Drysdale family name history
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Drysdale in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 116 people named Drysdale in Ireland; roughly one in every 38,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 53 men and 63 women.
Counties with Drysdale in Ireland
The Drysdales were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 67.2% of them (78 people). Next came Dublin (15), Antrim (7), Armagh (6) and Cork (6).
Drysdale average age in 1911
The average Drysdale in 1911 was 26.0 years old, 24.4 for men and 27.3 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.
Drysdale literacy in 1911
Of the Drysdales whose literacy was recorded, 78.8% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 18.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.7% reading and writing against 71.1% 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.
Drysdale common first names
The most common male names were Robert (7), John, James, William and David. For women it was Annie (4), followed by Elizabeth, Hessie, Maggie and Mary Jane.
Drysdale occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Drysdale's census form was "Scholar"; 16.4% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were seamstress (7.8%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.3%), farm labourer (3.4%) and fisherman (3.4%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 8.6% of all Drysdales, followed by agriculture, retail & commerce and fishing.
What religion is Drysdale?
The largest religious group among Drysdales was Presbyterian, at 44.8%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (22.4%), Anglican (17.2%), Methodist (10.3%) and Baptist (4.3%).
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Drysdale statistics (1911)
Number: 116
Rank: 3,521
Average Age: 26
Drysdalein the USA (2020)
Number: 2,078
Rank: 13,903
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
