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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 108North West 172Isle of ManYorkshire 585East Midlands 24West Midlands 44East 144London 1047South East 352South West 181South Wales 64Mid Wales 4West Wales 4North Wales 10Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Cowards lived in london

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    4,200 Coward Travel & migration records
    36,000 Cowards found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Coward

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    Common jobs for Cowards

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    Common female occupations for Cowards in 1921

    Dressmaker

    172

    General Servant Domestic

    111

    Laundress

    102

    House Servant

    89

    General Servant

    85

    Common male occupations for Cowards in 1921

    Farmer

    166

    General Labourer

    155

    Agricultural Labourer

    149

    Carpenter

    122

    Farm Labourer

    108

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