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Census for Ireland for the Year 1901 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1901
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Occupation code (IE1901A_OCC)

Data file: IRL1901_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 298
End: 300
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Form A. - Return of the members of this family and their visitors, boarders, servants who slept or abode in this house on the night of Sunday, the 31st of March, 1901.</p>

<p><span class="em">9. Rank, profession, or occupation </span><div class="i1">State the particular rank, profession, trade, or other employment of [the respondent]. Children or young persons attending a school or receiving regular instruction at home should be returned as scholars.<br /><br />(Before filling this column you are requested to read the instructions on the other side.)<br /><br />Rank, profession, or occupation ____<br /><br />The titles of peers and other persons of rank to be inserted as well as any important office they may hold.<br /><br />Members of Parliament, Magistrates, Aldermen, and other important public officers, to state their profession or occupation, if any, after their official rank or title.<br /><br />All persons serving in the Army and Navy to state their rank, and the branch of the service to which they belong. Officers to state whether on the active or the retired list; Pensioners from the Army and Navy to state the service to which they belong.<br /><br />All persons in the civil service to state their rank, and the department or branch to which they belong; those retired or superannuated to be distinguished.<br /><br />Ministers of religion - Clergymen of every religious denomination are requested to describe themselves according to their clerical rank or position, and to state distinctly the religious body to which they belong.<br /><br />Legal profession - Barrister to state whether they are in actual practice. The designation solicitor to be confined to those whose names are actually on the roll. Clerks in Solicitors' offices should state whether they are solicitor's managing, articled, or general clerk. officers of any court, to state the name of the office, and the name of the court.<br /><br />Members of the medical profession to state whether they practice as physician, surgeon, dentist, oculist, general practitioner, apothecary, medical assistant etc., or are not practicing. They should also state the university or other society of which they are graduates, fellows, or licentiates.<br /><br />Professors, teacher, public writers, authors, and scientific men, to state the particular branch of science or literature which they follow; artists, the art which they cultivate. Graduates should enter their degrees in this column.<br /><br />Students of Theology, Law, or Medicine, and Undergraduates of any University, to be so returned.<br /><br />Scholars - Children or young persons attending a School or receiving regular instruction at home to be returned as scholars.<br /><br />Farmers - This term is to be applied only to the occupiers of land. Sons or daughters employed at home or on the farm may be returned as farmer's son or farmer's daughter. Persons employed on the farm and sleeping the farmer's house should be described as farm servants.<br /><br />Agricultural labourers, shepherds, and other employed on farms, but not living in the farmer's house, should be described as agricultural labourers, shepherds, etc..<br /><br />Persons engaged in commerce, as merchants, brokers, agents etc., to state in all cases the particular branch of commerce in which they are engaged, or the commodity in which they chiefly deal. examples such as corn merchant, member of ---- stock exchange, tea agent.<br /><br />Commercial clerk, commercial traveler, shopman, always to add in what branch of business.<br /><br />In trades, manufactures, or other business, masters should, in all cases, be distinguished. Example "Carpenter - Master"<br /><br />Workers in manufactures, and generally in the mechanical arts, should distinctly state the particular branch of work, and the material, if they are not implied in the names as in Brass founder, Iron moulder. where the trade is much sub-divided, both trade and branch are to be returned thus Watchmaker - Finisher or Printer - Compositor.<br /><br />Miners should state the description of mine in which they work. Examples: coal miner, lead miner, copper miner etc.. The term miner should never be used alone.<br /><br />Engineers - Civil Engineers and mining engineers, to be so described. Workmen employed in works or factories are to be so distinctly described. Examples: Engine smith at factory, engine fitter at works. engine drivers, stokers, and firemen to be described in connection with the manufactory, railway, steam-vessel, etc., in which they are employed. Examples: Railway engine driver, stoker in linen factory. Engineer alone is not to be used.<br /><br />Artisans and mechanics should invariably state the particular branch of mechanical art or business in which they are employed.<br /><br />Weaver - Silk, wool, worsted, cotton, etc., should always be written before this general term, so as to express distinctly the material which he weaves; thus Cotton Weaver.<br /><br />Domestic servants should be described according to the nature of their service, adding in all cases domestic servant. Examples: Coachman - Domestic Servant, Gardener - Domestic Servant, Cook - Domestic Servant.<br /><br />Labourers, porters, to be described according to the nature of their employment. Examples: Railway porter, bricklayer's labourer, labourer in iron works, general labourer. See also Instruction No. 12. The term Labourer should never be used alone.<br /><br />Person ordinarily engaged in some industry, but out of employment at the time of the census, should be so described; as bricklayer, unemployed; carpenter, unemployed.<br /><br />Persons following no profession, trade, or calling, and holding no public office, but deriving their incomes chiefly from land, houses, dividends, interest of money, annuities, etc., should describe themselves accordingly. The indefinite terms, gentlemen, esquire, are not to be used. person who have retired from business are to be entered thus. Retired farmer, retired grocer.<br /><br />Women and children - The occupation of those who are regularly employed from home, or who follow any business at home, is to be distinctly recorded, but no entry should be mad in the case of those who solely engaged in domestic duties at home. See also Instruction No. 10.</div>
