Origins of the Slatter surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 8North West 10Isle of ManYorkshire 48East Midlands 26West Midlands 72East 46London 264South East 170South West 127South Wales 18Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Slatters lived in london

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    1,200 Slatter Travel & migration records
    12,000 Slatters found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Slatter

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    Common jobs for Slatters

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

    Commmon female occupations for Slatters in 1921

    Dressmaker

    56

    Laundress

    43

    General Servant Domestic

    36

    Domestic Servant

    34

    Widow

    34

    Commmon male occupations for Slatters in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    129

    Carpenter

    60

    Farm Labourer

    49

    General Labourer

    49

    Yeoman

    49

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