Origins of the Blakemore surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 65North West 101Isle of Man 6Yorkshire 89East Midlands 41West Midlands 558East 18London 224South East 28South West 33South Wales 32Mid Wales 25West Wales 1North Wales 12Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Blakemores lived in west-midlands

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    1,200 Blakemore Travel & migration records
    13,000 Blakemores found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Blakemore

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    Common jobs for Blakemores

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

    Commmon female occupations for Blakemores in 1921

    Dressmaker

    49

    Domestic Servant

    35

    General Servant Domestic

    30

    Laundress

    29

    Servant

    22

    Commmon male occupations for Blakemores in 1921

    Coal Miner

    60

    Bricklayer

    45

    Carpenter

    42

    General Labourer

    36

    Agricultural Labourer

    26

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