Wakefield Family History Sharing
Black sheep in your family ?
Try looking through the following list of prisoners and warders for Wakefield Prison for the census night of April 5th 1891
part 1
Census R12/3750 folio141 - 150
(in folio order)
I have used abbreviations for married (m), single (s) and widower/widowa (w)when the person is born in Yorkshire I have just put the place. I have tried to decipher some entries but where I am totally unsure I have used **. The 1891 enumerator has placed his 'tick' marks through the profession and age headings, therefore, quite a few will have **. I have placed (?) before full missing words and after words if there is doubt over the word. I have used a copy Postal Addresses and Index to Postcodes to help with place names.
!! Note: As with all transcripts - if in doubt, try and check with the original !! The transcripts are only as good as the deciphering of the person doing the work.
| Name | Relation | Condition | Male | Female | Profession | Born |
| John Gomersall | Prisoner | m | 49 | Woollen Weaver | Dewsbury | |
| John Murray | " | s | 26 | Gashouse ***** | Warwick Birmingham | |
| Henry Lock | " | w | 68 | Coal Miner | Cheshire Chester | |
| James Carter | " | s | 58 | Bricklayer | Northampton Peterborough | |
| George Steadman | " | s | *7 | Coal Miner | Notts Gateford | |
| David Mellor | " | s | 41 | C***dorner | Huddersfield | |
| William Smales Brook | " | m | 37 | Coal Miner | Rotherham | |
| Granger Green | " | m | 35 | Stationery Engine Driver | Mirfield | |
| Walter Bloomer | " | m | 21 | C*aster | Halifax (?) | |
| John Farrar | " | m | 38 | Bell Hanger (?) | Ireland Leitrim | |
| Francis Donovan | " | s | 27 | ******* Labourer | Middlesex London | |
| Edward Farrar | " | m | 25 | ****** Labourer | Lancaster Liverpool | |
| Hellewell William | " | s | 29 | Masons Labourer | Halifax | |
| William Moxon | " | s | 45 | Carter | Cambridge Witney | |
| George Catton | " | s | 41 | ***** labourer | Dewsbury | |
| Robert Huntingdon | " | w | 29 | Potter or Porter | Rotherham | |
| James Haslam | " | s | 37 | Labourer | Lancaster Salford | |
| John Douglas | " | s | 43 | **** House Man | Huddersfield | |
| Edward Gledhill | " | s | 19 | Mason Labourer | Durham Darlington | |
| John Currans | " | w | 40 | Iron Foundry Labourer | Huddersfield | |
| Arthur Taylor | " | m | 36 | Engine Fitter | Gomersall | |
| John McCarthy | " | s | 34 | General Labourer | Huddersfield | |
| John Hampson | " | s | 24 | ***** Cloth Founder/Pounder | Huddersfield | |
| Thomas Knight | " | m | 39 | General Hawker | Wath upon Dearne | |
| Thomas Kennedy | " | s | 54 | Stone Mason | Ireland Sligo | |
| George Boswell | " | s | 22 | Engine Fitter | Sheffield | |
| George Johnson | " | w | *6 | Ships Carpenter | Hants Winchester | |
| Benjamin Patterson | " | " | 39 | Coal Miner | Bradford | |
| William Tonge | " | s | *6 | Coal Miner | Chester Stockport | |
| James Stack | " | s | 17 | Coal Mine Labourer | Leeds | |
| Alfred Crowther | " | s | 19 | Coal Miner | Dewsbury | |
| Thomas Dollery | " | s | 33 | General Domestic Servant | Ireland (?) ****** | |
| John Henry Hinchliffe | " | m | 23 | Labourer | Huddersfield | |
| Joseph Sunderland | " | m | 32 | Electrician | Durham Bishop Aukland | |
| John Thomas Armitage | " | m | 33 | Salesman, Provisions | Huddersfield | |
