Kings Norton Workhouse 1871 Census
KINGS NORTON  WORKHOUSE  1871  CENSUS
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NAME 	          RELATION     CONDITION    AGE	OCCUPATION                      WHERE BORN	     DISABILITY		
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James Chance	  Master of W.     M        34	Master of workhouse	        Lye,WOR			
Fanny A. Chance	  Matron           M        28	Matron of workhouse	        Herefordwest,PEM			
Arthur B. Chance  Son		            11		                        Brewood,STS			
Jane Burrell	  School Mistress  Unm	    39	School mistress of workhouse	St.Jiles,London			
Mary J. Grundy	  Asst. Sch. Mist. Unm	    16	Assistant School Mistress	Handsworth,STS			
Sarah Freeman	  Nurse	          W idow    32	Nurse	                       Worcester			
George Bentley	  Inmate      	   Unm	    68	Labourer	                Harborne,STS			
William Leadbane  Inmate           Widow    65		                        Balsall,WAR			
Emmanuel Barker	  Inmate           Married  63	Needle maker	                Feckenham,WOR			
John Court	  Inmate           Widow    76	Labourer	               Kings Norton,WOR			
Joseph Woodbine	  Inmate           Widow    61	Tailer	                        Northfield,WOR			
John Bayliss	  Inmate           Widow    68	Labourer	                Lapworth,WAR			
Able Johnson	  Inmate           Widow    80	Labourer	               Kings Norton,WOR			
John Haynes	  Inmate           Married  86	Labourer	               Aston Camplon,WAR			
Mary Haynes	  Inmate           Married  83		                        Stourbridge,WOR			
James Jilkes	  Inmate           Widow    74	Labourer                        Moxley,WAR			
Henry Etherington Inmate           Widow    71	Labourer	                Beoley,WOR		
Andrew Griffiths  Inmate           Widow    66	Labourer	                Lyonshall,HER			
Thomas Bond	  Inmate           Widow    69	Caster	                        Wednesbury,STS			
William Smoth	  Inmate           Widow    78	Labourer	                Cawley,WAR			
John Harwood 	  Inmate           Widow    76	Labourer	                Inkberrow,WOR			
Richard Walker	  Inmate           Widow    69	Labourer	               Kings Norton,WOR			
John Studhulme	  Inmate           Married  63	Carpenter	                Alvechurch,WOR			
Edward Nash	  Inmate           Unm      17	Labourer	               Kings Norton,WOR			
Peter Harris	  Inmate           Unm      40	Labourer	                Harborne,STS			
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Thomas Foulks	 Inmate	Unm	43	Labourer    Shipton Store,WOR			
Abraham Butler	 Inmate	Unm	30	Shoemaker   Smethwick,STS			
John Condrey	 Inmate	Unm	56	Gardener    Edgbaston,WAR	   Has fits		
Jospeh Homer     Inmate	Unm	17	Shoemaker   Smethwick,STS	
Charles Wilkins	 Inmate	Unm	23	Shoemaker   Birmingham,WAR	   Has fits
William Robinson Inmate	Unm	35	Idiot	    Halesowen,WOR	   Idiot from birth
William Richards Inmate	Unm	16	Idiot	    Smethwick,STS	   Idiot from birth
William Durden	 Inmate	Unm	35	Idiot	    Lapworth,WAR	   Idiot from birth
William Atkins	 Inmate	Unm	35	Idiot	    Handsworth,STS	   Idiot from birth
Thomas Johnson	 Inmate	Unm	66	Idiot	    Bednell,WOR	           Idiot from birth + Cripple
Sarah Taylor	 Inmate	Widow	73	None	   Not known	
Ada S Jammis?    Inmate	D & W	25	Servant	    Birmingham,WAR	
Sarah Green	 Inmate	Unm	25	Servant	    Birmingham,WAR	
Ellen Serivens	 Inmate	Unm	14		    Edgbaston,WAR	
Mary A. Froggatt Inmate	Unm	24	Servant	    Tunstall,STS	
William Froggatt Inmate	Child	3	None	   Kings Norton Union,WOR	
Charles Froggatt Inmate	Child	1m	None	   Kings Norton Union,WOR	
Ellen Pleavin	 Inmate	Unm	31	Servant	    Cheshire,CHE	   Deaf & dumb since ??
