Forrester family name history
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Forrester in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 149 people named Forrester in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 69 men and 80 women.
Counties with Forrester in Ireland
Dublin was Forrester country: 30.9% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (37), Antrim (28), Tipperary (13) and Roscommon (7).
Forrester average age in 1911
The average Forrester in 1911 was 24.8 years old, 23.6 for men and 25.8 for women; noticeably 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.
Forrester literacy in 1911
Of the Forresters whose literacy was recorded, 81.6% could both read and write, 5.7% could read but not write, and 12.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84% reading and writing against 78.8% of men. 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.
Forrester common first names
The most common male names were James (9), William, Patrick, John and Thomas. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Kathleen, Margaret, Florence and Bridget.
Forrester occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Forrester's census form was "Scholar"; 26.8% (40) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6%), textile worker (4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.4%) and farmer (2.7%). Grouped by sector, general labourers accounted for 6% of all Forresters, followed by agriculture, professional and retail & commerce.
What religion is Forrester?
Most Forresters, 54.4%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (24.2%), Presbyterian (12.8%), Baptist (6%) and Non-Conformist (0.7%).
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Forrester statistics (1911)
Number: 149
Rank: 3,004
Average Age: 25
Forresterin the USA (2020)
Number: 13,209
Rank: 2,668
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
