Origins of the Sexton surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 84North West 42Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 71East Midlands 25West Midlands 77East 323London 953South East 444South West 183South Wales 33Mid Wales 8West WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sextons lived in london

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    12,000 Sexton Travel & migration records
    25,000 Sextons found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Sextons

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sextons in 1921

    Dressmaker

    112

    Laundress

    106

    Domestic Servant

    80

    General Servant Domestic

    61

    Charwoman

    49

    Commmon male occupations for Sextons in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    137

    Farm Hands

    129

    General Labourer

    103

    General Farmers

    76

    Carpenter

    72

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