Hi Bob It would help greatly to give the census reference so we can have a look at the entries However from what you say I would suggest it is a statistician categorising occupations The census was compiled by leaving a schedule to be filled in by the householder, then collected and transcribed by the enumerator Those forms were then checked over and statistics compiled, they needed to category people into groups of occupations and notes were added in doing so I would say the statistician is lumping staff working at the college as under the umbrella of club staff (rather than say teachers) I think we sometimes forget the census was not taken for our benefit but to compile stats to enable the government of the day to better make decisions Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/05/2014 11:10, Bob Rust wrote: > Strictly not Norfolk but next door. > I am transcribing 1891 Cambridge. > In the Profession or Occupation column a college employee is shown, i.e. "college servant" , "college bedmaker" et al. > Wherever this appears, at some later time has been written "Club" against the entry in an entirely different hand. > I am curious as to why. Any of the learned listers able to help? > > Regards > > Bob

The ladies who cleaned the rooms/made beds etc on my son's staircase at Cambridge were called bedders. Not sure what the club piece means. I would ask him but I dont expect it applies now. Rosie On 14/05/2014 11:21, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Bob > > It would help greatly to give the census reference so we can have a look > at the entries > > However from what you say I would suggest it is a statistician > categorising occupations > > The census was compiled by leaving a schedule to be filled in by the > householder, then collected and transcribed by the enumerator > > Those forms were then checked over and statistics compiled, they needed > to category people into groups of occupations and notes were added in > doing so > > I would say the statistician is lumping staff working at the college as > under the umbrella of club staff (rather than say teachers) > > I think we sometimes forget the census was not taken for our benefit but > to compile stats to enable the government of the day to better make > decisions > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 14/05/2014 11:10, Bob Rust wrote: >> Strictly not Norfolk but next door. >> I am transcribing 1891 Cambridge. >> In the Profession or Occupation column a college employee is shown, i.e. "college servant" , "college bedmaker" et al. >> Wherever this appears, at some later time has been written "Club" against the entry in an entirely different hand. >> I am curious as to why. Any of the learned listers able to help? >> >> Regards >> >> Bob > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message