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: 413 Rag Gatherer, Dealer

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
413	Rag Gatherer, Dealer	1	10	8	0	0	1	1
	Total	1	10	8			1	1

Category: 413 Rag Gatherer, Dealer

7755	William Avery( b. 1846)	1911	Rag & Bone Dealer
5707	Josiah Collins( b. 1823)	1861	Rag Collector
5721	Mary Cooper( b. 1823)	1861	Rag Dealer
4338	Charles Cooper( b. 1844)	1891	Rag Sorter
5575	Sarah Davis( b. 1782)	1851	Rag Sorter
5701	William Fosh( b. 1797)	1861	Rag Collector
6595	Ann Fowler( b. 1800)	1851	Rag Sorter
5564	Hannah Hambledon( b. 1827)	1851	Rag Sorter
5576	John Stephen Hews( b. 1835)	1851	Rag Collector
1588	Sarah Honey( b. 1815)	1851	Rag Cutter
5734	John Hughes( b. 1834)	1861	Rag Collector
5526	Caroline Ledger( b. 1828)	1851	Rag Sorter
5573	Rosannah Norcut( b. 1802)	1851	Rag Gatherer
7388	Rosanne Norest( b. 1800)	1861	Rag & Bone Collector
6489	William Norris( b. 1867)	1901	Rag & Bone Collector
1588	Cordelia Stevens( b. 1832)	1851	Rag Cutter
5788	Henry Tame( b. 1834)	1861	Rag Collector
6595	Ann Ward( b. 1801)	1851	Rag Sorter
5576	Stephen Webb( b. 1815)	1851	Rag Collector
5743	Ellenor Webb( b. 1828)	1861	Rag Collector
5731	Stephan Webb( b. 1815)	1861	Rag Collector
801	Sarah Willis( b. 1781)	1841	Rag Cutter