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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 16Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 23East Midlands 60West Midlands 61East 17London 119South East 65South West 59South Wales 20Mid Wales 11West Wales 10North WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Boundses lived in london

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    480 Bounds Travel & migration records
    4,700 Boundses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Boundses

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    Common female occupations for Boundses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    24

    General Servant Domestic

    15

    Laundress

    14

    General Servant

    13

    Domestic Servant

    11

    Common male occupations for Boundses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    44

    Farm Hands

    33

    Carpenter

    22

    Farm Labourer

    20

    General Labourer

    20

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