1881 Census: Residents of Billesdon Union Workhouse
Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
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Staff | |||||||
Robert HORSPOOL | M | 53 | M | Head | Chelsea Pensioner Sergt Royal Artillery Workhouse Master (Munic) | Billesdon, Leicester | |
Elizabeth HORSPOOL | M | 56 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Scotland | |
Robert W. PATERSON | 10 | M | Nephew | Scholar | Leicester | ||
Hannah HUBBARD | W | 64 | F | Union Officer | Nurse | Worthington, Derby | |
Inmates | |||||||
Eli BARNES | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Halstead, Leicester | |
Jane BROUGHTON | 74 | F | Inmate | Hallaton, Leicester | |||
Louisa CART | 54 | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
Isaac CLARK | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Frame Work Knitter Stockings | Burton Overy, Leicester | |
John COOPER | M | 57 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Highbickington, Devon | |
Thomas DANBY | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | ||
Edward DUFFIELD | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | St Mary's Parish, Nottingham | |
Mary A. FREER | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Leicester | ||
Richard FREER | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | Elton, Huntingdon |
Sarah E. GIBBONS | 2 | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
William GIBBS | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Oadby, Leicester | |
Sarah GOODMAN | 82 | F | Inmate | Bascott, Warwick | |||
Elizabeth GORDON | 60 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
Peter GREASLEY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knighton, Leicester | ||
George GREY | M | 36 | M | Casual Pauper | Lab (Railway) | Dunmore, Essex | |
Jane GREY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Abergavenny (N W), Monmouth | ||
Margaret GREY | M | 33 | F | Casual Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Scotland | |
Alfred HALL | 5m | M | Inmate | Uppingham, Rutland | |||
Alice HALL | U | 21 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Domestic) | Tugby, Leicester | |
George HORMSBY | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Suttonbassett, Northampton | |
George HUBBARD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Billesdon, Leicester | ||
Ruth HUBBARD | U | 38 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Domestic) | Glenn, Leicester | |
William HUBBARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kings Norton, Leicester | ||
Edward IRELAND | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Glenn, Leicester | |
John MAKET | U | 26 | M | Casual Pauper | Collier (Coalminer) | Wigan, Lancashire | |
George MERRY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boxer, Cambridge | ||
Herbert MERRY | 3 | M | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
John MERRY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hardwicke, Cambridge | ||
Louisa MERRY | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Horingsea, Cambridge | ||
Mary A. MERRY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hardwicke, Cambridge | ||
Susan MERRY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newton Harcourt, Leicester | ||
Emily PEAKE | 8m | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
Harriet PEAKE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kings Norton, Leicester | ||
Lucy PEAKE | W | 28 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic) | East Norton, Leicester | |
William PEBERDAY | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Glenn, Leicester | |
George SMITH | U | 51 | M | Casual Pauper | Lab Railway | Worcester | |
William SMITH | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Humberstone, Leicester |
Thomas SWIFT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Scraptoft, Leicester | |
George SWINGLER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Tilton, Leicester | |
Thomas TAYLOR | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Halstead, Leicester | |
John WEBSTER | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Frame Work Knitter Stockings | Pitchford, Northampton | |
Daniel WESTON | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Newton Harcourt, Leicester | |
Elizabeth WESTON | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Newton Harcourt, Leicester | |
Ellen WRIGHT | 2 | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
Mary A. WRIGHT | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leicester | ||
Matilda WRIGHT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Domestic) | Slawson, Northampton |
Total residents: 50
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