Origins of the Wilcockson surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth EastNorth West 26Isle of Man 5Yorkshire 79East Midlands 223West Midlands 8East 7London 90South East 31South West 15South WalesMid Wales 2West WalesNorth Wales 7Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wilcocksons lived in east-midlands

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    200 Wilcockson Travel & migration records
    4,800 Wilcocksons found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Wilcocksons

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    Commmon female occupations for Wilcocksons in 1921

    Dressmaker

    31

    Wife

    11

    At Home

    10

    Annuitant

    9

    Housekeeper

    9

    Commmon male occupations for Wilcocksons in 1921

    Coal Miner

    58

    Farmer

    46

    Coal Miner Hewer

    25

    Joiner

    22

    Farmers Son

    14

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