Kingsberry family name history and map
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Kingsberry in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 96 people named Kingsberry in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 49 men and 47 women.
Counties with Kingsberry in Ireland
The Kingsberrys were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 60.4% of them (58 people). Next came Down (29), Armagh (5), Wexford (3) and Tyrone (1).
Kingsberry average age in 1911
The average Kingsberry in 1911 was 24.1 years old, 26.0 for men and 22.1 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.
Kingsberry literacy in 1911
Of the Kingsberrys whose literacy was recorded, 81.9% could both read and write, 2.1% could read but not write, and 16% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 84.8% reading and writing against 79.2% 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.
Kingsberry common first names
The most common male names were James (6), Samuel, George, Joseph and John. For women it was Margaret (3), followed by Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth and Florence.
Kingsberry occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Kingsberry's census form was "Scholar"; 31.2% (30) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (13.5%), general labourer (7.3%), other maker / factory worker (7.3%) and blacksmith / smith (4.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.5% of all Kingsberrys, followed by manufacturing & trades, general labourers and metal & engineering.
What religion is Kingsberry?
Most Kingsberrys, 62.5%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (25%), Seventh Day Adventist (6.2%), Methodist (3.1%) and Roman Catholic (3.1%).
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Kingsberry statistics (1911)
Number: 96
Rank: 3,961
Average Age: 24
Kingsberry in the USA (2020)
Number: 574
Rank: 40,983
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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