Origins of the Gell surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 33North West 40Isle of Man 125Yorkshire 167East Midlands 119West Midlands 30East 70London 156South East 34South West 20South Wales 2Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 3Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Gells lived in yorkshire

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    1,500 Gell Travel & migration records
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    Common jobs for Gells

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    Commmon female occupations for Gells in 1921

    Dressmaker

    62

    Living On Own Means

    38

    Spinster

    33

    General Servant Domestic

    26

    General Servant

    23

    Commmon male occupations for Gells in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    48

    Farmer

    39

    Fisherman

    30

    Joiner

    27

    Butcher

    26

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