1871 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse
Surname | First_name | Relation | Condition | Age | Occupation | Where born | Comments |
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Staff | |||||||
Mitchell | Thomas H | Head | Widower | 52 | Master of Workhouse | Scotland | |
Mitchell | Elizabeth | Daur | Unm | 20 | Northumberland, Belford | ||
McLeod | Agnes | Matron | 38 | Matron of Workhouse | Scotland | ||
Harle | Mary | Nurse | W | 49 | Nurse | Northumberland, Spittal | |
Rutherford | Abram | Porter | Mar | 41 | Porter | Scotland | |
Rutherford | Ann | Wife | Mar | 33 | Lancashire, Manchester | ||
Inmates | |||||||
Alder | Jean | Pauper | Mar | 37 | Scotland | ||
Alder | Mary | Pauper | 3 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |||
Alder | Jemima | Pauper | 8mo | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Amour | John | Pauper | Unm | 48 | Formerly Farm Labourer | Northumberland, Belford | |
Armstrong | Mary J | Pauper | Unm | 24 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Bird | Joseph | Pauper | Unm | 24 | Formerly Farm Labourer | Staffordshire, Walsal | Unsure of place name |
Blackhall | Hester | Pauper | W | 38 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Belford | |
Blackhall | Elizabeth | Pauper | 9 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Blackhall | John | Pauper | 7 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Blackhall | James | Pauper | 5 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Blackhall | Mary Ann | Pauper | 1 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Bonner | James A | Pauper | Unm | 34 | Formerly Musician | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | Imbecile |
Brown | Alice | Pauper | Unm | 78 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Brown | John | Pauper | Unm | 27 | Northumberland, Kyloe | Imbecile from birth | |
Brown | John | Pauper | Mar | 44 | Foundry Labourer | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | |
Burn | Margaret | Pauper | Unm | 20 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Burn | Margaret | Pauper | 3mo | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Burn | Joseph | Pauper | Unm | 64 | Formerly Farm Labourer | Northumberland, Holy Island | |
Butler | Bridget | Pauper | Unm | 25 | Ireland | ||
Butler | Mary | Pauper | 5 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Campbell | Matthew | Pauper | Unm | 23 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | Imbecile from 6 mths | |
Campbell | Robert | Pauper | Unm | 35 | Northumberland, Cornhill | Imbecile | |
Canigan | Michael | Pauper | Unm | 21 | Formerly Engine Rivetter | Scotland | |
Carss | John | Pauper | Widower | 58 | Formerly Sadler | Middlesex, St Georges in the East | |
Christie | Margaret | Pauper | W | 68 | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Cromarty | Edward | Pauper | 10 | Scholar | Northumberland, Holy Island | ||
Crum | Joseph | Pauper | Unm | 25 | Formerly Engine Rivetter | Scotland | |
Cunningham | Margaret | Pauper | Unm | 20 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Daley | Mary Ann | Pauper | 10 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Dodds | Violet | Pauper | Unm | 58 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Norham | |
Dodds | Eleanor | Pauper | W | 85 | Northumberland, Kyloe | ||
Donaldson | James | Pauper | Unm | 65 | Formerly Ag Lab | Northumberland, Berwick | Imbecile |
Dover | Jane | Pauper | Unm | 65 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Ancroft | |
Edmond | Henry | Pauper | 5 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Eggleston | Thomas | Pauper | 11 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
English | Isabella | Pauper | Unm | 73 | Northumberland, Lowick | Imbecile | |
Farmer | Richard | Pauper | Widower | 70 | Formerly Sailor | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Fran | William | Pauper | Widower | 56 | Formerly Coalminer | Ireland | Unsure of surname |
Gallagher | Peter | Pauper | 17 | Formerly Mason's Labourer | Ireland | ||
Gray | Mary | Pauper | Unm | 36 | Northumberland, Berwick | Imbecile | |
Gray | Andrew | Pauper | Unm | 70 | Formerly Joiner | Northumberland, Wooler | |
Gray | Margaret | Pauper | 5 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Hall | Ann | Pauper | Unm | 71 | Formerly Bookbinder | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Hardie | Isabella | Pauper | W | 69 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | ||
Hay | Alice | Pauper | Unm | 40 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | ||
