No I haven't found him on any census the marriage was in October 1841 so only know that his name was William Johnson and that he was a Collector.
His daughter is my gt.grandmother, I cant find her on the 1841 census either, I think the census was taken before she married, but no luck.
Well, I suppose he could be the same man. A farm bailiff might collect farm rents, but I am sure he would call himself a farm bailiff rather than a collector (unless the enumerator was cutting him down to size, of course)
A search on the 1881 census reveals 9239 occupations including the word Collector. Although 40 years on from your marriage, I think this indicates the many types of Collector that are possible.
This is a random sample:
Collector Local Board Health
Book Collector
Collector *? Church
Poor Rate Collector
Market Toll Collector
Toll Collector
Railway Ticket Collector
Toll Collector
Water Rate Collector
Accountant Collector
Collector
Collector of Rents and Debts
Insurance Collector
Insurance Collector
Collector of Rates
Collector (another hand wrote Clerk)
Phil
historyhouse.co.uk
Essex - family and local history.
Having done a bit more digging in additional census etc, it seems that one worked for an insurance company ( eqivalent of the man from the Pru.)
The other worked for a charity - however, I have not been able to find out which particular charity. His father in law was enumerated as a "collector" in 1841, in 1871 my man was recorded as "collector to a charitable institute" and in 1881 as "secretary to a charitable institute."
The 1841 chap was well educated (Ackworth School) and most of his extended family were either owners of bakery businesses, or employed as bank clerks, solicitor's clerks etc. The clerical lot were "genteel poor," above manual work, but no money to start their own business or acquire professional status.
JanetinYorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
Thank you for all your replies, I only manage to get on computer evening times so sorry I took so long to answer them.
My 2 x gt grandmother was Jane Louisa Johnson born c 1823 in Braintree Essex, she married Henry Thomas Golding on the 18th October 1841 in The Parish Church Witham Essex , I have them in all census after their marriage apart from 1861. On the marriage certificate she is 18. The witness are James Cranmer and James Dace, I don't know of any connection with these witnesses. Jane's father is William Johnson Collector.
That is strange, do you think that maybe she was under age or something and the family possibly did not know of the wedding and James Dace stood in as a witness.
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