A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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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 | Sutherland 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 |
1 
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Army |
9
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
| Baker |
10
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Banker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Basket-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Blacksmith |
59
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Boat-builder |
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Boatman |
13
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Bone-dealer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Bookseller and Bookbinder |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Boot and Shoe-maker |
143
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
| Brazier and Tinker |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Brewer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Builder |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cabinet-maker |
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Carpenter, Joiner, and Wright |
95
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| Carrier and Carter |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cattle-dealer |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Chemist and Druggist |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Clerk |
12
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
| Clock and Watch-maker |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coach Maker (all branches) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Coach-driver and Coach-guard |
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cooper |
74
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
| Copper-smith |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Corn-merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cotton-weaver and dresser |
4
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Dress-maker and Milliner |
0
|
0
|
14
|
1
|
| Drover |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dyer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| East India Company's Service |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Farmer and Grazier |
399
|
4
|
47
|
0
|
| Farrier and Veterinary Surgeon |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Fish-curer |
20
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Fisherman |
276
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
| Fishery-officer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Flesher |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Gardener |
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Customs and Excise |
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Government Post-office |
38
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Grocer |
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Hair-dresser |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hawker, Huckster, and Pedlar |
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Horse-dealer |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Ironmonger |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Keeper, Lighthouse |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Labourer |
119
|
13
|
12
|
1
|
| Labourer, Agricultural |
2,104
|
209
|
577
|
11
|
| Land Agent |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Law Agent |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Law Officer |
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Legal Profession Writer and Attorney |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Mason |
124
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
| Merchant |
46
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
| Midwife |
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Milk-seller |
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Miller |
27
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Millwright |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Minister, Clergyman, and Students of Divinity |
18
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Musician and Piper |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Painter, Plumber, and Glazier |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Parochial and Church-officer |
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pipe-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Plasterer |
7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Poulterer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Quarryman (branch not specified) |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Road Contractor |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Saddler |
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Sawyer |
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Schoolmaster, Mistress, and Assistant; Tutor or Governess |
48
|
9
|
7
|
1
|
| Seaman |
31
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Seaman, Pilot |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Seamstress |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Servant, Domestic |
172
|
223
|
798
|
442
|
| Ship Builder |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Shop-keeper |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Slater |
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Spectacle-maker |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Surgeon and Medical Student |
7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Surveyor, Road |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tacksman (particular occupation not specified) |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tailor |
104
|
17
|
0
|
1
|
| Tanner |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tavern Spirit-dealer |
8
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
| Tavern-keeper, Publican and Vinter |
13
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
| Tavern-keeper, viz. Innkeeper |
16
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Thatcher |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tin-smith |
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Tobacconist |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Vermin-destroyer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Watchman |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver (branch not specified) |
43
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Weaver, Damask |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Weaver, Worsted |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Wheelwright |
17
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Woodman and Forester |
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
| Wood-merchant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Woollen-manufacture (all branches) |
37
|
1
|
21
|
0
|
| Total Number of Persons whose Occupations are returned as above |
4,322
|
558
|
1,502
|
458
|
| Other Persons employed in Trade (branch not specified) |
23
|
11
|
7
|
0
|
| Number of Persons returned as of Independent Means |
71
|
3
|
344
|
5
|
| Almspeople, Pensioners, Paupers, and Beggars |
195
|
1
|
185
|
2
|
| Other Persons |
37
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
| Residue of Population |
971
|
5,192
|
5,654
|
5,237
|
| TOTAL POPULATION |
5,619
|
5,765
|
7,696
|
5,702
|
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