Bowes family name history and map
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Bowes in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 401 people named Bowes in Ireland; roughly one in every 11,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 189 men and 211 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Bowes in Ireland
Dublin was Bowes country: 30.4% of them (122 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Galway (46), Fermanagh (36), Down (32) and Tipperary (32).
Bowes average age in 1911
The average Bowes in 1911 was 30.6 years old, 31.5 for men and 29.8 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Bowes literacy in 1911
Of the Boweses whose literacy was recorded, 80.1% could both read and write, 5.8% could read but not write, and 14.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.9% reading and writing against 76.7% 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.
Bowes common first names
The most common male names were John (28), James, Patrick, William and Joseph. For women it was Mary (34), followed by Ellen, Margaret, Annie and Catherine.
Bowes occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Bowes's census form was "Scholar"; 19.2% (77) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (12.7%), general labourer (5.7%), domestic servant (3.2%) and painter / decorator (3.2%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 15.7% of all Boweses, followed by general labourers, domestic service and building & construction.
What religion is Bowes?
Most Boweses, 65.8%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (22.2%), Presbyterian (7.7%), Methodist (3.5%) and Quaker (0.5%).
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Bowes statistics (1911)
Number: 401
Rank: 1,576
Average Age: 31
Bowesin the USA (2020)
Number: 4,934
Rank: 6,591
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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