Origins of the Lawes surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 48North West 2Isle of ManYorkshire 83East Midlands 28West Midlands 18East 102London 341South East 361South West 169South Wales 7Mid Wales 11West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Laweses lived in south-east

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    1,600 Lawes Travel & migration records
    13,000 Laweses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Lawes

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    Common jobs for Laweses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Laweses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    56

    Laundress

    46

    General Servant Domestic

    43

    Domestic Servant

    39

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    31

    Commmon male occupations for Laweses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    114

    Yeoman

    65

    Farm Labourer

    55

    General Labourer

    47

    Bricklayer

    41

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