Origins of the Greenaway surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 3North West 18Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 43East Midlands 19West Midlands 85East 98London 446South East 252South West 105South Wales 17Mid Wales 5West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Greenaways lived in london

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    2,200 Greenaway Travel & migration records
    18,000 Greenaways found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Greenaway

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    What are the most common Greenaway first names?

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    Common jobs for Greenaways

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

    Commmon female occupations for Greenaways in 1921

    Dressmaker

    100

    Laundress

    74

    General Servant Domestic

    54

    Domestic Servant

    43

    General Servant

    36

    Commmon male occupations for Greenaways in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    134

    Carpenter

    117

    General Labourer

    81

    Farm Labourer

    68

    Bricklayer

    62

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