Origins of the Welham surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 8North WestIsle of ManYorkshire 64East Midlands 19West Midlands 11East 530London 417South East 126South West 21South Wales 8Mid Wales 3West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Welhams lived in east

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    490 Welham Travel & migration records
    11,000 Welhams found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Welhams

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

    Commmon female occupations for Welhams in 1921

    Laundress

    48

    Dressmaker

    46

    General Servant Domestic

    37

    Domestic Servant

    33

    Tailoress

    23

    Commmon male occupations for Welhams in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    111

    Carpenter

    57

    Farm Labourer

    57

    Bricklayer

    40

    Blacksmith

    38

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