Can I find an ancestor by occupation

[elizirvshaw]

I've been researching a family line and I've run into a wall because this particular many greats-grandmother had all her children years after her husband died.  She never remarried, but she used her married name for all her children as well as their fathers on their birth records.  So I have a (hopefully) correct first name, and occupation, and area, but no last name.  Is there a way to search for Bricklayers in Marylebone, Middlesex, England in 1860? 

[barryd]

I was wondering if Marylebone, Middlesex was correct. It is. "St. Marylebone (often shortened to Marylebone) is one of the ancient parishes of Middlesex. In 1889 it was transferred from Middlesex to the newly-created County of London". Has anyone with knowledge of Trades Directories come across a Bricklayer in a Trade Directory?

[elizirvshaw]

The record I have says, "Registration district: Marylebone, in the sub-district of St. John, in the County of Middlesex"

[KGarrad]

I was wondering if Marylebone, Middlesex was correct. It is. "St. Marylebone (often shortened to Marylebone) is one of the ancient parishes of Middlesex. In 1889 it was transferred from Middlesex to the newly-created County of London". Has anyone with knowledge of Trades Directories come across a Bricklayer in a Trade Directory?

From GenUKI:
MARYLEBONE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

    Registration County : London.
    Created : 1.7.1837.
    Abolished : 1.1.1902 (to become St. Marylebone registration district).
    Sub-districts : All Souls, Cavendish Square, Christchurch, North Marylebone, Rectory, St. John, St. Mary.
    GRO volumes : I (1837-51), 1a (1852-1901).
    Registers currently held at : Westminster.

[jennifer c]

Is she on the relevant census as a widow, sometimes relatives appear as housekeeper?

Jennifer

[mckha489]

You can search the 1861 census by occupation on FindMyPast.

When I put in Marylebone, and no added radius of area and bricklayer all one word, I had 1,148 entries

Added....there are a further 37 Brick Layers. (Ie a gap between the two words)

You could reduce it by adding the first name

In a 5 mile radius the total is 6558!!
You can also search by address. Is the address of the birth of the children likely to be useful?