Jervis family name history
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Jervis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 130 people named Jervis in Ireland; roughly one in every 34,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 62 men and 68 women.
Counties with Jervis in Ireland
Donegal was Jervis country: 35.4% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (29), Antrim (20), Derry (12) and Tyrone (11).
Jervis average age in 1911
The average Jervis in 1911 was 30.7 years old, 30.1 for men and 31.1 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Jervis literacy in 1911
Of the Jervises whose literacy was recorded, 75.2% could both read and write, 6.8% could read but not write, and 17.9% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.4% reading and writing against 70.4% 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.
Jervis common first names
The most common male names were William (7), George, John, Thomas and Edward. For women it was Annie (6), followed by Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Charlotte.
Jervis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Jervis's census form was "Scholar"; 16.9% (22) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (16.2%), textile worker (5.4%), carter / driver / groom (2.3%) and farm labourer (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20.8% of all Jervises, followed by textiles & clothing, transport and domestic service.
What religion is Jervis?
Most Jervises, 56.2%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (17.7%), Presbyterian (13.8%), Unitarian (7.7%) and Methodist (3.1%).
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Jervis statistics (1911)
Number: 130
Rank: 3,284
Average Age: 31
Jervisin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,733
Rank: 16,162
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
