1881 Census: Residents of Combination Poor House, Dalrymple St, Inch, Stranraer, Wigtown
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Charles WILLIAMSON | M | 34 | M | Head | Governor Of Poor House | Dunbag, Fife | |
| Mary WILLIAMSON | M | 26 | F | Wife | Matron Governor Of Poor House | Muchalls, Kincardine | |
| George WILLIAMSON | 1 | M | Son | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| Jessie NELSON | M | 39 | F | Nurse | Nurse | Monkland, Ayr | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Andrew AITKEN | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Leswalt, Wigtown | |
| Jane ALLAN | M | 63 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Ser | Leswalt, Wigtown | |
| Maryann BERRY | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Lunatic | Leswalt, Wigtown |
| John BOYD | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mochrum, Wigtown | |
| Robert BOYD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Penninghame, Wigtown | ||
| Thomas BOYD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | New Luce, Wigtown | ||
| Robert BYARS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Portpatrick, Wigtown | |
| Agnes CAMPBELL | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Kitchen Maid Dom Ser | Ballantrae, Ayr | |
| George CAMPBELL | 1 | M | Inmate | Irvine, Ayr | |||
| Adam CONNELL | 4 | M | Inmate | Stranraer, Wigtown | |||
| Margaret COUPLAND | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper (Dom Ser) | Lunatic | NK, Wigtown |
| James COWAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Inch, Wigtown | ||
| Elizabeth DEVLIN | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Ser | Kirkinner, Wigtown | |
| Michael DOCHERTY | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| James DONNELLY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Monckton, Ayr | ||
| John DONNELLY | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Coppersmith | Newton Stewart, Wigtown | |
| Sarah EAGLESOME | M | 65 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Ser | Dailly, Ayr | |
| Agnes EWART | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Milliner | Lunatic | NK |
| Elizabeth FAUGH | 4 | F | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| Margaret FLEMMING | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Nursemaid (Dom Ser) | Lunatic | NK, Wigtown |
| Adam FRASER | U | 78 | M | Inmate | House Joiner | Whithorn, Wigtown | |
| Annie FRASER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Inch, Wigtown | ||
| Margaret FRASER | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Kirkcolm, Wigtown | |
| James GILMOUR | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Mochrum, Wigtown | |
| Mary GORDON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Lunatic | Newton Stewart, Wigtown |
| Agnes GRAHAM | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Kirkmaiden, Wigtown | |
| James GRAHAM | 2 | M | Inmate | Glenluce, Wigtown | |||
| John GRAHAM | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Lath Splitter | Govan, Lanark | |
| Mary GRAHAM | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkmaiden, Wigtown | ||
| Agnes HAMILTON | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Kitchen Maid Dom Ser | Stoneykirk, Wigtown | |
| Andrew HAMILTON | 1m | M | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| William HAMILTON | 1 | M | Inmate | Portpatrick, Wigtown | |||
| Elizabeth HARVEY | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Kirkcolm, Wigtown | |
| John HARVEY | 5 | M | Inmate | Kirkcolm, Wigtown | |||
| Robert HARVEY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leswalt, Wigtown | ||
| Christina HODGSON | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Ser | England | |
| Agnes HOUSTON | U | 24 | F | Inmate | H Maid Dom Ser | Stranraer, Wigtown | |
| Jane HOUSTON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Penninghame, Wigtown | ||
| Helen IRVINE | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Lunatic | Inch, Wigtown |
| Annie KELLY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcowan, Wigtown | ||
| James KELLY | 3 | M | Inmate | Kirkcowan, Wigtown | |||
| Mary KELLY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcowan, Wigtown | ||
| Marion KILPATRICK | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Lunatic | Stoneykirk, Wigtown |
| Robert MC ALLISTER | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| Mary MC BRIDE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stranraer, Wigtown | ||
| Sarah MC BRIDE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stranraer, Wigtown | ||
| Isabella MC CHLERY | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Ser | Stranraer, Wigtown | |
| Annabella MC CORMICK | U | 25 | F | Inmate | H Maid Dom Ser | Stoneykirk, Wigtown | |
| Margaret MC CORMICK | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Stoneykirk, Wigtown | |
| William MC CORMICK | 1m | M | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| Thomas MC CRACKEN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Deaf & Dumb | Stranraer, Wigtown |
| Mary MC GAW | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Ser | Kirkcaldy, Fife | |
| Agnes MC KENDRY | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Ser | Kirkcolm, Wigtown | |
| Jessie MC KENDRY | 2 | F | Inmate | Kirkcolm, Wigtown | |||
| Mary MC MILLAN | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Ser | Wigtown, Wigtown | |
| David MC NEIL | 5 | M | Inmate | Stranraer, Wigtown | |||
| Agnes MC NEILL | 1m | F | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| John MC NEILL | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Girvan, Ayr | ||
| Mary MC NEILL | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Cotton Winder | Girvan, Ayr | |
| Jessie MC WILLIAM | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Lunatic | Stranraer, Wigtown |
| Jane MITCHELL | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Ireland | |
| Hugh MONTGOMERIE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Railway Nawy | Ireland | |
| William MONTGOMERY | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Tinsmith | Stranraer, Wigtown | |
| Margaret MORROW | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Alexander MUIR | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barony, Lanark | ||
| Robert MUIR | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barony, Lanark | ||
| Emily MURDOCH | 3 | F | Inmate | Stranraer, Wigtown | |||
| Elizabeth MURPHY | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Outdoor Worker | Inch, Wigtown | |
| James MURPHY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ayr, Ayr | ||
| Jane MURPHY | 4 | F | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| Margaret MURPHY | 9m | F | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| Maryann MURPHY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Inch, Wigtown | ||
| Robert MURPHY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Inch, Wigtown | ||
| Thomas MURRAY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leswalt, Wigtown | |
| Jonathan PETTIGREW | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Creetown, Kirkcudbright | |
| Mary REILLY | 1m | F | Inmate | Inch, Wigtown | |||
| Mary REILLY | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Dairymaid Dom Ser | Stoneykirk, Wigtown | |
| Mary REILLY | U | 26 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Lunatic | NK, Wigtown |
| Janet SEABEG | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Ser | Ballantrae, Ayr | |
| Elizabeth SIMPSON | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Ser | Inch, Wigtown | |
| James SIMPSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkinner, Wigtown | ||
| Jane SMELLIE | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Dom Ser | Portpatrick, Wigtown | |
| Charles SMITH | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Phrenologist | Newton Stewart, Wigtown | |
| Elizabeth SMITH | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Dom Ser | Colmonell, Ayr | |
| Frederick SMITH | 8m | M | Inmate | Clackmannan | |||
| Mary SPALDING | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Gen Dom Ser | Lunatic | New Luce, Wigtown |
| William STEWART | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kirkcown, Wigtown | ||
| Annie WALLACE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dalry, Ayr | ||
| Mary WALLACE | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Dairymaid Dom Ser | Stranraer, Wigtown | |
| Robert WALLACE | 8m | M | Inmate | Kirkcolm, Wigtown | |||
| John WATT | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| Joseph WILSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leswalt, Wigtown | ||
| William WRIGHT | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Inch, Wigtown |
Total residents: 97
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