Origins of the Tranter surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 17North West 52Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 176East Midlands 86West Midlands 955East 19London 292South East 73South West 155South Wales 70Mid Wales 17West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Tranters lived in west-midlands

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    1,600 Tranter Travel & migration records
    23,000 Tranters found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Tranters

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

    Commmon female occupations for Tranters in 1921

    Dressmaker

    68

    General Servant Domestic

    46

    Domestic Servant

    45

    Laundress

    44

    General Servant

    41

    Commmon male occupations for Tranters in 1921

    Coal Miner

    229

    General Labourer

    97

    Bricklayer

    95

    Coal Miner Hewer

    71

    Carpenter

    45

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