Census of England and Wales, 1901 - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom [England and Wales], 1901
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Occupation of household head (UK1901A_H_OCC)
Data file: GBR1901_PHC-EAW-P-H
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900
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902
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3
Range:
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Literal question
<span class="em">1. Name and Surname</span>
<br />This schedule must include any person dwelling in this house or tenement on the night of March 31st, and alive at midnight; and also any person who, although not in the house during the Census Night, arrived on the morning of Monday, April 1st, and had not been enumerated elsewhere. No one else is to be included.
<br />Write first the name of the head of the family, followed by the names of his wife, children, and other relatives; then the names of any visitors, boarders, and servants.
<br />____ Name
<br />____ Surname</p>
<p><span class="em">6., 7., and 8. Profession or Occupation</span>
<br />State the occupation, if any, of each person (whether man, woman, or child). For those engaged in any trade or industry, state the particular brand, and also the material worked or dealt in.
<br />The instructions on the back of the schedule must be carefully read before this column is filled up.
<br />1. The precise nature of the occupation must be inserted in Column 6, in accordance with the instructions given below.
<br />2. A person following more than one occupation should state each of them in the order of their importance. Magistrates, Members of Parliament, and Officials may state their official title, but should not omit to return their profession or ordinary occupation, if they have any.
<br />3. Vague terms, such as Merchant, Broker, Agent, Manufacturer, Contractor, Manager, Superintendent, Forman, Dealer, Apprentice, Artisan, Mechanic, Machinist, Machine Worker, Factory Hand, Operative Laborer, etc., must not be used alone. Full and distinctive description of the occupation must be given.
<br />4. Children attending school and also engaged in a trade or industry should be described as following the particular trade or industry.
<br />5. The Occupiers' attention is called to the heading of Column 8, in which column the words "At Home" should be entered opposite the names of persons engaged in any trade or industry carried on at home.
<br />6. The Army, Navy, and Civil Service - Persons in these services should state their rank or grad and the branch of the service to which they belong.
<br />7. Clergymen of the Church of England should return themselves as such. Priests and Ministers of other religious communities should state to what community they belong - as "Roman Catholic Priest", "Wesleyan Minister". Local or occasional preachers should return their ordinary occupation, but may also add the fact of their being preachers. Clergymen who are also Schoolmasters should state the fact.
<br />8. Legal Profession - Members of this profession should state whether they are Barristers, Solicitors, Articled Clerks, Barristers' Clerks, Solicitors' Clerks or Law Clerks.
<br />9. Sons or other relatives of Farmers employed on the farm should be returned as "Farmer's Son", "Farmer's Brother", etc.
<br />10. Agricultural Laborers should be entered according to the particular work on which they are usually engaged - such as "Shepherd", "Hind", "Carter on farm", "Horse Man on farm", "Horse Keeper on farm", "Teamster on farm", "Wagoner on farm", "Cattleman on farm", "Stockman on farm", "Yardman on farm", "Ordinary Agricultural Laborer", etc. The term "Laborer" must not be used by itself to describe an "Agricultural Laborer".
<br />11. Shopkeepers and Shop-Assistants should return themselves as such and should also state their branch of business - as, "Grocer-Shop-Keeper", "Draper's Assistant", etc. Persons wholly or principally engaged in manufacture or repair - such as "Journeymen Bakers", "Tailors' Cutters", "Watchmakers", "Bootmakers" etc. - should return themselves as such and not as "Shopkeepers" or "Shop-Assistants".
<br />12. Managers, Foremen, Superintendents, Over-Lookers, etc., should state the special branch of trade in which they are employed.
<br />13. Nurses - The term "Nurse" by itself is too indefinite. The kind of nurse should be stated as "Hospital Nurse", "Sick Nurse", "Monthly Nurse", "Nurse (domestic)", etc.
<br />14. Domestic Servants should be entered according to the nature of their service, adding in all cases "Domestic". Examples: "Coachman - Domestic:", "Gardener - Domestic:", "Cook - Domestic". Coachmen, Gardeners, etc., not in Domestic Service should describe themselves as "Coachman (not domestic)", "Market Gardener", etc.
<br />15. Engineers should fully state the nature of their employment. Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Mining Engineers should describe themselves as such. Engine and Machine Makers should specify the precise branch of the trade in which they are employed - as "Steam-engine Maker - Fitter". Engine-Drivers, Stokers, Firemen, should state whether they drive or stoke Railway Engines, Ship Engines, or Stationary Engines, or whether they are Furnace Stokers - as "Stoker on Steam-ship", "Railway Engine-driver", "Gas Stoker", "Furnace Stoker at Potteries".
<br />16. Artisans, Mechanics, and Workers in Manufactories should state not only the general name, but also the particular branch of the industry in which they are engaged, naming where possible, the material used or article made, thus - "Brass Founder", "Silk-throwster", "Watchmaker - Finisher", "Printer - Compositor". Such terms as Founder, Finisher, Printer, Throwster, Machinist, etc., must not be used alone. Sewing Machinists should name the article they machine - as, "Boot Machinist", "Shirt Machinist", etc.
<br />17. Weavers, Spinners, Bleachers, Dyers, etc., should invariably state the material in which they work and the precise process in which they are engaged - such as, "Cotton-spinner", "Silk Weaver", "Cotton card-room hand", "Wool-winder", etc.
<br />18. Miners and Quarrymen should always state the kind of mine or quarry in which they work, and the nature of their employment in or about the mine or quarry - as, "Coal-miner-Hewer", "Lead-miner", "Slate-quarryman". The term "Miner" or "Quarryman" should never be used alone.
<br />19. Labourers, Porters, Carters, should specify the nature of their employment - as, "Railway Porter", "Navvy", "Bricklayer's Laborer", "Laborer in Ship Yards", "Railway Carter", "General Laborer". The term "Laborer", "Porter", etc., should never be used alone.
<br />20. Retired - Persons who have retired from their profession or occupation should state their former calling. With the addition of the word "retired" - as. "Retired Farmer", "Retired Grocer", "Retired Blacksmith".
