1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Lynn Road, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridge
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | ||||||||
| Humphry CUNNINGTON | U | 21 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster | Lutton, Lincoln | ||
| Jamima GODFREE | W | 47 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress (Munic) | St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| Emily Adeline GODFREE | U | 18 | F | Visitor | Pupil Teacher | Wisbech St Ive, Cornwall | ||
| Mary Jane GETHING | U | 26 | F | Officer | Industrial Trainer (Munic) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Mary Ann TUDDENHAM | U | 29 | F | Officer | Assistant Matron (Munic) | Leeds, Kent | ||
| Mary Ann BAXTER | U | 35 | F | Officer | Nurse (Munic) | Lutterton, Lincoln | ||
| William BURTON | U | 40 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Lynn | ||
| Rosa Gertrude GODFREE | U | 14 | F | Visitor | Pupil Teacher | Wisbech, Cambridge | ||
| Eliza Jane HAYES | U | 20 | F | Daughter | Schoolmistress (Munic) | Dawley, Shropshire | ||
| Agnes HAYES | U | 6m | F | Daughter | Wisbech, Cambridge | |||
| Inmates | ||||||||
| Henry ALDHAM | U | 40 | M | Inmate | No Calling | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Edward ANDERSON | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Cogham, Norfolk | ||
| Elizabeth ANDERSON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Terrington St Clement | |||
| Mary Ann ANDERSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Terrington St Clement | |||
| Eliza ANDREW | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Tidd St Giles, Cambridge | |||
| Joseph ANDREWS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Upwell Isle | ||
| William ANDREWS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Upwell Isle | ||
| William AUBIN | U | 85 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Guyhirn | ||
| John BAILEY | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Elm | ||
| William BAILEY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Drover | Emneth, Cambridge | ||
| Mary BARNES | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burton on Trent | |||
| Robert BELLAMY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Walsoken | ||
| Alfred BELTON | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| John W. BELTON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| John BLACKENBURY | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Long Sutton, Lincoln | ||
| Mary Ann BLINKHORN | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | |||
| Jonathan BODGER | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Welney, Norfolk | ||
| Charles BOND | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Outwell, Norfolk | |||
| Sarah BOND | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Outwell, Norfolk | |||
| William BONNETT | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Walpole St Peters | ||
| Albert BOWN | 1m | M | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Charles BROWN OR BOWN | 1 | M | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Eliza BROWN OR BOWN | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Servant | Wisbech | ||
| Julia BREEZE | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Emily BRIGGS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | No Calling | Imbecile | ||
| Elizabeth BROUGHTON | W | 96 | F | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Upwell, Norfolk | ||
| Agnes BROWN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| John BROWN | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Ravingham, Norfolk | ||
| Michael BROWN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Wisbech St Mary | ||
| Sarah BROWN | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Marshlandfen, Norfolk | ||
| Joseph BRUCE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| George BURTON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Emneth, Cambridge | |||
| Robert BURTON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Emneth, Cambridge | |||
| Arthur Willm. BUTCHER | 1 | M | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| James BUTCHER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Tidd St Giles, Cambridge | ||
| Lydia BUTCHER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant | Tidd St Giles | ||
| Clement BYE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Castron, Norfolk | ||
| James CARTER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Outwell, Norfolk | ||
| Robert CAWDRON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | |||
| Mary CHAPMAN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| William CHAPMAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Mary CHILDS | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Terrington St John | |||
| John CHRISTMAS | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | |||
| James CLARKE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Brisley, Norfolk | ||
| James CLARKE | m | Inmate | ||||||
| William CLARKE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walsoken | |||
| Priscilla CLAXTON | 37 | F | Inmate | Servant | Wisbech | |||
| Charles COOPER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Wisbech | ||
| James COOPER | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Wisbech | ||
| Richard CULLEN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Walpole St Peters | ||
| Richard DAVIS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Wrexham | ||
| William DAWSON | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Wisbech (St Marys) | ||
| Mary Ann DELEMORE | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Hertford | |||
| Ann DEXTER | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory Hand | Ireland | ||
| John DEXTER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barrow in Furness | |||
| Margaret DEXTER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester | |||
| William DEXTER | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester | |||
| Daniel DOCKING | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Buckingham, Norfolk | ||
| Sarah DUNKLEY | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | |||
| Arthur EAMES | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| William EARL | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Earl | Leverington | ||
| Leverit ETHERINGTON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Robert EVERETT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Middleton, Norfolk | ||
| Martha FINES | W | 23 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | Wellingham, Norfolk | ||
| Mary Jane FINES | 1 | F | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Cave FISHER | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Whitford, Cambridge | ||
