Origins of the Embury surname

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    In 1921, most Emburys lived in london

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    520 Embury Travel & migration records
    1,600 Emburys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Embury

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    Common jobs for Emburys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Emburys in 1921

    Cook Domestic

    5

    Dress Maker

    5

    General Servant Domestic

    5

    Laundress

    5

    Servant

    4

    Commmon male occupations for Emburys in 1921

    Boatman

    9

    General Labourer

    9

    Joiner

    9

    Agricultural Labourer

    7

    Bootmaker

    7

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