Origins of the Trimmer surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth WestIsle of ManYorkshire 8East Midlands 4West Midlands 5East 42London 186South East 210South West 10South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Trimmers lived in south-east

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    750 Trimmer Travel & migration records
    5,900 Trimmers found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Trimmer

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    What are the most common Trimmer first names?

    William

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    Mary

    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Trimmers

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

    Commmon female occupations for Trimmers in 1921

    Laundress

    32

    Cook Domestic

    18

    General Servant Domestic

    18

    Dressmaker

    17

    Cook

    14

    Commmon male occupations for Trimmers in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    37

    Carpenter

    29

    Farm Labourer

    25

    General Labourer

    23

    Bricklayer

    22

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