Many thanks to Nivard and Jo Ann Nivard had a look at the page for me and definitely thinks it is PP, in the 1851 Census even though she is with family, she has Pauper in the occupation, (sorry Nivard, should have thought to go back and look at that again), so I think at least one of the P is for Pauper and perhaps the enumerator decided to make up his own thing and make it Parish Pauper or Poor Person At least I know I am on the right track for now. Many thanks Ailsa Ailsa Corlett [email protected] www.st.net.au/~ailsa alternative email if having trouble sending to my normal email is: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington > Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2013 4:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Need some ideas for OP or PP in occupation column > for 1841 Census for two Widows > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message