Origins of the Gatehouse surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 3North West 6Isle of ManYorkshire 122East Midlands 5West Midlands 16East 30London 131South East 103South West 71South Wales 50Mid Wales 10West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Gatehouses lived in london

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    760 Gatehouse Travel & migration records
    7,100 Gatehouses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Gatehouse

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    What are the most common Gatehouse first names?

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    Common jobs for Gatehouses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Gatehouses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    30

    Laundress

    24

    General Servant Domestic

    18

    Domestic Servant

    17

    Servant

    17

    Commmon male occupations for Gatehouses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    34

    General Labourer

    33

    Farmer

    23

    Farm Labourer

    20

    Coal Miner

    14

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