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The earliest occurrence of the Border surname in our family history documents is from 1547, and we currently have 21,537 records where Border appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
16 Borders were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Borders were most likely to live in Lincolnshire.
Not all Borders were law-abiding. We found 16 in criminal records.
25 Borders served in the First World War.
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