Origins of the Timms surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 75North West 49Isle of ManYorkshire 215East Midlands 186West Midlands 685East 159London 591South East 451South West 118South Wales 41Mid Wales 3West WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Timmses lived in west-midlands

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    2,300 Timms Travel & migration records
    31,000 Timmses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Timms

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    What are the most common Timms first names?

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Timmses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Timmses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    135

    Laundress

    102

    General Servant Domestic

    100

    Domestic Servant

    69

    General Servant

    60

    Commmon male occupations for Timmses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    219

    General Labourer

    141

    Farm Labourer

    124

    Stone Mason

    116

    Bricklayer

    84

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