Categories
Value Category
001 Post office - telegraphists, telephone operators
002 Other post office officers and clerks
003 Postmen
004 Post office messengers, etc.
006 Other civil service officers and clerks
008 Senior officials and others in east india service
009 Other civil service messengers, etc. (inc. 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
019 Army officers (retired)
020 Soldiers and non-commissioned officers
021 Militia and yeomanry men
024 Men of the navy (inc coastguards)
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
033 Minister, priest, of other religious bodies
034 Itinerant preacher, scripture reader, mission worker
036 Nun, sister of charity
037 Church, chapel, cemetery - officer, etc.
038 Barrister, advocate
039 Solicitor
040 Law clerk
042 Physician, sugeon, 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
050 Hospital workers general - default
052 Schoolmasters and teachers - default
054 School service (pupil teachers)
055 Others connected with education - school service general, attendants, clerks, etc.
056 Authors editors journalists and creative advertising workers
064 Mining engineers
066 Land, house, ship - surveyor
070 Painters (artists)
071 Sculptors (artists)
072 Architects
073 Engravers (artists) and lithographic artists
075 Photographers
076 Musician, music master, singer (not teachers)
077 Actors
079 Art, music, theatre, 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
087 Domestic gardener
088 Gamekeeper
090 Other college, 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)
097 Caretaker, office keepers (not government) - school cleaners,caretakers
098 Cooks (not domestic)
101 Cooks (domestic: non-resident)
102 Day girls, day servants (other indoor)
104 Charwomen
105 Laundry worker: washer, ironer, mangler, 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 travellers and manufacturers' agents
115 Accountants
116 Auctioneers appraisers valuers house agents
118 Officers of commercial and others companies
119 Commercial or business clerks
120 Bankers
121 Bank service, bank officials and clerks
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 Pointsman, level crossing man, gatekeepers
131 Platelayer, ganger, packer
132 Railway labourer (not railway contractor's labourer)
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 Horsekeeper, groom, stableman (not domestic)
