1881 Census: Residents of Hitchin Union Workhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
James WAKENELL | W | 65 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | East Barnet, Hertford | |
Agnes Zillah WAKENELL | U | 28 | F | Daughter | Matron Of Workhouse | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Annette Louisa WAKENELL | U | 26 | F | Daughter | No Occupation | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Alfred FOWLER | M | 29 | M | Head | Assistant To Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Faversham, Kent | |
Mary Ann Elizabeth FOWLER | M | 25 | F | Wife | Schoolmistress At Workhouse | Sheerness Isle Of Sheppey | |
Gertrude Jane Agnes FOWLER | 3 | F | Daughter | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
James HILL | U | 21 | M | Porter | Porter & Baker At Workhouse | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
Dinah MARGRAVE | W | 59 | F | Nurse | Nurse At Workhouse (Inst) | Ippollitts, Hertford | |
Elizabeth LATCHFORD | W | 49 | F | Cook | Cook At Workhouse | Hitchin, Hertford | |
William FLETCHER | U | 56 | M | Cook | Cook At Workhouse (Dom) | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
Inmates | |||||||
Thomas ADAMS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Stockman | Flitwick, Bedford | |
William ALMOND | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
Charles ANDREWS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
Walter ANDREWS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
Henry ARNOLD | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Ayott St Lawrence, Hertford | |
John ARNOLD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Carman | Pirton, Hertford | |
Edward BALLY | M | 80 | M | Inmate (Head) | Baker | Fakenham, Norfolk | |
Jane BALLY | M | 73 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Needlewoman | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
Margaret BARLEGS | M | 74 | F | Wife | Domestic Servant Dairymaid | Clothall, Hertford | |
Thomas BARLEGS | M | 68 | M | Husband (Head) | Farm Labourer Woodman | Clothall, Hertford | |
Levi BARNES | U | 48 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Clothall, Hertford |
Sarah BENNETT | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Ippollits, Hertford | |
Elizabeth BIDNELL | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Railway Gate Keeper | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
Elizabeth BLAZELY | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Landlady Of Public House | Baldock, Hertford | |
George BOARDER | U | 62 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Codicote, Hertford |
William BRAY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hertford | |
Caroline BRAYSHAW | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Hitchin, Hertford | |
James BRICE | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Shefford, Bedford | |
John BRIERS | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Baldock, Hertford | |
Charles BROWN | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Pensioner 11th Hussars (Army) | Luton, Bedford | |
William BROWN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Germany | |
Benjamin BUCKINGHAM | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Hitchin, Hertford | |
William BUCKITT | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Pirton, Hertford | |
George BUNNAGE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Carman | Stevenage, Hertford | |
William BURTON | U | 38 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Stosenage, Hertford |
Charles CASTLE | U | 41 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Baldock, Hertford |
Benjamin CAWDLE | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Baldock, Hertford | |
Samuel CHALKLEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Lime Burner | Offley, Hertford | |
William CHALKLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Pauls Walden, Hertford | |
William CHALKLEY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Weston, Hertford | |
Thomas CHAMBERS | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
Elizabeth CHANCE | 60 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Little Gransden, Cambridge | ||
James CHAPMAN | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Railway Excavator (Lab) | Blind | Clothall, Hertford |
William CHERRY | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Pirton, Hertford | |
Amos CHORRY | U | 37 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Pirton, Hertford |
Albert CLARK | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Gosmore, Hertford | ||
Ann CLARK | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Shillington, Bedford |
Annie CLARK | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gosmore, Hertford | ||
Elizabeth CLARK | U | 26 | F | Mother (Head) | Straw Plaiter | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Joseph CLARK | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Rose CLARK | 2 | F | Daughter | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
Ellen CLEMMENTS | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Stotfold, Bedford |
William COAWLEY | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Baldock, Hertford | |
George COLLINS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Gentlemans Groom | Aston, Hertford | |
John COOPER | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Blind | Clothall, Hertford |
Moses COOPER | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Thatcher | Baldock, Hertford | |
Frank COURSE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Mary Ann COVIN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
George CRAWLEY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Discharged Soldier F Labour | Hitchin, Hertford | |
George CREASY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Jane CROFT | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Baldock, Hertford | |
Edmund CUBISS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Bygrave, Hertford | |
Samuel CURRELL | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Norton, Hertford | |
Isaac CURTIS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dunton, Bedford | |
George DAY | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ickleford, Hertford | |