| Francis Wright | " | m | 40 | Coal Miner | Wakefield | |
| Edward Kenney | " | m | 32 | ******rer | Dewsbury | |
| William Mosley | " | m | 40 | Salesman, Fruit | Wakefield | |
| Joseph Marshall | " | m | 43 | Stationery Engine Stoker | Yeadon | |
| George Henry Robinson | " | w | 37 | Joiner | Huddersfield | |
| William Nicholson | " | m | 45 | Carter | Doncaster | |
| John Ryalls | " | s | 35 | Edge Tool Maker | Sheffield | |
| John Evans | " | w | 53 | Cotton Spinner | Chester **cklesfield | |
| Patrick Thomas Cunningham | " | s | 48 | General Labourer | York | |
| John Mason | " | m | 37 | Slater | Sheffield | |
| Samuel Goodaire | " | m | 44 | Waterman | Goole | |
| William Hoall (?) | " | s | 21 | Waterman | Lincoln Wilsford | |
| Frederick Whitmore | " | s | 18 | Masons Labourer | Derby Chesterfield | |
| Robert Dickinson | " | s | 27 | Coal Miner | Silkstone | |
| Alfred Crawshaw | " | m | 47 | General Labourer | Mirfield | |
| William Batty | " | m | 33 | Forgeman | Hunslet | |
| Joseph Baldry | " | m | 49 | Agricultural labourer | Pontefract | |
| William Betney | " | s | 44 | File Cutter | Sheffield | |
| Edmund Bond | " | s | 20(?) | General Stoker | Warwick Birmingham | |
| Richard Barnby | " | w | 66 | **atter | Pocklington | |
| John Barlow | " | m | 51 | Herbalist | Lancaster Radcliffe | |
| Harry Boyd | " | m | 21 | Butcher | Sheffield | |
| Wharton Barber | " | m | 29 | Coal Miner | Liversedge | |
| Thomas Barley | " | s | 32 | Coal Miner | Rotherham | |
| Henry Albert Butterworth | " | m | 3* | Steeple Jack | Huddersfield | |
| Richard Bateman | " | s | 25 | General Labourer | Derby Clifton | |
| John Brian | " | s | 24 | General Labourer | Glamorgan Cardiff | |
| James Birkenshaw | " | s | 56 | General Labourer | Thorne | |
| Abraham Breake | " | s | 52 | General Labourer | Wibsey | |
| William Bentley | " | m | 56 | Machine Fitter | Holmfirth | |
| Charles Bradley | " | m | 55 | Twine Spinner | Dublin | |
| James Broadbent | " | s | 44 | Carter | Sheffield | |
| James Barker | " | m | 41 | General stoker | Sheffield | |
| Phillip Berry | " | s | 37 | Groom | Nottingham Sutton on Forrest | |
| Micheal Boland | " | s | 39 | Founder | Sheffield | |
| Walter Banner | " | s | 32 | Hotel Waiter | Nottingham Worksop | |
| Thomas Binns | " | w | 37 | Blacksmith | Leeds | |
| George Barker | " | s | 23 | Green Grocer | Derby Derby | |
| William Atkinson | " | s | 50 | Tailor | Doncaster | |
| William H Atkinson | " | s | 15 | Erand Boy | Sheffield | |
| William Arnold | " | m | 39 | Coal Miner | Barnsley | |
| Thomas Arnott | " | m | 40 | Commercial Clerk | Lancashire Ratcliffe | |
| Horsfall Armitage | " | m | 25 | Plumber | Huddersfield | |
| Roger Allenbrook | " | s | 28 | Colliery Labourer | Nottingham Hucknall | |
| George Armitage | " | w | 36 | Cotton Twister | Huddersfield | |
| Joseph Atkinson | " | s | 24 | Coal Miner | Pontefract | |
| Walter Amos | " | s | 25 | General Labourer | Sheffield | |
| Joseph Armitage | " | m | 24 | Railway Labourer | Huddersfield | |
| Benjamin Armitage | " | s | 29 | Coal Miner | Dodworth | |
| Michael Carr | " | s | 61 | Hawker | Co Rosscommon (?) | |
| Peter Clegg | " | m | 40 | General Labourer | Hunslet | |
| John G Clinton | " | m | 37 | General Labourer | Driffield | |
| Luther Coates | " | s | 41 | (fur?) seal skin finisher | Braford | |
