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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 13North West 7Isle of ManYorkshire 54East Midlands 15West Midlands 12East 14London 88South East 53South West 39South Wales 3Mid Wales 13West WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wildses lived in london

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    1,000 Wilds Travel & migration records
    4,400 Wildses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Wildses

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    Common female occupations for Wildses in 1921

    House Servant

    20

    Glover

    17

    General Servant

    15

    Laundress

    13

    Dressmaker

    12

    Common male occupations for Wildses in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    38

    Farm Labourer

    31

    General Labourer

    21

    Mariner

    19

    Farmer

    15

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