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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 38North West 10Isle of ManYorkshire 43East Midlands 5West Midlands 10East 210London 493South East 452South West 160South Wales 38Mid Wales 5West Wales 1North Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cards lived in london

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    3,600 Card Travel & migration records
    18,000 Cards found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Card

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    What are the most common Card first names?

    William

    John

    Mary

    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Cards

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

    Common female occupations for Cards in 1921

    Dressmaker

    106

    Laundress

    82

    General Servant Domestic

    72

    General Servant

    54

    Servant

    43

    Common male occupations for Cards in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    160

    Carpenter

    114

    Bricklayer

    90

    General Labourer

    71

    Farm Labourer

    64

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