1881 Census: Residents of Williton Union Workhouse, Williton, Somerset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph F. FOOT | M | 44 | M | Head | Master Of Wo House | Yeovil, Somerset | |
| Cecil FOOT | M | 52 | F | Wife | Matron Of Wo House | Frome, Somerset | |
| Cecilia FOOT | U | 22 | F | Daur | Drapers Asst | Somerton, Somerset | |
| Joseph WOODWARD | U | 34 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster (Muni) | Darlaston, Stafford | |
| Lydia A. DIAMOND | U | 29 | F | Officer | School Mistress (Muni) | Corscombe, Dorset | |
| Jesse YEANDLE | U | 40 | M | Officer | House Porter | Timberscombe, Somerset | |
| George KELLY | U | 42 | M | Officer | Idiot ... (Hosp Serv) | Bradford, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth DOWN | M | 65 | F | Officer | Head Nurse (Muni) | Exton, Somerset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ASH | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | North Petherton, Somerset | ||
| Sarah BA... | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cutcombe, Somerset | ||
| William BA... | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cutcombe, Somerset | ||
| Jane BERRY | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stogumber, Somerset | ||
| Mary BLAKE | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt (Nil) | Imbecile | Bicknoller, Somerset |
| Samuel BOWDELL | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Farm Work | Chipstable, Somerset | |
| Thos. BOWDEN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Old Cleeve, Somerset | |
| Thomas BRIFFETT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| Thomas BRUFORD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bridgwater, Somerset | ||
| Ann BURNETT | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Lydeard Lawrence, Somerset | ||
| Alfred J. BUSSELL | 3 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Elizth. BUSSELL | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Bishops Hull ((Lydgard)), Somerset | |
| Alonzo CAVILL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stogursey, Somerset | ||
| Henry J. CAVILL | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stogursey, Somerset | ||
| Thomas CAVILL | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stogursey, Somerset | ||
| Mary A. CHAPLAIN | 40 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Brompton Ralph, Somerset | ||
| George CHAPMAN | 1 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Hannah CHAPMAN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Minehead, Somerset | |
| Thomas CHAPMAN | 3 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Ann CHIDGGY | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Stogumber, Somerset | |
| Henry CHIDGGY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stogumber, Somerset | ||
| John CHIDGGY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| John CHILCOTT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stringston, Somerset | |
| Ann (Jr.) COBLEY | 9 | F | Inmate | Bristol, Gloucester | |||
| Ann COBLEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Minehead, Somerset | |
| Emily COLES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Florence COLES | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Luxboro, Somerset | ||
| Richard COLES | 59 | M | Inmate | Mariner | Blind | Stogursey, Somerset | |
| William E. COLES | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Annie COOPER | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Minehead, Somerset | |
| Edwin COOPER | 26 | M | Inmate | (None) ((Scholar)) | Imbecile | Minehead ((Luxboro)), Somerset | |
| Herbert COOPER | 17 | M | Inmate | ((Scholar)) | Imbercile | Minehead ((Luxboro)), Somerset | |
| William COOPER | U | 20 | M | Inmate | ((Scholar)) | Imbecile | Minehead ((St Decumans)), Somerset |
| Phillis ((Philip)) COWLING | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Farm Work | Luccombe, Somerset | |
| Albert Hy. CREEK | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Porlock, Somerset | ||
| James CREEK | 2 | M | Inmate | Porlock, Somerset | |||
| William CREEK | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Porlock, Somerset | ||
| Betty CRIDDLE | W | 90 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| Henry CRIDDLE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Old Cleeve, Somerset | ||
| Sarah A. CRIDDLE | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Old Cleeve, Somerset | ||
| Sarah CRIDDLE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Old Cleeve, Somerset | ||
| William CRIDDLE | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Brompton Ralph, Somerset | ||
| Eliza DALE | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Blind | Timberscombe, Somerset | |
| Ann DATE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Et Quantoxhd, Somerset | |
| Thomas DAVIS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | (None) | Imbecile | Bridgwater, Somerset |
| Eliza DOWN | 15 | F | Inmate | Selworthy, Somerset | |||
| John DUDDRIDGE | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Brompton Ralph, Somerset | |
| Bessie EDWARDS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Devizes, Wiltshire | ||
| Elizth. FLOYD | 2 | F | Inmate | Exford ((St Decumans)), Somerset | |||
| George H. FLOYD | 3 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Matilda FLOYD | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Farm Work | Luccombe, Somerset | |
| Charles FRY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Luccombe, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth GRABHAM | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Robert GREENSLADE | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab ((..)) | Old Cleeve, Somerset | |
| William GUARD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Reuben HACKER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowcombe, Somerset | ||
| Thomas HACKER | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowcombe, Somerset | ||
| Emma HAWKINS | 1 | F | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Lucy HAWKINS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | West Quantoxhead, Somerset | |
| Harriet HAWKS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Henry HAWKS | 3 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Mary A. HAWKS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Bessie HEARD | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Luxboro, Somerset | ||
| John HEARD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Luxboro, Somerset | ||
| George HOLE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Mariner (MS) | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| Sarah HONIBALL | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Cook | Stogursey, Somerset | |
| Lydia HOWE | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Luxborough, Somerset | |
| Harriet HUNT | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bicknoller, Somerset | ||