141 Carmen carriers carters and draymen
142 Hauliers (mine)
143 Water carriers
144 Motor van, etc. drivers
145 Van, etc.- guard, boy
148 Omnibus horse drivers (default)
150 Omnibus conductors
152 Tramway service drivers
153 Tramway service conductors
157 Merchant service; 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
166 Stevedores, wharf and dock labourers
167 Harbour, dock, wharf, lighthouse - officials and servants
168 Warehousemen (not manchester goods)
170 Coalheaver; coal - porter, labourer
171 Messenger, porter, watchman (not railway or government)
172 Telegraph, telephone - service (not government)
173 Farmer, grazier
175 Farmer's, grazier's - son, daughter, or other relative assisting in the work of the farm
177 Farm - bailiffs stewards foremen
178 Shepherd
179 Agricultural labourer, farm servant - distinguished as in charge of cattle
180 Agricultural labourer, farm servant - distinguished as in charge of horses
181 Agricultural labourer, farm servant - not otherwise distinguished
182 Woodman
183 Nurseryman, seedsman, florist
184 Market gardener (including labourer)
185 Other gardener (not domestic)
186 Agricultural machine - proprietor, attendant
194 Fishermen
196 Coal miners - hewers, workers at the coal face
198 Coal miners - others below ground and undefined
200 Coal miners above ground
202 Mine - owner, agent, manager
207 Iron - miner, quarrier
211 Miners in other or undefined minerals
224 Stone quarriers
225 Limestone quarrier
226 Stone cutters dressers
227 Slate quarriers
229 Lime burners
230 Sand flint clay gravel chalk workers
235 Coal merchants and dealers
241 Pig iron manufacture (blast furnace)
242 Puddling furnaces; iron and steel rolling mills
244 Steel - manufacture, smelting, founding
246 Tinplate manufacture
253 Patternmakers (engine and machine making (undefined - not textile)
257 Patternmakers (undefined)
258 Millwright
259 Ironfounder - moulders, core makers, fetter, cupola, overn-man, foundry labourer, other and undefined
260 Brass founders
261 Farriers
262 Blacksmiths
263 Fitters, turners (engine and machine)
265 Railway - signal switch turntable fitters
266 Fitters, turners (engine and machine) labourers
267 Brass finishers
268 Coppersmiths (various)
272 Metal machinists (domestic machinery making)
275 Boiler makers
277 Other workers in textile machinery fittings
279 Domestic machinery makers
284 Electrical cable makers
286 Other electrical apparatus makers
287 Electricians (undefined)
290 Toolmakers
292 File makers
294 Cutlery and scissor makers
301 Gunsmiths
305 Nail manufacture
306 Bolt nut rivet and screw manufacture
308 Gas stove makers
309 Stove grate range fire-iron makers
313 Wire makers workers weavers
315 Lock, key makers
318 Silver-smiths, buffers, burnishers, finishers
321 Tinplate goods manufacture
326 Brass, bronze goods workers
329 Iron clasp buckle hinge makers
334 Iron workers (undefined)
336 Tin workers
343 Whitesmiths
345 Ship boat platers rivetters
348 Shipwrights - wood ships
349 Shipwrights - metal ships
354 Shipyard labourers (undefined)
357 Riggers (ships)
359 Sailmakers
360 Railway - coach, wagon maker
362 Bicycle makers, bicycle repairers
365 Coach, carriage - maker
366 Wheelwright
369 Ironmonger; hardware - dealer, merchant
370 General household appliance dealers
374 Bicycle dealers
382 Gold and silversmiths jewellers (not dealers)
385 Other workers gold silver jewellery
386 Watch and clock makers
387 Philosophical instrument makers (scientific and optical)
389 Weighing and measuring machine makers
392 Surgical instrument and apparatus makers
393 Piano organ makers
397 Apparatus for other games makers
399 Musical instrument dealers
400 Toy dealers
405 Builders
406 Thatchers (not agriculture)
407 Builders' labourer
409 Carpenter, joiner
410 Carpenter's, joiner's - labourer
412 Bricklayer
413 Bricklayer's labourer
414 Mason
415 Mason's labourer
416 Slaters and tilers
417 Plasterer
418 Plasterer's labourer
421 Painters, distemperers and decorators
425 Plumber, pipe fitter
426 Gasfitter
432 Railway labourers navvies (contractors labourers) default
433 Well, mine - sinker, borer
435 Paviors
436 Road labourers
437 Cabinet makers
438 Furniture and fittings - others
439 French polisher
440 Upholsterer
441 Hot water apparatus pipe jointers
446 Wood gilder
447 Willow cane and rush workers
450 Dealer 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 Wood turner
456 Wooden box, packing case - maker
457 Cooper; hoop - maker, bender
458 Cork, bark - cutter, worker
459 Timber wood workers
461 Other workers in wood
462 Timber merchants wood dealers
464 Brick, plain tile, terra-cotta - maker
465 Plaster, cement - manufacture
467 Earthenware, china, porcelain - manufacture
469 Glass bottle manufacture
470 Other workers in glass manufacture
473 Earthenware, china, glass - dealer
