Origins of the Chaytor surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 184North West 3Isle of ManYorkshire 8East Midlands 5West Midlands 9East 4London 19South East 9South West 5South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Chaytors lived in north-east

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    350 Chaytor Travel & migration records
    1,500 Chaytors found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Chaytor

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Chaytors

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

    Commmon female occupations for Chaytors in 1921

    Living On Own Means

    8

    Private Means

    6

    Assistant In Shop

    3

    Housekeeper

    3

    Laundress

    3

    Commmon male occupations for Chaytors in 1921

    Coal Miner

    14

    Tailor

    12

    Blacksmith

    9

    Coal Miner Hewer

    7

    Coal Hewer

    5

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