A quick 1841 census profession, opinion

[Stewart R]

Could somebody please have a look at the profession for Hannah Reid on the 1841 Census for Macclesfield. I'm guessing it's FS for female servant but would like another opinion please.

Also is she on her own, or living with the Worthington's, as the / & X markings seem to suggest the former.

I tried to attach the copy I have saved, but the file is apparently to large....sorry   
Regards

Stewart

[youngtug]

Female servant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_1841

[JenB]

She is in the same household as the Worthingtons, as indicated by the / mark after her name. If she was in a separate household there would be a / before her name as well.

[Stewart R]

Thank you both for your replies.

However Jen, there does look to be a / before her name albeit a bit off centre to the others . Also do you think there any significance in the X in the profession box or is it just a crossed out /

Regards

Stewart

[stanmapstone]

Thank you both for your replies.

However Jen, there does look to be a / before her name albeit a bit off centre to the others . Also do you think there any significance in the X in the profession box or is it just a crossed out /
Regards
Stewart

The annotations are made by the clerks in the census office. The / means that is the end of the household. You can see a 1 in the Houses inhabited column.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Just for interest the different households were separated by different symbols in the various censuses.

The household on the census page.
In 1841 the beginning of the first 'family' coincided with the beginning of the house but its end was signified by a single oblique stroke on the dividing line between the houses and names columns. The next 'family' then began, ending with a single stroke unless it happened to be the last household in the house when the end of a house was marked with a double stroke. In 1851 the end of the 'family' was marked by a line across the page, similar to that indicating the end of a house, but only running across part of the second column, as well as the third and fourth. The line for the end of the house ran completely across the first four columns. In addition the beginning of a new household was marked by a new schedule number in the column provided for that purpose. The conventions in the following censuses were a mixture of those of 1841 and 1851. From 1861 onwards oblique strokes were used in the same manner as 1841 but the beginning of each household was also marked by a new schedule number. In 1841 and 1861 the oblique stroke sloped from left to right but this was reversed from 1871 onwards. The 'short line' was only used in 1851.
From "Making Sense of the Census" Edward Higgs

Stan

[Stewart R]

Phew! what a read, Stan Pretty good though, thank you.  A simple case of multiple "households" living in what presumable in this case was a large "House"............. err I think

Regards

Stewart

[Beeonthebay]

Phew! what a read, Stan Pretty good though, thank you.  A simple case of multiple "households" living in what presumable in this case was a large "House"............. err I think

Regards

Stewart

Or just a room in a very small house. 

[stanmapstone]

There were three families in the one building. The instructions to the enumerator in 1841 were that the enumerator "must cause a householder's schedule paper to be left at every house in his district for the occupier, and where  a floor or room is let separately, a separate paper for each occupier of every such floor or room."

Stan