Occupation_3 - Henley Census Group

Occupations

The categorization introduced in 1881 and described by Matthew Woollard has been used for all census years 1841 - 1901 with additional classification of the "unoccupied" class.

Around 4,000 distinct occupations were classified initially by Jill Kendal. Some variations, such as the many abbreviations of "Agricultural Labourer" were replaced withpout losing any information, but the database table of occupations still contains 3,819 entries. We have introduced a "Preferred Occupation" field with 2,622 distict entries, to remove many entries that are essentially duplicates and also clarifies the entries where a declared occupation includes a work status such as "Unemployed", "Formerly" etc. This allows these terms to be searched for, as well as the Classes, Groups, Sub-groups and Categories used in the 1881 categorization. In reporting occupations this "Preferred Occupation" is used whereas in the "Name Index" section the original "Occupation" is used.

Later census years included additional information about work status, whether persons were employers or employees and whether they worked at home. These also can be used in searches of the database and included in reports, along with partial searches of the "Preferred Occupation" to find occupations that include say "Farm".

Included as an appendix to the document written by Matthew Woollard a list of Classes, Groups, Sub-Groups and categories with the additional classification of the "unoccupied" class can be found here.

Category: 360 Road Labourer

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
360	Road Labourer	0	2	3	2	2	2	2
	Total		2	3	2	2	2	2

Category: 360 Road Labourer

8765	John Austin( b. 1855)	1911	Road Labourer
2424	Charles Bedford( b. 1806)	1881	Local Board Road Labourer
2165	William Carter( b. 1885)	1901	Road Labourer
8900	James Douglas( b. 1892)	1911	Roadman
8900	Joseph Douglas( b. 1865)	1911	Roadman
2743	Charles Goody( b. 1795)	1871	Road Labourer
8709	William Green( b. 1865)	1911	Roadman
7312	Charles Johnson( b. 1799)	1861	Road Messenger
4572	Thomas Laurence( b. 1802)	1851	Road Labourer
6633	John Long( b. 1795)	1851	Road Man
6218	George Payne( b. 1829)	1891	Roadman
6218	William Payne( b. 1871)	1891	Roadman
2165	George Payne( b. 1827)	1901	Road Labourer
10097	William Payne( b. 1868)	1911	Road Labourer
5083	Joseph Rushton( b. 1842)	1881	Road Labourer
2985	William Simmonds( b. 1815)	1861	Road Labourer
8384	William Wise( b. 1795)	1861	Road Labourer
2742	William Wise( b. 1792)	1871	Road Labourer