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| Folios 248-252. Letter from Thomas Wheelhouse, Lord Street, Liverpool, Member of the Liverpool Select Vestry, to the Poor Law Commission. He informs them that at 'our meeting last Tuesday' he proposed the provision of a suitable room where inmates who are not members of the Church of England might hold their own religious services. 'This was negated by a majority of 8 - being 8 for and 8 against'. 'I herewith hand you tables innumerating the portion of Catholic inmates' showing that 100 of the 220 Catholic inmates are deprived of the comfort of their religion, and asks the Commissioners to place a 'liberal construction' on the Act, so to benefit 'our Catholic Brethren'. 'Report of the Numbers of Roman Catholic Paupers at this time inmates of the Workhouse in the Parish of Liverpool. July 2nd 1845'. The age, health and accommodation given of each of the Inmates listed below; Number 1- Roman Catholics not able to attend divine service: Bridget Maguire, Bridget Divine, Ann Colligan, Ann Fazakerley, Mary Solomons, Matilda Burns, Mary Tynan, Catherine McMurphy, Catherine Grivin, [Jane Rhoe], Bridget Murphy, Mary Riley, John Roach, John Smith, Catherine Kelly, Anthony Pamello, Mary Morgan, Frances McGloclan, Ann Rice, Susan Dougal, Simon Lee, Frances Lyon, John Roberts, John Carmichael, William Goodman, Michael Blood, Mary McAvoy, Mary Burrows, Catherine McKenny, Anne Power Susan Reade, Catherine McGinnis, Ann Curran, Ann Scally, Patrick Cavannah, Michael White, Mary Porter, Mary McAvoy, Ann Currans, Margaret Burns, John Owens, Birchall Stack, James Townsend, James Fernan, Joseph Bannister, Mary Williams, Ellen Martin, Mary Ann Hughes, Mary Martin, Mary Luden, Hannah Wharton, Randle Leary, [Andrew Vent], Michael Scott, John Higgins, Thomas Wharton, [Martin Bualee], Patrick Garland, James Dougherty, Peter McMarrah, Rose McCabe. [61]. Number 2 - Roman Catholics who are able to attend worship but unable to go out. Ann Kennedy, Lucy Gartland, [Bridget Ingaw] Eliza Clark, Bridget Robinson, Ellen Lewis, Catherine McHenry, Ann Cavannah, Catherine Kennedy, Daniel McNiel, John Richardson, Edward Lunt, William Kitchen, James Foy, Thomas Franey, Ellen Rockliffe, Charlotte Gray, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary Fitzpatrick, Ann Baggerley, Johanna Sulivan, Mary Mathews, James Burns, Thomas O'Neil, Betty McCallister, Bridget Loxton, Margaret McDodd, Mary Toole, Margaret Sorton, Mary Burns, Sarah Murphy, Mary Guilford, Mary Phillips, Jane Marsh, Bridget Smith, Catherine Hanlon, Betty Kern, Margaret Watson, Margaret Flood, Ann McCall, Mary Carney, Rebecca O'Donald, Rose Lynch Margaret Doyle, Ellen Reynolds, Susan Caroll, Mary McCullach, [Alis Murphy]. [48]. Number 3 - Roman Catholics who are able to attend worship, able to go out but do not: Catherine Bassford, Sarah Davison, [Eliza Goodian], Margaret Pinnington, Ellen Brady, Margaret White, Margaret Jones, Ann McCorman, Sarah Drummond, Thomas Farrel, Michael Curran, Michael Kelly, John McGloughlin, James Dovedale, Charles Holland, William Watson, Thomas Smith, James O'Hara, Owen Connaley, Mayday Barrowclough, John Halliton, Owen Dowling, Ellen Scully, Rose Sweeney, Mary Riley, Mary Ann Hart, Mary Ann Maguire, Mary Delvine, Eliza Garner, Ann McLean, Sarah Downs, Mary Coyle, Mary Smith, William Whittle, Ralph Summers, John Jones, Daniel Carrol, John Stindale, John Bolton, Eliza Woods, Mary Stevens, Sarah Walton, Martha Langford, Jane McGrove, Catherine Derbyshire. [45] Number 4 - the that do attend. Patrick Goodwin, Patrick Rice, Thomas Smith, Edward McLawton, William Thompson, Daniel Nowland, Steven McHenry, Luke Colligan, Patrick Cain, Ann Dunbobbin, Mary Hughes, Mary Charles, Ann Rigby, Ann Bowman, Ann Townley, Ellen Banner, Catherine Foster, Mary Parker, Catherine Gill, Ann Ryley, Frances Mooney, Margaret Haggerty Mary Corlet, Catherine Kelly, Eliza Smith, Eliza Adams, Ann Cunningham, Margaret Johnson, Bridget Jones, Mary Wharton, Margaret Quinn, Charles Oakley, James McKelly, Hugh Soy, Charles Clinton, Thomas White, Daniel Burrows, James Burns, Arthur Connaulty, Thomas Musgrove, Mary Nugent, Ann Howard, Joseph Bradshaw, Patrick Savage, Hugh Hamill, James Muck, Mathew George, [Jem Crow], Thomas McGea, John Mitchell, Francis Heyes, Mary McNally, Mary Riley, Mary McAvoy, Susan Cole, Catherine Dinon, [Ellen Jump], [Eliza Goffy], Margaret Murphy, Eliza Kearn, Ann Brown, Mary Costello, Catherine Lloyd, Ellen McAvoy, Eliza Woods. [66]. Reasons given for not being able to leave the house include; infirmity, paralysis, rheumatism, scrofula, Idiocy, epilepsy, cyanosis, disease of the eyes. Accommodation listed includes; Women's medical ward, surgical wards, Foy's ward, itch ward, Nugent's ward, Stone Steps ard, lying in house, fever house, Birch's ward, girls' nursery, attic ward. The total number of Catholics in the Workhouse, 220. Never likely to leave the House until death, 130. Those that could attend worship if a room was allowed in the workhouse, 159. The average quantity that now get out to Worship on Sunday morning only, 56. Annotated: acknowledge and promise consideration. Refer to Mr Clements [Charles S Clements, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner], 14 July 1845. Letter written 15 July 1845. See 10065/B/1845, 17 July 1845. Paper Number: 10137/B/1845. See also Paper Number: 10065/B/1845. |
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