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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 36North West 13Isle of ManYorkshire 10East Midlands 1West Midlands 12East 63London 542South East 77South West 61South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Bonneys lived in london

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    1,700 Bonney Travel & migration records
    9,000 Bonneys found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Bonneys

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    Common female occupations for Bonneys in 1921

    Laundress

    47

    Cotton Weaver

    43

    Dressmaker

    42

    Silk Weaver

    20

    General Servant Domestic

    18

    Common male occupations for Bonneys in 1921

    Farmer

    36

    General Labourer

    33

    Silk Weaver

    33

    Butcher

    28

    Fisherman

    26

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