Hindhaugh | Catherine | Pauper | W | 72 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Belford | |
Hush | Alice | Pauper | Unm | 25 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Hush | Jane | Pauper | 3 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Hush | Alice | Pauper | 5mo | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Johnston | Hannah | Pauper | Unm | 23 | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Jones | Agnes | Pauper | W | 52 | Formerly Innkeeper | Scotland | |
Knox | James | Pauper | Widower | 75 | Formerly ?farmer or ?farrier | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Laidler | Agnes | Pauper | 5 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Laidler | John | Pauper | 4 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Laidler | Eleanor | Pauper | 2 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Malloy | John | Pauper | Unm | 23 | Formerly Engine Rivetter | Scotland | |
Marshall | John | Pauper | Unm | 40 | Formerly Cooper | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Mather | Margaret | Pauper | Unm | 68 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Cornhill | Imbecile |
Mathewson | Robina | Pauper | Unm | 26 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
Mathewson | Alexander | Pauper | 8mo | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
McDonald | Michael | Pauper | Mar | 58 | Formerly Labourer | Ireland | |
McDonald | Ann | Pauper | Mar | 41 | Ireland | ||
McNeil | Mary | Pauper | W | 80 | Ireland | ||
Morton | Alice | Pauper | W | 53 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Pattison | Johnson | Pauper | Unm | 66 | Formerly Attorney's Clerk | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Phillips | Robina | Pauper | 12 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Porter | Francis | Pauper | Unm | 49 | Formerly Coalminer | South Carolina, British Subject | |
Radcliffe | John | Pauper | 7 | Scholar | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Rae | Elizabeth | Pauper | Unm | 18 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | ||
Rae | Andrew | Pauper | Unm | 3mo | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Richardson | Margaret | Pauper | Unm | 32 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Norham | |
Robertson | Isabella | Pauper | W | 71 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
Robinson | Margaret | Pauper | Unm | 49 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Belford | |
Robison | Aimie | Pauper | 7 | Scholar | Scotland | ||
Robison | Adam | Pauper | Mar | 69 | Formerly Farm Servant | Scotland | |
Rutherford | James | Pauper | Widower | 74 | Formerly Gardener | Scotland | |
Scott | Jane | Pauper | Mar | 29 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Ancroft | |
Scott | James | Pauper | 9 | Scholar | Northumberland, Ancroft | ||
Scott | John | Pauper | 7 | Scholar | Northumberland, Bedlington | ||
Scott | Robert | Pauper | 6 | Scholar | Northumberland, Bedlington | ||
Scott | Mary J | Pauper | 1 | Northumberland, Berwick | |||
Steward | Agnes | Pauper | Unm | 74 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
Strother | Thomas | Pauper | Widower | 66 | Formerly Salmon Fisher | Northumberland, Norham | |
Taylor | Ann | Pauper | W | 77 | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Todd | James | Pauper | Unm | 56 | Formerly Fisherman | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Walker | Margaret | Pauper | W | 70 | Northumberland, Berwick | ||
Wastle or Wastte | Margaret | Pauper | Unm | 22 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | Unsure of surname |
Wastle or Wastte | John | Pauper | 8mo | Durham, Sunderland | Unsure of surname | ||
Weallans | Lancelot | Pauper | Unm | 70 | Formerly Cabinet Maker | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Weatherby | Matthew | Pauper | Unm | 64 | Northumberland, Berwick | Imbecile | |
White | Grace | Pauper | W | 58 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
Wilson | James | Pauper | Unm | 73 | Ag Lab | Scotland | |
Wilson | James | Pauper | Unm | 51 | Formerly Labourer | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Windram | Hannah | Pauper | Mar | 43 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Wood | Ann | Pauper | Unm | 50 | Northumberland, Tweedmouth | ||
Young | Abigail | Pauper | Unm | 83 | Formerly Domestic Servant | Northumberland, Berwick | |
Young | Thomas | Pauper | Mar | 47 | Formerly Iron Founder | Ireland |
Total residents: 97
Acknowledgment
- Thanks to Jo Marsh for contributing this transcription.
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