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: 296 Tallow Chandler, Candle, Grease Manufacture

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
296	Tallow Chandler, Candle, Grease Manufacture	3	1	3	1	0	0	1
	Total	3	1	3	1			1

Category: 296 Tallow Chandler, Candle, Grease Manufacture

7164	Arthur Brackett( b. 1851)	1901	Tallow Chandler
9573	Arthur Brackett( b. 1851)	1911	Tallow Chandler
7399	Rachel Cole( b. 1788)	1861	Chandler's Shop
1287	Joseph Dyer( b. 1833)	1871	Tallow Chandler
1429	Chas. Frewen( b. 1811)	1841	Chandler (Journeyman)
2851	John Jerman( b. 1806)	1841	Tallow Chandler
7401	Lucy Paess( b. 1819)	1861	Chandler's Shop
1146	Thomas Purdue( b. 1825)	1861	Tallow Chandler
4795	John Simmonds( b. 1811)	1851	Tallow Chandler
1049	Richard Thatcher( b. 1791)	1841	Tallow Chandler (Journeyman)