History Society: Traditional Aynho Families
TRADITIONAL AYNHO FAMILIES
22 families appear in every one of Dawn’s seven censuses. Most of the entries under every name relate to ordinary agricultural labourers, but some families have produced one or more branches with specialist jobs. These are shown with the approximate number of censuses in which they are featured.
| Number of Entries | Family Name | Individual Occupations |
| 48 | Howes | Shepherd, coal merchant, baker |
| 43 | Watts | Blacksmith (3), shepherd, machine owner |
| 40 | Williams | Iron stone worker |
| 40 | Wrighton | Brick maker (5), railway worker (4), gardener |
| 38 | Borton | Farmer, carrier (2), groom, baker |
| 30 | Turner | Iron stone worker |
| 28 | Tuckey | Gardener (2), farm bailiff, grocer, glazier |
| 25 | Bygraves | Farmer (5), roadman (3), butcher (3), beer retailer |
| 25 | Seccull | Mason (7) |
| 25 | Smith | Carpenter (3), lock keeper |
| 24 | Butler | Gardener (5), groom |
| 24 | Tebby | Postman (2), beadle, beer retailer |
| 21 | Dunn | Shepherd (4), carrier (3), farmer |
| 19 | Walton | Carpenter (4), carrier |
| 18 | Page | Shepherd (3) |
| 17 | Watson | Carpenter (4) |
| 16 | Baughan | Carpenter (4), wheelwright (2) |
| 16 | Stayton | Gardener, railway worker |
| 12 | Lambert | Sawyer (3), carpenter |
| 12 | Peckover | Shepherd (4), iron stone miner |
| 11 | Millard | Park keeper (4), grazier |
| 9 | Ford | Road worker (4), gardener |
Garrett just misses out, with 18 mentions, but this name does not appear in the earliest census. Robbins appears 16 times, but not in the last one. Other names that feature quite often are Buckingham (Tax collectors, farmers), Dowty, Evans, Gregory and Mayo (Butchers).
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