Origins of the Salvage surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 2Isle of ManYorkshire 1East Midlands 3West Midlands 6East 46London 88South East 150South West 73South Wales 18Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 8Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Salvages lived in south-east

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    620 Salvage Travel & migration records
    3,800 Salvages found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Salvage

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    What are the most common Salvage first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Salvages

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

    Commmon female occupations for Salvages in 1921

    Laundress

    28

    Dressmaker

    15

    General Servant Domestic

    13

    Ironer

    12

    None

    9

    Commmon male occupations for Salvages in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    30

    Fisherman

    21

    General Labourer

    21

    Farm Labourer

    17

    Bricklayer

    11

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