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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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".
| Show Renfrewshire ScoCnty table | Port Glasgow O41area |
|---|
| 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] |
|
| Accountant |
3 
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Agent and Factor (branch not specified) |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Anchor-smith and Chain-maker |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Baker |
22
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
| Blacksmith |
65
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
| Bleacher |
2
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
| Block-maker |
9
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Boiler-maker |
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Bonnet-maker |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Bookseller and Bookbinder |
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Boot and Shoe-maker |
49
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
| Brass-founder and Moulder |
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Broker (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer |
12
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Canvass-manufacturer (all branches) |
201
|
38
|
8
|
6
|
| Carpenter, Joiner, and Wright |
157
|
48
|
0
|
0
|
| Carrier, Carter, and Waggoner |
28
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Chair-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Chemist and Druggist |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Clerk |
17
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
| Clock and Watch-maker |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Clothier |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coach-driver, Coach-guard, and Postboy |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal-merchant |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coffee-shop-keeper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cooper |
18
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Copper-smith |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cotton Manufacture (all branches) |
5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Draper |
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Dress-maker and Milliner |
0
|
0
|
19
|
1
|
| Engineer, Civil |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Engraver |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Factory-worker (branch not specified) |
0
|
1
|
7
|
15
|
| Farmer and Grazier |
8
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
| Feuar (particular occupation not specified) |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fireman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fish-dealer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Fisherman |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Flax-manufacture (all branches) |
17
|
1
|
99
|
65
|
| Flesher and Butcher |
7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Founder |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Gardener |
12
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Gas-works Service |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Customs and Excise |
22
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Post-office |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Grocer and Tea-dealer |
18
|
6
|
10
|
0
|
| Haberdasher and Hosier |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hair-dresser |
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Hawker, Huckster, and Pedlar |
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
| Hemp-dresser and Spinner |
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
| Iron Manufacture (all branches) |
9
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Keeper or Head of Public Institution |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Labourer |
198
|
34
|
7
|
2
|
| Labourer, Agricultural |
87
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Laundry-keeper, Washer, and Mangler |
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
| Law Officer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Legal Profession Writer and Law Student |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Linen Manufacture (all branches) |
7
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
| Lodging and Boarding-house Keeper |
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| Mason, Paviour, and Stone-cutter |
46
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Merchant |
24
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Midwife |
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Milk-seller and Cow-keeper |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Miller |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Millwright |
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Minister, Clergyman, and Students of Divinity |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Moulder (branch not specified) |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Muslin Agent |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Muslin Embroiderer and Worker |
0
|
0
|
5
|
6
|
| Nailor and Nail-maker |
10
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Optician |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Painter, Plumber, and Glazier |
12
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Parochial, Church and Town Officer |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pastry-cook and Confectioner |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pawnbroker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Physician |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Plasterer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Plate-layer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Police-officer, Constable, and Watchman |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Porter, Messenger, and Errand-boy |
11
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Printer, Cotton and Calico |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Quarryman |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Railway Contractor |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Railway Service |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Rope and Cord-spinner and Maker |
29
|
3
|
8
|
10
|
| Sailcloth-maker and Weaver |
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Sail-maker |
14
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Sawyer |
24
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Schoolmaster, Mistress, and Assistant; Tutor or Governess |
7
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Seaman |
77
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Seaman, Pilot |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Seamstress and Seamster |
0
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
| Servant, Domestic |
12
|
6
|
120
|
101
|
| Ship Builder, Carpenter and Wright |
47
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Chandler |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Ship Owner |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Rigger |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Shop-keeper |
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Slater |
12
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Small Ware-dealer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Spinner |
1
|
0
|
5
|
6
|
| Straw Bonnet and Hat-maker |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Sugar-manufacturer |
14
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Surgeon, Apothecary, and Medical Student |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Surveyor (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tailor |
40
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
| Tanner |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tavern Hotel and Inn-keeper |
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Tavern Publican and Victualler |
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Tavern Wine and Spirit-dealer and Merchant |
8
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
| Timber-merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tin-plate-worker and Tinman |
14
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Warehouseman and Woman |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver (branch not specified) |
69
|
19
|
2
|
1
|
| Weaver, Hand-loom |
9
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
| Wheelwright |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Woollen-draper |
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Yarn-manufacture (all branches) |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Total Number of Persons whose Occupations are returned as above |
1,579
|
287
|
371
|
225
|
| Other Persons employed in Trade (branch not specified) |
5
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
| Number of Persons returned as of Independent Means |
25
|
4
|
327
|
13
|
| Almspeople, Pensioners, Paupers, and Beggars |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other Persons |
22
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
| Residue of Population |
22
|
1,227
|
1,401
|
1,489
|
| TOTAL POPULATION |
1,654
|
1,520
|
2,106
|
1,727
|
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