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: 702 In Woods

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
110	Woodman	0	4	4	1	2	2	3
	Total		4	4	1	2	2	3

SubGroup: 702 In Woods

7168	James Allen( b. 1846)	1901	Woodman
8133	Stephen Appleby( b. 1863)	1891	Woodman
8401	Aaron Dolley( b. 1868)	1911	Woodman
4033	Thomas Goulder( b. 1829)	1901	Woodman
3610	Richard James( b. 1821)	1861	Woodman
4978	Thomas Neighbour( b. 1793)	1851	Woodman
5864	George Norcott( b. 1815)	1871	Woodman
3562	Richard Stevens( b. 1825)	1851	Woodcutter
8362	Henry Stevens( b. 1821)	1861	Woodman
8046	Henry Stevens( b. 1820)	1881	Woodman
8115	Henry Stevens( b. 1818)	1891	Woodman
8374	Daniel Tomalin( b. 1817)	1861	Woodman
561	Joseph Tomlin( b. 1824)	1881	Woodcutter
8401	Thomas Turner( b. 1878)	1911	Woodman
4978	Edmond Webb( b. 1780)	1851	Woodman
2664	Charles Webb( b. 1822)	1861	Timber Cutter
7173	George Wild( b. 1849)	1901	Woodman
1504	Thomas Wilder( b. 1768)	1851	Woodman