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: 1103 House Decorations

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
185	Wood Carver	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
186	Carver, Gilder	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
187	Dealer in Works of Art	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
188	Figure, Image - Maker, Dealer	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
191	[Others]	0	0	3	0	0	1	7
	Total	3	1	4	3	2	3	9

SubGroup: 1103 House Decorations

3025	William Abell( b. 1827)	1861	House Decorator
9460	Claudius Oscar Batty( b. 1889)	1911	House Decorator
4350	Thomas C Blande( b. 1853)	1891	Carver & Gilder
3868	Walter Bund( b. 1880)	1901	Picture Framer
4628	John James Cole( b. 1858)	1881	Gilder
3977	John F Coles( b. 1867)	1901	Decorator
3267	Henry GE Cooper( b. 1869)	1891	Sign Writer & Decorator
7045	Robert Dell( b. 1882)	1901	Decorator
4025	Edgar Evans( b. 1868)	1901	House Decorator
8938	Edgar Evans( b. 1869)	1911	House Decorator
9818	Walter Edmund Evans( b. 1864)	1911	Gilder & Picture Frame Maker
2234	Samuel Frewin( b. 1826)	1861	House Decorator
6444	Charles Gillingham( b. 1871)	1901	House Decorator
7201	Henry Hookins( b. 1852)	1901	House Decorator
1905	Fred Johnson( b. 1857)	1881	Gilder & Photographer
739	Walter Line( b. 1801)	1841	Carver & Gilder
739	Walter Line( b. 1826)	1841	Carver & Gilder
6812	Richard Manning( b. 1826)	1891	Decorator
9912	Frederick Murray( b. 1874)	1911	House Decorator
9213	Charles George Oppermann( b. 1845)	1911	Dealer In Antiques & Com. Agent
9351	Herbert Parker( b. 1888)	1911	Decorator
4871	William Pates( b. 1843)	1871	Gilder
6363	James Piper( b. 1857)	1901	Carver
3024	James Price( b. 1827)	1861	Grainer
4011	Francis Reading( b. 1853)	1901	House Decorator
9206	Arthur Shervill( b. 1879)	1911	Picture Frame Maker
33	Henry Stephens( b. 1811)	1841	Carver & Gilder
5450	Henry Stephens( b. 1775)	1851	Carver & Gilder
5645	Henry Stephens( b. 1806)	1861	Carver & Gilder
4980	Henry Stephens( b. 1806)	1871	Gilder
1327	William A Tubb( b. 1868)	1901	House Decorator
1204	John R Williams( b. 1853)	1871	Gilder