Origins of the Plimmer surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 14North West 5Isle of ManYorkshire 87East Midlands 24West Midlands 292East 11London 123South East 11South West 9South Wales 4Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 9Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Plimmers lived in west-midlands

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    380 Plimmer Travel & migration records
    4,900 Plimmers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Plimmer

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    Common jobs for Plimmers

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

    Commmon female occupations for Plimmers in 1921

    Dressmaker

    14

    Charwoman

    12

    Domestic Servant

    12

    General Servant Domestic

    11

    Laundress

    11

    Commmon male occupations for Plimmers in 1921

    Coal Miner

    43

    Coal Miner Hewer

    31

    General Labourer

    28

    Bricklayer

    19

    Bricklayers Labourer

    12

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