Bickerstaff family name history
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Bickerstaff in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 123 people named Bickerstaff in Ireland; roughly one in every 36,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 65 men and 58 women.
Counties with Bickerstaff in Ireland
The Bickerstaffs were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 54.5% of them (67 people). Next came Down (53), Monaghan (2) and Fermanagh (1).
Bickerstaff average age in 1911
The average Bickerstaff in 1911 was 24.4 years old, 20.5 for men and 28.7 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.
Bickerstaff literacy in 1911
Of the Bickerstaffs whose literacy was recorded, 75.6% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 21% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80% reading and writing against 71.9% 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.
Bickerstaff common first names
The most common male names were William (10), James, John, Henry and Samuel. For women it was Elizabeth (6), followed by Mary, Agnes, Emily and Jane.
Bickerstaff occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bickerstaff's census form was "Scholar"; 22% (27) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (7.3%), textile worker (4.9%), domestic servant (4.1%) and general labourer (4.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 10.6% of all Bickerstaffs, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Bickerstaff?
Most Bickerstaffs, 58.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (39.8%), Non-Conformist (0.8%) and Roman Catholic (0.8%).
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Bickerstaff statistics (1911)
Number: 123
Rank: 3,397
Average Age: 24
Bickerstaffin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,859
Rank: 15,207
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
