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The earliest occurrence of the Lection surname in our family history documents is from 1669, and we currently have 151 records where Lection appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1 Lections were recorded as clerks in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Lections were most likely to live in London.
It seems all Lections were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
No Lections were recorded as serving in the First World War in Findmypast's records.
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