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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 11North WestIsle of ManYorkshire 8East Midlands 18West Midlands 5East 9London 43South East 20South West 5South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wakeses lived in london

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    97 Wakes Travel & migration records
    1,200 Wakeses found in all Census records

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Wakeses

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    Commmon female occupations for Wakeses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    11

    Cotton Weaver

    9

    Cotton Winder

    7

    Calico Weaver

    4

    General Servant Domestic

    4

    Commmon male occupations for Wakeses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    10

    Carpenter

    7

    Confectioner

    7

    Coal Miner

    5

    Coal Miner Hewer

    5

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