| Sydney Ward Clegg | " | w | 43 | General Labourer | Adwalton | |
| Henry Cannon | " | s | 51 | General Labourer | Wakefield | |
| Thomas ScottCooke | " | w | 50 | Break Maker | London | |
| James Cunningham | " | s | 25 | Plate Excavator | Co Sligo | |
| John Coulson | " | s | 21 | Tailor | Leeds | |
| James Cox | " | s | 23 | Groom | Lincoln Grantham | |
| Thomas Clayton | " | m | 45 | Hawker | Halifax | |
| Eli Craper | " | m | 43 | Stone Mason | Wakefield | |
| Jonathan Clegg | " | s | 18 | General Labourer | Castleford | |
| Thomas Conroy | " | s | 52 | General labourer | Co Tipparary | |
| James Connell | " | s | 23 | General Labourer | Selby | |
| William Clarke | " | s | 24 | Break Maker | Sheffield | |
| Charles Cannon | " | m | 40 | Bricklayers labourer | Halifax | |
| Edward Coyle | " | s | 25 | Dublin | ||
| Ma*ter(n) *argue | " | m | 38 | Macnine Fitter | Gomersal | |
| James Dickinson | " | s | 60 | Gardener | Westmoreland Kendal | |
| Thomas Dudson | " | s | 32 | General Labourer | Sheffield | |
| Francis C Ditchburn | " | s | 20 | Sailor (at sea) | Middlesbro | |
| ***** Charles Dearnley | " | m | *6 | Commercial Clerk(?) | Mirfield | |
| William Dobson | " | s | 31 | Carter | Holbeck | |
| John Davis | " | s | 22 | Hawker | Sheffield | |
| George W Dale | " | s | 23 | General Labourer | Huddersfield | |
| George Dickens | " | s | 42 | Groom | Northampton B***worth | |
| Tom Dalton | " | s | 24 | Stationery Engine Driver | Middlesbro | |
| John Downs | " | s | 35 | Engine Fitter | Leeds | |
| Joseph Hainsworth | " | s | 41 | General Labourer | Shipley | |
| Joseph Hoyland | " | m | 49 | Commercial Traveller | Pudsey | |
| William Day | " | s | 23 | Stoker | Dorset Weymouth | |
| Bernard Ellis | " | m | 35 | Blacksmith | Sheffield | |
| Isreal Emmott | " | m | 45 | DyersLabourer | Keighley | |
| Joseph English | " | m | 57 | Carpenter | Sheffield | |
| Richard Ellis | " | s | 56 | General Labourer | Barnsley | |
| Samuel Eccles | " | m | 41 | Coal Miner | Wetherby | |
| *** George Evans | " | s | *9 | Coal Miner | Cheshire Tranmere(?) | |
| Henry Foster | " | m | 65 | General labourer | Cheshire Staleybridge | |
| James Fielding | " | s | 53 | Coalminer | Lancs Bacup | |
| John Ferguson | " | m | 22 | Iron Moulder | Lancs Manchester | |
| John Flemming | " | m | 27 | Glazier | Sheffield | |
| Henry Green | " | m | 37 | General Labourer | Sheffield | |
| Thomas Green | " | s | *7 | Labourer in Iron Foundry | Sheffield | |
| William Greenwood | " | m | 46 | Farmer | Skipton | |
| George C Gl*nvell | " | s | 18 | General Labourer | Doncaster | |
| Reuben Gledhill | " | s | 18 | General Labourer | Elland | |
| James Gelder | " | m | 38 | Coal Miner | Barnsley | |
| James William Gemble | " | s | 18 | Colliery Labourer | Leeds | |
| Joseph Gosnay | " | m | 21 | Bread maker | Dublin | |
| Patrick Griffin | " | m | 28 | Gas Stoker | Durham Crooke | |
| John Green | " | s | 28 | Cloth Weaver | Hebden Bridge | |
| George Garfield | " | s | 37 | Joiner | B**** *ergwes** | |
| Thomas Hammett | " | s | 20 | Coal Miner | Wakefield | |
| Joseph Hemingway | " | w | 35 | Foundry Labourer | Wakefield | |
| Henry H****e | " | m | 54 | Plasterer | Gloucester Bristol | |
| Crowther Heaton | " | m | 43 | General Labourer | Dewsbury | |
| Patrick Higgins | " | w | 50 | Bricklayers Labourer | Dublin | |
