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: 321 Timber, Wood - Merchant, Dealer

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
321	Timber, Wood - Merchant, Dealer	0	1	1	0	6	3	2
	Total		1	1		6	3	2

Category: 321 Timber, Wood - Merchant, Dealer

3921	John M Bryant( b. 1850)	1901	Manager of Timber Yard
4213	John Callis( b. 1838)	1881	Timber Dealer's Carter
7743	Harry W Cooper( b. 1884)	1901	Timber Merchant's Clerk
8466	Albert Henry Francis( b. 1872)	1911	Wood Dealer
8128	James Wm Froud( b. 1863)	1891	Timber Merchant
8409	Walter Henry Froud( b. 1870)	1911	Timber Merchant
6034	James Lovegrove( b. 1827)	1881	Timber Yard Labourer
6200	James Lovegrove( b. 1827)	1891	Timber Man
509	Arthur E Lucey( b. 1871)	1891	Manager to Timber Merchant
7533	Arthur J. Parfett( b. 1839)	1881	Foreman of Timber Yard (dealer)
2943	Richard Scott( b. 1819)	1851	Timber Merchant
7353	Robert Webb( b. 1813)	1861	Timber & Coal Merchant
7566	Fred Webb( b. 1857)	1881	Timber Merchant
7566	Henry R Webb( b. 1848)	1881	Timber Merchant
7566	Robert Webb( b. 1813)	1881	Timber Merchant