Origins of the Bickerstaff surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 16Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 19East Midlands 10West Midlands 31East 18London 305South East 26South West 10South Wales 6Mid Wales 6West WalesNorth Wales 6Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Bickerstaffs lived in london

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    760 Bickerstaff Travel & migration records
    5,800 Bickerstaffs found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Bickerstaff

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    Common jobs for Bickerstaffs

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

    Commmon female occupations for Bickerstaffs in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    35

    Dressmaker

    30

    Cotton Winder

    20

    Laundress

    17

    Charwoman

    16

    Commmon male occupations for Bickerstaffs in 1921

    Husbandman

    31

    Bricklayer

    30

    Joiner

    25

    Farm Labourer

    21

    Yeoman

    21

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