Origins of the Jeanes surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 2Isle of ManYorkshire 12East Midlands 13West Midlands 40East 41London 81South East 71South West 167South Wales 7Mid Wales 4West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Jeaneses lived in south-west

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    610 Jeanes Travel & migration records
    6,000 Jeaneses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Jeaneses

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    Commmon female occupations for Jeaneses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    29

    General Servant Domestic

    23

    Laundress

    22

    Glover

    20

    Domestic Servant

    14

    Commmon male occupations for Jeaneses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    52

    Farmer

    34

    Farm Labourer

    30

    Carpenter

    24

    General Labourer

    22

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