Origins of the Hawthorne surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 65North West 34Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 49East Midlands 39West Midlands 300East 25London 166South East 62South West 17South Wales 7Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 10Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Hawthornes lived in west-midlands

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    4,400 Hawthorne Travel & migration records
    8,600 Hawthornes found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Hawthorne

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    Common jobs for Hawthornes

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

    Commmon female occupations for Hawthornes in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    22

    Laundress

    21

    Dressmaker

    19

    General Servant Domestic

    19

    Charwoman

    17

    Commmon male occupations for Hawthornes in 1921

    General Labourer

    42

    Coal Miner

    37

    Farm Hands

    35

    Butcher

    25

    General Farmers

    21

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