Bloomer family name history and map
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Bloomer in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 357 people named Bloomer in Ireland; roughly one in every 12,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 178 men and 179 women.
Counties with Bloomer in Ireland
Tyrone was Bloomer country: 28.9% of them (103 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (91), Down (39), Armagh (29) and Laois (22).
Bloomer average age in 1911
The average Bloomer in 1911 was 28.8 years old, 27.8 for men and 29.8 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.
Bloomer literacy in 1911
Of the Bloomers whose literacy was recorded, 77.7% could both read and write, 1.7% could read but not write, and 20.6% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 79.8% reading and writing against 75.7% 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.
Bloomer common first names
The most common male names were John (26), James, William, Robert and Thomas. For women it was Mary (15), followed by Annie, Elizabeth, Margaret and Sarah.
Bloomer occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bloomer's census form was "Scholar"; 18.5% (66) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.6%), textile worker (6.4%), general labourer (5%) and farm labourer (3.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 18.2% of all Bloomers, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Bloomer?
Most Bloomers, 51%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (33.3%), Presbyterian (7.6%), Baptist (2.8%) and Plymouth Brethren (2.2%).
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Bloomer statistics (1911)
Number: 357
Rank: 1,710
Average Age: 29
Bloomer in the USA (2020)
Number: 3,880
Rank: 8,173
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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