Fairbrother family name history and map
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Fairbrother in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 78 people named Fairbrother in Ireland; roughly one in every 56,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 39 men and 38 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Fairbrother in Ireland
Dublin was Fairbrother country: 37.2% of them (29 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Laois (26), Offaly (14), Cork (6) and Down (2).
Fairbrother average age in 1911
The average Fairbrother in 1911 was 28.2 years old, 26.6 for men and 29.9 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.
Fairbrother literacy in 1911
Of the Fairbrothers whose literacy was recorded, 83.8% could both read and write, 0% could read but not write, and 16.2% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.5% reading and writing against 80.6% 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.
Fairbrother common first names
The most common male names were James (5), John, Thomas, William and George Berford. For women it was Anne (2), followed by Catherine, Elizabeth, Jane and Mary.
Fairbrother occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Fairbrother's census form was "Scholar"; 23.1% (18) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (15.4%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (5.1%), maid (2.6%) and clergy / religious (1.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.7% of all Fairbrothers, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and public service & defence.
What religion is Fairbrother?
Fairbrothers were predominantly Anglican (74.4%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (24.4%) and Quaker (1.3%).
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Fairbrother statistics (1911)
Number: 78
Rank: 4,470
Average Age: 28
Fairbrother in the USA (2020)
Number: 1,143
Rank: 23,003
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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