Polish Residents in Scotland
A Statistical Sourcebook based on the Census of Scotland 1861-2001
Edited by
Jim Lipka
Section 3 - Occupational
Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Part 1: 1881-1891
Occupations of Polish Foreigners in
Scotland, 1881 & 1891
| Males | Females | ||||
| Classes | 1881 | 1891 | 1881 | 1891 | |
| 1 | Professional | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Commercial | 27 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Agricultural | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Industrial | 150 | 261 | 16 | 19 |
| 6 | Unoccupied | 17 | 22 | 93 | 128 |
| Males | Females | ||||
| Orders | 1881 | 1891 | 1881 | 1891 | |
| 1 | Government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Army & Navy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Professional Occupations | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| minister, priest, missionary, preacher | 1 | 3 | |||
| physician, surgeon, dentist | 2 | 1 | |||
| teacher, professor, lecturer, tutor | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| student | 1 | 1 | |||
| musician | 1 | ||||
| photographer | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Domestic Officers or Servants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| domestic indoor servant | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Commercial Occupations | 24 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| auctioneer, house agent | 1 | 1 | |||
| commercial traveller | 20 | 24 | |||
| commercial clerk, book-keeper | 3 | 2 | |||
| barker | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Conveyance | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| merchant service pilot, boatman | 1 | ||||
| seaman | 1 | ||||
| harbour, dock worker | 1 | ||||
| porter, watchman | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Agriculture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| farmer, grazier | 1 | ||||
| agricultural labourer | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Books, Prints, Maps | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| publisher, bookseller, librarian | 1 | ||||
| printer | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Machinery & Implements | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| watch & clock maker | 5 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Houses, Furniture, Decorations | 25 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| carpenter, joiner | 2 | 2 | |||
| painter, paperhanger, glazier | 6 | 1 | |||
| carver & gilder | 9 | 2 | |||
| art dealer | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| figure, image maker, dealer | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Carriages & Harness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| coachmaker | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Ships & Boats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Chemicals & Compounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tobacco & Pipes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| tobacco manufacturer, tobacconist | 2 | 2 | |||
| 16 | Food & Lodging | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| provision curer | |||||
| butcher | 1 | 1 | |||
| baker | 2 | 1 | |||
| wine & spirit merchant | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Textile Fabrics | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| draper, mercer | 5 | ||||
| silk, satin, velvet manufacturer | 1 | ||||
| factory hand (textiles) | 1 | ||||
| fancy goods (textiles) | 3 | ||||
| other textile worker | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Dress | 62 | 76 | 14 | 8 |
| mens' cap maker | 1 | 1 | |||
| straw hat maker | 2 | ||||
| tailor | 59 | 65 | 12 | 6 | |
| milliner, dressmaker, staymaker | 1 | 1 | |||
| shoe, boot, clog maker | 1 | 5 | |||
| hair dresser, wigmaker | 1 | 4 | |||
| 19 | Animal Substances | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| skinner, furrier | 1 | ||||
| currier, leather goods maker, dealer | 3 | ||||
| other | 2 | ||||
| 20 | Vegetable Substances | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| india rubber, waterproof goods | 4 | 21 | 2 | ||
| timber, wood merchant, sawyer | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Mineral Substances | 6 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| coal miner | 8 | ||||
| other miner | 1 | ||||
| stone quarrier, cutter, dresser | 2 | ||||
| earthenware, china, porcelain, glass | 2 | ||||
| goldsmith, silversmith, jeweller | 6 | 16 | |||
| iron manufacture | 36 | ||||
| steel manufacture | 2 | ||||
| blacksmith, whitesmith | 1 | ||||
| ironmonger, hardware dealer | 1 | ||||
| 22 | General Commodities | 37 | 62 | 0 | 3 |
| general, shopkeeper, dealer | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
| hawker, peddler, street seller | 28 | 19 | 1 | ||
| contractor, manager | 1 | ||||
| general labourer | 3 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Refuse Matters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | No Stated Occupation | 2 | 0 | 81 | 109 |
| 25 | Scholars & Children | 15 | 22 | 12 | 19 |
1891 Census of Scotland: Table XV, pp.
524-527.
1881 Census of Scotland: Table XV, pp. 902-905.
Contents
Section 1 - Regional Distribution of Poles in Scotland
Section 2 - Age and Marital Status of Poles in Scotland
Section 3 - Occupational Distribution of Poles in Scotland
