Origins of the Brealey surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth WestIsle of ManYorkshire 87East Midlands 112West Midlands 212East 17London 96South East 29South West 101South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 6Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Brealeys lived in west-midlands

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    300 Brealey Travel & migration records
    5,900 Brealeys found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Brealeys

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Brealeys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    35

    Domestic Servant

    24

    General Servant Domestic

    17

    Laundress

    17

    Tailoress

    10

    Commmon male occupations for Brealeys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    81

    Carpenter

    37

    Coal Miner Hewer

    37

    Collier

    28

    Butcher

    20

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