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: 2501 Assists another Family member

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
420	Assists another Family member	0	4	3	2	0	4	2
	Total		4	3	2		4	2

SubGroup: 2501 Assists another Family member

7395	Tom Allum( b. 1848)	1861	Assists Father
5878	Ellen Bartlett( b. 1858)	1871	Assists Mother
9488	William Giles( b. 1891)	1911	Assists at Home
2682	Alfred Jones( b. 1851)	1871	Assists Father
228	Jesse Lowe( b. 1848)	1861	Assists Father
3867	Mabel Machin( b. 1880)	1901	Assists Sister
1568	William Porter( b. 1836)	1851	Assists Father
759	Richard Prouse( b. 1834)	1851	Assists Father
6666	James Reeves( b. 1837)	1851	Assists Father
2057	Frederick Rixon( b. 1862)	1891	Assists Father
3911	Elizabeth Short( b. 1831)	1891	Assists Father
3212	Elizabeth M Spring( b. 1848)	1891	Assists Husband
3212	Jane E Spring( b. 1876)	1891	Assists Father
3600	Sarah Ward( b. 1831)	1861	Assists Family
4567	William White( b. 1827)	1851	Assists at Home
2145	Ethel Young( b. 1886)	1901	Assists Father