Origins of the Ambrey surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth WestIsle of ManYorkshire 2East Midlands 8West Midlands 4East 4London 9South EastSouth West 10South Wales 33Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Ambreys lived in south-wales

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    700 Ambreys found in all Census records

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    William

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    Elizabeth

    Mary

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    Common jobs for Ambreys

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    Commmon female occupations for Ambreys in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    4

    Agricultural Labourer

    2

    Cook

    2

    Domestic Servant

    2

    General Servant

    2

    Commmon male occupations for Ambreys in 1921

    Stone Mason

    8

    Coal Miner

    5

    Carman

    4

    Coalminer (Hewer)

    4

    Coal Miner Hewer

    3

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