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1841 Census occupation - doesn't make sense to me - help
« on: Tuesday 09 April 24 21:23 BST (UK) »
This is unusual, the husband George - does not have any occupation listed but the wife Martha does, they are listed on the end of the page. It may be related to weaving.

All I can now see is - Stone Bares - which makes no sense whatsoever.

Anyone else have any suggestions - I think the S may be an I

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Re: 1841 Census occupation - doesn't make sense to me - help
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 09 April 24 22:00 BST (UK) »
Stone barer, maybe? http://doot.spub.co.uk/code.php?value=072 ( note the “r” in what I assume is weaver above)

Don’t know why only the wife has an occupation though

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Re: 1841 Census occupation - doesn't make sense to me - help
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 09 April 24 22:08 BST (UK) »
In all probability it’s an Enumerators error.  Mistakenly put it on the wrong line
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Carlin (Ireland & Liverpool) Doughty & Wright (Liverpool) Dick & Park (Scotland & Liverpool)

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Re: 1841 Census occupation - doesn't make sense to me - help
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 09 April 24 23:30 BST (UK) »
I would agree with Carole, enumerator likely wrote in wrong place. It seems an unlikely job for a female.

see Barer on link

http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php

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Squire/Thomas/Davies/Gibbons/Mordecai/Bowen/Lewis/Rees/Williams/Jones/Llewellyn/Morgan - Glamorgan
Lewis - Breckonshire
Davies/Roderick - Myddfai Carms
Lloyd/Jones - Denbigh/Salop
Thackwell/Thomas - Hereford/Monmouthshire
Shoemac/Squire/Keirle/Small - Somerset
Berry/Baggot/Lee/Clayton - Lancs
Yelland/Bray/Trethewey - Cornwall
Baggot/Hurley/Keaveny/Shiel/Flynn - Ireland


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Re: 1841 Census occupation - doesn't make sense to me - help
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 10 April 24 06:16 BST (UK) »
Stone Barer makes sense, there is a Stone Getter on the previous sheet of the census.
A Stone Barer removed the top soil to expose the stone, then a Stone Getter mined the stone.
So a man's job - agree written on wrong line.

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Aucock/Aukett~Kent/Sussex, Broadway~Oxfordshire, Danks~Warwickshire, Fenn~Kent/Norfolk, Goatham~Kent, Hunt~Kent, Parker~Middlesex, Perry~Kent, Sellers~Kent/Yorkshire, Sladden~Kent, Wright~Kent/Essex