Origins of the Tidy surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 1North West 4Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 29East Midlands 51West Midlands 17East 36London 356South East 538South West 10South Wales 1Mid Wales 1West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Tidys lived in south-east

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    550 Tidy Travel & migration records
    10,000 Tidys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Tidy

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    What are the most common Tidy first names?

    William

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Tidys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Tidys in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    48

    Laundress

    45

    Dressmaker

    43

    General Servant Domestic

    33

    Servant

    29

    Commmon male occupations for Tidys in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    95

    Bricklayer

    74

    General Labourer

    64

    Carman

    45

    Gardener

    42

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