| John JENNINGS | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bishops Hull, Somerset | |
| Caroline KEWER | 24 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Holford, Somerset | ||
| Hannah LEE | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Stogumber, Somerset | |
| Susan LEGG | U | 90 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Seavington, Somerset | |
| Eliza MACEY | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | West Quantoxhead, Somerset | |
| William MELTON | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nettlecombe, Somerset | ||
| John NORMAN | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Ag Lab) | Imbecile | Old Cleeve, Somerset |
| William PASSMORE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | (None) | Imbecile | Minehead, Somerset |
| Jane PEARSE | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Farm Work | Brompton Ralph, Somerset | |
| William PEARSE | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Withycombe, Somerset |
| Harriet POOLE | W | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| Joshua J. POOLE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Robert J. POOLE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Clara PRESCOTT | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Minehead, Somerset | ||
| James PUGSLEY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cutcombe, Somerset | |
| Ellen QUARTLEY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Exton, Somerset | ||
| Mary QUARTLEY | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Kingbrompton, Somerset | |
| Mary (Jr) QUARTLEY | 13 | F | Inmate | Exton, Somerset | |||
| Rose E. QUARTLEY | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| William RATCLIFFE | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Clatworthy, Somerset | |
| Caroline REED | 61 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Timberscombe, Somerset | ||
| Eliza RIDLAR | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stoke Cannon, Devon | ||
| Emma RIDLAR | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bampton, Devon | ||
| Harriet RIDLAR | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Honiton, Devon | |
| Mary J. RIDLAR | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Exmouth, Devon | ||
| Emma RIDLER | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Old Cleeve, Somerset | ||
| Thom. RIDLER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Old Cleeve, Somerset | ||
| Ann ROWE | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Clatworthy, Somerset | |
| Joseph ROWE | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Old Cleeve, Somerset | |
| William ROWE | 20 | M | Inmate | (None) | Imbecile | Luccombe, Somerset | |
| Sarah SAWYER | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Blind | Crowcombe, Somerset | |
| John SCRIBBEN | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Sampford Brett, Somerset | |
| William SELDON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Coachman (D) | Barnstable, Devon | |
| Frank SMART | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dodington, Somerset | ||
| William SMITH | U | 48 | M | Inmate | (None) | Imbecile | Brompton Ralph, Somerset |
| George S. SOUTHCOMBE | U | 54 | M | Clerk In Holy Orders | Minehead, Somerset | ||
| Thomas STADDON | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Dunster, Somerset | |
| John STEVENS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Monksilver, Somerset | |
| Alfred G. STRONG | 3 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Ellen STRONG | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| John STRONG | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Withycombe, Somerset | ||
| Sarah STRONG | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| Amos SUTTON | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Carhampton, Somerset | ||
| Ann SUTTON | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Farm Work | Old Cleeve, Somerset | |
| Fred K. SUTTON | 28 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Deaf & Dumb | St Decumans, Somerset | |
| Charles SYMONS | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| William THORNE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Elworthy, Somerset | |
| Ann THRESHER | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stogumber, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth TOMKINS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Somerset | |
| Obadiah TOMPKINS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bicknoller, Somerset | ||
| Charles TUCKER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Ernest G. TUCKER | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Frances TUCKER | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Dunster, Somerset | |
| Martha TUCKER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Albert C. VICKERY | 3 | M | Inmate | Williton, Somerset | |||
| Alfred VICKERY | 4 | M | Inmate | Clifton, Gloucester | |||
| Eliza VICKERY | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Monksilver, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth L. VICKERY | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Portsmouth, Hampshire | ||
| Elizabeth VICKERY | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Porlock, Somerset | ||
| Ernest G. VICKERY | 2 | M | Inmate | Nettlecombe, Somerset | |||
| Mary VICKERY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Robert VICKERY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Minehead, Somerset | |
| Wm.Hy. VICKERY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Decumans, Somerset | ||
| Douglas WARRE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Minehead, Somerset | ||
| Henry J. WARRE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Minehead, Somerset | ||
| Thomas WARRE | U | 26 | M | Inmate | (None) | Imbecile | Minehead, Somerset |
| Ellen WEBBER | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Withycombe, Somerset | ||
| Isaac WEBBER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | (None) | Blind & Imbecile | St Decumans, Somerset |
| Mary A. WEBBER | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Work | Old Cleeve, Somerset | |
| Sarah WEBBER | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Porlock, Somerset | |
| Walter W. WEBBER | 3 | M | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Mary WILLIAMS | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab | Bicknoller, Somerset | |
| Bertha E. WILLICOMBE | 1 | F | Inmate | St Decumans, Somerset | |||
| Henry WILLICOMBE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dunster, Somerset | ||
| Mary A. WILLICOMBE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Dunster, Somerset | |
| George WOOD | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bicknoller, Somerset |
Total residents: 152
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