<br />21. Living on Own Means - Persons neither following nor having retired from a profession of occupation, but deriving their income from private sources, should return themselves as "Living on own means". Such terms as "Gentleman", "Esquire", etc., must not be used.
<br />____ Occupation
<br />This schedule must include any person dwelling in this house or tenement on the night of March 31st, and alive at midnight; and also any person who, although not in the house during the Census Night, arrived on the morning of Monday, April 1st, and had not been enumerated elsewhere. No one else is to be included.
<br />Write first the name of the head of the family, followed by the names of his wife, children, and other relatives; then the names of any visitors, boarders, and servants.
<br />____ Name
<br />____ Surname</p>
<p><span class="em">6., 7., and 8. Profession or Occupation</span>
<br />State the occupation, if any, of each person (whether man, woman, or child). For those engaged in any trade or industry, state the particular brand, and also the material worked or dealt in.
<br />The instructions on the back of the schedule must be carefully read before this column is filled up.
<br />1. The precise nature of the occupation must be inserted in Column 6, in accordance with the instructions given below.
<br />2. A person following more than one occupation should state each of them in the order of their importance. Magistrates, Members of Parliament, and Officials may state their official title, but should not omit to return their profession or ordinary occupation, if they have any.
<br />3. Vague terms, such as Merchant, Broker, Agent, Manufacturer, Contractor, Manager, Superintendent, Forman, Dealer, Apprentice, Artisan, Mechanic, Machinist, Machine Worker, Factory Hand, Operative Laborer, etc., must not be used alone. Full and distinctive description of the occupation must be given.
<br />4. Children attending school and also engaged in a trade or industry should be described as following the particular trade or industry.
<br />5. The Occupiers' attention is called to the heading of Column 8, in which column the words "At Home" should be entered opposite the names of persons engaged in any trade or industry carried on at home.
<br />6. The Army, Navy, and Civil Service - Persons in these services should state their rank or grad and the branch of the service to which they belong.
<br />7. Clergymen of the Church of England should return themselves as such. Priests and Ministers of other religious communities should state to what community they belong - as "Roman Catholic Priest", "Wesleyan Minister". Local or occasional preachers should return their ordinary occupation, but may also add the fact of their being preachers. Clergymen who are also Schoolmasters should state the fact.
<br />8. Legal Profession - Members of this profession should state whether they are Barristers, Solicitors, Articled Clerks, Barristers' Clerks, Solicitors' Clerks or Law Clerks.
<br />9. Sons or other relatives of Farmers employed on the farm should be returned as "Farmer's Son", "Farmer's Brother", etc.
<br />10. Agricultural Laborers should be entered according to the particular work on which they are usually engaged - such as "Shepherd", "Hind", "Carter on farm", "Horse Man on farm", "Horse Keeper on farm", "Teamster on farm", "Wagoner on farm", "Cattleman on farm", "Stockman on farm", "Yardman on farm", "Ordinary Agricultural Laborer", etc. The term "Laborer" must not be used by itself to describe an "Agricultural Laborer".
<br />11. Shopkeepers and Shop-Assistants should return themselves as such and should also state their branch of business - as, "Grocer-Shop-Keeper", "Draper's Assistant", etc. Persons wholly or principally engaged in manufacture or repair - such as "Journeymen Bakers", "Tailors' Cutters", "Watchmakers", "Bootmakers" etc. - should return themselves as such and not as "Shopkeepers" or "Shop-Assistants".
<br />12. Managers, Foremen, Superintendents, Over-Lookers, etc., should state the special branch of trade in which they are employed.
<br />13. Nurses - The term "Nurse" by itself is too indefinite. The kind of nurse should be stated as "Hospital Nurse", "Sick Nurse", "Monthly Nurse", "Nurse (domestic)", etc.
<br />14. Domestic Servants should be entered according to the nature of their service, adding in all cases "Domestic". Examples: "Coachman - Domestic:", "Gardener - Domestic:", "Cook - Domestic". Coachmen, Gardeners, etc., not in Domestic Service should describe themselves as "Coachman (not domestic)", "Market Gardener", etc.
<br />15. Engineers should fully state the nature of their employment. Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Mining Engineers should describe themselves as such. Engine and Machine Makers should specify the precise branch of the trade in which they are employed - as "Steam-engine Maker - Fitter". Engine-Drivers, Stokers, Firemen, should state whether they drive or stoke Railway Engines, Ship Engines, or Stationary Engines, or whether they are Furnace Stokers - as "Stoker on Steam-ship", "Railway Engine-driver", "Gas Stoker", "Furnace Stoker at Potteries".
<br />16. Artisans, Mechanics, and Workers in Manufactories should state not only the general name, but also the particular branch of the industry in which they are engaged, naming where possible, the material used or article made, thus - "Brass Founder", "Silk-throwster", "Watchmaker - Finisher", "Printer - Compositor". Such terms as Founder, Finisher, Printer, Throwster, Machinist, etc., must not be used alone. Sewing Machinists should name the article they machine - as, "Boot Machinist", "Shirt Machinist", etc.
<br />17. Weavers, Spinners, Bleachers, Dyers, etc., should invariably state the material in which they work and the precise process in which they are engaged - such as, "Cotton-spinner", "Silk Weaver", "Cotton card-room hand", "Wool-winder", etc.
<br />18. Miners and Quarrymen should always state the kind of mine or quarry in which they work, and the nature of their employment in or about the mine or quarry - as, "Coal-miner-Hewer", "Lead-miner", "Slate-quarryman". The term "Miner" or "Quarryman" should never be used alone.
<br />19. Labourers, Porters, Carters, should specify the nature of their employment - as, "Railway Porter", "Navvy", "Bricklayer's Laborer", "Laborer in Ship Yards", "Railway Carter", "General Laborer". The term "Laborer", "Porter", etc., should never be used alone.
<br />20. Retired - Persons who have retired from their profession or occupation should state their former calling. With the addition of the word "retired" - as. "Retired Farmer", "Retired Grocer", "Retired Blacksmith".