| Annie FOLEY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Catherine FOLEY | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| John FOLEY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Robert FOSTER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Wisbech | ||
| John GIBSON | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Cowbit, Lincoln | ||
| Ann GILMARTIN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Heckington, Lincoln | |||
| Jemima GOODALL | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Imbecile | Walsoken | |
| Marshal GOULDING | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Upwell, Norfolk | ||
| William GRANGE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Guyhirn | ||
| Annie GRAY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| William GRAY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Thomas GRIFFEN | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Clenchwarton | ||
| William HADDENHAM | U | 55 | M | Inmate | (Rd)Labourer (Town) | Wisbech | ||
| John HALES | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Sarah HALES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | South Shields (Wisbech) | |||
| Daniel HALL | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Abbots Ripon, Huntingdon | ||
| Emily HAMMOND | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Sarah HAMMOND | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Servant | Terrington St John | ||
| Jane HANSWORD | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Wisbech | |||
| Hannah HARLEY | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | West Walton, Norfolk | |||
| Harriet HARPER | 18 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | ||||
| John HEADIN | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Wisbech | ||
| Walter HEWITT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Watlington, Norfolk | ||
| John HILL | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Stow Bardulph, Norfolk | ||
| Rosamond HILL | M | 57 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Tidd St Marys | ||
| Hannah HILTON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Tilney Buck, Norfolk | |||
| James HILTON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tilney Buck, Norfolk | |||
| Ann HOLBORN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant | Upwell, Norfolk | ||
| Charles HOLBORN | 1 | M | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Michael HOLLAND | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Leverington, Cambridge | ||
| William HOLLOWELL | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Whitlesea | ||
| Daniel HOOTON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Barber | Peterborough | ||
| Edward HOPKINS | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Parson Drove | ||
| William HORSEPOOL | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Walpole | ||
| Edward HOTSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisham, Lincoln | |||
| Elizabeth HUTCHINSON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| John HUTCHINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Mary HUTCHINSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Catherine JACKSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| James JACKSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| John JACKSON | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ely, Cambridge | ||
| Mary Jane JESSOP | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Ann JEWSON | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Terrington | ||
| Elizabeth JOHNSON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| George JOHNSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Downham | |||
| Hannah JOHNSON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham | |||
| John JOHNSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| John JOHNSON | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Terrington St Clements | ||
| Rebecca JOHNSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Richard JOHNSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | N K | Deaf | ||
| Samuel JUBY | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Southboro', Norfolk | ||
| Isaac KEELEY | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Shane, Norfolk | ||
| Anne KEY | 25 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | Tilney All Saints, Norfolk | |||
| Ethel KEY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Tilney All Saints, Norfolk | |||
| Herbert KEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tilney All Saints, Norfolk | |||
| Alice KING | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Servant | Upwell | ||
| Alice KING | W | 58 | F | Inmate | N K | |||
| Robert KITCHEN | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | |||
| Sarah KITCHEN | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Wisbech | |||
| Elizabeth LAKEY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Harriet LAMBERT | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leverington, Cambridge | ||
| Jane LAMBERT | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leverington, Cambridge | ||
| John LAMBERT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Stowbeddon, Norfolk | ||
| George LEACH | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Brewers) | Imbecile | Elm | |
| William LEVERINGTON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Guyhirn | ||
| Martha LILLEY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Thomas LILLEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Emneth, Cambridge | |||
| Frederick LILLY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Emneth | |||
| John LOGAN | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Outwell Isle | ||
| Mary LOGAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Rebecca LOGAN | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Magdalen, Norfolk | |||
| William LOGAN | 16 | M | Inmate | No Calling | Dowham, Norfolk | |||
| Ann MANNING | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Wisbech | ||
| Mary MAY | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Outwell | ||
| Joseph MEEKS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Town) | Downham | ||
| James MERRILL | U | 19 | M | Inmate | No Calling | Wisbech | ||
| Edward MILES | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Walsoken | ||
| Eliza MILLER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesborough | |||
| Adah MITCHELL | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Servant | Walsoken, Norfolk | ||
| Adah Grace MITCHELL | 6m | F | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Robert MITCHELL | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| William MITCHELL | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| James MOORE | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Rag Gatherer | |||
