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The earliest occurrence of the Blinks surname in our family history documents is from 1571, and we currently have 1,981 records where Blinks appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
6 Blinkses were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Blinkses were most likely to live in London.
Not all Blinkses were law-abiding. We found 1 in criminal records.
3 Blinkses served in the First World War.
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