<br />21. Living on Own Means - Persons neither following nor having retired from a profession of occupation, but deriving their income from private sources, should return themselves as "Living on own means". Such terms as "Gentleman", "Esquire", etc., must not be used.
<br />____ Occupation
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 001 | Post office worker including telegraphists, telephone operators |
| 002 | Other post office officers and clerks |
| 003 | Postmen |
| 004 | Post office messengers etc. |
| 005 | Member of parliament, ministers of the crown and peers |
| 006 | Other civil service officers and clerks |
| 007 | Prison officers |
| 008 | Senior officials and others in East India service |
| 009 | Other civil service messengers etc. (including porters) |
| 010 | Prison service messengers etc. |
| 011 | Police |
| 012 | Poor law service |
| 013 | Municipal, parish and other local or county officers |
| 014 | Municipal, parish and local or county sheriffs and clerks |
| 015 | Municipal, parish and other local or county workers |
| 016 | Librarians |
| 017 | Army officers (effective) |
| 018 | Militia and yeomanry officers (effective) |
| 019 | Army officers (retired) |
| 020 | Soldiers and non commissioned officers |
| 021 | Militia and yeomanry men |
| 022 | Officers of the navy (effective) |
| 024 | Men of the navy (including coastguards) |
| 025 | Officers of the marines (effective) |
| 027 | Men of the marines |
| 028 | Clergyman of the established church (church of England in England and wales, church of Scotland in Scotland) |
| 029 | Roman catholic priest |
| 030 | Minister, priest of united free church |
| 032 | Minister, priest of united Presbyterian church |
| 033 | Minister, priest of other religious bodies |
| 034 | Itinerant preacher, scripture reader, mission worker |
| 035 | Monks |
| 036 | Nun, sister of charity |
| 037 | Church, chapel, cemetery, officer etc. |
| 038 | Barrister, advocate |
| 039 | Solicitor |
| 040 | Law clerk |
| 041 | Others connected with law |
| 042 | Physician, surgeon, registered practitioner including poor law hospitals doctors etc. |
| 043 | Dentists and dentists assistants |
| 044 | Veterinary surgeons |
| 045 | Midwives |
| 046 | Nurses (medical, not domestic) including poor law nurses |
| 047 | Hospital sick nurses |
| 048 | Medical assistants |
| 049 | Subordinate medical service (unqualified) and medical services, general |
| 050 | Hospital workers general, default |
| 051 | Hospital medical service |
| 052 | Schoolmasters and teachers (default) |
| 053 | University teachers |
| 054 | School service (pupil teachers) |
| 055 | Others connected with education, school service general, attendants, clerks etc. |
| 056 | Authors, editors, journalists and creative advertising workers |
| 057 | Reporters and shorthand writers |
| 058 | Others in writing |
| 059 | Engaged in scientific pursuits (including inventors and scientific qualifiers) |
| 060 | Others scientific |
| 061 | Others connected with literature etc., literary and scientific institution service |
| 062 | Others connected with literature etc., political and election agents |
| 063 | Librarians (literary, scientific society) |
| 064 | Mining engineers |
| 065 | Civil engineers |
| 066 | Land, house, ship, surveyor |
| 067 | Mining engineers assistant |
| 068 | Civil engineers assistants |
| 069 | Surveyors assistant |
| 070 | Painters (artists) |
| 071 | Sculptors (artists) |
| 072 | Architects |
| 073 | Engravers (artists) and lithographic artists |
| 074 | Map, chart, geographical engravers |
| 075 | Photographers |
| 076 | Musician, music master, singer (not teachers) |
| 077 | Actors |
| 078 | Architects assistants |
| 079 | Art, music, theater, cinema, service etc. |
| 080 | Performers, showmen, exhibition service |
| 081 | Billiards, cricket, and other games service |
| 082 | Domestic indoor servants in hotels, lodging houses and eating houses |
| 083 | Other domestic indoor servants, governesses |
| 084 | Other domestic indoor servants, undefined |
| 085 | Domestic, coachman |
| 086 | Domestic, motor car driver, motor car attendant |
| 087 | Domestic gardener |
| 088 | Gamekeeper |
| 089 | Army college, club, service |
| 090 | Other colleges, club, service |
| 091 | Prison officers (reformatory school) |
| 093 | Hospital, institution (not poor law) and benevolent society, service (not sick nurses, medical men or schoolmasters) |
| 094 | Park, lodge, gate etc., keeper (not government) |
| 095 | Church, chapel, cemetery, caretakers, keepers |
| 097 | Caretakers, office keepers (not government), school cleaners, caretakers |
| 098 | Cooks (not domestic) |
| 099 | Cooks (college, non residential) |
| 100 | Cooks (boarding, lodging house: non resident) |
| 101 | Cooks (domestic, non resident) |
| 102 | Day girls, day servants (other indoor) |
| 103 | Day girls, day servants (hotels, lodging, eating houses) |
| 104 | Charwomen |
| 105 | Laundry worker, washer, ironed, mangles etc ( not domestic) |
| 106 | Bath and wash, house service |
| 107 | Governesses (domestic) (non resident) |
| 108 | Servants, undefined (non resident) |
| 109 | Others in service |
| 110 | Window cleaners |
| 111 | Merchant, commodity undefined |
| 112 | Brokers, factors, commercial agents (not, mine, quarry, insurance) |
