Origins of the Jervis surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 23North West 177Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 112East Midlands 104West Midlands 611East 70London 558South East 91South West 88South Wales 72Mid Wales 104West Wales 1North Wales 23Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Jervises lived in west-midlands

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    2,800 Jervis Travel & migration records
    23,000 Jervises found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Jervises

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    Commmon female occupations for Jervises in 1921

    Dressmaker

    100

    Living On Own Means

    61

    Domestic Servant

    59

    General Servant Domestic

    51

    House Servant

    49

    Commmon male occupations for Jervises in 1921

    Coal Miner

    128

    Farmer

    123

    Agricultural Labourer

    99

    Tailor

    68

    Coal Miner Hewer

    50

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