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The earliest occurrence of the Merchant surname in our family history documents is from 1539, and we currently have 119,328 records where Merchant appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
120 Merchants were recorded as labourers in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Merchants were most likely to live in Gloucestershire.
Not all Merchants were law-abiding. We found 84 in criminal records.
140 Merchants served in the First World War.
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