| 113 | Salesmen and buyers (not otherwise described) |
| 114 | Commercial travelers and manufacturers agents |
| 115 | Accountants |
| 116 | Auctioneers, appraisers, values, house agents |
| 117 | Surveyors (house agents) |
| 118 | Officers of commercial and others companies |
| 119 | Commercial or business clerks |
| 120 | Bankers |
| 121 | Bank service, bank officials and clerks |
| 122 | Bill brokers, agents, and discounters |
| 123 | Insurance officials clerks |
| 124 | Insurance agents |
| 125 | Railway official, inspectors, supervisors, clerk |
| 126 | Railway ticket, examiner, collector, checker |
| 127 | Railway engine, driver, stoker, cleaner |
| 128 | Railway guard |
| 129 | Signalman |
| 130 | Points man, level crossing man, gatekeepers |
| 131 | Platelayer, ganger, packer |
| 132 | Railway laborer (not railway contractor's laborer) |
| 133 | Railway porter |
| 134 | Other railway servants |
| 135 | Livery stable keepers, cab and bus owners |
| 136 | Horse proprietor, breeder, dealer |
| 137 | Motor garage, proprietor, worker |
| 138 | Coachman (not domestic), cabman |
| 139 | Horse keeper, groom, stableman (not domestic) |
| 140 | Motorcar driver (not domestic), motor cab driver |
| 141 | Carmen, carriers, carters and draymen |
| 142 | Haulers (mine) |
| 143 | Water carriers |
| 144 | Motor van etc., drivers |
| 145 | Van etc., guard, boy |
| 146 | Others connected with carriage or cartage (not mine) |
| 147 | Others connected with carriage or cartage (mine) |
| 148 | Omnibus horse drivers (default) |
| 149 | Omnibus motor drivers |
| 150 | Omnibus conductors |
| 151 | Omnibus service, others |
| 152 | Tramway service drivers |
| 153 | Tramway service conductors |
| 154 | Tramway service, others |
| 155 | Others on roads, toll collectors |
| 156 | Others on roads, wheelchair proprietors, attendants |
| 157 | Merchant service, a seaman, navigating department |
| 158 | Merchant service, seaman, engineering department |
| 159 | Merchant service, seaman, cooks, stewards, and others (subsidiary service) |
| 160 | Boatmen on seas (seamen general) |
| 161 | Pilots of ships |
| 162 | Bargemen, lightermen, watermen (and canal workers generally) |
| 163 | Canal and inland navigation service (on shore) |
| 164 | Ship and boat owners |
| 165 | Steam navigation service |
| 166 | Stevedores, wharf and dock laborers |
| 167 | Harbour, dock, wharf, lighthouse, officials and servants |
| 168 | Warehousemen (not manchester goods) |
| 169 | Meters, weighers engaged in storage |
| 170 | Coal heaver, coal, porter, laborer |
| 171 | Messenger, porter, watchman (not railway or government) |
| 172 | Telegraph, telephone, service (not government) |
| 173 | Farmer, grazier |
| 174 | Crofters |
| 175 | Farmer's, grazier's, son, daughter or other relative assisting in the work of the farm |
| 176 | Crofter's, son, daughter or other relative assisting in the work of the farm |
| 177 | Farm, bailiffs, stewards, foremen |
| 178 | Shepherd |
| 179 | Agricultural laborer, farm servant distinguished as in charge of cattle |
| 180 | Agricultural laborer, farm servant distinguished as in charge of horses |
| 181 | Agricultural laborer, farm servant, not otherwise distinguished |
| 182 | Woodman |
| 183 | Nurseryman, seedsman, florist |
| 184 | Market gardener (including laborer) |
| 185 | Other gardeners (not domestic) |
| 186 | Agricultural machine, proprietor, attendant |
| 187 | Others in agriculture |
| 188 | Land drainage service |
| 189 | Rabbit catchers, trappers, destroyers (on farm) |
| 190 | Others engaged about animals (non agriculture) |
| 191 | Vermin destroyers (agriculture) |
| 192 | Thatcher's (agriculture) |
| 193 | Others in coal, coke, peat and charcoal |
| 194 | Fishermen |
| 195 | Fishermen, crofter |
| 196 | Coal miners, hewers, workers at the coal face |
| 197 | Shale miner |
| 198 | Coal miners, others below ground and undefined |
| 199 | Railway laborers navies (coal mine) |
| 200 | Coal miners above ground |
| 201 | Mine service engineers |
| 202 | Mine, owner, agent, manager |
| 203 | Mine service others (coal) |
| 204 | Coke burners |
| 205 | Factory laborers (undefined) coke and gas |
| 206 | Patent fuel manufacture |
| 207 | Iron, miner, quarrier |
| 208 | Copper miner |
| 209 | Tin miner |
| 210 | Lead miner |
| 211 | Miners in other or undefined minerals |
| 212 | Gold miner |
| 213 | Silver miner |
| 214 | Metalliferous mine, owner, general manager, captain |
| 215 | Metalliferous mine, other mine services |
| 216 | Stone quarry managers agents |
| 217 | Slate quarry managers agents |
| 218 | Sand, flint, clay, gravel, chalk, managers agents |
| 219 | Other quarries, managers agents |
| 220 | Stone quarry mine owners |
| 221 | Slate quarry mine owners |
| 222 | Sand, flint, clay, gravel quarry mine owners |
| 223 | Fossil, coprolite quarry mine owners |
| 224 | Stone quarriers |
| 225 | Limestone quarries |
| 226 | Stonecutters, dressers |
| 227 | Slate quarries |
| 228 | Slate workers, cutters, dressers |
| 229 | Lime burners |
| 230 | Sand, flint, clay, gravel, chalk workers |
| 231 | Fossil, coprolite diggers |
| 232 | Other workers in quarries |
| 233 | Emery, sandpaper maker |
| 234 | Asbestos maker |
| 235 | Coal merchants and dealers |
