Chalmers family name history and map
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Chalmers in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 82 people named Chalmers in Ireland; roughly one in every 54,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 39 men and 43 women.
Counties and map with Chalmers in Ireland
Down was Chalmers country: 34.1% of them (28 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Antrim (25), Dublin (11), Derry (8) and Waterford (6).
Chalmers average age in 1911
The average Chalmers in 1911 was 27.0 years old, 25.6 for men and 28.3 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.
Chalmers literacy in 1911
Of the Chalmerses whose literacy was recorded, 81.2% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 15% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Chalmers common first names
The most common male names were John (6), William, Robert, Thomas and David. For women it was Annie (6), followed by Mary, Helen, Margaret and Agnes.
Chalmers occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Chalmers's census form was "Scholar"; 28% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were metal worker / engineer (7.3%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.9%), domestic servant (2.4%) and other maker / factory worker (2.4%). Grouped by sector, metal & engineering accounted for 7.3% of all Chalmerses, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Chalmers?
Most Chalmerses, 65.9%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (26.8%), Congregationalist (2.4%), Plymouth Brethren (2.4%) and Roman Catholic (2.4%).
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Chalmers statistics (1911)
Number: 82
Rank: 4,352
Average Age: 27
Chalmers in the USA (2020)
Number: 6,009
Rank: 5,585
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it may show as zero.
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