A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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".
| List Scotland Dep | Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
|---|
| 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 |
8 
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Actor (Play) |
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Agent (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Architect |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Army |
23
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Army, Half-pay |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Artist |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Auctioneer |
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Bacon-curer |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Bacon-dealer and Factor |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Baker |
84
|
29
|
5
|
0
|
| Bandbox-maker |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Bank Agent |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Banker |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Basket-maker |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Bath-keeper |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Blacksmith |
331
|
68
|
2
|
0
|
| Bleacher |
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Block-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Boatman |
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Bonnet-maker |
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
| Bookseller and Bookbinder |
33
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Boot and Shoe-maker |
545
|
134
|
8
|
2
|
| Brass-founder |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Brazier |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Brewer |
14
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Brick and Tile-maker |
21
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
| Bricklayer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Broker (branch not specified) |
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Brush and Broom-maker |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Builder |
14
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer |
73
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
| Carpenter, Joiner, and Wright |
588
|
132
|
1
|
1
|
| Carpet and Rug-manufacture |
32
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Carrier and Carter |
193
|
28
|
4
|
0
|
| Carver and Gilder |
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Cattle-dealer |
60
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Chair-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Charwoman |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Chemist and Druggist |
13
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Chimney-sweeper |
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| China and Earthenware-dealer |
7
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
| Clerk |
63
|
31
|
0
|
0
|
| Clock and Watch-maker |
36
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Clothier |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coach Maker (all branches) |
25
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Coach Proprietor |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Coachman, Coach-guard, and Postboy |
26
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal Agent and Factor |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal Labourer and Heaver |
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Coal-merchant |
24
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
| Comb-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cooper |
59
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Cork-cutter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Corn-dealer |
32
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cotton Manufacture (all branches) |
727
|
177
|
193
|
92
|
| Currier and Leather-seller |
14
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Cutler |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Distiller |
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Draper |
72
|
41
|
6
|
0
|
| Draper, Linen |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dress-maker and Milliner |
0
|
0
|
332
|
62
|
| Drover |
16
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Dyer and Calenderer |
16
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
| Dyer, Silk |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Dyer, Wool |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| East India Company's Service |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Eating-house-keeper |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Egg-dealer and Gatherer |
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Engineer and Engine-worker |
11
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Engineer, Civil |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Engraver |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Exhibition (Show) Keeper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Farmer and Grazier |
1,705
|
17
|
127
|
0
|
| Farrier, Cattle-doctor and Veterinary Surgeon |
5
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Fence and Hurdle-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Feuar (particular occupation not specified) |
3
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
| Fish-dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fisherman |
45
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Fish-hook-maker |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Fishing-tackle-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Flax-dresser and Spinner |
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Flesher and Butcher |
81
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Flesher, Pork |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Flour-dealer and Mealman |
15
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Frame-maker |
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Fustian Manufacture (all branches) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Gardener |
128
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
| Gas-fitter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Gas-works Service |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| General Dealer |
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Glass-blower |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Glover |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Government Customs and Excise |
26
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Post-office |
15
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
| Green-grocer and Fruiterer |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Grocer and Tea-dealer |
164
|
26
|
103
|
1
|
| Gunsmith |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Haberdasher |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Hair-dresser |
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Harbour Master |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hardwareman |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Hatter and Hat-maker |
15
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Hawker, Huckster, and Pedlar |
36
|
3
|
29
|
4
|
| Hay-dealer |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hook-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Horse-dealer and Trainer |
9
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Hosier |
19
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Iron Merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ironmonger |
25
|
15
|
1
|
0
|
| Iron-moulder |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Jeweller, Goldsmith, and Silversmith |
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Keeper or Head of Public Institution |
3
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Keeper, Lighthouse |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Keeper, Lunatic Asylum |
9
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
| Knitter |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Knitter, Framework |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Labourer |
681
|
71
|
165
|
20
|
| Labourer, Agricultural |
4,591
|
1,625
|
1,734
|
897
|
| Lace-maker |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Lath-render |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Laundry-keeper and Mangler |
2
|
0
|
100
|
2
|
| Law Officer |
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Lead-mine Agent |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Lead-smelter and Washer |
17
|
29
|
0
|
0
|
| Legal Profession Writer and Attorney |
50
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
| Lime-burner |
30
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Linen Manufacture (all branches) |
57
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Linen-merchant |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Lint-maker |
