McGennis family name history and map
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McGennis in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 74 people named McGennis in Ireland; roughly one in every 59,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 34 men and 39 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with McGennis in Ireland
Cavan was McGennis country: 45.9% of them (34 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (18), Dublin (10), Leitrim (3) and Monaghan (3).
McGennis average age in 1911
The average McGennis in 1911 was 25.5 years old, 29.6 for men and 21.8 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.
McGennis literacy in 1911
Of the McGennises whose literacy was recorded, 78.4% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 17.6% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 79.5% reading and writing against 76.5% 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.
McGennis common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (7), John, James, Thomas and Felix. For women it was Mary (4), followed by Kate, Louisa, Mary Josephine and Elizabeth.
McGennis occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a McGennis's census form was "Scholar"; 31.1% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (9.5%), teacher (8.1%), domestic servant (4.1%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.2% of all McGennises, followed by professional, domestic service and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is McGennis?
McGennises were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98.6% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.4%).
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McGennis statistics (1911)
Number: 74
Rank: 4,607
Average Age: 26
McGennis in the USA (2020)
Number: 0
Rank: 0
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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