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: 323 Lath, Wooden Fence, Hurdle Maker

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
323	Lath, Wooden Fence, Hurdle Maker	1	2	2	0	0	0	4
	Total	1	2	2				4

Category: 323 Lath, Wooden Fence, Hurdle Maker

1569	George Cawdwell( b. 1798)	1851	Hurdle Maker
8194	John Clark( b. 1881)	1901	Estate Fencer
7787	Richard Gale( b. 1821)	1841	Hurdle Maker
8345	Joseph Gale( b. 1845)	1861	Wooden Hurdle Maker
8345	Richard Gale( b. 1815)	1861	Wooden Hurdle Maker
5595	Thomas Lewington( b. 1802)	1851	Peg Maker
2213	Albert Williams( b. 1879)	1901	Peg & Basket Maker
2213	Motie Williams( b. 1876)	1901	Peg & Basket Maker
2212	Nathan Williams( b. 1875)	1901	Peg Maker