Dockery family name history and map
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Dockery in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 258 people named Dockery in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 117 men and 140 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Dockery in Ireland
The Dockerys were heavily concentrated in Roscommon, home to 81.8% of them (211 people). Next came Leitrim (10), Dublin (9), Kilkenny (9) and Cork (5).
Dockery average age in 1911
The average Dockery in 1911 was 30.6 years old, 30.8 for men and 30.4 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.
Dockery literacy in 1911
Of the Dockerys whose literacy was recorded, 80.4% could both read and write, 6.7% could read but not write, and 12.9% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 82.8% reading and writing against 78.3% 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.
Dockery common first names
The most common male names were Patrick (20), James, John, Michael and Thomas; the same five names that topped the list nationally. For women it was Mary (20), followed by Bridget, Margaret, Catherine and Kate.
Dockery occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Dockery's census form was "Scholar"; 26% (67) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (17.8%), herd / dairy worker (4.7%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.7%) and general labourer (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24% of all Dockerys, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and professional.
What religion is Dockery?
Dockerys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 100% of them.
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Dockery statistics (1911)
Number: 258
Rank: 2,123
Average Age: 31
Dockeryin the USA (2020)
Number: 11,270
Rank: 3,117
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
