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1891 census lookup please
« on: Tuesday 27 November 07 21:13 GMT (UK) »
1891 census - Hawick Poorhouse/Workhouse
Could anyone please lookup the names of persons staying there in 1891, including staff?   Thankyou
HBelle

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Re: 1891 census lookup please
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 28 November 07 06:37 GMT (UK) »

there are 46 people there in 1891

hawick combination poor house.
17,drumlanrig square,hawick.

is this the place you mean.

lydia adamson age 71, james bennet age 16,mary borthwick age 36,cecilia brady age 33.
john.s.brady age 4mnths,james brown age 44,isabella chisholm age 65,william cochrane age 65,
anor douglas cottman age 28,mary millar dailey age 61,agnes docherty age 62,
james douglas age 82,james gailbraith age 62,annie gray age 19,william gray age 50,
adam grierson age 77,helen grierson age 43,robert helm age 43,ann hendry age 40,
john hendry age 6,philip higgins age 47,catherine kelly age 78,james kelly age 77,
jane law age 10,john law age 6,maggie law age 8,william law age 32,mary graham martin age 60,
john martine age 78,william murray age 70,barbara nichol age 62,agnes oliver age 77
margaret simpson pott age 68,wilhimina ripley age 75,robert rodger age 66,betsy smith age 4,
mary duffy smith age 8,margaret turnbull age 38,john turner age 49,robert wallace age 65,
jane nicholson ward age 76,thomas william age 2mnths,john williamson age 61,joseph wilson age 34
margaret shaw wood age 59,beatrice young age 55.
cattell,alcester
vickers,sulgrave
hewish,holborn
manley,bethnal green
barnes,bassingbourn

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Re: 1891 census lookup please
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 29 November 07 04:00 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou Wozzle for this lookup - much appreciated - 1891 census.
I was hoping that my great grandfather, Richard Telford, would be on the list at the Hawick Combination Poorhouse, and his wife Margaret.
He died 9 Nov 1892 while Governor of that Poorhouse (Ref: his death certificate) and I have been trying to discover when he began in that job.
I know that he was not there in the 1881 census - another man was listed as the Governor at that time.
HBelle

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Re: 1891 census lookup please
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 29 November 07 06:44 GMT (UK) »
in the 1891 census the governor of the poor house was
adam grierson age 77. b. kirkton,roxb,
the matron was
helen grierson age 43. b. hawick.
cattell,alcester
vickers,sulgrave
hewish,holborn
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Re: 1891 census lookup please
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 29 November 07 07:39 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou Wozzle.  That has solved a puzzle.  Therefore, Richard Telford was in the position of Governor for a very short time, before he died on the job of a heart attack.  Prior to the Governor's job, he was a policeman with the Galloway and Borders police from the 1860's.
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HBelle
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