Origins of the Burges surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 15North West 40Isle of ManYorkshire 22East Midlands 30West Midlands 20East 26London 159South East 103South West 21South Wales 2Mid Wales 4West Wales 3North Wales 10Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Burgeses lived in london

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    1,600 Burges Travel & migration records
    8,800 Burgeses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Burges

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    Common jobs for Burgeses

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    Commmon female occupations for Burgeses in 1921

    Widow

    61

    Dressmaker

    39

    House Keeper

    30

    House Servant

    28

    Living On Own Means

    28

    Commmon male occupations for Burgeses in 1921

    Yeoman

    86

    Agricultural Labourer

    69

    Husbandman

    53

    Blacksmith

    50

    Weaver

    46

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