Origins of the Chivers surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 41North West 21Isle of ManYorkshire 98East Midlands 19West Midlands 41East 94London 504South East 330South West 662South Wales 284Mid Wales 6West WalesNorth Wales 6Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Chiverses lived in south-west

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    2,700 Chivers Travel & migration records
    27,000 Chiverses found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Chivers

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    What are the most common Chivers first names?

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    Common jobs for Chiverses

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

    Common female occupations for Chiverses in 1921

    Dressmaker

    140

    Laundress

    76

    Domestic Servant

    69

    Lab

    68

    General Servant Domestic

    66

    Common male occupations for Chiverses in 1921

    Coal Miner

    327

    Agricultural Labourer

    141

    Coal Miner Hewer

    127

    General Labourer

    92

    Carpenter

    86

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