Origins of the Wide surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 7Isle of ManYorkshire 4East Midlands 3West Midlands 1East 5London 19South East 7South West 68South Wales 1Mid Wales 6West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wides lived in south-west

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    190 Wide Travel & migration records
    1,500 Wides found in all Census records

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    What are the most common Wide first names?

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    William

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    Mary

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    Common jobs for Wides

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

    Commmon female occupations for Wides in 1921

    Dressmaker

    13

    Laundress

    8

    Domestic Servant

    6

    House Servant

    6

    General Servant Domestic

    5

    Commmon male occupations for Wides in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    22

    Carpenter

    19

    Farm Labourer

    11

    Tailor

    7

    Farmer

    6

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