1901 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse
Surname | First_name | Relation | Condition | Age | Occupation | Where born | Comments |
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Staff | |||||||
Graham | Robert | Master | Married | 56 | Master of Workhouse | Scotland | |
Graham | Annie E | Matron | Married | 45 | Matron of Workhouse | Folkestone, Kent | |
Tindle | George | Porter | Married | 64 | Porter of Workhouse | Ford, Northumberland | |
Tindle | Christine | Porteress | Married | 56 | Porteress of Workhouse | Branxton, Northumberland | |
Duffy | Mary | Nurse | Single | 52 | Nurse, Workhouse Infirmary | Ireland | |
Gove | Jessie | Nurse | Single | 29 | Nurse, Workhouse Infirmary | Scotland | |
Gunn | Isabella | Children's Attendant | Single | 55 | Children's Attendant, Workhouse | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Inmates | |||||||
Ainsley | George | Inmate | Married | 64 | Mason | Norham | |
Akerson | Albert | Vagrant | Single | 24 | General labourer | Stockton, Yorkshire | |
Alexander | Margaret | Inmate | Single | 63 | Field worker | Spittal, Northumberland | |
Allan | Henry | Inmate | Widower | 74 | Groom | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Armstrong | Mary | Inmate | Single | 48 | Domestic Servant | Tweedmouth | Feebleminded |
Bartram | William | Inmate | Single | 73 | Shepherd | Norham, Northumberland | Imbecile |
Blackie | Margaret | Inmate | Single | 50 | Fish Cleaner | Newcastle | |
Briggs | Thomas | Inmate | Single | 36 | General labourer | Accrington, Lancashire | |
Brown | James | Inmate | Single | 75 | Seaman | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Burke | Margaret | Inmate | Widow | 79 | Washerwoman | Etal, Northumberland | |
Burns | Mary | Inmate | Single | 7 | None | Alnwick | |
Callan | James | Inmate | Married | 71 | Moulder | Ireland | |
Campbell | Jane | Inmate | Widow | 77 | Nurse (domestic) | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Campbell | John | Inmate | Single | 12 | None | Scotland | |
Campbell | Alice | Inmate | Single | 67 | None | Scotland | |
Clarke | James | Vagrant | Single | 52 | General labourer | Scotland | |
Cowan | John | Inmate | Widower | 9 | Carter on farm | Heaton, Northumberland | |
Doherty | Joseph | Vagrant | Single | 22 | General labourer | Ireland | |
Finlay | Margaret | Inmate | Widow | 79 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Gardiner | Elizabeth | Inmate | Single | 13 | None | Scotland | |
Gray | Maria | Inmate | Single | 51 | None | Ireland | Imbecile |
Gray | John | Vagrant | Single | 36 | General labourer | Derby, Derby | |
Harrison | Michael | Inmate | Widower | 73 | Moulder | Ireland | |
Harvey | Robert | Inmate | Widower | 69 | Moulder | Spittal, Northumberland | |
Haswell | Isabella | Inmate | Widow | 78 | Fish Cleaner | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Hepburn | James | Inmate | Single | 9 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Hepburn | Thomas | Inmate | Single | 7 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Jackson | William | Inmate | Widower | 86 | Mariner | Spittal, Northumberland | |
Johnston | Jacob | Inmate | Single | 13 | None | Tweedmouth | |
Johnston | John | Inmate | Single | 11 | None | Tweedmouth | |
Jones | William | Inmate | Widower | 53 | General labourer | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Kinsella | Thomas | Inmate | Single | 57 | General labourer | Ireland | |
Kurx | William | Inmate | Widower | 76 | Scavenger | Tweedmouth | |
Lambert | Vincent | Inmate | Single | 47 | Furnace Stoker | Poplar, Middlesex, London | |
Lander | Elizabeth | Inmate | Widow | 35 | Field worker | East Indies, Brit. Subject | |
Lander | Thomas | Inmate | Single | 4 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Limburne | John | Inmate | Single | 11 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Mace | Isabella | Inmate | Single | 64 | Domestic Servant | Berwick upon Tweed | Imbecile |
Marshall | John | Inmate | Single | 72 | Draper | Horncliffe, Northumberland | |
McConville | Mary | Inmate | Married | 56 | Fish Cleaner & Charwoman | Ireland | |
McCormack | Jane | Inmate | Single | 77 | Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
