Origins of the Sturgess surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 6North West 6Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 71East Midlands 369West Midlands 159East 83London 317South East 206South West 115South Wales 14Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 15Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sturgesses lived in east-midlands

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    1,700 Sturgess Travel & migration records
    18,000 Sturgesses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sturgess

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    Common jobs for Sturgesses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sturgesses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    85

    Laundress

    73

    Domestic Servant

    42

    General Servant

    42

    General Servant Domestic

    41

    Commmon male occupations for Sturgesses in 1921

    Bricklayer

    116

    Agricultural Labourer

    107

    Farm Labourer

    82

    General Labourer

    65

    Carpenter

    61

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