Origins of the Green-Wood surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 425North West 560Isle of Man 31Yorkshire 11450East Midlands 299West Midlands 277East 474London 8939South East 860South West 182South Wales 25Mid Wales 20West Wales 4North Wales 49Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Green-Woods lived in yorkshire

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    26,000 Green-Wood Travel & migration records
    220,000 Green-Woods found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Green-wood

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    Common jobs for Green-woods

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

    Commmon female occupations for Green-woods in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    2,787

    Weaver

    872

    Weaver Cotton

    812

    Dressmaker

    722

    Worsted Weaver

    630

    Commmon male occupations for Green-woods in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    1,919

    Weaver

    746

    Farmer

    697

    Weaver Cotton

    615

    Coal Miner

    553

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