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The earliest occurrence of the Carr surname in our family history documents is from 1495, and we currently have 1,344,838 records where Carr appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1202 Carrs were recorded as labourers in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Carrs were most likely to live in Yorkshire.
Not all Carrs were law-abiding. We found 1252 in criminal records.
1726 Carrs served in the First World War.
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