Origins of the Crookes surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 21North West 21Isle of Man 4Yorkshire 1016East Midlands 141West Midlands 21East 4London 135South East 40South West 14South Wales 2Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Crookeses lived in yorkshire

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    870 Crookes Travel & migration records
    12,000 Crookeses found in all Census records

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    William

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    Common jobs for Crookeses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Crookeses in 1921

    Cutler

    55

    File Cutter

    39

    General Servant Domestic

    39

    Domestic Servant

    31

    Spinster

    30

    Commmon male occupations for Crookeses in 1921

    File Cutter

    141

    Cutler

    81

    Grinder

    78

    Saw Grinder

    78

    Coal Miner

    57

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