Truesdale family name history
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Truesdale in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 171 people named Truesdale in Ireland; roughly one in every 26,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 80 men and 91 women.
Counties with Truesdale in Ireland
The Truesdales were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 79.5% of them (136 people). Next came Tyrone (13), Armagh (12), Antrim (9) and Kildare (1).
Truesdale average age in 1911
The average Truesdale in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 28.4 for men and 27.1 for women; a touch younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Truesdale literacy in 1911
Of the Truesdales whose literacy was recorded, 73.4% could both read and write, 8.9% could read but not write, and 17.8% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79.7% reading and writing against 67.8% of women. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Truesdale common first names
The most common male names were John (14), Robert, William, James and Samuel. For women it was Sarah (7), followed by Annie, Mary, Maggie and Ethel.
Truesdale occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Truesdale's census form was "Scholar"; 18.7% (32) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (15.2%), textile worker (4.7%), farm labourer (3.5%) and other maker / factory worker (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.5% of all Truesdales, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Truesdale?
Most Truesdales, 59.1%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (36.8%) and Salvation Army (0.6%).
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Truesdale statistics (1911)
Number: 171
Rank: 2,776
Average Age: 28
Truesdalein the USA (2020)
Number: 4,403
Rank: 7,301
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
