Chester family name history and map
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Chester in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 92 people named Chester in Ireland; roughly one in every 48,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 47 men and 44 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Chester in Ireland
Dublin was Chester country: 29.3% of them (27 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Laois (14), Waterford (13), Meath (10) and Westmeath (6).
Chester average age in 1911
The average Chester in 1911 was 25.7 years old, 26.8 for men and 24.5 for women; noticeably 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.
Chester literacy in 1911
Of the Chesters whose literacy was recorded, 74.7% could both read and write, 5.5% could read but not write, and 19.8% 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.
Chester common first names
The most common male names were John (7), William, Joseph, James and Michael. For women it was Mary (5), followed by Bridget, Ellen, Kate and Ann.
Chester occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Chester's census form was "Scholar"; 26.1% (24) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farm labourer (6.5%), baker / confectioner (4.3%), general labourer (4.3%) and domestic servant (3.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.6% of all Chesters, followed by food & drink, building & construction and general labourers.
What religion is Chester?
Chesters were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 90.2% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (9.8%).
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Chester statistics (1911)
Number: 92
Rank: 4,068
Average Age: 26
Chester in the USA (2020)
Number: 13,798
Rank: 2,555
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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