Origins of the Dransfield surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 14North West 28Isle of Man 4Yorkshire 1130East Midlands 10West Midlands 10East 4London 340South East 10South West 4South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Dransfields lived in yorkshire

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    590 Dransfield Travel & migration records
    11,000 Dransfields found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Dransfield

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    Common jobs for Dransfields

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

    Commmon female occupations for Dransfields in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    46

    Woollen Weaver

    46

    Dressmaker

    34

    Blanket Weaver

    24

    At Home

    22

    Commmon male occupations for Dransfields in 1921

    Coal Miner

    156

    Coal Miner Hewer

    51

    Coal Hewer

    29

    Woollen Weaver

    28

    Fancy Weaver

    26

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