On the freecen.org.uk transcription of this census page, they have decided that it is PP and stands for Parish Pauper. Jo-Ann Croft > On 30/11/2013 12:24, Ailsa Corlett wrote: > > Hi I have downloaded from Scotlandspeople an 1841 Census in which the two > > Widows are have been classified with the code of either OP or PP in the > > occupation section. It is hard to read, Fine print and all occupations on > > the pages have a \ going through them. BTW Findmypast and Ancestry both > > have this recorded as PP, but looks more like an O P to me > > > > > > > > My Widow Gardner, aged 65, O P Yes > > > > living in the same address is also > > > > Widow Wood, aged 50, O P Yes > > >

Hi Jo Ann They may well be right, however they state in their 1841 common occupations section, that P. Pauper = Parish Pauper and that it is derived from the instructions to the enumerator 1841 But there is no such instruction The only mention of "P" is for Pensioner in addition to Army or Navy I suspect the PP does stand for something like Parish Pauper or Parish Poor or similar but its not a standard abbreviation Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 30/11/2013 18:31, Jo Ann Croft wrote: > On the freecen.org.uk transcription of this census page, they have decided > that it is PP and stands for Parish Pauper. > > Jo-Ann Croft > >