Origins of the Poulter surname

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    In 1921, most Poulters lived in london

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    1,600 Poulter Travel & migration records
    22,000 Poulters found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Poulters

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

    Commmon female occupations for Poulters in 1921

    Dressmaker

    99

    Domestic Servant

    66

    General Servant Domestic

    65

    Laundress

    57

    Cook Domestic

    46

    Commmon male occupations for Poulters in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    178

    General Labourer

    112

    Farm Labourer

    101

    Blacksmith

    77

    Bricklayer

    64

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