John Grigg	 Inmate	Child	13	None	   Unknown	
William Grigg	 Inmate	Child	11	None	   Unknown			
Joseph Grigg	 Inmate	Child	8	None	   Unknown			
Robert Moffitt	 Inmate	Child	13	None	    Stafford,STS			
Thomas Williams	 Inmate	Child	12	None	    Edgbaston,WAR			
Robert Riley	 Inmate	Child	15	None	   Unknown			
Thomas ??	 Inmate	Child	8	None	   Unknown			
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Frederick Molesworth  Inmate	Child	11	None	Unknown			
Mary Molesworth	      Inmate	Child	9	None	Unknown			
James T. Cox 	      Inmate	Child	8	None	Unknown			
Walter Gilbert	      Inmate	Child	7	None	Unknown			
James Goddard	      Inmate	Child	7	None	Unknown			
Phoebe Billings	      Inmate	Widow	77	None	Bilston,STS			
Matilda Griffiths     Inmate	Unm	30	Servant	New Brighton,CHE			
Lizzie A. Griffiths   Inmate	Child	3	None	Kings Norton Union,WOR			
Harriet Faily?        Inmate	Unm	19	Servant	Birmingham,WAR	
Alice Faily?          Inmate	Child	1	None	Kings Norton Union,WOR	
Sophia Fletcher       Inmate	Unm	21	Servant	Wolverhampton,STS	
Elizabeth E. Lee      Inmate	Widow	42	None	Shipton on Stour,WOR	
Annie Lee             Inmate	Child	9	None	Edgbaston,WAR	
Frank Lee             Inmate	Child	17 m	None	Kings Norton Union,WOR	
Martha Rose           Inmate	Unm	40	Servant	Northfield,WOR	
Eliza Foxley?         Inmate	Widow	47	None	Cleobury Mortimer,SAL	Dumb 15 years
Elizabeth Blinkoe     Inmate	Widow	78	None	Tamworth,WAR	
Ann Wheeler           Inmate	Widow	61	None	Barnstaple,DEV	
Maria Follows         Inmate	Unm	48	None	Northfield,WOR	
Emma Mucklow          Inmate	Unm	30	Servant	Bromsgrove,WOR	
Elizabeth Clements    Inmate	Widow	65	None	Sheldon,WAR	
Maria Bailey          Inmate	Widow	78	None	Smethwick,STS	
Jane Rushtin?         Inmate	Unm	37	Servant	Lichfield,STS	
Jane Perry            Inmate	Widow	68	None	Worthing,SAL	
William Green         Inmate	Child	1	None	Kings Norton Union,WOR			
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John Evans	    Inmate	Unm	44	Blacksmith	          Bilston,STS			
John Haycock	    Inmate	Unm	46	Labourer	          Harborne,STS			
John Philips	    Inmate	Unm	51	Labourer	          Tamworth,WAR			
James Male	    Inmate	Unm	17	Labourer	         Unknown			
John Miller	    Inmate	Unm	57	Shoemaker	          Sheffield,YOR			
Arumad? Madden	   Inmate	      Widow	47	Clerk	                 Dublin city			
Charles Summerland  Inmate	Unm	34	Labourer	          Birmingham,WAR			
Stephen Begg	    Inmate	Widow	52	Traveller	          Bilston,STS			
Edward Pye?	   Inmate	      Married	36	Glass maker	          Smethwick,STS			
George Oliver	    Inmate	Unm	32	Labourer	          Harborne,STS			
William Porter	    Inmate	Unm	35	Labourer	          Beoley,WOR			
John Stokes	    Inmate	Unm	48	Brassfounder	          Birmingham,WAR			
John Day	    Inmate	Married	57	Labourer for bricklayer	 Kings Norton,WOR			
Jane Day	    Inmate	Married	47	None	                 Kings Norton,WOR   Blind 2 1/2 years		
Joseph Cleaver	    Inmate	Unm	64	Labourer	          Birmingham,WAR			
Henry Tomkinson	    Inmate	Widow	73	Shoemaker	          Nantwich,CHE			
George Wilks	    Inmate	Unm	57	Tailor	                  Fazeley,STS       Heart disease		
Henry Cook	    Inmate	Unm	42	Labourer	          Edgbaston,WAR			
John Haycock	    Inmate	Unm	27	Steel roller	         Yardley Wood,WOR   Paralysed		
John Price	    Inmate	Married	42	Labourer	          Wednesbury,STS    Heart disease	 	
