Origins of the Corless surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 21North West 39Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 55East Midlands 20West Midlands 4East 21London 1070South East 20South West 11South WalesMid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 5Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Corlesses lived in london

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    1,500 Corless Travel & migration records
    9,100 Corlesses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Corlesses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Corlesses in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    91

    Dressmaker

    44

    Domestic Servant

    26

    General Servant Domestic

    24

    House Keeper

    23

    Commmon male occupations for Corlesses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    64

    General Labourer

    49

    Coal Miner Hewer

    39

    Farmer

    32

    Collier

    26

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