Bowers family name history and map
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Bowers in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 221 people named Bowers in Ireland; roughly one in every 20,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 112 men and 109 women.
Counties with Bowers in Ireland
Down had the largest share of Bowerses, 24% (53 people). Next came Antrim (46), Dublin (36), Kilkenny (26) and Waterford (17).
Bowers average age in 1911
The average Bowers in 1911 was 28.7 years old, 26.7 for men and 30.8 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.
Bowers literacy in 1911
Of the Bowerses whose literacy was recorded, 85.6% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 8.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 88% reading and writing against 83.2% 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.
Bowers common first names
The most common male names were Robert (10), William, James, John and Samuel. For women it was Elizabeth (9), followed by Mary, Annie, Agnes and Isabella.
Bowers occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bowers's census form was "Scholar"; 24.9% (55) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (7.2%), farmer (4.5%), general labourer (4.5%) and other maker / factory worker (4.1%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 9% of all Bowerses, followed by agriculture, domestic service and general labourers.
What religion is Bowers?
The largest religious group among Bowerses was Anglican, at 43.9%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (31.7%), Presbyterian (20.8%), Methodist (3.2%) and Plymouth Brethren (0.5%).
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Bowers statistics (1911)
Number: 221
Rank: 2,354
Average Age: 29
Bowers in the USA (2020)
Number: 62,913
Rank: 525
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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