William Foster	    Inmate	Widow	62	Labourer	          Withall Death,WOR Has but 1 leg		
James Smith	    Inmate	Widow	38	Labourer	          Ashleworth,GLS			
James Dyer	    Inmate	Unm	61	Labourer	         Great Wolford,WAR			
Enoch Roach	    Inmate	Unm	57	Nailor	Bromsgrove        Lickley,WOR			
Joseph Hooper	    Inmate	Widow	59	Labourer	         Oxford City,OXF			
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Richard Barnett	  Inmate	Widow	65	Gardener	    Effingham,SRY			
Thomas Ashford	  Inmate	Married	68	Small ware weaver   Newton Heath,LAN			
James Harris	  Inmate	Married	27	Tinman	            Strawley,WOR	
Hannah Huxley	  Inmate	Unm	25	Charwoman	   Kings Norton,WOR	
Sarah Jones	  Inmate	Unm	30	Servant	            Bednall,WOR	
Reuben Jones	  Inmate	Child	6	None	            Bednall,WOR	
Edward Jones	  Inmate	Child	5m	None	           Kings Norton Union,WOR	
Ann Parsons	  Inmate	Unm	47	Servant             Withall Death,WOR	   Has but 1 leg
Frances Lovekin   Inmate	Married	44	Servant	            Rugeby,STS	
Jessie Lovekin	  Inmate	Child	11	Servant	            Birmingham,WAR	
Arthur Lovekin	  Inmate	Child	7	Servant	            Birmingham,WAR	
Ellen Bates	  Inmate	Married	30	Servant	            Kington,HER	
William Bates	  Inmate	Child	2	None	            Edgbaston,WAR	
Ellen Nichols	  Inmate	Unm	24	Servant	            Birmingham,WAR	
Eliza Millward	  Inmate	Unm	40	Servant	            Edgbaston,WAR	
Hannah Brown	  Inmate	Unm	27	None	            Wales,place unknown	  Idiot from birth
Rebecca Wright	  Inmate	Unm	35	None	            Birmingham,WAR	
Sophia Collins	  Inmate	Unm	42	None	            Smethwick,STS	
Sarah Standley	  Inmate	Unm	64	None	            Smethwick,STS			
Jane Nuffit?	  Inmate	Unm	15	None	            Smethwick,STS			
Tobisha Harrison? Inmate	Married	42	None	            Greatbridge,WOR			
Charles Harrison? Inmate	Child	7	None	            Smethwick,STS			
George Harrison?  Inmate	Child	5	None	            Smethwick,STS			
Alice Harrison?	  Inmate	Child	2	None	            Smethwick,STS			
Maria Grea	  Inmate	Unm	26	Servant	            Balsall Heath,WOR			
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Louisa Grea	 Inmate	Child	8	None       Kings Norton,WOR			
Benjamin Grea	 Inmate	Child	3	None       Birmingham Workhouse,WAR			
George Grea	 Inmate	Child	4m	None       Kings Norton Union,WOR			
Elizabeth Gee	 Inmate	Widow	78	None	   Balsall Heath,WOR			
Matilda Davis	 Inmate	Married	27	Charwoman  Tipton?,WOR			
Mary E. Davis	 Inmate	Child	9	None	   Harborne,STS			
Louisa Davis	 Inmate	Child	6	None       Kings Union,WOR			
Mary J. Tonks	 Inmate	Widow	62	None	   Birmingham,WAR
Mary J. Hughes	 Inmate	Widow	53	None	   St.Amals?,PEM
Sarah Walton	 Inmate	Widow	60	None	   Harborne,STS
Thomas Ashfield	 Inmate	Child	9	None	   Northfield,WOR
Fanny Ashfield	 Inmate	Child	3	None	   Northfield,WOR
Martha Granger	 Inmate	Child	9	None       Unknown
William Granger	 Inmate	Child	7	None       Unknown
Annie Fisher	 Inmate	Child	10	None       Unknown
Betsy Fisher	 Inmate	Child	7	None       Unknown
Sarah J. Garrow	 Inmate	Child	10	None	   Smethwick,STS
Alfred Garrow	 Inmate	Child	4	None	   Smethwick,STS
Ellen Pass	 Inmate	Child	10	None       Unknown
Mary J. Powell	 Inmate	Child	10	None       Unknown
Emma Bann	 Inmate	Child	12	None	   Yardley,WOR
Louisa Pember	 Inmate	Child	12	None       Unknown
Sarah A. Gilbert Inmate	Child	15	None       Unknown
Fanny Johnson	 Inmate	Child	2	None	   Smethwick,STS