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In message , Jenny M Benson
writes:
>On 20-Apr-18 11:52 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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>> It does seem odd:
>> 1901 census: Class: RG13; Piece: 4835; Folio: 112; Page: 36
>> (search for Jane Weightman in Ashington).
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>I've now followed up the reference and it's an interesting page. I
Glad you found it so (-:
>DON'T think the words Miner or Striker were later additions, but I
>puzzled for a while over the "C above" and "C below" and also noticed
>that some words (such as "Butcher") were underlined and some (such as
>Dressmaker) underline but with an upstroke through the word. I came to
>the conclusion that all these marks were for classifying occupations
>according to some standard list and that the normal underlining meant
>something like "look/file under Butcher, not under Journey Butcher" or
>"look/file under Hewer, not under Coal Hewer or Miner." The different
>underlining I think indicated that the occupation should be recorded or
>as "Dress Maker" or "Black Smith." And finally I think the "C above"
>and "C below" were indicating mining occupations which were either
>above or below ground.
>
I agree that unification of classification certainly took place; also
that, in a mining context, above and below definitely referred to
surface work or otherwise. I _think_ Hewer was generally classed under
Miner rather than vice versa (I don't think the people processing the
censuses were that bothered about the various aspects of mining, whereas
the mine owners certainly were - I've seen the huge paybooks for
Radcliffe colliery.)
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