Origins of the Traverse surname

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    In 1921, most Traverses lived in london

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    680 Traverse Travel & migration records
    1,600 Traverses found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Traverse first names?

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    Elizabeth

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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

    Widow

    6

    House Servant

    5

    Domestic Servant

    4

    General Servant Domestic

    4

    Charwoman

    3

    Commmon male occupations for Traverses in 1921

    Iron Moulder

    19

    General Labourer

    9

    Coal Miner

    8

    Moulder

    8

    Yeoman

    8

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