McDowell | Charles | Inmate | Single | 50 | Grocer's porter | Berwick upon Tweed | |
McLeod | Sophia | Inmate | Single | 43 | Dressmaker | Woolwich, Kent, London | |
McNair | William | Inmate | Widower | 63 | Weaver | Scotland | |
Muro | John | Vagrant | Widower | 50 | Stone mason | Scotland | |
Nesbit | Sarah | Inmate | Married | 39 | Field worker | Crawlington, Northumberland | |
Nicholl | John | Inmate | Single | 8 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Noon | Patrick | Inmate | Widower | 65 | General labourer | Ireland | |
Patterson | Pridiaux | Inmate | Single | 61 | Seaman | Berwick upon Tweed | (Male) |
Pringle | Eleanor | Inmate | Widow | 81 | Fish Cleaner | Spittal, Northumberland | Blind |
Rankin | Mary | Inmate | Single | 50 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Rankin | James | Inmate | Widower | 72 | Shoemaker | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Rankin | Thomasina | Inmate | Single | 84 | Domestic Servant | Holy Island, Northumberland | |
Reid | James | Inmate | Single | 58 | General labourer | Tweedmouth | Unsure of age |
Reid | Charles | Inmate | Single | 62 | General labourer | Tweedmouth | |
Rutherford | John | Inmate | Single | 47 | General labourer | Scremerston, Northumberland | Feebleminded |
Rutherford | Robert | Vagrant | Single | 51 | General labourer | Harbottle, Northumberland | |
Saunders | Sarah | Inmate | Married | 30 | Grocer's assistant | Widnes, Lancashire | |
Saunders | Isabella | Inmate | Single | 10 | None | Widnes, Lancashire | |
Saunders | George | Inmate | Single | 8 | None | H?, Lancashire | Unsure of place name |
Saunders | Charles | Inmate | Single | 4 | None | Widnes, Lancashire | |
Saunders | Jessie | Inmate | Single | 1 | None | Gateshead, Durham | |
Scott | William | Inmate | Widower | 90 | Seaman | Ireland | |
Sharpe | Alexander | Inmate | Single | 80 | Carpenter | Scotland | |
Smith | Thomas | Inmate | Widower | 76 | Fisherman | Spittal, Northumberland | |
Smith | Henry | Vagrant | Widower | 48 | Steam Engine Maker, Fitter | Hull, Yorkshire | |
Smith | Joseph | Vagrant | Single | 38 | General labourer | Scotland | |
Taylor | George | Inmate | Single | 14 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Taylor | William | Inmate | Single | 10 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Taylor | John | Inmate | Single | 7 | None | Washington, Durham | |
Taylor | Sarah | Inmate | Single | 5 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Taylor | Edward | Inmate | Single | 4 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Taylor | John | Vagrant | Married | 41 | Stoker on Steam Ship | Hull, Yorkshire | |
Thomson | James | Vagrant | Single | 49 | General labourer | Scotland | |
Tompkins | John | Inmate | Single | 71 | Hawker | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Townsley | Elizabeth | Inmate | Widow | 83 | Hawker | Haltwhistle, Northumberland | |
Trotter | Mary | Inmate | Widow | 64 | Fish Cleaner | Berwick upon Tweed | Imbecile |
Walker | Mary | Inmate | Widow | 70 | Fish Hawker | Holy Island, Northumberland | |
Walker | Isabella | Inmate | Single | 78 | Fish Hawker | Holy Island, Northumberland | |
Walker | James | Vagrant | Single | 49 | General labourer | Derby, Derby | |
Walls | Timothy | Vagrant | Widower | 65 | Boiler maker | Ireland | |
Wastte | Sarah | Inmate | Single | 46 | None | Berwick upon Tweed | Imbecile |
Watson | Isabella | Inmate | Widow | 83 | Domestic Servant | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Wight | Elizabeth | Inmate | Single | 67 | None | Scotland | Feebleminded |
Willis | Charles | Inmate | Widower | 69 | Tin-smith | Craighall, Yorkshire | |
Wilson | Ann | Inmate | Widow | 68 | Hawker (general) | Berwick upon Tweed | |
Wilson | Robert | Inmate | Widower | 64 | Moulder | Spittal, Northumberland | |
Wilson | John | Vagrant | Single | 21 | General labourer | Ireland | |
Winger | Mathew | Inmate | Widower | 88 | Tanner | Southwark, Middlesex, London | |
Young | Agnes | Inmate | Single | 38 | Domestic Servant | Berwick upon Tweed | Feebleminded |
Young | Margaret | Inmate | Single | 70 | Berwick upon Tweed |
Total residents: 97
Acknowledgment
- Thanks to Jo Marsh for contributing this transcription.
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