1841 Census of Great Britain,
Occupations (Sample Report Title: Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pursuant to Acts 3 & 4 Vict. c. 99, and 4 Vict. c. 7, intituled respectively " An Act "for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain," and "An Act to amend the "Acts of the last Session for taking an Account of the Population." Occupation Abstract, 1841: Part I. England and Wales, and Islands in the British Seas),
Table
[1]
: "
Occupation Abstract".
OCCUPATIONS |
Males
|
Females
|
20 Years of Age and upwards
[1]
|
Under 20 Years of Age
[2]
|
20 Years of Age and upwards
[3]
|
Under 20 Years of Age
[4]
|
Army |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Baker |
5
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
Blacksmith |
28
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
Boot and Shoe-maker |
27
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
Brick and Tile-maker |
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Bricklayer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Carpenter, Joiner, and Wright |
34
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
Carrier and Carter |
23
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
Clerk |
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Coal and Colliery Bailiff and Manager |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Coal Labourer |
3
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
Cooper |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Copper-smith |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Cork-cutter |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Currier |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Dress-maker and Milliner |
0
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
Dyer, Wool |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Engineer |
25
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
Factory-worker (branch not specified) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
Farmer |
42
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Flesher and Butcher |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Gardener |
8
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Government Customs and Excise |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Grocer |
12
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
Hair-dresser |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Hawker, Huckster, and Pedlar |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Iron Manufacture (all branches) |
16
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
Labourer |
168
|
17
|
2
|
0
|
Labourer, Agricultural |
155
|
59
|
7
|
0
|
Lodging-house-keeper |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Machine-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mason, Paviour, and Stone-cutter |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Merchant |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Miller |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Millwright |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Miner (branch not specified) |
19
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Miner, Coal |
261
|
85
|
22
|
15
|
Miner, Iron |
32
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
Minister, Clergyman, and Students of Divinity |
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Moulder (branch not specified) |
18
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
Nailor |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Parochial, Church and Town Officer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Pattern-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Physician |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Police Officer and Watchman |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Poulterer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Saddler |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Sawyer |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Schoolmaster, Mistress, and Assistant; Tutor or Governess |
8
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Seaman |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Seamstress and Seamster |
0
|
0
|
18
|
1
|
Servant, Domestic |
17
|
7
|
61
|
43
|
Ship Builder and Carpenter |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Skinner |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Slater |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Spinner (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Surgeon and Medical Student |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Surveyor, Land |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Tailor |
20
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
Tambour-worker |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
Tavern Spirit-dealer |
9
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
Tavern-keeper, Inn-keeper |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Teacher or Professor of Drawing |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Toll-collector |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Weaver (branch not specified) |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Weaver, Cotton |
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Woodman and Forester |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Wool Dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Woollen and Cloth-manufacture (all branches) |
67
|
26
|
16
|
29
|
Total Number of Persons whose Occupations are returned as above |
1,098
|
290
|
156
|
96
|
Other Persons employed in Trade (branch not specified) |
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
Number of Persons returned as of Independent Means |
11
|
0
|
94
|
0
|
Almspeople, Pensioners, Paupers, and Beggars |
4
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
Other Persons |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Residue of Population |
56
|
1,069
|
1,090
|
1,167
|
TOTAL POPULATION |
1,173
|
1,359
|
1,344
|
1,269
|
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