Origins of the Whitmore surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 101North West 77Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 84East Midlands 356West Midlands 363East 140London 427South East 399South West 102South Wales 6Mid Wales 13West Wales 3North Wales 10Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Whitmores lived in london

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    3,900 Whitmore Travel & migration records
    27,000 Whitmores found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Whitmore

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    What are the most common Whitmore first names?

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Whitmores

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

    Commmon female occupations for Whitmores in 1921

    Dressmaker

    106

    Laundress

    68

    Domestic Servant

    64

    General Servant

    64

    General Servant Domestic

    63

    Commmon male occupations for Whitmores in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    140

    Bricklayer

    98

    Coal Miner

    95

    General Labourer

    92

    Carpenter

    71

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