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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 741North West 29Isle of ManYorkshire 170East Midlands 143West Midlands 65East 40London 133South East 40South West 252South Wales 6Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Ayres lived in north-east

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    2,700 Ayre Travel & migration records
    18,000 Ayres found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Ayre

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    Common jobs for Ayres

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    Common female occupations for Ayres in 1921

    Dressmaker

    86

    General Servant Domestic

    47

    Domestic Servant

    41

    Living On Own Means

    27

    House Servant

    24

    Common male occupations for Ayres in 1921

    Farmer

    134

    Coal Miner

    122

    Blacksmith

    70

    Joiner

    70

    Carpenter

    48

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