| 236 | Coke dealers |
| 237 | Stone dealers |
| 238 | Slate dealers |
| 239 | Sand, flint, clay, gravel dealers |
| 240 | Fossil, coprolite dealers |
| 241 | Pig iron manufacture (blast furnace) |
| 242 | Puddling furnaces iron and steel rolling mills |
| 243 | Tube manufacture |
| 244 | Steel manufacture, smelting, founding |
| 245 | Galvanized sheet manufacture |
| 246 | Tinplate manufacture |
| 247 | Copper manufacture |
| 248 | Lead manufacture |
| 249 | Zinc manufacture |
| 250 | Brass, bronze manufacture |
| 251 | Gold, silver smelters etc. (extraction) |
| 252 | Manufacture of other or unspecified metals |
| 253 | Patternmakers (engine and machine making (undefined, not textile) |
| 254 | Patternmakers (spinning, weaving, machinery making) |
| 255 | Patternmakers (agricultural machine and implement making) |
| 256 | Patternmakers (domestic machinery making) |
| 257 | Patternmakers (undefined) |
| 258 | Millwright |
| 259 | Iron founder including molders, core makers, fetter, cupola, oven man, foundry laborer, other and undefined |
| 260 | Brass founders |
| 261 | Farriers |
| 262 | Blacksmiths |
| 263 | Fitters, turners (engine and machine) |
| 264 | Colliery fitters |
| 265 | Railway signal, switch, turntable fitters |
| 266 | Fitters, turners (engine and machine) laborers |
| 267 | Brass finishers |
| 268 | Coppersmiths (various) |
| 269 | Metal machinists (engine and machine making) |
| 270 | Metal machinists (spinning, weaving, machinery making) |
| 271 | Metal machinists (agricultural machine and implement making) |
| 272 | Metal machinists (domestic machinery making) |
| 273 | Undefined engine and machine making (not textile) |
| 274 | Laborers (undefined) in engineering works |
| 275 | Boilermakers |
| 276 | Other workers (spinning, weaving, machinery making) |
| 277 | Other workers in textile machinery fittings |
| 278 | Engine and machine makers (undefined, not textile) |
| 279 | Domestic machinery makers |
| 280 | Agricultural machine and implement makers |
| 281 | Railway signal, switch, turntable makers |
| 282 | Riveters, riggers, metal plate workers (not ships, textile, boilers) |
| 283 | Technicians (unspecified) |
| 284 | Electrical cable makers |
| 285 | Electrical lamp makers |
| 286 | Other electrical apparatus makers |
| 287 | Electricians (undefined) |
| 288 | Printing reglet makers |
| 289 | Toolmakers (agricultural machine and implement making) |
| 290 | Toolmakers |
| 291 | Domestic implement makers, toolmakers |
| 292 | File makers |
| 293 | Saw makers |
| 294 | Cutlery and scissor makers |
| 295 | Needle makers |
| 296 | Pin makers |
| 297 | Steel pen makers |
| 298 | Roller, engravers, block cutters (for textile printing) |
| 299 | Typefounders |
| 300 | Die, seal, coin, medal maker |
| 301 | Gunsmiths |
| 302 | Ordnance manufacture |
| 303 | Arms and ordnance, others |
| 304 | Sword and bayonet makers |
| 305 | Nail manufacturer |
| 306 | Bolt, nut, rivet and screw manufacture |
| 307 | Anchor and chain manufacture |
| 308 | Gas stove makers |
| 309 | Stove, grate, range, fire iron makers |
| 310 | Brass bedstead makers |
| 311 | Iron bedstead makers |
| 312 | Wire or spring mattress makers |
| 313 | Wire makers, workers, weavers |
| 314 | Wire fence |
| 315 | Lock, key makers |
| 316 | Gas fittings makers |
| 317 | Lamp, lantern, or candlestick maker |
| 318 | Silversmiths, buffers, burnishers, finishers |
| 319 | Pewter, white, metal plated ware manufacture |
| 320 | Metal refinery workers |
| 321 | Tinplate goods manufacture |
| 322 | Copper workers |
| 323 | Leaden goods manufacturer (various) |
| 324 | Zinc goods workers |
| 325 | Brass, bronze implement makers |
| 326 | Brass, bronze goods workers |
| 327 | Brass, clasp, buckle, hinge makers |
| 328 | Iron domestic implement makers |
| 329 | Iron clasp, buckle, hinge makers |
| 330 | Iron fence and gate maker |
| 331 | Other iron goods makers |
| 332 | Fire proof safe maker |
| 333 | Spring maker |
| 334 | Ironworkers (undefined) |
| 335 | Other implement makers |
| 336 | Tin workers |
| 337 | Metal burnishers (undefined) |
| 338 | Fancy chain, ring, gilt toy makers |
| 339 | Other metal workers |
| 340 | Mixed or unspecified metals tube manufacture |
| 341 | Bath maker |
| 342 | Clasp, buckle, hinge makers not brass or iron |
| 343 | Whitesmiths |
| 344 | Shackle makers |
| 345 | Ship, boat, platers, riveters |
| 346 | Metal ships, workers in iron |
| 347 | Fitters (ships) |
| 348 | Shipwrights, wood ships |
| 349 | Shipwrights, metal ships |
| 350 | Wood ships, worker in wood |
| 351 | Mast, yard, or, block maker |
| 352 | Ship, boat painters (wood) |
| 353 | Ship, boat painters (iron) |
| 354 | Shipyard laborers (undefined) |
| 355 | Others in ship or boat building, wood (default) |
| 356 | Others in ship or boat building, metal |
| 357 | Riggers (ships) |
| 358 | Ship chandler |
| 359 | Sailmakers |
| 360 | Railway coach, wagon maker |
| 361 | Tram car maker |
| 362 | Bicycle maker, bicycle repairers |
| 363 | Motorcar chassis maker, motorcar mechanic |
| 364 | Motorcar body maker |
| 365 | Coach, carriage maker |
| 366 | Wheelwright |
| 367 | Cartwrights |
| 368 | Perambulator maker |
| 369 | Ironmonger, hardware dealer or merchant |
| 370 | General household appliances dealers |
