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.

SubGroup: 1302 Masts, Rigging,etc.

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
201	Ship Rigger, Chandler, Fitter	0	2	3	1	1	3	1
	Total		2	3	1	1	3	1

SubGroup: 1302 Masts, Rigging,etc.

206	Elizabeth M Bew( b. 1815)	1861	Marine Store Dealer
1386	Richard Collins( b. 1793)	1851	Marine Store Dealer
866	Elizabeth Collins( b. 1804)	1861	Marine Store Dealer
903	Elizabeth Collins( b. 1810)	1871	Marine Store Dealer
4992	Elizabeth Collins( b. 1810)	1881	Marine Store Dealer
968	Edward Hind( b. 1863)	1891	Marine Store Dealer
5720	James James( b. 1833)	1861	Marine Store Dealer
6666	William Reeves( b. 1808)	1851	Marine Store Dealer
1372	Alfred H Simmons( b. 1859)	1901	Marine Store Dealer
8982	Alfred Simmons( b. 1857)	1911	Marine Store Dealer
6774	Albert Wilkins( b. 1851)	1891	Marine Store Dealer's Assistant
6774	Job Wilkins( b. 1823)	1891	Marine Store Dealer