Origins of the Veness surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 1North West 9Isle of ManYorkshireEast Midlands 3West Midlands 27East 53London 151South East 242South West 5South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Venesses lived in south-east

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    430 Veness Travel & migration records
    4,300 Venesses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Venesses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Venesses in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    21

    Laundress

    21

    Dressmaker

    19

    General Servant Domestic

    15

    Housemaid Domestic

    12

    Commmon male occupations for Venesses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    38

    Gardener

    23

    Bricklayer

    22

    Farm Labourer

    17

    General Labourer

    16

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