James DEACON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Frederick DEAR | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Catherine DEARMER | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | ||
James DEARMER | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wallington, Hertford | |
Mary DEARMER | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Monthly Nurse | Preston, Hertford | |
Amy DILLEY | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Margaret DRAPER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Travelling Gipsy | Warden, Bedford | |
Martha EARLE | 42 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Ickleford, Hertford | ||
Henry EDWARDS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Baker | London St Clements Danes, London, Middlesex | |
Emily Mary ELLIS | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stevenage, Hertford | ||
James ELLIS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Wood Dealer | Gravely, Hertford | |
John FINERALL | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Baldock, Hertford | |
Jane FISHER | M | 69 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Washerwoman | Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | |
William FISHER | M | 76 | M | Husband (Head) | Razor Grinder | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Mary FITZJOHN | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Offley, Hertford | |
George FLETCHER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kimpton, Hertford | |
John FLINT | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Aston, Hertford | |
Oswald FOLDS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer (Gen) | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
Charles FOX | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
James GAYLOR | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Stevenage, Hertford | |
William GAYLOR | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Stevenage, Hertford | |
Charles GILES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
John GODFREY | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Shillington, Bedford | |
Alfred GUNDRILL | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston, Hertford | ||
Arthur GUNDRILL | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston, Hertford | ||
Charles GUNDRILL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston, Hertford | ||
James HAILEY | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Joseph HAILEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Gardener | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Edmund HAMMETT | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Kimpton, Hertford | |
Thomas HANCHANT | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Shephall, Hertford | |
Joseph HAWKINS | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
John HIGGINS | M | 34 | M | Vagrant | Blacksmith | Birmingham | |
Joseph HUNT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Malt Maker | Hitchin, Hertford | |
William HYDE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Charter JACKSON | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Litlington, Cambridge | |
Kitty JAMES | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Norton, Hertford | |
Ellen JOHNSON | M | 55 | F | Vagrant | Needlewoman | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
Julia JOHNSON | 5 | F | Vagrant | Scholar | St Bennets Sheffield | ||
William JOHNSON | M | 59 | M | Vagrant | Cutler | St Bennets Sheffield | |
Maria KEFFORD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
Henry KIDDLE | U | 77 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Shephall, Hertford |
Sarah KIDDLE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Shephall, Hertford |
William KIRBY | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Gardener (N D) | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Daniel KNIGHT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer | Codicote, Hertford | |
Jesse KNIGHT | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Gardener | Hitchin, Hertford | |
James KNOTT | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stevenage, Hertford | |
Mary LANE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Ellen LARMAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
James LARMAN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Ickleford, Hertford | |
Joseph LATCHFORD | 8 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Thomas LATCHFORD | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
William LAW | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Thomas LAWRENCE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Offley, Hertford | |
Jane LEE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
Richard LEE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Malt Maker | Baldock, Hertford | |
Henry LINES | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Wheathamstead, Hertford | |
Elizabeth MACKAY | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Bishops Auckland | |
Augustus MALES | 9 | M | Son | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
Charles MALES | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
Elizabeth MALES | W | 38 | F | Mother (Head) | Charwoman | Hortonbury, Huntingdon | |
Kezia MALES | 3 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
William MALES | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
John MANNING | U | 30 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
Hannah MEAD | U | 65 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | |
Herbert MILES | 9 | M | Son | Scholar | Norfolk | ||
Susannah MILES | M | 38 | F | Mother (Head) | Gt Bircham, Norfolk | ||
William MILES | 14 | M | Son | Errand Boy | Long Sutton, Lincoln | ||
James MONK | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | ||
Samuel MUNNS | U | 39 | M | Inmate | General Carman | Southampton, Hampshire | |
Martha NEWBURY | W | 42 | F | Mother (Head) | Straw Plaiter | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Thomas NEWBURY | 14 | M | Son | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
James OLIVER | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hexton, Hertford | |
Esther PALMER | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Weston, Hertford | |