| 371 | Dealers in printers materials |
| 372 | Dealers in electrical apparatus |
| 373 | Office machinery dealers |
| 374 | Bicycle dealers |
| 375 | Motorcar dealers |
| 376 | Dealers in copper |
| 377 | Dealers in tin, tinplate |
| 378 | Zinc dealers |
| 379 | Lead dealers |
| 380 | Metal dealers |
| 381 | Other dealers in machines, implements etc. |
| 382 | Gold and silversmiths jewelers (not dealers) |
| 383 | Lapidaries and other precious material workers |
| 384 | Gold and silver beaters |
| 385 | Other workers gold, silver, jewelry |
| 386 | Watch and clock makers |
| 387 | Philosophical instrument makers (scientific and optical) |
| 388 | Photographic apparatus makers |
| 389 | Weighing and measuring machine makers |
| 390 | Tinmen (meter making) |
| 391 | Dental instrument and apparatus makers |
| 392 | Surgical instrument and apparatus makers |
| 393 | Piano organ makers |
| 394 | Other musical instrument makers |
| 395 | Toy makers |
| 396 | Fishing tackle makers |
| 397 | Apparatus for other games makers |
| 398 | Gold and silversmiths jewelers (dealers) |
| 399 | Musical instrument dealers |
| 400 | Toy dealers |
| 401 | Fishing tackle dealers |
| 402 | Apparatus for other games dealers |
| 403 | Photographic apparatus, philosophical instrument (scientific and optical) dealers |
| 404 | Weighing and measuring machine dealers |
| 405 | Builders |
| 406 | Thatchers (not agriculture) |
| 407 | Builder's laborer |
| 408 | Builder's excavators |
| 409 | Carpenter, joiner |
| 410 | Carpenter's, joiner's laborer |
| 411 | Stove setters, furnace oven liners |
| 412 | Bricklayer |
| 413 | Bricklayer's laborer |
| 414 | Mason |
| 415 | Mason's laborer |
| 416 | Slater and tiles |
| 417 | Plasterer |
| 418 | Plasterer's laborer |
| 419 | Whitewashers |
| 420 | Paperhangers |
| 421 | Painters, distempers, and decorators |
| 422 | Glaziers, lead window makers |
| 423 | Architectural, monumental including carver, sculptor |
| 424 | Monumental mason |
| 425 | Plumber, pipefitter |
| 426 | Gasfitter |
| 427 | Locksmith, bell hanger |
| 428 | Contractors: public works, sewer, drainage, dock, harbor, canal |
| 429 | Railway contractors |
| 430 | Pond reservoir makers |
| 431 | Seawall, groin, laborers or pile drivers |
| 432 | Railway laborers navvies (contractors laborers) default |
| 433 | Well, mine: sinker, borer |
| 434 | Road contractor, surveyor, or inspector |
| 435 | Paviors |
| 436 | Road labourers |
| 437 | Cabinet makers |
| 438 | Furniture and fittings, others |
| 439 | French polisher |
| 440 | Upholsterer |
| 441 | Hot water apparatus pipe joiners |
| 442 | House and shop fittings, makers |
| 443 | Refrigerator maker |
| 444 | Undertaker: funeral furniture maker |
| 445 | Wood carver |
| 446 | Wood glider |
| 447 | Willow cane and rush workers |
| 448 | Cane, rush, or straw (other workers) |
| 449 | Willow cane and rush dealers |
| 450 | Dealers in works of art |
| 451 | Furniture brokers, dealers |
| 452 | House and shop fittings dealers |
| 453 | Sawyer: wood cutting machinist |
| 454 | Lath, wooden fence, hurdle maker |
| 455 | Woodturner |
| 456 | Wooden box, packing case maker |
| 457 | Cooper, hoop maker, blender |
| 458 | Cork, bark cutter, worker |
| 459 | Timber woodworkers |
| 460 | Besom maker |
| 461 | Other workers in wood |
| 462 | Timber merchants, wood dealers |
| 463 | Cork and bark dealers |
| 464 | Brick, plain tile, terra cotta maker |
| 465 | Plaster, cement manufacture |
| 466 | Earthenware figure and image makers |
| 467 | Earthenware, china, porcelain manufacture |
| 468 | Sheet, plate glass manufacture |
| 469 | Glass bottle manufacturer |
| 470 | Other workers in glass manufacture |
| 471 | Brick dealers |
| 472 | Plaster and cement dealers |
| 473 | Earthenware, china, glass dealer |
| 474 | Dye and paint manufacture |
| 475 | Ink and blacking manufacturer |
| 476 | Gunpowder, guncotton, explosive substance manufacture |
| 477 | Cartridge, fireworks, explosive article manufacture |
| 478 | Lucifer match manufacture |
| 479 | Salt makers and dealers |
| 480 | Manufacturing chemist |
| 481 | Alkali manufacture |
| 482 | Chemists, druggists |
| 483 | Drysalters |
| 484 | Oil millers, oil cake makers |
| 485 | Mineral oil worker |
| 486 | Tallow chandlers, candle and grease manufacture |
| 487 | Soap boilers and makers |
| 488 | Manure manufacture, bone boilers |
| 489 | India rubber and gutta percha makers |
| 490 | Waterproof goods makers |
| 491 | Glue size and gelatin manufacture |
| 492 | Other workers in chemicals etc. |
| 493 | Gum manufacture |
| 494 | Resin manufacturer |
| 495 | Sealing wax maker |
| 496 | Varnish maker |
| 497 | Oil cake dealers |
| 498 | Oil and colourmen |
| 499 | Soap dealers |
| 500 | Other dealers in chemicals etc. |
| 501 | Floorcloth and oilcloth dealers |
| 502 | India rubber and gutta percha dealers |
| 503 | Waterproof goods dealers |
| 504 | Shellac dealers |
| 505 | Skinners, furriers |
| 506 | Tanners, fellmongers |
| 507 | Curriers |
| 508 | Leather goods manufacturer (belts etc.) |
| 509 | Parchment or vellum maker |
| 510 | Saddle, harness and whip makers |
| 511 | Hair and bristle workers |
| 512 | Brush and broom makers |
| 513 | Hair plume makers |
| 514 | Quill and feathers dressers |
| 515 | Dealers in skins |
