Origins of the McCafferty surname

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    In 1921, most McCaffertys lived in london

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    6,500 McCafferty Travel & migration records
    5,400 McCaffertys found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Mccaffertys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Mccaffertys in 1921

    Mill Worker

    35

    Hawker

    23

    Housekeeper

    23

    House Keeper

    19

    Cotton Weaver

    18

    Commmon male occupations for Mccaffertys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    104

    General Labourer

    67

    Carter

    29

    Coal Miner Hewer

    20

    Foundry Labourer

    19

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