Origins of the Wherry surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 9North West 1Isle of Man 1YorkshireEast Midlands 31West Midlands 1East 2London 11South East 3South West 168South Wales 1Mid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wherrys lived in south-west

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    730 Wherry Travel & migration records
    2,300 Wherrys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Wherry

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    What are the most common Wherry first names?

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    Common jobs for Wherrys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Wherrys in 1921

    None

    47

    Dressmaker

    18

    Domestic Servant

    9

    General Servant Domestic

    8

    Laundress

    8

    Commmon male occupations for Wherrys in 1921

    Farmer

    34

    Stone Mason

    16

    Farm Labourer

    14

    Clay Labourer

    12

    Agricultural Labourer

    11

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