Hi there
Just done a lot of work on my own Worrall families in Rochdale/Oldham/Manchester. I have the following, but don't know if it is at all helpful or related to your family of concern.
1851 - 35 Hollis Street, St Andrew, Leeds
Samuel Worrall is 43 and a spindle & fly maker from Skipton, Yorks. Eliza is his wife from Manchester. Their children are John, 11 (Rochdale); Samuel 6 (Salford); Thomas 4 (Bolton).
In 1861 Samuel is lodging with the West Howarth family at 43 Bell Lane Bury. He is listed as married but is not living with the family and he is still working as a spindle & fly maker.
In 1871 it looks as though he is working as an artist and book seller. He is lodging with William Brough and family in Broughton Road, Salford.
In 1871 Eliza, age 55, appears to be living as an artist/painter in Albert Road Bolton along with Thomas and Eliza. In 1861 there is an Ellen, age 45, listed as a landscape painter in Brindle Court Bolton with son John also a landscape artist and his wife Caroline; Thomas and Eliza (so I suspect Ellen and Eliza are one and the same). If they were flip-flopping with painting and earning money, that may be why there is a connection with the workhouse.
Cheers
LynneOz
