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The earliest occurrence of the Meal surname in our family history documents is from 1572, and we currently have 10,764 records where Meal appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
17 Meals were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Meals were most likely to live in Yorkshire.
Not all Meals were law-abiding. We found 5 in criminal records.
7 Meals served in the First World War.
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