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The earliest occurrence of the Liness surname in our family history documents is from 1638, and we currently have 550 records where Liness appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
Linesses had very few recorded occupations in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Linesses were most likely to live in Forfarshire (angus).
It seems all Linesses were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
No Linesses were recorded as serving in the First World War in Findmypast's records.
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