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On the 1841 census I am trying to determine Richard's occupation which looks like Packer or Hawker, perhaps Racker? Any ideas please?
He dies in 1850 so only the purchase of the death record might otherwise help.

Richd Barns

in the 1841 England Census

Name Richd Barns
Age 60
Estimated Birth Year abt 1781
Gender Male
Where born Cornwall, England
Civil parish Gulval
Hundred Penwith
County/Island Cornwall
Country England
Registration district Penzance
Sub-registration district Penzance
Neighbors
Piece 142
Book 1
Folio 54
Page number 12
Household Members (Name) Age
Richd Barns 60
Johanna Barns 60
Martha Barns 15

Comparing with other records on the same sheet, I would say RACKER

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A racker works on a production line, generally in a painting or finishing stage. As a racker, you place materials on a rack to set them up for finishing touches. As part of your duties, you may work with materials such as lead, chromium, zinc, and more.

Thank you Erika
When considering that earlier I just thought it seemed out of place for a farming community. But what do I know :-(

It pays to look at other records on any given image for comparison

There are tin miners and wheelwrights on the previous pages, so by no means solely agricultural

A load of Rackers on the previous page too. Definately correct Erika...THANK YOU

:-D :-D :-D

Question now is what was he likely to be racking? The Rackers all seem to be in a farming environment. Have googled but nothing comes up re farming! :-S

My 50p goes on Hay :-D

My 2p's worth (according to Google)

Attendant: A racker is someone who tends to or waits on the needs of another.

:-S

When I googled, the result was the one I posted at 11.26

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Here's my Google result.........

Vocabulary.com
https://www.vocabulary.com › rac...
Racker - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
attendant, attender, tender. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another.

But when I opened it......
noun an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack

type of: attendant, attender, tender
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

This doesn't explain what a racker did, but seems to imply that it was a mining occupation:

"Minnie Andrews (born in Camborne in 1874[159]), who had begun work as a racker at the age of nine, was believed to have been the last surviving former bal maiden (other than the Geevor pickers), when she died in March 1968.[160].
In 1998 South Crofty, Europe's last operational tin mine, closed, bringing metal mining in Cornwall to an end."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_maiden


There's also this thread:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=880587.0

Second time lucky.........

http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/Glossary.htm

Racking (framing): the finest sedimentation technique to separate tin ore from waste.
Racking frame: large rectangular frame, built on the slant which is used to separate very fine tin particles from fine waste, using running water.