | 13 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Catherine COHNEY | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Alderney | |
| Infant COHNEY | U | 3m | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth Union | |
| Richard COLLINS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Coach Smith Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Susan COLLINS | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Pauper | ||
| Oliver CROMWELL | 3m | M | Inmate | Weymouth Union | |||
| Valentine CROMWELL | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Swanage, Dorset | ||
| John DAMER | 59 | M | Inmate | Carpenter Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| John DELL | 49 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Devonport, Devon | |
| James DENCH | 13 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Rumsey | ||
| Richard DENNIS | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Farmer Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth DENT | U | 49 | F | Wardswoman | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Edward DICKER | 1 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth DICKER | 9 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Frederick DICKER | 2 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Mary A. DICKER | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Netherbury, Dorset | ||
| Sidney DICKER | 5 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth DUPRE | M | 43 | F | Wardswoman | Pauper | Yeovil, Somerset | |
| William DUPRE | 5 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Mary EDGAR | U | 60 | F | Patient | Pauper | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| George ELMS | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Tyneham, Dorset | |
| John FEARM | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Portland, Dorset | |
| Emily GALPIN | 30 | F | Inmate | Preston, Dorset | |||
| Fanny GALPIN | 6 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth Union | ||
| George GALPIN | 9 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth Union | ||
| Louisa GALPIN | 3 | F | Inmate | Sch | Weymouth Union | ||
| Ellen GILL | 19 | F | Inmate | Abbotsbury, Dorset | |||
| Jamsom GILLINGHAM | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Axminster, Devon | |
| William GILLINGHAM | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ironmoulder Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| John GREEN | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Tinker Pauper | ||
| Charles GREENING | 70 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Catherine HARMY | M | 75 | F | Patient | Pauper | Plymouth, Devon | |
| John HARMY | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Groom Pauper | Taunton, Somerset | |
| Charles HARRIS | 1 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth Union | ||
| Ellen HARRIS | 8 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Portland, Dorset | ||
| Fanny HARRIS | 14 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Portland, Dorset | ||
| Silas HARRIS | 11 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| William HARRIS | 11 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Portland, Dorset | ||
| Mary HATTON | U | 82 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Preston, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth HAUTER | O | 15 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Charles HAYES | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Groom Pauper | Salisbury, Dorset | |
| William HENLY | 66 | M | Inmate | Carter Pauper | |||
| Charles HOCKIDAY | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Illminster | |
| Hannah HONEYBUN | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| John HORDER | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Pauper | Imbecile | Weymouth, Dorset |
| Charlotte HOUNSELL | W | 64 | F | Patient | Pauper | Askerswell, Dorset | |
| Mary Ann IRONSIDES | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Laundry Woman | Wyke Regis, Dorset | |
| Josiah JENNINGS | 53 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Martha JOLLIFFE | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Southover, Dorset | |
| Mary KELLAWAY | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | |
| Charlotte KELLY | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Pauper | ||
| Emaline LEE | U | 27 | F | Patient | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Charlott LEGG | W | 49 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Fisherton Delina | |
| Harriet LEGG | 8 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Preston, Dorset | ||
| George LOVELL | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Lodging House Keeper Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| William LOVELL | 63 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Frances E. MABY | U | 2m | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth Union | |
| Mary.J. MABY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Preston, Dorset | |
| Hannah MANUEL | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Portisham, Dorset | ||
| Martha MARSHALLSAY | W | 43 | F | Patient | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| John MARTIN | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Emily MATTHEWS | U | 18 | F | Patient | Pauper | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Emma W. MAYOR | U | 2m | F | Inmate | Weymouth Union | ||
| Theresa MAYOR | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Colouredwoman | Demerara | |
| Annie MEADAR | 3 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Charles MEADAR | 13 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Emma MEADAR | 10 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Frederick MEADAR | 8 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Harry MEADAR | 14 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| William MEADAR | 5 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth MEADEN | W | 42 | F | Patient | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Martha MEADEN | 3 | F | Inmate | Sch | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Margaret MEARS | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Wyke Regis, Dorset | ||
| William MEARS | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Carter Pauper | Piddletown, Dorset | |
| George MILLER | W | 78 | M | Patient | Labourer Pauper | Portisham, Dorset | |
| George MITCHEL | 25 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Wyke Regis, Dorset | |
| Sarah MUNYARD | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Pauper | London St George, London, Middlesex | |
| Harriet MYERS | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Imbecile | Weymouth, Dorset |
| Eliza NORRIS | M | 39 | F | Patient | Pauper | Piddletown, Dorset | |
| Emily T. NORRIS | 7m | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| John NORRIS | 3 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Mary NORRIS | 7 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Poole, Dorset | ||
| Mary A. Or G. NORRIS | 10 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Jacob ORCHARD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Abbotsbury, Dorset | |
| Leah ORCHARD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire | ||
| Charles PEARCE | 47 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Portland, Dorset | ||
| John PITMAN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Wyke Regis, Dorset | |
| Christopher POVER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Sailor Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Albert REEK | 13 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | |||
| John RICHARDS | 72 | M | Inmate | Sailor Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Ann ROBERTS | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Symondsbury, Dorset | |
| George ROBERTS | 13 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth Union | ||
| Martha B. ROBERTS | 2 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Weymouth Union | ||
| Samuel ROBERTS | 6 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Ernest SMITH | 63 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Southampton, Hampshire | ||
| James SOFTBY | 8 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Dorchester, Dorset | ||
| Rose SOFTBY | 3 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Colchester, Essex | ||
| John SOTTLEY | 2 | M | Inmate | ||||
| Henry STONE | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Portland, Dorset | |
| Richard STONE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Labourer Pauper | Portland, Dorset | |
| Sarah STONE | U | 87 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Wyke Regis, Dorset | |
| Sarah J. STONE | 7 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | |||
| Elizabeth STROUD | U | 61 | F | Inmate | |||
| Mary STROUD | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Upwey, Dorset | ||
| Edna SWATRIDGE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| John SYMES | 14 | M | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Bincombe, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth TALBOT | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Joseph TALBOT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Carpenter Pauper | Wyke Regis, Dorset | |
| Kate TALLING | 11 | F | Inmate | Sch Pauper | Weymouth Union | ||
| William TARRANT | 23 | M | Tramp | Smith Pauper | Southampton, Hampshire | ||
| Sarah TAYLOR | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Weymouth, Dorset | ||
| Mary THOMAS | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Dorchester Union | |
| Michall TIZARD | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Sailor Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth TOWNSEND | W | 69 | F | Patient | Pauper | Laberton, Somerset | |
| Mary VENTRE | W | 59 | F | Wardswoman | Pauper | Sheerness, Kent | |
| Maria VILE | 47 | F | Inmate | Weymouth, Dorset | |||
| Thomas VILE | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker Pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Mary WARD | U | 81 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | |
| John WELCH | U | 47 | M | Inmate | pauper | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Thomas WENLOCK | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Painter Pauper | Glanville Walter, Dorset | |
| Charles WOODLAND | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Butcher Pauper | Broadmayne, Dorset |
Total residents: 141
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