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Livery-stable-keeper |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Locksmith and Bell-hanger |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Lodging and Boarding-house Keeper |
1
|
0
|
25
|
0
|
| Machine-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Malster |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mason, Paviour, and Stone-cutter |
504
|
107
|
0
|
0
|
| Medicine Vender |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Merchant (trade not specified) |
35
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Midwife |
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
| Milk-seller and Cow-keeper |
3
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
| Miller |
92
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
| Millwright |
33
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
| Miner, Coal |
93
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
| Miner, Lead |
130
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
| Minister, Clergyman, and Students of Divinity |
109
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Moulder (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Musical Instrument-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Musician |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Muslin and Gauze-maker |
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Muslin-flowerer |
0
|
1
|
98
|
76
|
| Nailor and Nail-maker |
47
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Navy |
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Navy, Half-pay |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Needle-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Newspaper Editor |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Newspaper Reporter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Notary |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Nurseryman |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Optician |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Painter, Plumber, and Glazier |
55
|
31
|
1
|
0
|
| Paper-hanger |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Paper-maker |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Parochial, Church and Town Officer |
28
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pastry-cook and Confectioner |
6
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
| Patten and Clog-maker |
72
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Peat-seller |
15
|
21
|
19
|
12
|
| Perfumer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Physician |
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Piano-forte-tuner |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pig-dealer |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Plasterer |
34
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Police-officer, Constable, and Watchman |
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Porter and Messenger |
21
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Potatoe-merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Potter |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Poulterer |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Printer |
19
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
| Provision-dealer |
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Quarryman (branch not specified) |
49
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Quarryman, Limestone |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Quarryman, Stone |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Quill-manufacturer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Rake-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Road Contractor |
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Rope and Cord-spinner and Maker |
19
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
| Saddler and Harness-maker |
39
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
| Sail-maker |
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Sawyer |
93
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Scavenger |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Schoolmaster, Mistress, and Assistant; Tutor or Governess |
164
|
9
|
78
|
6
|
| Sculptor |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Seaman |
70
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
| Seamstress |
0
|
0
|
104
|
9
|
| Seedsman |
5
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Servant, Domestic |
329
|
169
|
1,938
|
1,276
|
| Sewing Agent |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Ship Agent |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Builder and Carpenter |
28
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Ship Owner |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Shop-keeper |
28
|
1
|
38
|
1
|
| Sieve-maker |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Silk Weaver and Winder |
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Skinner |
9
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Slater |
41
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
| Small Ware-dealer |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Spade-maker |
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Spinner (branch not specified) |
1
|
0
|
59
|
2
|
| Starch-maker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Stationer |
4
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Stay-maker |
3
|
0
|
12
|
5
|
| Stocking-maker |
253
|
89
|
30
|
3
|
| Stock-maker |
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Straw Bonnet and Hat-maker |
0
|
0
|
55
|
27
|
| Straw-plaiter |
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
| Surgeon, Apothecary, and Medical Student |
51
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
| Surveyor, Land |
6
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Surveyor, Road |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tacksman (particular occupation not specified) |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tailor |
368
|
117
|
0
|
4
|
| Tallow-chandler |
13
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
| Tanner |
24
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tavern Publican and Victualler |
70
|
0
|
24
|
0
|
| Tavern Spirit-dealer |
25
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
| Tavern-keeper, Inn-keeper |
62
|
1
|
30
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Dancing |
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Drawing |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Music |
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Teacher or Professor of Writing |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Teacher Phrenology |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Thatcher |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Timber-merchant |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tin-plate-worker and Tinsmith |
17
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| Tobacconist |
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Toll-collector |
19
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
| Tool-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Traveller, Commercial |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Turner |
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Turner, Bobbin |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Umbrella-maker |
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Vermin-destroyer |
19
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver (branch not specified) |
226
|
37
|
3
|
0
|
| Weaver, Canvas |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver, Damask |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver, Linen and Woollen |
25
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Weaver, Worsted |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wheelwright |
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Whitesmith |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wine-merchant |
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Wood-bailiff |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Woodman and Wood-cutter |
42
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
| Wood-merchant |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wool-dealer and Stapler |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Woollen and Cloth Manufacture (all branches) |
134
|
32
|
36
|
21
|
| Woollen-draper |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total Number of Persons whose Occupations are returned as above |
14,876
|
3,418
|
5,486
|
2,536
|
| Other Persons employed in Trade (branch not specified) |
24
|
12
|
9
|
0
|
| Number of Persons returned as of Independent Means |
384
|
9
|
1,267
|
23
|
| Almspeople, Pensioners, Paupers, and Beggars |
164
|
7
|
423
|
14
|
| Other Persons |
118
|
2
|
56
|
1
|
| Residue of Population |
1,009
|
14,114
|
14,182
|
14,696
|
| TOTAL POPULATION |
16,575
|
17,562
|
21,423
|
17,270
|
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The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.