Origins of the Travers surname

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    In 1921, most Traverses lived in london

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    8,500 Travers Travel & migration records
    14,000 Traverses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Traverses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Traverses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    68

    Living On Own Means

    42

    Laundress

    35

    Domestic Servant

    34

    General Servant Domestic

    33

    Commmon male occupations for Traverses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    94

    General Labourer

    69

    Vintner

    52

    Agricultural Labourer

    51

    Blacksmith

    33

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