Ashmore family name history and map
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Ashmore in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 106 people named Ashmore in Ireland; roughly one in every 41,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 50 men and 56 women.
Counties with Ashmore in Ireland
Carlow was Ashmore country: 45.3% of them (48 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (31), Kildare (15), Waterford (5) and Wexford (3).
Ashmore average age in 1911
The average Ashmore in 1911 was 29.2 years old, 29.9 for men and 28.5 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.
Ashmore literacy in 1911
Of the Ashmores whose literacy was recorded, 93.6% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 6.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 96.2% reading and writing against 90.5% 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.
Ashmore common first names
The most common male names were William (13), James, Luke, John and Joseph. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Margaret, Anne, Annie and Ellen.
Ashmore occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Ashmore's census form was "Scholar"; 15.1% (16) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.2%), painter / decorator (3.8%), dressmaker / milliner (2.8%) and no occupation / dependent (2.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 14.2% of all Ashmores, followed by building & construction, textiles & clothing and no occupation / dependent.
What religion is Ashmore?
Most Ashmores, 50.9%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (36.8%), Methodist (10.4%) and Presbyterian (0.9%).
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Ashmore statistics (1911)
Number: 106
Rank: 3,718
Average Age: 29
Ashmorein the USA (2020)
Number: 5,904
Rank: 5,661
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
