Brownlees family name history and map
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Brownlees in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 70 people named Brownlees in Ireland; roughly one in every 63,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 39 women to 31 men.
Counties with Brownlees in Ireland
The Brownleeses were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 98.6% of them (69 people). Next came Down (1).
Brownlees average age in 1911
The average Brownlees in 1911 was 28.0 years old, 26.3 for men and 29.4 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.
Brownlees literacy in 1911
Of the Brownleeses whose literacy was recorded, 85.3% could both read and write, 2.9% could read but not write, and 11.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 86.5% reading and writing against 83.9% 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.
Brownlees common first names
The most common male names were John (8), James, William, Francis and Joseph. For women it was Agnes (4), followed by Mary, Rachel, Jane and Hannah.
Brownlees occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Brownlees's census form was "Scholar"; 28.6% (20) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17.1%), textile worker (8.6%), farm labourer (2.9%) and other maker / factory worker (2.9%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 20% of all Brownleeses, followed by textiles & clothing, manufacturing & trades and retired & pensioners.
What religion is Brownlees?
Brownleeses were predominantly Presbyterian (80%). The remainder were mostly Anglican (15.7%) and Methodist (4.3%).
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Brownlees statistics (1911)
Number: 70
Rank: 4,760
Average Age: 28
Brownlees 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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