Inmates in the Workhouse Discover the stories of the inmates in the Guildford Union Workhouse on the night of the 1881 census Caroline ANDREWS (b. 1849-d.1912) How did the family of a habitual fraudster from Essex end up in Guildford Workhouse? Rebecca (1872-1942); Henry (1873-1945); Clara (1875-1951); Joseph (1877-1944); "Infant" (1881-1881) Edward (b.1846-d.1917), Mary Ann (b.ca1850-d.1904), Edward (b.1878-d.1949) ANSTISS Itinerant family spends night in Guildford Union Casual Ward Sidney ATTFIELD "Vagrant" (b.1840-d.?) Workhouse, homeless and prisoner, all by the age of 16 Stephen BARRY (b.1799-d.1886) aka John Barry, Stephen Barrett. Six years in gaol for "uttering counterfeit coin" Mary Ann (b.1841-d.1910) & Charles (b.1874-d.?) BIGGINS Guildford sends 15-year-old to Grimsby as a 'fishing apprentice' William BILLIMORE (b.1820-d.1884) Man with a violent temper Jane Elizabeth BLAKE (b.1853-d.1925) Albury Heath sub-postmistress - a "very trying woman" Ellen BROWN (b.1837-d.1909) Born Jovial Sailor Ripley, taken to Canada by brother after 33 years in the workhouse William BURDOCK (b.1803-d.1882) "Base-born" Worplesdon man raises 8 children, grandfather of 42 Benjamin BUTCHER (b.1835-d.1923) Not a model soldier, but comes home a hero Mary Ann (b.1835-d.?), Hannah (b.1869-d.1949), Edward (b.1873-d.1931) CARVER A life enveloped in mystery for Ripley orphan, but success for two of her children after being Workhouse scholars William (b.1844-d.1890), Harriet (b.1874-d.1968), Catherine (b.1876-d.1953) CATES Imprisonment then Workhouse for Royal Marine, but better fortunes for his daughters Henry CAWOOD (b. ca1813-d.1883) 'Riotous pauper' causes mayhem in Ash Workhouse Martha CHEESEMAN (b.1839-d.1905) Pirbright woman's deafness leads to more than half a lifetime in institutions Elizabeth Amelia CHILTON (b.1846-d.1933) Second marriage at 76 for ex-Guildford Union Workhouse inmate Diana CLARK (b.1828-d.1901) "Thoroughly looked after" in Brookwood after brawls, drunkenness and 23 years in the workhouse Martha CORNISH (b.1798-d.1882) Cholera in Victorian London strikes family twice Harriett COURT (b.1853-d.1915) Family with serious health issues do their best for Harriett Stephen DALLEN (b.1813-d.1886) A bleak life for Ockham born rag-and-bone man after both parents die in same week Lucy (b.1853-d.?) and Alice (b.1880-d.?) DAY Pregnant Wiltshire woman found collapsed in Guildford survives loss of daughter, goes on to raise large family in London. Elizabeth DEW (b.1860-d.1913) Brookwood provides peaceful refuge for disruptive Workhouse inmate, twice Daniel DEWBURY (Dewberry) (b.1797-d.1887) Twelve years a 'drunken soldier' in South Africa Christiana DOUTHWAITE (b.1801-d.1882) From Teesside to Weyside, grandmother reunites with family Jane EADES (Edes, Ede) (b.ca1851-d.1907) Family then Workhouse care for Stoke girl Henry EDE (b.1816-d.1884) Epilepsy and alcohol, an unhappy combination Edward FAGGETTER (b.1833-d.1884) Pirbright man brought down by disability, poverty and domestic violence Francis FAGGETTER (b.1873-d.1940) Pirbright boy finds stability after traumatic childhood William FOSTER (b.1848?