| Henry Hindle | " | s | 20 | Moulders labourer | Bradford | |
| John McHearrion (?) | " | s | 19 | Cattle Dealer | Bradford | |
| Charles Haigh | " | s | 17 | **ouseman | Bradford | |
| Francis Hallam | " | s | 19 | Bricklayers Labourer | Derby Chesterfield | |
| Richard Heald | " | s | 35 | Labourer | Warmfield | |
| John Henry Hynes | " | m | 35 | Soap Maker | Huddersfield | |
| Emanuel Helliwell | " | m | 3* | Dyers Labourer | Bradford | |
| James Hodgson | " | s | 31 | Coal Miner | Cheshire Duckenfield | |
| John Hawkshaw | " | s | 25 | Iron Moulder | Holbeck | |
| Albert H Hartley | " | s | *7 | Grocer | Hunslet | |
| William H Hoyle | " | s | 29 | General Labourer | Halifax | |
| Samuel Howarth | " | s | 25 | (?) Labourer | Lancs Rochdale | |
| Harry Howe | " | s | 23 | Machine Fitter | Sheffield | |
| Peter Harvey | " | s | 21 | Book Binder | Lancs Manchester | |
| John Hagan | " | s | 25 | General Labourer | Lancs Liverpool | |
| George Hinch | " | s | 32 | Boiler Maker | Sheffield | |
| Mark Hamwell | " | s | 29 | Plumber (?) | Barnsley | |
| Michael Hasey | " | s | 20 | General Labourer | Sowerby Bridge | |
| John Housley | " | w | 34(?) | Stone Mason | Sheffield | |
| William Heath | " | s | 36 | Bricklayer | Wakefield | |
| John Hart | " | s | 19 | Shoemaker | Leeds | |
| John Henry | " | m | 69 | Watchmaker | Scotland Elgin | |
| Joseph Hadfield | " | m | 41 | Commission Agent | Sheffield | |
| George Hutchinson | " | w | 40 | Farm Labourer | Rotherham | |
| Henry Haigh | " | s | 47 | Groom | Pontefract | |
| Thomas Hartley | " | m | 24 | General Labourer | Middlesbro | |
| Adam Heston | " | q | 59 | Coal Miner | Glamorgan Neath | |
| Jonas Hartley | " | m | 36 | Coal Miner | Wakefield | |
| Tom Holgate | " | s | 40 | (?) Cutter | Thorne | |
| James Hunt | " | w | 42 | Delver(?) | Co Mayo | |
| Abraham Hargreaves | " | m | 41 | Cotton Spinner | Lancs Bacup | |
| William Ingham | " | s | 31 | Coal Miner | Lancs Padiham | |
| Joseph Iveson | " | m | 25 | Gardener | Wakefield | |
| John Jackson | " | m | 40 | Solicitors(?) Clerk | Lancs Liverpool | |
| John Jones | " | m | 29 | Coal Miner | Barnsley | |
| Thomas Jones | " | m | 33 | Stationery Engine Stoker | Bradford | |
| Albert Jackson | " | s | 20 | Iron Moulder | Bradford | |
| William Johnson | " | m | 2* | Pattern Lead Marker | Leeds | |
| John Jones | " | m | 52 | Cotton Spinner | Lancs Bolton | |
| Marmaduke Kaye | " | s | 32 | Railway Labourer Plate | Shipley | |
| William Kaye | " | s | 34 | General Labourer | Holmfirth | |
| Eli Kershaw | " | s | 35 | Coal Miner | Thornhill | |
| Thomas Keyworth | " | s | 31 | Coal Miner | Sheffield | |
| JohnLockwood | " | m | 34 | (?)house man | Huddersfield | |
| Henry Lord | " | m | 45 | Painter | Sheffield | |
| John Land | " | s | 22 | Coal Miner | Dewsbury | |
| Sam Lodge | " | s | 17 | Joiner | Bradford | |
| William Lambert | " | s | 16 | Ag. Labourer | Nottingham Retford | |
| George Lyons | " | s | 25 | Coal Miner | Sheffield | |
| Charles Ledger | " | s | 34 | Painter | Bradford | |
| Edward Linney | " | s | 21 | Coal Miner | Durham Sunderland | |
| Sam Lancaster | " | s | 23 | Bricklayers Labourer | Wakefield | |
| John McDonald | " | m | 28 | General Labourer | Halifax | |
| Patrick Madden | " | s | 34 | Coal Miner | Sheffield | |
| John Mosley | " | s | 51 | Coal Miner | Stafford Mosley | |
