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: 66 Merchant

Number of persons in each Category

Id	Category	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
66	Merchant	0	1	1	4	1	2	3
	Total		1	1	4	1	2	3

Category: 66 Merchant

8982	Edward Baverstock( b. 1884)	1911	Assistant in Business
3707	Joseph Child( b. 1810)	1871	Merchant (Retired)
7896	Richard B Child( b. 1801)	1871	Merchant (Retired)
2960	James Cooper( b. 1760)	1851	Merchant (Retired)
510	Charles Meredith Dyce( b. 1851)	1891	Merchant
8806	Alice Maude Facey( b. 1869)	1911	Assistant in Business
9021	Sarah Finch( b. 1866)	1911	Assistant in Business
10154	Elizabeth Gray( b. 1846)	1911	Assistant in Business
7890	Richard Heathfield( b. 1801)	1871	Merchant (Retired)
7993	Richard Heathfield( b. 1801)	1881	Merchant (Retired)
6329	Annie Clara Holbrow( b. 1885)	1901	Assistant in Business
6329	Emily Agnes Holbrow( b. 1880)	1901	Assistant in Business
8797	Jane Machin( b. 1867)	1911	Assistant in Business
8439	Bernard Metz( b. 1875)	1911	Merchant (General)
8936	Edith May Murray( b. 1882)	1911	Assistant in Business
7953	Arthur Robinson( b. 1847)	1871	Merchant
2466	John Rutter( b. 1869)	1901	Tea Planter
8982	Alfred Simmons( b. 1885)	1911	Assistant in Business
4319	Charles A Singer( b. 1846)	1891	Merchant (General)
8865	Annie Louisa Smith( b. 1875)	1911	Assistant in Business
2574	Charles A Towsey( b. 1812)	1861	Merchant
9048	Florence Tranter( b. 1869)	1911	Assistant in Business
9622	Elizabeth Waters( b. 1886)	1911	Assistant in Business