Forster family name history and map
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Forster in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 265 people named Forster in Ireland; roughly one in every 17,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 127 men and 137 women. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Forster in Ireland
Fermanagh was Forster country: 27.9% of them (74 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Cavan (37), Antrim (28), Monaghan (28) and Dublin (27).
Forster average age in 1911
The average Forster in 1911 was 33.5 years old, 33.0 for men and 34.0 for women; noticeably older 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.
Forster literacy in 1911
Of the Forsters whose literacy was recorded, 88.1% could both read and write, 1.2% could read but not write, and 10.7% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 90.4% reading and writing against 85.9% 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.
Forster common first names
The most common male names were John (13), Thomas, William, Robert and George. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Sarah, Annie, Anne and Ellen.
Forster occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Forster's census form was "Scholar"; 20.8% (55) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (18.1%), general labourer (3.8%), retired / pensioner (2.3%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (2.3%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.6% of all Forsters, followed by retail & commerce, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Forster?
Most Forsters, 62.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (18.1%), Presbyterian (12.1%), Methodist (6.4%) and Lutheran (0.4%).
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Forster statistics (1911)
Number: 265
Rank: 2,087
Average Age: 34
Forster in the USA (2020)
Number: 8,627
Rank: 3,993
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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