Hi Ailsa As you have found there are no standard abbreviations in 1841 for OP or PP I have found on quite a few occasions the enumerator made it up as he went along A couple of suggestions In receiving a pension or annuity it would usually be Ind for independent means Out Pensioner Out Patient Out pauper All referring to receiving support from the parish But that is just guess work If you want to pass a copy of the image I am more than happy to take a look at it to give a more informed opinion Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) 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 > > > > I am familiar with lots of the codes eg FS etc for 1841 and had a look at a > few web sites giving codes, but not this one. And it is not the "do" for > ditto > > > > She may have had money left to her from her husband (cannot find a will at > this stage) so was wondering if it could mean Old Pension, or even Old > Person or Own Person, I suspect something to do with Pension or Pensioner. > Definitely the last letter is a P, but the first letter is hard to make if O > or P due to the line through them. Unfortunately there is no other Capital O > on the page to compare it to > > > > anyone else seen this on the 1841 Census. > > > > BTW I have her on all other census after this time and even her death > certificate. From 1851 Census she was living with family.