| George MOYSES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Parson Drove | |||
| Sarah NARBOROUGH | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | |||
| John NEALE | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Outwell, Norfolk | ||
| Robert NEWMAN | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | |||
| Evan NORTON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Gardener | |||
| Thomas OVERSTONE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Walsoken | ||
| Harriet PECK | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Elizabeth (Rebecca)) PELGRAVE | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Lynn | |||
| Mary Ann PELGRAVE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Rebecca (Elizabeth) PELGRAVE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Bertha PLACE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London Chelsea, London, Middlesex | |||
| Charles PLACE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London Chelsea, London, Middlesex | |||
| Henry PLATO | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Cabinet Maker | Wisbech | ||
| Elizabeth PRATT | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | |||
| Thomas PRICE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Glinton, Northampton | ||
| Martha QUINCE | U | 87 | F | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Stoke Ferry, Norfolk | ||
| George C. REEVES | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Newton, Cambridge | ||
| William RICKS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Gt Witchingham | ||
| Herbert ROUGHTON | 1m | M | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Sarah ROUGHTON | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Servant | Wisbech | ||
| Emma SAMSON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Frances SAMSON | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Servant | St Germans, Norfolk | ||
| Maria SANDS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Sophia SARGIRSON | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Lynn | ||
| Thomas SAVAGE | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Walpole St Peters | ||
| Robert SCALES | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Windham, Norfolk | ||
| Mary SELBY | U | 20 | F | Inmate | No Calling | |||
| William SERS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | (RD) Labourer (Town) | Imbecile | Wisbech | |
| Susan SHADLOCK | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Servant | Walsoken | ||
| Frances A. SHAW | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Elm, Cambridge | |||
| Thomas SHEPHERD | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Upwell Isle | ||
| William SIMPSON | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Lynn | ||
| John SINDLE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Boat Wright | Ely, Cambridge | ||
| John SMITH | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Whitlesea | ||
| Mary Ann SMITH | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Quinington, Lincoln | ||
| Robert SMITH | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Wisbech, Cambridge | ||
| Robert SMITH | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Terrington, Norfolk | ||
| Elizabeth SNEATH | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Robert SNUSHALL | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wisbech | ||
| John SOUTHWELL | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Walsoken | ||
| Ada SPRIGGS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | New Walsoken, Norfolk | |||
| Agnes SPRIGGS | 2 | F | Inmate | New Walsoken, Norfolk | ||||
| Arthur SPRIGGS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Elizabeth SPRIGGS | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | Parson Drove | ||
| Robert SPRIGGS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Grave Digger | Parson Drove | ||
| David STAGHOLN | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Painter | Imbecile | Wisbech | |
| Edward SUMMERFIELD | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Grace SUMMERFIELD | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| Henry SUMMERFIELD | 2 | M | Inmate | (Scholar) | ||||
| Maria SUMMERFIELD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||||
| William TAWN | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Leverington | ||
| John TAYLOR | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Parchment Maker | Wisbech | ||
| Emma TROWER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Upwell | |||
| George TROWER | 2 | M | Inmate | Wisbech | ||||
| Jane TROWER | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant | Upwell, Norfolk | ||
| Martin TUCK | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Labourer Farm | Walpole St Andrews | ||
| William TUCK | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Thatcher | Wisbech | ||
| Elizabeth TURNER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Jane TURNER | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | |||
| Philip VINE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Downham | ||
| Harry WALKER | 1 | M | Inmate | Wisbech, Cambridge | ||||
| James WALKER | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Showman | Walsoken | ||
| Mary WALKER | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Gen Servant | Elm, Cambridge | ||
| James WARRINGTON | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Upwell Isle | ||
| William WATSON | U | 37 | M | Inmate | No Calling | Terrington | ||
| William WATSON | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tilney, Norfolk | |||
| Henry WELLS | M | 45 | M | Inmate | (RD) Labourer (Town) | Imbecile | Wisbech | |
| Ada WILES | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London Old Kent Rd, London, Middlesex | |||
| Robert WILES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Caning Town (Camden Town), Essex | |||
| Sophia WILES | 37 | F | Inmate | Cook | Themelthorpe, Norfolk | |||
| Zinah WILKINSON | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| John WILSON | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (River) | Outwell, Norfolk | ||
| William WILSON | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Outwell, Norfolk | ||
| Frederick WINERALS | 23 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Tilney Cum Islington | |||
| Sarah WINTERTON | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Terrington, Norfolk | |||
| Susan WITHAM | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Upwell, Norfolk | |||
| Jane WOODWARD | U | 47 | F | Inmate | No Calling | Imbecile | Wisbech | |
| Priscilla WRIGHT | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wisbech | |||
| Frederick YORK | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Cabinetmaker | Wisbech |
Total residents: 238
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