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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 1Isle of ManYorkshire 5East Midlands 1West Midlands 7East 8London 43South East 38South West 131South Wales 26Mid Wales 9West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Reakeses lived in south-west

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    270 Reakes Travel & migration records
    3,100 Reakeses found in all Census records

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Reakeses

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    Commmon female occupations for Reakeses in 1921

    Pauper

    10

    Dressmaker

    8

    Domestic Servant

    7

    Silk Winder

    7

    General Servant Domestic

    6

    Commmon male occupations for Reakeses in 1921

    Thatcher

    26

    Agricultural Labourer

    22

    Farmer

    21

    General Labourer

    17

    Farm Labourer

    14

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