Bedford Poor Law Union Workhouse Records and Census Records
Information from Admission and Discharge Registers and Census Information
Case study: Henry CatlinThese records show where the family were resident during Henry’s childhood. Details from the Union Workhouse show the family were admitted on a number of occasions and in 1836.
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Christmas 1836
Admitted to the workhouse 15th Dec 1836
Name / When Born / Parish / Calling / Status / If able bodied/Disability / Cause of seeking relief / Observations / Creed
John Catlin / 1791 / St John / Shoe-maker / Widower / Able / No home / Dissenter
Maria Catlin / 1826 / St John / - / - / - / - / -
Henry Catlin / 1828 / St John / - / - / - / - / - / "
There is a note to say that Maria and Henry were John’s children.
John Catlin was discharged on Saturday 24th Dec 1836. The observations of general character recorded 'no complaint'.
Maria Catlin died Wednesday 3 January 1837 at the workhouse.
Henry Catlin was discharged Saturday 7th January 1837.
1841 Census Bedford
John and Henry Catlin resident at 'Waterloo' cottages on the riverside.
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Lady Day 1841
Name / When Born / Parish / Calling / Status / If able bodied/Disability / Cause of seeking relief / Observations / Creed
John Catlin / 1788 / St John / Shoemaker / Widower / Partially from lame hands / - / Clean, no relations / Estab-lished Church
Henry Catlin / 1828 / St John / - / - / - / - / - / "
Same details recorded Midsummer 1841
1851 Census Bedford
John Catlin returned to Bedford after serving his seven years. The 1851 Census lists him at Allhallows, living with his son Thomas.
Bedford Poor Law Union Workhouse – entries after 1852
1852 onward he was a frequent inmate of the workhouse, admitted for infirmity and drunkenness. The1861 Workhouse returns note that he had been in the workhouse for nine years. He died there in April 1866, aged about 74.
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