Origins of the Gwilliam surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 8North West 19Isle of Man 8Yorkshire 52East Midlands 13West Midlands 211East 34London 190South East 44South West 242South Wales 211Mid Wales 25West Wales 1North Wales 23Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Gwilliams lived in south-west

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    660 Gwilliam Travel & migration records
    11,000 Gwilliams found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Gwilliam

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Gwilliams

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

    Commmon female occupations for Gwilliams in 1921

    Dressmaker

    56

    Domestic Servant

    38

    General Servant Domestic

    38

    House Servant

    26

    Laundress

    22

    Commmon male occupations for Gwilliams in 1921

    Coal Miner

    64

    Farmer

    56

    Agricultural Labourer

    46

    Farm Labourer

    46

    Coal Miner Hewer

    44

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