DOCKING HERITAGE GROUP DOCKING UNION WORKHOUSE PROJECT 2020-21 Using the census returns, register transcripts and other available records volunteers have undertaken a project to identify the inmates and staff of the Docking Union Workhouse from 1841-1911. The first page is a list as prepared by the enumerator at the time of the census. There follows a series of mini biographies of the staff and inmates. It should be noted that the enumerator may have recorded people incorrectly because they were either unsure themselves of their facts, such as date and place of birth, or unable to provide the necessary details through age, impairment or illness. Where possible they have been researched and recorded correctly but some people have been impossible to identify beyond what was recorded on the day. The date of this census was 3rd April 1881. The original copies of the census return data we have consulted are held by The National Archives (reference RG10/ 1992). Occiupants in 1881 First Name Surname Relationship Status Sex Age Occupation County Place of Birth Master of 1 Walter Chinery Head M M 42 Workhouse Essex Littlebury 2 Ellen M Chinery wife M F 49 Matron Yorkshire York 3 Walter H M Chinery son U M 13 scholar Norfolk Docking 4 Sarah Howling Officer U F 57 Nurse Norfolk Houghton Housemaid(Dom 5 Mary Ann Lack Officer U F 24 Serv) Norfolk South Creake 6 Ellen Taylor Officer U F 21 Cook Norfolk BuryAnmer St 7 Elizabeth Feek W F 65 Annuitant Suffolk Edmunds 8 Joseph Neale Inmate W M 79 Ag Lab Norfolk Worthing Burnham 9 Robert Greaves Pauper W M 68 Sailor Norfolk Deepdale 10 Thomas Skipper Pauper W M 78 Ag Lab Norfolk Brancaster 11 James Skipper Pauper W M 76 Ag Lab Norfolk Brancaster 12 Robert Large Pauper U M 11 Scholar Norfolk Brancaster 13 Alfred Martin Pauper U M 33 Sailor/Tailor Norfolk Brancaster 14 Thomas Cook Pauper U M 77 Groom Norfolk Burnham 15 James Mack Pauper U M 13 Scholar Norfolk Great Bircham 16 John Mack Pauper U M 12 Scholar Norfolk Docking Burnham 17 William Mack Pauper U M 8 Scholar Norfolk Westgate Burnham 18 John Jarrett Pauper U M 70 Ag Lab Norfolk Westgate Burnham 19 Clement Pooley Pauper W M 64 Glover Norfolk Westgate Burnham 20 David Daines Pauper W M 71 Ag Lab Norfolk BurnhamWestgate 21 Thomas Mott Pauper W M 80 Ag lab Norfolk BurnhamThorpe 22 R A Ayres Pauper W M 77 Ag Lab Norfolk BurnhamThorpe 23 Obadiah Futter Pauper U M 10 Scholar Norfolk Overy 24 Albert Blyth Pauper U M 10 Scholar Norfolk South Creake 25 Ernest Blyth Pauper U M 7 Scholar Norfolk South Creake 26 Robert Morgan Pauper W M 67 Drover Norfolk South Creake 27 William Lack Pauper W M 68 Ag Lab Norfolk South Creake 28 Thomas Howell Pauper W M 78 Ag Lab Norfolk South Creake 29 Robert Layton Pauper W M 71 Ag Lab Norfolk South Creake 30 Robert Drew Pauper W M 76 Ag Lab Norfolk Fring 31 William Johnson Pauper W M 70 Ag Lab Norfolk BirchamStanhoe 32 John Townsend Pauper W M 66 Ag Lab Norfolk Newton 33 William Eastwick Pauper M M 73 Shoemaker Norfolk Dersingham 34 Robert Watson Pauper M M 69 Shoemaker Norfolk Dersingham 35 George H Large Pauper U M 7 Scholar Norfolk Gayton 36 Alfred Large Pauper U M 4 Scholar Norfolk Docking 37 Thomas James Pauper W M 71 Ag Lab Norfolk East Rudham 38 Samuel Thompson