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BESS

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• 1881 Census

Bess in the 1881 census

Top Counties

Top Parishes

Top male forenames

William Bess
John Bess
George Bess
James Bess
Edward Bess
Walter Bess
Edwin Bess
David Bess
Thomas Bess
Albert Bess
Henry Bess
Alfd. Bess
Richard Bess
Oliver Bess
Joseph Bess
Alfred Bess
Jessie Bess
Charles Bess
Frederick Bess
Fred Bess
Frank Bess

Top female forenames

Mary Bess
Emma Bess
Eliza Bess
Sarah Bess
Ellen Bess
Louisa Bess
Elizabeth Bess
Margret Bess
Hetty Bess
Joanah Bess
Julia Bess
Laura Bess
Margaret Bess
Fanny Bess
Maude Bess
May Bess
Nelly Bess
Rebecca Bess
Rosina Bess
Selina Bess
Susan Bess
Tammy Bess
Edith Bess
Alice Bess
Amy Bess
Ann Bess
Anne Bess
Annie Bess
Bertha Bess
Caroline Bess
Charlotte Bess
Harriett Bess
Eleanor Bess
Elisabeth Bess
Elizh. Bess
Elizh.E. Bess
Emily Bess
F.M. Bess
Agnes Bess
Frances Bess

Top occupations

Scholar
Gen Lab
Schollar
Ag Lab
Dressmaker
Fisherman
Laborer
Domestic Serv
Labourer
Farm Labourer
((Scholar))
Solicitors Managing Clerk
General Lab
General Laborer
Honiton Lace Maker
Housekeeper
Labourer (General)
Serv
Lace Maker
Market Porter
Needlewoman
Painter
Shoemaker
Scholer
Servant
School Mistress
Dairy Maid
Ag Lab Wife
Baker
Ball Maker (O)
Brewers Servant
Builders Labourer
Char Woman
Commercial Traveller For Brewery
Cook
Cotton Mixer CM
Gen Serv
Domestic
Domestic Servant
Farm Laborer
Farm Labourer Unemployed
Farm Labourer Wife
Farmer 10 Acres
Farmer Wife
French Polisher
Gardener (N)