1871 Census: Josiah Mason's Orphanage, Erdington, near Birmingham, Warwickshire
| Name | Relation | Mar | Age | Sex | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | ||||||
| Caroline Stockwin | Matron | U | 57 | F | General Superintendent of the domestic department | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Ann Stockwin | Sub Matron | U | 56 | F | Assistant Ditto | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Fanny Wright | School Dept | U | 31 | F | First Schoolmistress | Reading, Berkshire |
| Louisa Baynham Rosser | School Dept | U | 22 | F | Second Schoolmistress | Ledbury, Herefordshire |
| Louisa Wilkins | School Dept | U | 24 | F | Infant Schoolmistress | Frome, Somersetshire |
| John Dillon | House & School Department | M | 34 | M | Play Ground and assistant Schoolmaster | Harris, South Wales |
| Emma Dillon | House Dept | M | 29 | F | Dormitory Lavatory woman | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Sarah Padmore | House Dept | U | 32 | F | Dormitory Lavatory woman | Great Bridge, Staffordshire |
| Mary Jeffreys | House Dept | U | 56 | F | Cook, Domestic Servant | Rough Close, Staffordshire |
| Eliza Millward | House Dept | U | 23 | F | Cook, Domestic Servant | Cradley Forge, Worcestershire |
| Eliza Taylor | House Dept | U | 23 | F | Cook, Domestic Servant | Kingswinsford, Staffordshire |
| Inmates | ||||||
| Albert Henry Adcock | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emma Matilda Allen | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Fredrick George Allen | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Eliza Attoridge | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Charles Harry Bache | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Maria Amelia Ball | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Rosa Emma Heath Beards | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Betts | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mark Betts | Orphan | 5 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Biddle | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Biggs | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| James Edward Billington | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Charles Billington | Orphan | 6 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Edward John Birch | Orphan | 3 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Charles Bolton | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Bolton | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Ann Bolton | Orphan | 5 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Fanny Bond | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Elizabeth Bonehill | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Horatio William Bottomley | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Brake (Beake) | Orphan | 15 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Fredrick Joseph Butler | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Ellen Carpenter | Orphan | 19 | F | Inmate (Domestic Servant) | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Carr | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Laura Anne Chetter | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Clarke | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Jane Ruth Clausson | Orphan | 16 | F | Inmate (Domestic Servant) | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Cooke | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Cooke | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Corbett | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Maria Courie | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emma Curtis | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Jaber Curtis | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Annie Constance Dagg | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Florence Lillian Dagg | Orphan | 3 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Day | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Andrew Deakin | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Dew | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emily Louisa Dew | Orphan | 11 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Lucy Sarah Dixon | Orphan | 5 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Clara Elizabeth Downes | Orphan | 21 | F | Inmate (Dispensary Assistantship) | Not known | |
| Lucy Downing | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Harriet Dunn | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Jane Dunn | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Matilda Elcombe | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Ellinor Jane Essex | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Anne Evans | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Harry Evelly | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Frank Flavell | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Wright Flavell | Orphan | 4 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Albert Foden | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Foden | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Fredrick Foden | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Foxall | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emily Gardiner | Orphan | 20 | F | Inmate (Domestic Servant) | Not known | |
| Adelaide Agnes Godfrey | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Goodhead | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Henry Goodhead | Orphan | 5 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Clara Gossage | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Annie Greatbatch | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Maud Greathatch | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Selina Grice | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Griffiths | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Hampton | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Kate Hampton | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emma Harris | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Haynes | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Charles Haynes | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Hickebotton | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| John Hinkley | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Charles Hinkley | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Hinkley | Orphan | 6 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Albert Hodgetts | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| John Asbury Horne | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Howell | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Hughes | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Hughes | Orphan | 5 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Clara Jane Irwin | Orphan | 20 | F | Inmate (Ordinary) | Not known | |
| Charles James | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Annie James | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Albert James | Orphan | 4 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Dunn Johnston | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Catherine Jones | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Jones | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Eliza Jones | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Hannah Keeling | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Kirkham | Orphan | 15 | F | Inmate (Ordinary) | Not known | |
