Origins of the Fereday surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 6Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 56East Midlands 13West Midlands 352East 26London 50South East 20South West 16South Wales 6Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 7Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Feredays lived in west-midlands

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    320 Fereday Travel & migration records
    5,100 Feredays found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Fereday

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    Common jobs for Feredays

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

    Commmon female occupations for Feredays in 1921

    Dressmaker

    18

    Domestic Servant

    15

    Living On Own Means

    13

    General Servant Domestic

    12

    Laundress

    12

    Commmon male occupations for Feredays in 1921

    Coal Miner

    66

    Bricklayer

    27

    Coal Miner Hewer

    19

    Blacksmith

    14

    Iron Moulder

    14

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