Sarah PETERS | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Cecil PHILPOTT | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
George PHILPOTT | 4 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
Harriet PHILPOTT | W | 35 | F | Mother (Head) | Kent | ||
Jabez PHILPOTT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Luton, Bedford | |
James PHILPOTT | 14 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
Noah PHILPOTT | 6 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
Richard PHILPOTT | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
William PHILPOTT | 1 | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
Mary PRIMMETT | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Letchworth, Hertford | |
George RIX | U | 47 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer | Newmarket, Suffolk | |
Ephraim ROBOTTOM | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ippollitts, Hertford | |
Alfred SAMMS | 1 | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
George SAMMS | 4m | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
Mary Ann SAMMS | U | 19 | F | Mother (Head) | Domestic Servant | Codicote, Hertford | |
James SAVAINE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Weston, Hertford | |
Joseph SAVAINE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Weston, Hertford | |
Emma SEYMOUR | U | 41 | F | Straw Plaiter | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Francis SHARPE | W | 77 | M | Father (Head) | Farm Labourer | Blind | Pauls Walden, Hertford |
Francis SHARPE | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Stevenage, Hertford | ||
Sarah SHERWOOD | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Bygrave, Hertford | |
John SIMKINS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Pirton, Hertford | |
William SISSERMAN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Albert SMITH | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
Ann SMITH | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Clothall, Hertford | |
Geo SMITH | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
George SMITH | U | 62 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Graveley, Hertford |
Harry SMITH | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Jane SMITH | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
John SMITH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Mary Ann SMITH | M | 42 | F | Mother (Head) | Charwoman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Michael SMITH | U | 26 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer | Colne, Essex | |
Minnie SMITH | 10 | F | Daughter | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
Thomas SMITH | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Lilley, Hertford | |
Thomas SPICER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Pauls Walden, Hertford | |
Thomas SPICER | U | 42 | M | Vagrant | Gentlemans Groom | London Holborn, London, Middlesex | |
Ada STANTON | 6 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
Eliza STANTON | U | 31 | F | Mother (Head) | Domestic Servant Nurse | High Wycombe, Buckingham | |
Horace John STANTON | 3m | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
Charles STRONG | U | 23 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | London St Pancras, London, Middlesex | |
Ellen SULLIVAN | U | 50 | F | Vagrant | Garden Worker (N D) | London Holborn, London, Middlesex | |
Eliza SUMMERFIELD | U | 17 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Islington, Middlesex | |
James SUMMERFIELD | W | 51 | M | Father (Head) | Coal Porter | Offley, Hertford | |
George SUTTON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Percy TALL | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ampthill, Bedford | ||
James TASKER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
Mary Ann TASKER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
Agnes TAYLOR | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
William TAYLOR | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Stevenage, Hertford | |
Eliza THOMPSON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Baldock, Hertford | |
Ann THREADER | 42 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | ||
Emily THRUSSELL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kings Walden, Hertford | ||
Joshua THRUSSELL | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Carpenter | Offley, Hertford | |
James TURNER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Weston, Hertford | |
John TURNER | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Weston, Hertford | |
Reuben VALENTINE | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Clog Maker | Hitchin, Hertford | |
James WALKER | M | 68 | M | Husband (Head) | Farm Labourer Tasker | Baldock, Hertford | |
Margaret WALKER | M | 70 | F | Wife | Straw Plaiter | Shillington, Bedford | |
Mark WALLER | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Lilley, Hertford | |
Priscilla WARD | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Pirton, Hertford | |
George WARREN | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Datchworth, Hertford | |
Rebecca WARREN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Ayott St Lawrence, Hertford | |
Samuel WATSON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer Tan Yard | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Thomas WATSON | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Hitchin, Hertford | |
John WEATHERHEAD | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
George WELCHR | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Post Boy | Stevenage, Hertford | |
William WEST | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Carman | Streatly, Bedford | |
Abraham WHITBY | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
Daniel WHITE | W | 78 | M | Father (Head) | Farm Labourer | Redbourn, Hertford | |
George WHITE | 6 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
Harriet WHITE | 9 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
Rose WHITE | 4 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
William WRIGHT | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Thatcher | Blind | Luton, Bedford |
Amos YOUNG | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kimpton, Hertford |
Total residents: 212
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