Bridges family name history and map
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Bridges in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 90 people named Bridges in Ireland; roughly one in every 49,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more men than women recorded: 49 men to 40 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bridges in Ireland
Leitrim had the largest share of Bridgeses, 13.3% (12 people). Next came Cork (11), Down (11), Dublin (11) and Roscommon (11).
Bridges average age in 1911
The average Bridges in 1911 was 27.7 years old, 27.0 for men and 28.5 for women; a touch 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.
Bridges literacy in 1911
Of the Bridgeses whose literacy was recorded, 78.2% could both read and write, 1.1% could read but not write, and 20.7% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and women. 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.
Bridges common first names
The most common male names were John (6), William, George, James and Robert James. For women it was Alice (3), followed by Margaret, Catherine, Eileen and Jane.
Bridges occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bridges's census form was "Scholar"; 20% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.9%), general labourer (4.4%), barber / hairdresser (2.2%) and clerk / office worker (2.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.2% of all Bridgeses, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Bridges?
Bridgeses were predominantly Anglican (72.2%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.4%) and Baptist (1.1%).
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Bridges statistics (1911)
Number: 90
Rank: 4,120
Average Age: 28
Bridges in the USA (2020)
Number: 51,385
Rank: 643
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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