| Michael Moore | " | S | 30 | Coal Miner | Stafford Wolverhampton | |
| james Mitchell | " | s | 26 | B***** Marker | Bradford | |
| Charles James Mead | " | m | 28 | Commission Agent | London | |
| John H Marrison | " | w | 55 | General Labourer | Sheffield | |
| John Wm. Mitchell | " | m | 27 | (?) | Todmorden | |
| George Moore | " | s | 32 | Tailors Marker | Lancs Salford | |
| Michael McFadden | " | s | 63 | Bricklayers Labourer | Co Louth | |
| Arthur Mullard | " | m | 29 | Hawker (?) | Sheffield | |
| Joseph Malkin | " | s | 21 | Coal Miner | Halifax | |
| Henry Marples | " | s | 19 | Bricklayer | Derby Derby | |
| William Milner | " | s | 66 | General Labourer | Bradford | |
| Daniel McHugh | " | s | 21 | File marker | Sheffield | |
| Sydney Newton | " | s | 28 | Coal Miner | Silkstone | |
| James Newland | " | m | 48 | Carter | Leeds | |
| John Naden | " | m | 28 | Joiner | Knaresbro | |
| Joseph Noble" | s | s | 61 | Herbalist | Bradford | |
| William Henry Nutton | " | s | 23 | Stationery Engine Stoker | Stainland | |
| Henry Oakley | " | m | 42 | Iron Puddler | Sheffield | |
| James O'Hara | " | s | 38 | General Labourer | Burley | |
| Frederick Oates | " | m | 25 | Iron Moulder | Sheffield | |
| James Perry | " | m | 38 | Coal Miner | Stafford Wolverhampton | |
| Lewis Pulman | " | m | 27 | Grocer | Halifax | |
| William Pearson | " | s | 26 | General Labourer | Sheffield | |
| Thomas Parkinson | " | m | *4 | Stock and Share Broker (?) | Halifax | |
| Ephraim Proud | " | s | 35 | General labourer | Sheffield | |
| Charles Parkinson | " | s | 20(?) | Bread Maker | Bradford | |
| Robert Patrick | " | m | 35 | Ag. labourer | Norfolk Barnham | |
| Thomas E Pricew" | " | s | 24 | Coal Miner | Rotherham | |
| Mark Pearce | " | w | 36 | Paper Hanger | Leeds | |
| William Quinn | " | m | 32 | Shoemaker | Lancs Manchester | |
| John Ramsden | " | s | 47 | (?) maker | Huddersfield | |
| Ezra Romaine | " | s | 21 | Wool Comber | Bradford | |
| Thomas Robinson | " | s | 23 | General Labourer | Tadcaster | |
| Edward Redman | " | w | 38 | Wool Comber | Halifax | |
| Edward Sharpe | " | m | 32 | Foundry Labourer | Suffolk Bury St Edmunds | |
| Thomas G Smith | " | m | 32 | Butcher | Westmoreland Kendal | |
| George Sharpe | " | m | 37 | Painter | Bawtry | |
| James Smith | " | s | 37 | General Labourer | Bawtry(?) | |
| Daniel Shaw | " | w | 70 | Tailor | Lincoln Fishney(?) | |
| Thomas Sykes | " | m | 26 | Forge Labourer | Cheshire Crewe | |
| John Sanderson | " | s | 50 | General Labourer | Westmoreland Kendal | |
| William Sykes | " | s | 23 | Groom | Almondbury | |
| Isaac Swallow | " | s | 30 | Coal Miner | Sheffield | |
| William Smith | " | s | 19 | Coal Pit Sinker | West Ardsley | |
| Thomas Henry Sugden | " | s | 23 | General labourer | Slaithwaite | |
| John Henry Shaw | " | s | 30 | Dyers Labourer | Halifax | |
| John Sweeney | " | s | 30 | Coal Pit Sinker | Co Roscommon | |
| Henry Smith | " | s | 33 | General Labourer | Lancs Preston | |
| John Smith | " | m | 31 | Bolt Maker | Lancs Manchester | |
| Joseph Skelton | " | s | 27 | General Labourer | Garforth | |
| Arthur Thompson | " | s | 17 | Blacksmiths Labourer | Sheffield | |
| Thomas Turnbull | " | s | 23 | General Labourer | Newcastle Newcastle | |
| Joseph Thomas | " | m | 62 | General Labourer | Todmorden | |