Origins of the Bainbridge surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2372North West 278Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 584East Midlands 161West Midlands 94East 86London 669South East 119South West 17South Wales 9Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Bainbridges lived in north-east

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    4,900 Bainbridge Travel & migration records
    44,000 Bainbridges found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Bainbridges

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Bainbridges in 1921

    Dressmaker

    176

    General Servant Domestic

    112

    House Servant

    93

    Domestic Servant

    89

    General Servant

    71

    Commmon male occupations for Bainbridges in 1921

    Coal Miner

    423

    Farmer

    295

    Coal Miner Hewer

    171

    General Labourer

    123

    Farmers Son

    116

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