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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 7Isle of ManYorkshire 64East Midlands 283West Midlands 13East 16London 66South East 13South West 7South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Searsons lived in east-midlands

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    490 Searson Travel & migration records
    4,300 Searsons found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Searsons

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    Common female occupations for Searsons in 1921

    Dressmaker

    11

    General Servant

    11

    Seamstress

    11

    Domestic Servant

    10

    Housekeeper

    10

    Common male occupations for Searsons in 1921

    Coal Miner

    48

    Coal Miner Hewer

    28

    Farmer

    26

    Farm Labourer

    20

    Agricultural Labourer

    14

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