Origins of the Venables surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 48North West 354Isle of Man 2Yorkshire 169East Midlands 34West Midlands 510East 148London 429South East 244South West 144South Wales 51Mid Wales 16West Wales 8North Wales 30Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Venableses lived in west-midlands

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    1,900 Venables Travel & migration records
    22,000 Venableses found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Venableses

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

    Common female occupations for Venableses in 1921

    General Servant Domestic

    74

    Dressmaker

    65

    Domestic Servant

    62

    House Servant

    49

    General Servant

    43

    Common male occupations for Venableses in 1921

    Farmer

    86

    Agricultural Labourer

    74

    General Labourer

    73

    Farm Labourer

    66

    Coal Miner

    62

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