Grimsby town hall county court clerk job

[Gwen in gozo]

In my experience, C.C. in the census normally stands for Commercial Clerk, suggesting someone employed in a business environment.

Yes, I think you're right.
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Brilliant thankyou to you both

[Gwen in gozo]

On that thought, could I assume that a clerk would be a well educated person? Would a clerk have had to have qualifications in such a job and was it a common job for a woman as well as men?

[Geoff-E]

Obviously, there would have to be competency in literacy and numeracy, but I doubt there were any formal qualifications needed to enter the job.  School leaving age was actually only 11 at that time, I've no idea if you could stay on longer.  Perhaps they were privately educated to a later age.

Perhaps Ada managed to get in because of good standards set by her brothers, I usually imagine clerks to be men.  No idea if the term Clerk would include typing which was coming in at that time. 

I note that the brothers had "moved on" to other trades by 1901.

[Gwen in gozo]

Obviously, there would have to be competency in literacy and numeracy, but I doubt there were any formal qualifications needed to enter the job.  School leaving age was actually only 11 at that time, I've no idea if you could stay on longer.  Perhaps they were privately educated to a later age.

Perhaps Ada managed to get in because of good standards set by her brothers, I usually imagine clerks to be men.  No idea if the term Clerk would include typing which was coming in at that time. 

I note that the brothers had "moved on" to other trades by 1901.

thanks