Biggerstaff family name history and map
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Biggerstaff in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 59 people named Biggerstaff in Ireland; roughly one in every 74,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 31 men and 28 women.
Counties with Biggerstaff in Ireland
The Biggerstaffs were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 72.9% of them (43 people). Next came Antrim (16).
Biggerstaff average age in 1911
The average Biggerstaff in 1911 was 23.4 years old, 21.0 for men and 26.1 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.
Biggerstaff literacy in 1911
Of the Biggerstaffs whose literacy was recorded, 70.7% could both read and write, 8.6% could read but not write, and 20.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 73.3% reading and writing against 67.9% of 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.
Biggerstaff common first names
The most common male names were Samuel (5), James, Thomas, William and John. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Jane, Sarah, Ellen and Mary Jane.
Biggerstaff occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Biggerstaff's census form was "Scholar"; 20.3% (12) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (11.9%), domestic servant (6.8%), seamstress (6.8%) and textile worker (5.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.3% of all Biggerstaffs, followed by textiles & clothing, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Biggerstaff?
Biggerstaffs were predominantly Presbyterian (83.1%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (11.9%) and Roman Catholic (5.1%).
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Biggerstaff statistics (1911)
Number: 59
Rank: 5,237
Average Age: 23
Biggerstaff in the USA (2020)
Number: 2,897
Rank: 10,566
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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