| Rebecca Leighton | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| George Leighton | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Edith Leighton | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| George James Lewis | Orphan | 2 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Mabbett | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Mabbett | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| David Marshall | Orphan | 6 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emily Sophia Charlotte Matthews | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Selina Matts | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Annie Louisa Meadowcroft | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Harry Meadowcroft | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Helen Mary Mills | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Rosina Molton | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Eliza Molton | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Morris | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Joseph Munday | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Laura Newey | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Edward Nixon | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Maud Onley | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Jane Parker | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| James Parker | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| John Parker | Orphan | 6 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Ann Parkes | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate (Domestic Servant) | Not known | |
| Montgomery Paul | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Francis Osborn Paul | Orphan | 5 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Henry Payton | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Kate Alice Pearson | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Francis Thomas Pearson | Orphan | 5 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alfred Wood Persse | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Powell | Orphan | 15 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Julia Elizabeth Pratt | Orphan | 15 | F | Inmate (Ordinary) | Not known | |
| Thomas Fredrick Pratt | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Joseph Henry Pratt | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Preece | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Mary Preece | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| James Preece | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emily Preece | Orphan | 5 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Arthur William Finney Priest | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Elizabeth Purver | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Eva Alexandria Raybold | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emily Rhodes | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Anne Rourke | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Jemima Rourke | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Henry Rowney | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Elizabeth Rudkin | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Eliza Russell | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Elizabeth Russell | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Benjamin Fredrick Russell | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Hannah Ryan | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Agnes Shaesby | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Shaesby | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Martha Shelley | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Samuel Shuttleworth | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| George Smith | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Catherine Smith | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emma Smith | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Charles Smith | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Amelia Smith | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| May Smith | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Susanna Smith | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Ada Smith | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Smith | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Harry Dilworth Smith | Orphan | 7 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Daniel Smith | Orphan | 5 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Eliza Ann Smith | Orphan | 4 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Ellen Snape | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Sparrow | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Ellen Sparrows | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Amy Sparrows | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Robert Arthur Edward Squires | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| John Stanley | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Arthur Edward Stephens | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Amos Summerfield | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Emma Elizabeth Summerfield | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Mary Swift | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Faith Swinsdale | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Hannah Taylor | Orphan | 19 | F | Inmate (Domestic Servant) | Not known | |
| Martha Taylor | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Edwin James Thomas | Orphan | 9 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Harriet Thomas | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Amelia Emily Thompson | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Frances Jane Thompson | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Tilsley | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Matilda Tomlinson | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| George Tomlinson | Orphan | 11 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Harriet Emily Tomlinson | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Thomas Towers | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Townsend | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| William Turner | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| James Alfred Turton | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Hannah Amelia Tuston | Orphan | 11 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Jane Maria Elizabeth Volman | Orphan | 14 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Eliza Maria Sarah Waddle | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Edith Wager | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Rebecca Esther Warwick | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Ann Waters | Orphan | 12 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Louisa Wells | Orphan | 19 | F | Inmate (Domestic Servant) | Not known | |
| Ellen Wells | Orphan | 11 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Elizabeth Weston | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Fredrick Wheeler | Orphan | 12 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Alice Wheeler | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Julia Maria White | Orphan | 13 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| George Benjamin White | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Henry Wiggin | Orphan | 10 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Edward Wiggin | Orphan | 5 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Mary Wilcox | Orphan | 7 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Florence Amy Wood | Orphan | 8 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Sarah Woodall | Orphan | 10 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Adam Worthy | Orphan | 8 | M | Inmate | Not known | |
| Anne Worthy | Orphan | 6 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
| Ellen Wright | Orphan | 9 | F | Inmate | Not known | |
Total residents: 209
Census transcription kindly contributed by Kristen Minervino.
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