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: 71 Commercial Traveller

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
71	Commercial Traveller	3	2	1	4	1	3	2
	Total	3	2	1	4	1	3	2

Category: 71 Commercial Traveller

8434	Albert Angove( b. 1859)	1911	Commercial Traveller
3636	O J Blackham( b. 1831)	1861	Traveller
45	Elirath Brown( b. 1781)	1841	Traveller
3701	G Carfline( b. 1822)	1871	Commercial Traveller
436	Emily Collins( b. 1836)	1871	Traveller
3273	Francis M Davis( b. 1869)	1891	Commercial Traveller
1197	William A Heales( b. 1849)	1871	Commercial Traveller
688	Ed Hobb( b. 1817)	1841	Commercial Traveller
3275	Benjamin Honey( b. 1813)	1891	Commercial Traveller (Retired)
4759	Robert Patey( b. 1814)	1851	Traveller
935	Francis James Pinniger( b. 1847)	1881	Commercial Traveller
2118	Boyce Pool( b. 1848)	1901	Commercial Traveller
9702	Joseph W Self( b. 1879)	1911	Grocer's Traveller
2115	Ernest E Smith( b. 1870)	1901	Commercial Traveller
9926	Edward Watts Smith( b. 1857)	1911	Commercial Traveller (Cattle, Spice &c.)
1964	Frank R Somers( b. 1861)	1891	Commercial Traveller
743	Tho' Ino Trim( b. 1820)	1851	Commercial Traveller
3398	Mary Ward( b. 1821)	1841	Traveller
2676	William Whitchurch ( b. 1844)	1871	Commercial Traveller