Pauper U M 46 Tailor Norfolk Docking 39 James Thompson Pauper U M 62 Tailor Norfolk Docking 40 Robert Playford Pauper U M 8 Scholar Norfolk Docking 41 Edward Playford Pauper U M 10 Scholar Norfolk Docking 42 Henry Heugh Pauper W M 81 Tailor Norfolk Heacham 43 William Daws Pauper W M 66 Carpenter Norfolk Hunstanton 44 Charles Williamson Pauper U M 7 Carpenter Norfolk Heacham 45 George Newton Pauper U M 1 Norfolk Docking 46 John Morgan Pauper U M 25 Norfolk Holme 47 John Skeet Pauper U M 71 Ag Lab Norfolk Holme 48 Robert Sheldrake Pauper W M 78 Ag Lab Norfolk Holme 49 Robert Thacker Pauper W M 73 Ag Lab Norfolk Thornham 50 William Webbon Pauper W M 81 Ag Lab Norfolk Ingoldisthorpe 51 Robert Bush Pauper U M 30 Ag Lab Norfolk Dersingham 52 Robert Cook Pauper W M 66 Ag Lab Norfolk Ringstead 53 David Herring Pauper W M 73 Policeman Norfolk Ringstead 54 John Hooks Pauper W M 68 Ag Lab Norfolk Sedgeford 55 William Skipper Pauper U M 69 Ag Lab Norfolk Sedgeford 56 Francis Rush Pauper U M 68 Ag Lab Norfolk Sedgeford 57 James Allard Pauper U M 68 Ag Lab Norfolk Brancaster Page 1 Occiupants in 1881 Burnham 58 Mary Sharp Pauper W F 74 Norfolk Sutton Burnham 59 Hannah Keeley Pauper U F 60 Charwoman Norfolk Westgate 60 Amelia Hutchens Pauper U F 42 Housemaid Norfolk BurnhamLondon 61 Sophia Futter Pauper U F 7 scholar Norfolk BurnhamOvery 62 Eliza Futter Pauper U F 2m Norfolk Overy Burnham 63 Elizabeth Whiting Pauper W F 78 Housewife Norfolk Whiting(WightDeepdale 64 Charlotte Clamp Pauper W F 85 Norfolk on) 65 Clivina Dolman Pauper U F 26 Laundress Norfolk Snettisham 66 Elijah C Dolman Pauper M 1m Norfolk Docking 67 Jane Eastwick Pauper M F 61 Needlewoman Yorkshire Hull 68 Betsey Wells Pauper U F 50 Norfolk Dersingham 69 Sarah A Cross Pauper U F 15 Scholar Norfolk Dersingham 70 Ann Rudd Pauper W F 74 Housekeeper Norfolk East Rudham 71 Betsey Jarrett Pauper U F 30 Norfolk Heacham 72 Mary A Newton Pauper U F 29 General Servant Norfolk Docking 73 Eleanor M Newton Pauper U F 5 Scholar Norfolk Docking 74 Ann Morgan Pauper U F 30 Norfolk Holme 75 Ellen Jones Pauper U F 54 Norfolk Ringstead 76 Mary A Pearman Pauper W F 57 Housekeeper Norfolk Sedgeford 77 Maria Mallett Pauper W F 65 Housekeeper Norfolk Fring Warwicks 78 Henrietta Harmer Pauper U F 23 General Servant hire Birmingham 79 William Harmer Pauper M 10m Norfolk Docking 80 Susan Pattingale Pauper W F 58 Housekeeper Suffolk Lairnham(?) 81 Susan Proudfoot Pauper U F 25 General Servant Norfolk Holme 82 Edith Proudfoot Pauper F 3m London Bethnal Green 83 Florence Proudfoot Pauper F 3 Norfolk Holme 84 Elizabeth A Playford Pauper M F 40 Housekeeper Norfolk North Runcton 85 Clementina Playford Pauper U F 13 Scholar Norfolk Lynn 86 Sarah Large Pauper W F 46 Needlewoman Norfolk Dersingham Page 2 DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT. STAFF & INMATES IN RESIDENCE ON NIGHT OF 03/04/1881 NUMBER 1 NAME Walter Chinery/Chenery MAIDEN NAME - DOB/AGE 04/03/38 STATUS M/F male married PLACE OF BIRTH Littlebury Essex PARENTS Bernard Chenery Elizabeth Gooch Birth certificate confirms parents SIBLINGS Edgar Julia Herbert SPOUSE 1 Eleanor Mary Maudsley SPOUSE 2 DATE &PLACE OF 28/06/1866 MARRIAGES(S) Docking CHILDREN Walter Howson Maudsley Chinery