478 Lucifer match manufacture
479 Salt makers and dealers
480 Manufacturing chemist
482 Chemists druggists
484 Oil millers oil cake makers
487 Soap boilers and makers
489 India rubber and gutta percha makers
490 Waterproof goods makers
498 Oil and colourmen
505 Skinners furriers
506 Tanners fellmongers
507 Curriers
508 Leather goods manufacture (belts, etc.)
509 Parchment, vellum - maker
510 Saddle harness and whip makers
512 Brush and broom makers
514 Quill and feathers dressers
516 Dealers in leather
519 Paper manufacture
522 Card, stationery makers
524 Envelope manufacture
525 Paper bag makers
526 Cardboard box maker
529 Stationers (all assumed retail or law stationers)
531 Hand compositors (default)
532 Machine compositors
533 Printing machine minders
536 Printers so described
537 Others in printing
539 Lithographers
542 Bookbinders
543 Publishers, booksellers and librarians (except public librarians)
547 Newspaper agents
548 Cotton and cotton goods manufacture card blowing room processes
549 Cotton and cotton goods manufacture spinning processes
550 Cotton and cotton goods manufacture winding warping processes
551 Cotton and cotton goods manufacture weaving processes
552 Cotton and cotton goods manufacture other processes
555 Cotton and cotton goods manufacture undefined
557 Woollen cloth manufacture sorting
558 Woollen cloth manufacture carding combing
559 Wool spinners wool piecers
560 Worsted and stuff manufacture spinners piecers
561 Wool winders wool warpers wool weavers
562 Worsted and stuff manufacture winders warpers weavers
566 Woollen cloth manufacture other processes
571 Woollen cloth manufacture undefined
576 Silk workers - weaving processes
579 Silk workers - undefined
580 Flax linen and damask manufacture (various)
583 Cocoa fibre manufacture (various)
584 Rope, twine, cord - makers
586 Net manufacture (various)
592 Hosiery manufacture
593 Lace manufacture
596 Carpet rug manufacture (various)
598 Tape manufacture (various)
602 Embroiderers
606 Weavers (undefined)
608 Factory hands (textile) undefined (various)
613 Undefined textile bleachers
616 Cotton and calico printers
620 Cotton and calico dyers
622 Undefined textile dyers
625 Cotton and calico finishers
627 Undefined textile finishers
628 Drapers linen drapers mercers
638 Cotton and calico dealers
643 Manchester goods warehousemen
645 Straw plait manufacture
646 Straw hat manufacture
647 Felt hat manufacture wollen bonnet manufacture
648 Cloth hat cap manufacture
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
661 Glove manufacture
662 Hosiers haberdashers
663 Shoe and boot makers (and repairers)
665 Patten, clog makers
666 Footwear dealers
667 Artificial flower makers
668 Hairdressers
669 Umbrella parasol and stick makers
675 Artificial flower dealers
677 Cowkeepers, milksellers
678 Provision curers
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
689 Hay straw and chaff dealers
690 Biscuit cake bread makers
691 Bakers (dealers)
692 Biscuit cake dealers (confectionists)
693 Sugar refiners
694 Jam preserve sweet makers
695 Chocolate cocoa makers
697 Grocers tea dealers
698 Greengrocers fruiterers potato dealers
699 Ginger beer mineral water manufacture others
706 Tobacco manufacture
707 Tobacconists
708 Maltsters
709 Brewers
711 Coffee and eating-house keepers
712 Lodging and boarding-house keepers
713 Innkeepers, hotel keepers and publicans
714 Beersellers
715 Beer bottlers
716 Cellarmen
717 Barmen (not in service)
719 Hotel waiters
720 Hotel porters boots knifemen platemen plate cleaners polishers (non-resident)
721 Other hotel servants
722 Wine and spirit merchants
723 Gas works service
724 Waterworks service
726 Electricity generation distribution
728 Scavenging, street cleaners, crossing sweepers, dustmen
731 Billstickers
733 Cattle sheep etc salesmen
734 Drovers
742 Japanners
743 Chimney sweepers
744 Rag dealers
745 Organ grinders
750 Other workers in sundry industries
758 General shopkeepers dealers
759 Pawnbrokers
760 Hawkers hucksters costers
761 Manufacturers, managers, superintendents, foremen (unspecified)
765 General labourers
766 Engine drivers, stokers, firemen (not railway, marine, or agricultural)
768 Artisans mechanics
769 Apprentices
770 Factory labourers (undefined)
771 Machinists machine workers undefined
772 Retired (not army or navy)
773 Army pensioners
774 Navy pensioners
775 Pensioners, superannuated
778 Private means
781 Medical students
783 Art students
785 Other students
787 Scholars etc
788 Wives and others engaged in (own) household duties
790 Widows (of no specified occupation)
791 Children relatives visitors at home
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
This variable indicates the person's occupation code as classified by ICEM.
Universe
Ireland 1901: All persons

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