Eagleson family name history
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Eagleson in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 140 people named Eagleson in Ireland; roughly one in every 31,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 83 women to 57 men.
Counties with Eagleson in Ireland
Antrim was Eagleson country: 36.4% of them (51 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (32), Tyrone (27), Derry (14) and Monaghan (6).
Eagleson average age in 1911
The average Eagleson in 1911 was 24.4 years old, 22.3 for men and 25.9 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.
Eagleson literacy in 1911
Of the Eaglesons whose literacy was recorded, 81.8% could both read and write, 5.1% could read but not write, and 13.1% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 83.6% reading and writing against 80.5% 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.
Eagleson common first names
The most common male names were Robert (5), Thomas, James, William and David. For women it was Maggie (7), followed by Jane, Lizzie, Margaret and Mary Jane.
Eagleson occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an Eagleson's census form was "Scholar"; 29.3% (41) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (6.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (6.4%), textile worker (6.4%) and clerk / office worker (1.4%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7.9% of all Eaglesons, followed by retail & commerce, textiles & clothing and domestic service.
What religion is Eagleson?
Most Eaglesons, 55.7%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (37.9%), Congregationalist (5.7%) and Roman Catholic (0.7%).
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Eagleson statistics (1911)
Number: 140
Rank: 3,125
Average Age: 24
Eaglesonin the USA (2020)
Number: 1,155
Rank: 22,776
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
