Origins of the Spowart surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 174North West 15Isle of ManYorkshire 6East Midlands 2West MidlandsEast 1London 13South East 4South West 6South WalesMid Wales 1West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Spowarts lived in north-east

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    570 Spowart Travel & migration records
    3,100 Spowarts found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Spowart

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    Margaret

    Mary

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    Common jobs for Spowarts

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

    Commmon female occupations for Spowarts in 1921

    Linen Weaver

    25

    Dressmaker

    16

    Damask Weaver

    11

    Coal Miners Wife

    8

    F S

    8

    Commmon male occupations for Spowarts in 1921

    Coal Miner

    211

    Coal Miner Hewer

    54

    Miner

    19

    Coal M

    14

    Carter

    13

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