Origins of the Stobbs surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 665North West 14Isle of ManYorkshire 141East Midlands 5West Midlands 6East 23London 69South East 14South West 10South Wales 7Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Stobbses lived in north-east

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    740 Stobbs Travel & migration records
    9,400 Stobbses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Stobbs

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    Common jobs for Stobbses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Stobbses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    33

    Domestic Servant

    20

    General Servant Domestic

    15

    House Servant

    15

    Housekeeper

    15

    Commmon male occupations for Stobbses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    133

    Farmer

    60

    Coal Miner Hewer

    43

    Lead Miner

    27

    General Labourer

    26

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