Origins of the Edmunds surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 70North West 69Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 59East Midlands 123West Midlands 205East 141London 469South East 294South West 1235South Wales 741Mid Wales 141West Wales 6North Wales 45Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Edmundses lived in south-west

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    5,600 Edmunds Travel & migration records
    41,000 Edmundses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Edmundses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Edmundses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    233

    Domestic Servant

    100

    General Servant Domestic

    100

    Laundress

    87

    General Servant

    86

    Commmon male occupations for Edmundses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    331

    Coal Miner Hewer

    242

    Farmer

    203

    Agricultural Labourer

    171

    General Labourer

    127

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