Origins of the Bourton surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 1North WestIsle of ManYorkshireEast Midlands 6West Midlands 75East 2London 39South East 71South West 68South Wales 58Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Bourtons lived in west-midlands

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    160 Bourton Travel & migration records
    4,200 Bourtons found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Bourtons

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    Commmon female occupations for Bourtons in 1921

    Dressmaker

    20

    Agricultural Labourer

    11

    General Servant Domestic

    11

    Lab

    10

    Cook Domestic

    9

    Commmon male occupations for Bourtons in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    66

    Coal Miner

    42

    General Labourer

    26

    Farm Labourer

    19

    Coal Miner Hewer

    18

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