Cassels family name history
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Cassels in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 140 people named Cassels in Ireland; roughly one in every 31,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 68 men and 72 women.
Counties with Cassels in Ireland
Leitrim was Cassels country: 36.4% of them (51 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cavan (32), Westmeath (15), Meath (11) and Dublin (10).
Cassels average age in 1911
The average Cassels in 1911 was 28.8 years old, 29.7 for men and 27.9 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.
Cassels literacy in 1911
Of the Casselses whose literacy was recorded, 70.4% could both read and write, 3.7% could read but not write, and 25.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 71.4% reading and writing against 69.2% 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.
Cassels common first names
The most common male names were John (11), James, Patrick, Thomas and Andrew. For women it was Mary (10), followed by Bridget, Catherine, Ellen and Anne.
Cassels occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Casselses was farmer, 20% of them (28 people). Next came scholar / student (20%), general labourer (4.3%), domestic servant (3.6%) and farm labourer (2.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 22.1% of all Casselses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and textiles & clothing.
What religion is Cassels?
Casselses were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 92.1% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (4.3%) and Presbyterian (3.6%).
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Cassels statistics (1911)
Number: 140
Rank: 3,125
Average Age: 29
Casselsin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,150
Rank: 22,865
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