| 516 | Dealers in leather |
| 517 | Quill and feathers dealers |
| 518 | Hair and bristle dealers |
| 519 | Paper manufacture |
| 520 | Paper stainer |
| 521 | Pencil makers |
| 522 | Card, stationery makers |
| 523 | Valentine maker |
| 524 | Envelope manufacture |
| 525 | Paper bag makers |
| 526 | Cardboard box maker |
| 527 | Ticket writers |
| 528 | Other paper workers |
| 529 | Stationers (all assumed retail or law stationers) |
| 530 | Paper dealers |
| 531 | Hand compositors (default) |
| 532 | Machine compositors |
| 533 | Printing machine minders |
| 534 | Stereotypes, electrotypers |
| 535 | Music printers |
| 536 | Printers so described |
| 537 | Others in printing |
| 538 | Paper ruler |
| 539 | Lithographers |
| 540 | Copper plate printers |
| 541 | Map makers |
| 542 | Bookbinders |
| 543 | Publishers, booksellers, and librarians (except public librarians) |
| 544 | Music publishers, music sellers |
| 545 | Map publishers, map and print sellers |
| 546 | Newspaper publishers |
| 547 | Newspaper agents |
| 548 | Cotton and cotton goods manufacturer, card blowing room processes |
| 549 | Cotton and cotton goods manufacturer, spinning processes |
| 550 | Cotton and cotton goods manufacturer, winding, warping processes |
| 551 | Cotton and cotton goods manufacturer, weaving processes |
| 552 | Cotton and cotton goods manufacturer, other processes |
| 553 | Sheeting manufactured |
| 554 | Muslin embroiderer |
| 555 | Cotton and cotton goods manufacturer, undefined |
| 556 | Fustian manufacture |
| 557 | Woolen cloth manufacture, sorting |
| 558 | Woolen cloth manufacture, carding or combing |
| 559 | Wool spinners, wool pieces |
| 560 | Worsted and stuff manufacture, spinners or piecers |
| 561 | Wool winders, wool warpers, wool weavers |
| 562 | Worsted and stuff manufacture including winders, warpers, weavers |
| 563 | Flannel manufacture (various) |
| 564 | Blanket manufacture (various) |
| 565 | Other weaving processes (wool) |
| 566 | Woolen cloth manufacturer, other processes |
| 567 | Tartan and wincey manufacture |
| 568 | Worsted and stuff manufacture, other processes |
| 569 | Knitter (woolen articles) |
| 570 | Crimpers |
| 571 | Woolen cloth manufacture, undefined |
| 572 | Worsted and stuff manufacture, undefined |
| 573 | Fuller |
| 574 | Silk workers, spinners |
| 575 | Crepe, gauze manufacturer (various) |
| 576 | Silk workers, weaving processes |
| 577 | Ribbon manufacture |
| 578 | Silk workers, other processes |
| 579 | Silk workers, undefined |
| 580 | Flax, linen and damask manufacture |
| 581 | Hemp manufacture (various) |
| 582 | Jute manufacture (various) |
| 583 | Cocoa fiber manufacture (various) |
| 584 | Rope, twine, cord makers |
| 585 | Mat manufacture (various) |
| 586 | Net manufacture (various) |
| 587 | Canvas and sailcloth manufacture (various) |
| 588 | Sacking manufacture (various) |
| 589 | Tentmaker |
| 590 | Other fibrous materials makers |
| 591 | Thread manufacture (various) |
| 592 | Hosiery manufacture |
| 593 | Lace manufacture |
| 594 | Elastic web makers |
| 595 | Felt manufacture (various) |
| 596 | Carpet, rug manufacturer (various) |
| 597 | Trimming makers |
| 598 | Tape manufacture (various) |
| 599 | Fancy goods textile manufacture (various) |
| 600 | Shawl makers |
| 601 | Knitter (undefined) |
| 602 | Embroiderers |
| 603 | Curtain makers |
| 604 | Tapestry manufacture |
| 605 | Weavers sundry fabrics |
| 606 | Weavers (undefined) |
| 607 | Other workers sundry fabrics undefined |
| 608 | Factory hands (textile) undefined (various) |
| 609 | Wool or woolen goods, bleachers |
| 610 | Silk bleachers |
| 611 | Cotton and calico bleachers |
| 612 | Flax, linen bleachers |
| 613 | Undefined textile bleachers |
| 614 | Wool or woolen goods, printers |
| 615 | Silk printers |
| 616 | Cotton and calico printers |
| 617 | Undefined textile printers |
| 618 | Wool or woolen goods, dyers |
| 619 | Silk dyers |
| 620 | Cotton and calico dyers |
| 621 | Flax, linen dyers |
| 622 | Undefined textile dyers |
| 623 | Wool, woolen goods finishers |
| 624 | Silk finishers |
| 625 | Cotton and calico finishers |
| 626 | Flax, linen finishers |
| 627 | Undefined textile finishers |
| 628 | Drapers linen, drapers mercers |
| 629 | Cotton planter, grower |
| 630 | Woolstapler, wool dealer, broker |
| 631 | Cloth worsted and stuff merchants dealers |
| 632 | Yarn merchant |
| 633 | Waste merchant |
| 634 | Silk merchants and dealers |
| 635 | Rope, twine, cord dealers |
| 636 | Mat sellers |
| 637 | Other fibrous materials dealers |
| 638 | Cotton and calico dealers |
| 639 | Flax, linen dealers |
| 640 | Lace dealers |
| 641 | Fustian dealers |
| 642 | Thread dealers |
| 643 | Manchester goods warehousemen |
| 644 | Dealers sundry fabrics |
| 645 | Straw plait manufacture |
| 646 | Straw hat manufacture |
| 647 | Felt hat manufacture, woolen bonnet manufacture |
| 648 | Cloth, hat, cap manufacturer |
| 649 | Hat, cap (not cloth, felt, straw) manufacture |
| 650 | Milliners (not retail, workshop or factory) |
| 651 | Hatters |
| 652 | Milliners (retail) |
| 653 | Tailors (not merchants), default |
| 654 | Others clothing manufacturers |
| 655 | Clothiers and outfitters (i.e. dealers and merchants) |
| 656 | Clothes dealers |