-d.?) Vagrant ‘pays’ for his night in the Casual Ward – but who was he? Albert FREELOVE (b.1869-d.1955) Guildford Union Workhouse orphan makes career as a tailor Emily FREELOVE née Jelly (b.ca1808-d.1889) Second marriage for Albury woman keeps her and family out of the Workhouse Emma FREELOVE (b.ca1835-d.1918) Shere girl helped through childhood by widowed grandfather before long adult life in institutions Elizabeth née Kercher (b.1842-d.1942), William (b.1868-d.1892), Sarah (b.1871-d.1893) FROGLEY Teenager Sarah causes havoc in Guildford Union Workhouse; mother Elizabeth reaches 100th year Ann FURLONGER née Varndell (b.1799-d.1886) Widow from Witley (Hambledon Union) William GARRETT (b.ca1814-d.1887) From tannery to workhouse and gaol for Godalming man Ellen GILL (b.1863-d.1918) Workhouse sends vulnerable but dangerous Farncombe woman to Brookwood George GODDARD (b.1859-d.1918) Compton-born man finds peace in Brookwood Asylum after tough time in Guildford Workhouse George (b.1842-d.1898), Ellen (b.1848-d.1915) GOODRIDGE Francis (b.1872-d.1908), Sarah (b.1874-d.1953), Anne (b.1875-d.1882), Bertha (b.1880-d.1910) Family stays strong despite father's failings Jane GUNNER (b.1827-d.1882) Worplesdon family care for vulnerable daughter Joseph HALL (b.1804-d.1884) 'Paper Trail' to the Workhouse for Journeyman papermaker William HAMILTON (b.ca1812-d.1898) Wife's tragic death in fire at home leaves Send thatcher bereft George (b.ca1813-d.1885) & Mary Ann (b.ca1814-d.1886) HAMPTON Three-times married carpenter, but no family of his own Henry (b.1867-d.1948), William (b.1869-d.1921), Alice (b.1871-d.?), James (b.1873-d.1953) HART Groundbreaking Hart family make Guildford Union proud Phoebe (b.1855-d.1891), Minnie (b.1874-d.1950), Harriet Jane (b.1876-d.1912) HARTNUP Widely contrasting fortunes for Hartnup family John HAYES (b.ca1830?-d.?) Workhouse inmate's past lost in the "Hayes" Rose (b.1869-d.1944), George (b.1871-d.1902?), Ellen (b.1874-d.?), Eliza (b.1877-d.1966) HEBBURN Abandoned children given new start in Canada Elizabeth HILL (b.1840-d.1904) Single mother of Henry, finds stability after long struggle Henry HILL (b.1872-d.1920) Soap opera of lies, deceit and bigamy ends in tragedy John HILL (b.1853-d.1908) Valued inmate of the workhouse for nearly 40 years Hannah Furlonger HILLYER (b.1803-d.1885) Single life for Godalming needlewoman Martha HOGSFLESH (b.1852-d.1913) Half her life in institutions Eliza HOLT née Garrett (b.ca1810-d.1881) A life on the edge of poverty for Godalming family George HOLT (b.ca1814-d.1888) Devoted Chiddingfold-born man cares for paralysed wife despite his own poor health Letitia HUNT (b.1845-d.1910) Death of five siblings and mother by age ten Henry (1869-?); Fanny (1872-1961) Flora (b.1869-d.1955) and George (b.1873-d.?) JACKMAN Twice abandoned in childhood of misery George JACKMAN (b.1826-d.1906) Family care for grandson of the founder of Jackman's Nursery Harriett JELLY (b.1821-d.1898) Guildford charities benefit St Mary's family Thomas JELLY (b.1847-d.1917) Sister's devotion to long-term Workhouse & Netherne Asylum inmate William JELLY (b.1816-d.1901) Couple suffer loss of five children Mary Ann JOYCE (b.1868-d.?) and Walter SHIRES (b.1873-d.1937) Stark contrast in half-siblings' lives William (b.1845-d.1916) and Ellen (b. ca1852-d.1911) KILLICK "Father Christmas" arrested for begging (Elizabeth) Lucy LARBY née Legg (b.1811-d.1883) Survived on Outdoor Relief and rag cutting at Eashing paper mill Emily LEGG (b.1815-d.1889) Poor relief helps infirm Albury widow to care for her vulnerable daughter Job (b.ca1814-d.1891) and Sarah (b. ca1794-d.1881) LIGHT Travellers settle in Godalming Charles LODER (b.ca1806-d.1882) Unmarried Godalming man summoned for fathering illegitimate child Alfred LOVELL (b.1845-d.?) Mercantile clerk splits from family and disappears Martha (b.1854-d.1881) and Jane Beatrice (b.1880-d.1881) MACDONALD Sad end for mother and baby in Guildford Union Workhouse Gertrude MACKNELL (b.1874-d.1940) Teenager defies child migration scheme by returning home Caroline MANDEVILLE née CLARK (b.1828-d.1906) Godalming woman turns violent in the Guildford Union Workhouse