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The earliest occurrence of the Minister surname in our family history documents is from 1550, and we currently have 6,540 records where Minister appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
17 Ministers were recorded as labourers in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Ministers were most likely to live in Norfolk.
It seems all Ministers were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
12 Ministers served in the First World War.
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