Genealogy Chat

How/where do I find details of someone from only their occupation/profession (Gunmaker) and name (William Wright)? Someone on this site kindly did provide me with some information at the beginning of the year but I have stupidly lost it. I don't have access to 1901 census. Thanks Pat

I will look for you.

Thanks Liz. Actually before I got your response I noticed the message from Allison Goodbrand and have asked her to look for me, whoops. Next time I won't go and put the kettle on between doing bits. xx There's always one isn't there! Any help will be great Pat

Just a thought... Have you tried 'View my threads only' to see if you can find the message again from last year? If you can remember what the title of your thread was you can then do a search for it.

There are lots and lots of William Wrights on the 1901 census and it's taken me this long just to get through a page and half of them. So, I went to the 1881 census where you can search occupation as well. There were a few entries, as you can see below. I'm not sure how you will go about narrowing it down from there, he might not even be on there if he wasn't in the occupation then, but he could well be the son of one of the Williams listed as several of them have son's called William and I would imagine that it is a skilled occupation that would have tended to be passed down through families. 1881 Census results for all William Wrights who were gun makers: Name: William Wright Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Maryan Gender: Male Where born: Hounditch, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Camberwell County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 30 Ormside St Condition as to marriage: Married Education:Employment status: View Image Occupation: Gun Maker Registration district: Camberwell Sub-registration district: Peckham ED, institution, or vessel: 46 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Alice M. Wright 14 Ann Wright 49 Bella Wright 47 Florence Wright 2 Henry Wright 15 Mary Wright Maryan Wright 62 Matilda Wright 12 Sarah A. Wright 10 William Wright 41 William Wright 5 Name: William Wright Age: 49 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Jane Gender: Male Where born: Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Civil Parish: Aston County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: 140 Muntz St Condition as to marriage: Married Education:Employment status: View Image Occupation: Gun Maker Registration district: Aston Sub-registration district: Deritend ED, institution, or vessel: 75 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Albert E. Wright 15 Arthur R. Wright 9 Gertrude A. Wright 12 Jane Wright 46 Laura J. Wright 20 Lavinia L. Wright 13 William Wright 49 William S. Wright 23 Name: William Wright Age: 48 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Esther Gender: Male Where born: Bham, Warwickshire, England Civil Parish: Birmingham County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: 34 Snape St Condition as to marriage: Married Education:Employment status: View Image Occupation: Gun Maker Working Registration district: Birmingham Sub-registration district: All Saints ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Alice Wright 14 Arthur Wright 9 Elizabeth Wright 25 Esther Wright 45 Harry Wright 5 William Wright 48 William Henry Wright 20 Name: William J. Wright Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Sarah A. Gender: Male Where born: Bham, Warwickshire, England Civil Parish: Aston County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: 162 Muntrey St Condition as to marriage: Married Education:Employment status: View Image Occupation: General Gun Maker Registration district: Aston Sub-registration district: Deritend ED, institution, or vessel: 76 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Ada M. Wright 2 Albert H. Wright 10 Emily J. Wright 6 Sarah A. Wright 31 William J. Wright 31 William J. Wright 8 Name: William S. Wright Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858 Relation: Son Father's name: William Mother's name: Jane Gender: Male Where born: Bham, Warwickshire, England Civil Parish: Aston County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: 140 Muntz St Education:Employment status: View Image Occupation: Gun Maker Registration district: Aston Sub-registration district: Deritend ED, institution, or vessel: 75 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Albert E. Wright 15 Arthur R. Wright 9 Gertrude A. Wright 12 Jane Wright 46 Laura J. Wright 20 Lavinia L. Wright 13 William Wright 49 William S. Wright 23 I hope that's some help, I'll leave you to it now :) Liz

Thanks Andrea, I'll have a look. Pat

Liz, thank you so much for all that info. Sorry I took up so much of your time. Its greatly appreciated. Thanks for the tip about the 1881 letting you search by occup. You're a star! Pat