Henry MANDEVILLE (b.1827-d.1901) Godalming hawker halted by disability - but still manages to committ theft Mary MARSHALL (b.abt.1804-d.1881) Twice-widowed Sussex woman becomes "monthly nurse" in Guildford Elizabeth MARTIN née Slyfield (b.ca 1800-d.1883) Uncaring son refuses to support mother in Guildford Union Workhouse John MATLOCK (b.ca1822-d.1884) Gaol better than workhouse, according to Worplesdon tramp Henry MESSENGER (b.1832-d.1889) Maintains "hard-working" attitude even in Brookwood Asylum Henry MILEHAM (Milam) (b.1820-d.1881) Single life for Worplesdon man battling ill-health Edward MITCHELL (b.ca1800-d.1887) Over 30 years as a Godalming bargeman before being caught stealing Jane MITCHELL née Chalcraft (b.1852-d.?) Young family decimated by ill health Priscilla (1873-1881); Susan (1878-1881) George MORGAN (b.ca1812-d.1883) Unsolved mystery of Guildford Union Workhouse inmate George NOTTRIDGE (b.1810-d.1884) Woking man employed at renowned Goldsworth Nursery Rhoda Jane PARSONS (b.1837-d.1899) 'Order of Removal' from St Marylebone to Guildford Union Workhouse George (b.1816-d.1883) & Jane (b.1808-1881) PENFOLD Lifetime in carpentry for Puttenham man Peter (b.1802-d.1881) & Sarah (b.1805-1883) PERCY Age no barrier in winning battle against authorities Enoch PERRY (b.1861-d.1937) 'The Barnes Tragedy' - Daughter of Guildford Union 'casual' dies in shocking manslaughter case Jane Sarah POTTERTON née Dimmings (b.1794-d.1882) Tragedy of husband's suicide William READING (b.1813-d.1886) 16-year-old transported to Australia, returns home to West Clandon William SAUNDERS (b.ca1810-d.1882) 'A fit case for the workhouse' after nearly 20 years in asylums Henry SIMMONDS (b.ca1821-d.?) A night at the Guildford 'Spike' for a lonely vagrant Agnes SLOW (b.ca1866-d.1943) Raised in workhouse, life-changing 'marriage' to former convict Kate SMITH (b.1879-d.1882) Victim of tuberculosis in just her third year Sarah SPOONER née Hall (b.1851-d.1930) Seven children, four fathers but Knaphill family bond stays strong Mary Ann (1870-1918); William (1874-1945); Amelia Jane (1879-1881) Edward SUTLIEFF (b.1838-d.1897) Itinerant life for Guildford man following shocking death of parents Sarah (b.1851-d.1926) & Mary Ann (b.1867-d.1947) SWAN Workhouse and Institutional lives for a mother at 16, and her daughter William TICKNER (b.1852-d.1892) Stricken 11-year-old Ripley boy spends rest of life in Guildford Union Workhouse James TICKNOR / TICKNER (b.1832-d.1890) Family responsibilities weigh heavily on Godalming teenager Sarah TRIGG (b. ca1826-d.?) Hertfordshire woman found 'Not Guilty' of poisoning her husband and son moves to Merrow with third 'husband' Thomas TUCKER (b.1805-d.1882) Leather worker in Godalming's tanning industry Eliza TURNER (b ca.1798-d.?) Her full story awaits discovery Henry WEBB (b ca.1799-d.1884) Wife's death leaves Guildford man unable to cope Lucy WELLAND (b.1872-d.1945) Father's death for a new-born leads to a childhood in Guildford Workhouse Mercy WELLAND (b.1840-d.1907) Young Kent widow is "removed" to Guildford Workhouse with new baby and 2 year old Walter WELLAND (b.1870-d.1938) Workhouse boy becomes loyal Army man in British & Canadian forces, serves in 3 conflicts George (b.1820-d.1894) and Arthur (b.1876-d.1934) WOODGER Blindness and wife's early death forces Wisley man and young son into Workhouse Ann WOODS née Tickner (b.ca1803-d.1888) Godalming widow becomes domestic servant in her sixties David (b.ca1813-d.1884) and Thomas (b.ca1815-d.1891?) WOODS Woods brothers together in later life in Guildford Union workhouse Elisha WYATT (b.1799-d.1885) Merrow man's moment of madness with axe
