Origins of the Gittins surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 136North West 143Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 102East Midlands 50West Midlands 260East 30London 354South East 64South West 189South Wales 100Mid Wales 234West Wales 12North Wales 154Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Gittinses lived in london

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    1,300 Gittins Travel & migration records
    19,000 Gittinses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Gittins

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    Common jobs for Gittinses

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    Commmon female occupations for Gittinses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    62

    General Servant Domestic

    57

    Domestic Servant

    40

    Farmers Wife

    39

    General Servant

    38

    Commmon male occupations for Gittinses in 1921

    Farmer

    165

    Coal Miner

    145

    Blacksmith

    124

    Agricultural Labourer

    62

    Farmers Son

    59

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