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: 411 Chimney Sweep, Soot Merchant

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911
411	Chimney Sweep, Soot Merchant	0	0	5	3	3	4	3	1
	Total			5	3	3	4	3	1

Category: 411 Chimney Sweep, Soot Merchant

985	George Andrews( b. 1857)	1901	Chimney Sweep (Journeyman)
893	Henry Battron( b. )	1871	Chimney Sweep
947	Jesse Carpenter( b. 1853)	1891	Chimney Sweep
851	Reuben Cooper( b. 1846)	1861	Chimney Sweep's Assistant
893	Reuben Cooper( b. 1846)	1871	Chimney Sweep
917	John Cooper( b. 1848)	1881	Chimney Sweep
916	Reuben Cooper( b. 1846)	1881	Chimney Sweep
948	Reuben Cooper( b. 1846)	1891	Chimney Sweep
948	George Cox( b. 1845)	1891	Chimney Sweep
985	John Cresswell( b. 1872)	1901	Chimney Sweep & Blacksmith
8992	John Cresswell( b. 1872)	1911	Chimney Sweep
984	George Denton( b. 1844)	1901	Chimney Sweep
851	Thomas Fassett( b. 1849)	1861	Chimney Sweep's Assistant
918	John Goodey( b. 1839)	1881	Chimney Sweep
892	John Goody( b. 1833)	1871	Chimney Sweep
948	William Lawe( b. 1850)	1891	Chimney Sweep
851	Joseph Lawrence( b. 1848)	1861	Chimney Sweep's Assistant
851	Henry Rakett( b. 1852)	1861	Chimney Sweep's Assistant
851	William Spicer( b. 1808)	1861	Chimney Sweep