OCCUPATIONS Schoolmaster 1861 Master of Workhouse 1871/1881 DATE & PLACE OF 19/12/1912 DEATH Nipissing, Ontario Canada DATE & PLACE OF BURIAL OTHER FACTS Emigrated to Ontario Master of Docking Canada. Sailed to New Workhouse in 1871 York on Thursday 20th April 1893 from Tilbury. He was 22 years a popular Master of the Workhouse. DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT. STAFF & INMATES IN RESIDENCE ON NIGHT OF 03/04/1881 NUMBER 2 NAME Eleanor Mary Chinery MAIDEN NAME Maudsley DOB/AGE 1832 STATUS M/F Married female PLACE OF BIRTH PARENTS John Maudsley; Army Officer SIBLINGS SPOUSE 1 Walter Chinery SPOUSE 2 DATE&PLACE OF 28/06/1866 MARRIAGE(S) Docking CHILDREN Walter Howson Born 1868 Docking Maudsley Chinery OCCUPATIONS Schoolmistress at Matron at Docking Pulham St Mary Workhouse 1871/81 Workhouse 1861 DATE&PLACE OF 29/08/1907 Wellington DEATH Ontario Canada DATE & PLACE OF BURIAL OTHER FACTS No evidence of birthplace; could have been East Indies as father was in Army DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT. STAFF & INMATES IN RESIDENCE ON NIGHT OF 03/04/1881 NUMBER 3 NAME Walter Howson Chinery Maudsley MAIDEN NAME - DOB/AGE 08/10/67 13 STATUS M/F U male PLACE OF BIRTH Docking PARENTS Walter Chinery Eleanoe Maudsley SIBLINGS none SPOUSE 1 -- SPOUSE2 -- DATE & PLACE OF -- MARRIAGE CHILDREN -- OCCUPATIONS Royal Navy Apprentice Indenture dated 12/02/1885 at Liverpool DATE& PLACE OF 01/04/89 West Bengal India DEATH DATE & PLACE OF 01/04/1889 Muttra BURIAL Bengal India OTHER FACTS DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT. STAFF & INMATES IN RESIDENCE ON NIGHT OF 03/04/1881 NUMBER 4 NAME Sarah Howling DOB/AGE 57 STATUS M/F Unmarried female MAIDEN NAME PLACE OF BIRTH Houghton PARENTS Elizabeth Howling SIBLINGS -- SPOUSE 1 - SPOUSE 2 - DATE & PLACE OF - MARRIAGE(S) CHILDREN George Howling 1851 Tabitha Howling 1853 OCCUPATIONS 1881 Nurse in 1871 Cook in Workhouse Workhouse DATE & PLACE OF 1885 DEATH DATE & PLACE OF 29/10/85 Great Bircham BURIAL OTHER FACTS Long term resident of 1841 female servant at the Workhouse first farm in Bircham Tofts seen in 1851 DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT. STAFF & INMATES IN RESIDENCE ON NIGHT OF 03/04/1881 NUMBER 5 NAME Mary Ann Lack MAIDEN NAME - DOB/AGE 1859 Baptism 17/08/1859 24 STATUS M/F Unmarried female PLACE OF BIRTH South Creake PARENTS Charlotte Lack SIBLINGS SPOUSE 1 SPOUSE 2 DATE & PLACE OF MARRIAGES CHILDREN OCCUPATIONS 1881 Housemaid in Workhouse (officer) DATE & PLACE OF DEATH DATE & PLACE OF BURIAL OTHER FACTS 1861 living with 1891 servant at 8 The mother and grandfather Parade Worthing in Sth Creake Sussex DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT. STAFF & INMATES IN RESIDENCE ON NIGHT OF 03/04/1881 NUMBER 6 NAME Ellen Langley MAIDEN NAME DOB/AGE 1861 21 STATUS M/F Unmarried female PLACE OF BIRTH Anmer PARENTS William & Sarah Taylor SIBLINGS Mary Ann Robert Minnie Judd SPOUSE 1 George William Hooks SPOUSE2 DATE & PLACE OF 26/11/1881 Anmer MARRIAGES CHILDREN George Walter Ellen Alice Henrietta Edward Mary Edgar Ellen Elizabeth OCCUPATIONS Cook in Workhouse 1881 DATE&PLACE OF 1934 DEATH Docking District DATE & PLACE OF BURIAL OTHER FACTS DOCKING WORKHOUSE PROJECT.