Introduction
Here we continue into 1871 with the Whitstable born people recorded in the Blean Union Workhouse at Herne during the time of the census. On these records some of the paupers were shown as imbeciles. It serves no purpose to use these descriptions here as it is well known that the term was used by the Victorians to classify many ailments that would have been treatable today.
Peter Higginbotham has written some pages about the history of this workhouse here. The buildings were later converted into a hospital and more recently been developed into a residential area known as Canterbury Fields.
Blean Union Workhouse - 1871 Census, Whitstable born people.
| Name | Position | M/F | M/S/W | Age | Occupation | Where Born |
| ANDREWS, Hannah | Pauper | F | 7 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| APPLETON, John | Pauper | M | S | 30 | Whitstable | |
| APPLETON, Nancy | Pauper | F | S | 22 | Whitstable | |
| CARDEN, James | Pauper | M | M | 70 | Formerly Sailor | Whitstable |
| CARR, Leonard | Pauper | M | S | 61 | Formerly Baker | Whitstable |
| CARR, Thomas | Pauper | M | W | 54 | Baker | Seasalter |
| CLARINGBOLD, Thomas | Pauper | M | W | 77 | Labourer | Whitstable |
| CLEAVER, John | Pauper | M | 10 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| CLEAVER, Rosannah | Pauper | F | 2 | Whitstable | ||
| CURD, James | Pauper | M | 11 | Scholar | Seasalter | |
| HARE, James | Pauper | M | 9 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| HOCKLESS, Elizabeth | Pauper | F | S | 21 | Whitstable | |
| KEMSLEY, Clara | Pauper | F | 5 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| KEMSLEY, Henry | Pauper | M | 9 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| KEMSLEY, Mary Ann | Pauper | F | S | 28 | Laundress | Whitstable |
| MERCER, Edward | Pauper | M | 7 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| MERCER, Esther | Pauper | F | 8 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| MERCER, Grace | Pauper | F | 5 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| PHILPOTT, Richard | Pauper | M | S | 76? | Formerly Blacksmith | Whitstable |
| PORT, Annie | Pauper | F | S | 25 | Housemaid | Whitstable |
| REGAN, Charlotte | Pauper | F | 11 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| REGAN, Johannah | Pauper | F | 10 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| REGAN, Olive | Pauper | F | 6 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| REGAN, Thomas | Pauper | M | 4 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| SMITH, Henry | Pauper | M | 10 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| SMITH, William | Pauper | M | W | 63 | Formerly Sailor | Whitstable |
| STRAND, Esther | Pauper | F | 9 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| STRAND, Francis | Pauper | F | 13 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| STRAND, Frederick | Pauper | M | 8 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| STRAND, Mary Jane | Pauper | F | 8 | Scholar | Whitstable | |
| STROUD, Guv?? | Pauper | F | S | 17 | Whitstable | |
| STROUD, Mary Ann | Pauper | F | 6 mths | Whitstable | ||
| STURGES, William | Pauper | M | W | 73 | Agr. Labourer | Whitstable |
| WOOD, John | Pauper | M | S | 65 | General labourer | Whitstable |
Related pages.
| Whitstable born people recorded at the Blean Union Workhouse. |
| | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 |