| 657 | Dressmakers |
| 658 | Stay and corset makers |
| 659 | Shirtmakers and seamstresses |
| 660 | Button makers |
| 661 | Glove manufacturer |
| 662 | Hosiers haberdashers |
| 663 | Shoe and boot makers (and repairers) |
| 664 | Slipper makers |
| 665 | Patten, clog makers |
| 666 | Footwear dealers |
| 667 | Artificial flower makers |
| 668 | Hairdressers |
| 669 | Umbrella, parasol and stick makers |
| 670 | Accoutrement makers |
| 671 | Glove dealers |
| 672 | Button dealers |
| 673 | Umbrella, parason and stick dealers |
| 674 | Other dealers in dress |
| 675 | Artificial flower dealers |
| 676 | Creamery workers |
| 677 | Cowkeepers, milk sellers |
| 678 | Provision curers |
| 679 | Cheesemongers, butter men |
| 680 | Provision dealers |
| 681 | Slaughterer |
| 682 | Butchers and meat salesmen |
| 683 | Fish curers |
| 684 | Poulterers, game dealers |
| 685 | Fishmongers |
| 686 | Corn millers |
| 687 | Corn flour and seed merchants dealers |
| 688 | Hay straw and chaff cutters |
| 689 | Hay straw and chaff dealers |
| 690 | Biscuit, cake, bread makers |
| 691 | Bakers (dealers) |
| 692 | Biscuit, cake, dealers (confectioners) |
| 693 | Sugar refiners |
| 694 | Jam, preserve, sweet makers |
| 695 | Chocolate, cocoa makers |
| 696 | Coffee, tea planter, grower |
| 697 | Grocers, tea dealers |
| 698 | Greengrocers, fruiters, potato dealers |
| 699 | Ginger beer, mineral water, manufacture others |
| 700 | Mustard, vinegar, spice, pickle makers |
| 701 | Ice makers |
| 702 | Sugar planter, grower |
| 703 | Others dealing with food |
| 704 | Hop merchants, dealers |
| 705 | Ice dealers, importers, vendors |
| 706 | Tobacco manufacture |
| 707 | Tobacconists |
| 708 | Maltsters |
| 709 | Brewers |
| 710 | Distillers and rectifiers |
| 711 | Coffee and eating, housekeepers |
| 712 | Lodging and boarding, housekeepers |
| 713 | Innkeepers, hotel keepers, and publicans |
| 714 | Beer sellers |
| 715 | Beer bottlers |
| 716 | Cellarmen |
| 717 | Barmen (not in service) |
| 718 | Boarding, lodging house waiters (non resident) |
| 719 | Hotel waiters |
| 720 | Hotel porters, boots, knifemen, plate cleaners, polishers (non resident) |
| 721 | Other hotel servants |
| 722 | Wine and spirit merchants |
| 723 | Gasworks service |
| 724 | Waterworks service |
| 725 | Other electricity supply |
| 726 | Electricity generation distribution |
| 727 | Town drainage |
| 728 | Scavenging, street cleaners, crossing sweepers, dustmen |
| 729 | Circular envelope addresses |
| 730 | Advertising agents |
| 731 | Billstickers |
| 732 | Sandwich men, bill distributors |
| 733 | Cattle sheep etc. salesmen |
| 734 | Drovers |
| 735 | Others engaged about animals (not agriculture) |
| 736 | Packers, cats meat dealers |
| 737 | Celluloid makes, workers |
| 738 | Tobacco pipe and snuff box manufacture |
| 739 | Bone, horn, ivory, tortoise shell workers |
| 740 | Comb makers |
| 741 | Floorcloth and oilcloth manufacture |
| 742 | Japanese |
| 743 | Chimney sweepers |
| 744 | Rag dealers |
| 745 | Organ grinders |
| 746 | Animal, bird preserves, taxidermists |
| 747 | Figure and image makers, not earthenware |
| 748 | Gut manufacture |
| 749 | Charcoal burners |
| 750 | Other workers in sundry industries |
| 751 | Dealers in sundry materials |
| 752 | Dealers in bookbinders materials |
| 753 | Sponge dealer |
| 754 | Charcoal dealers |
| 755 | Water dealers |
| 756 | Receiving shop, receiving office, keepers, assistants |
| 757 | Multiple shopkeepers |
| 758 | General shopkeepers, dealers |
| 759 | Pawnbrokers |
| 760 | Hawkers, hucksters, costers |
| 761 | Manufacturers, managers, superintendents, foremen (unspecified) |
| 762 | Contractors public works etc. |
| 763 | Newsboys vendors |
| 764 | Corporation, borough, council laborers (undefined) |
| 765 | General labourers |
| 766 | Engine drivers, stokers, firemen (not railway, marine or agricultural) |
| 767 | Draughtsmen (undefined) |
| 768 | Artisans mechanics |
| 769 | Apprentices |
| 770 | Factory laborers (undefined) |
| 771 | Machinists, machine workers, undefined |
| 772 | Retired (not army or navy) |
| 773 | Army pensioners |
| 774 | Navy pensioners |
| 775 | Pensioners, superannuated |
| 776 | Receiving old age pension (occupation or former occupation not stated) |
| 777 | Owners of companies |
| 778 | Private means |
| 779 | Theological students |
| 780 | Law students |
| 781 | Medical students |
| 782 | Literary students |
| 783 | Art students |
| 784 | Scientific students |
| 785 | Other students |
| 786 | Agricultural students |
| 787 | Scholars etc. |
| 788 | Wives and others engaged in (own) household duties |
| 789 | Wives assisting generally in their husband's occupations (wives of.) |
| 790 | Widows (of no specified occupation) |
| 791 | Children, relatives, visitors at home |
| 792 | Prostitutes |
| 793 | Foreign diplomats |
| 794 | No specified occupation: receiving income, support |
| 795 | No specified occupation: children |
| 796 | Prisoners, reform school inmates etc. |
| 797 | No specified occupation: vagrants, unemployed |
| 999 | Unknown |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
Occupation of household head.
Universe
United Kingdom 1901 (100%) [England and Wales]: All persons
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