The working Surname

working Name Meaning and History

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Werking.

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The working name in History

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Distribution of working Families in the US in 1920

Number of working families

10-18

4-9

1-3

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Samuel Workings	working_dale	0
I need info (& have info) abt Moses Working/Workinger 1830 (Ohio/Indiana)	working_dale	0
Working	oskargirl1	0
Working	Kiley Trobaugh	2
Royal Union sailing vessel passenger list	Virginia Finley	0
African-American WORKINGS family, Warren Co, MS	virginiafinley23	0
Samuel Douglas Workings	virginiafinley23	6
Workins Families	virginiaFinley900	0
WORKING, Jean Louise m. CLARDY, Henry G., Oct. 1924 - resided in Kern Co., Calif.	ckayter	1
Working/Barrick	o2travel	1

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