Origins of the Whitehall surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 19North West 16Isle of ManYorkshire 61East Midlands 42West Midlands 214East 14London 86South East 53South West 13South Wales 2Mid Wales 3West WalesNorth Wales 11Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Whitehalls lived in west-midlands

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    480 Whitehall Travel & migration records
    5,900 Whitehalls found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Whitehall

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    Common jobs for Whitehalls

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

    Commmon female occupations for Whitehalls in 1921

    Dressmaker

    26

    General Servant Domestic

    19

    Lace Maker

    19

    Cotton Weaver

    15

    Laundress

    15

    Commmon male occupations for Whitehalls in 1921

    Coal Miner

    46

    Agricultural Labourer

    24

    Yeoman

    20

    Potter

    19

    Clerk

    15

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