Origins of the Whitham surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 11North West 40Isle of Man 1Yorkshire 1297East Midlands 52West Midlands 11East 41London 611South East 36South West 7South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Whithams lived in yorkshire

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    1,400 Whitham Travel & migration records
    17,000 Whithams found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Whitham

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    Common jobs for Whithams

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

    Commmon female occupations for Whithams in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    179

    File Cutter

    93

    Weaver Cotton

    56

    Dressmaker

    52

    Weaver

    49

    Commmon male occupations for Whithams in 1921

    File Cutter

    294

    Cotton Weaver

    106

    General Labourer

    51

    Farmer

    50

    File Smith

    46

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