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: 2002 Cane, Rush and Straw

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
318	Willow, Cane, Rush Worker, Dealer, Basketmaker	4	4	3	4	5	2	2
320	Thatcher	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
	Total	4	4	5	4	6	2	2

SubGroup: 2002 Cane, Rush and Straw

5673	Henry Ayres( b. 1807)	1861	Basket Maker
5858	Henry Ayres( b. 1805)	1871	Basket Maker
5084	Henry Ayres( b. 1802)	1881	Basket Maker
5375	Henry Ayriss( b. 1806)	1841	Basket Maker
5488	Henry Ayriss( b. 1806)	1851	Basket Maker
5426	Henry Bailey( b. 1781)	1841	Basket Maker
1107	Henry Bailey( b. 1811)	1841	Basket Maker
5419	Joseph Bailey( b. 1796)	1841	Basket Maker
5568	Joseph Bailey( b. 1797)	1851	Basket Maker
5759	Joseph Bailey( b. 1797)	1861	Basket Maker
5922	Joseph Bailey( b. 1798)	1871	Basket Maker
6179	Thomas Blackall( b. 1871)	1891	Basket Maker
179	John Brown( b. 1810)	1861	Basket Maker
4993	Edwin Dearlove( b. 1861)	1881	Thatcher
9240	William Angell Goddard( b. 1893)	1911	Apprentice Cabinet Maker
6065	Elizabeth Haynes( b. 1856)	1881	Cane Worker Hawker &c
2452	John Hickman( b. 1856)	1881	Basket Maker
6179	John Hitchman( b. 1858)	1891	Basket Maker
6339	John Albert Hitchman( b. 1859)	1901	Basket Maker
8497	Arthur William Hitchman( b. 1892)	1911	Basket Maker
8497	Daisy May Hitchman( b. 1895)	1911	Basket Maker's Assistant
8497	John Albert Hitchman( b. 1859)	1911	Basket Maker
2651	William Jackson( b. 1810)	1861	Thatcher
5839	Thomas Kemp( b. 1821)	1871	Basket Maker
6038	Thomas Kemp( b. 1827)	1881	Basket Maker
4978	Nathaniel Maskell( b. 1829)	1851	Basket Maker
301	Elizabeth Reeves( b. 1820)	1881	Basket Maker
2245	Issac Rupell( b. 1810)	1871	Basket Maker
6489	William Smith( b. 1867)	1901	Basket Maker
1517	Thomas Thorp( b. 1807)	1851	Basket Maker
1675	William Woodward( b. 1808)	1861	Thatcher