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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 81North West 8Isle of ManYorkshire 13East Midlands 4West Midlands 1East 43London 70South East 21South West 13South Wales 3Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Leasks lived in north-east

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    2,100 Leask Travel & migration records
    8,400 Leasks found in all Census records

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Leasks

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    Common female occupations for Leasks in 1921

    Knitter

    162

    Farmer's Wife

    69

    Farmers Wife

    50

    Domestic Servant

    49

    Stocking Knitter

    47

    Common male occupations for Leasks in 1921

    Fisherman

    177

    Farmer

    102

    Seaman

    74

    Farmers Son

    49

    Crofter

    48

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