Origins of the Vowles surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 13Isle of ManYorkshire 88East Midlands 34West Midlands 34East 24London 211South East 136South West 593South Wales 119Mid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 2Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Vowleses lived in south-west

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    1,400 Vowles Travel & migration records
    15,000 Vowleses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Vowleses

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

    Commmon female occupations for Vowleses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    56

    Laundress

    44

    General Servant Domestic

    42

    Domestic Servant

    40

    Farmers Daughter

    35

    Commmon male occupations for Vowleses in 1921

    Farmer

    98

    Agricultural Labourer

    79

    General Labourer

    68

    Farm Labourer

    62

    Carpenter

    47

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