Origins of the Goldsworthy surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 78North West 44Isle of ManYorkshire 23East Midlands 15West Midlands 19East 60London 215South East 76South West 357South Wales 38Mid Wales 7West WalesNorth Wales 5Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Goldsworthys lived in south-west

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    2,700 Goldsworthy Travel & migration records
    12,000 Goldsworthys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Goldsworthy

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    Common jobs for Goldsworthys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Goldsworthys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    104

    Tailoress

    33

    General Servant Domestic

    32

    Domestic Servant

    31

    Charwoman

    30

    Commmon male occupations for Goldsworthys in 1921

    Tin Miner

    150

    Copper Miner

    94

    Farm Labourer

    45

    Agricultural Labourer

    41

    Miner

    41

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