Goodbody family name history and map
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Goodbody in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 103 people named Goodbody in Ireland; roughly one in every 43,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 50 men and 53 women.
Counties with Goodbody in Ireland
Dublin was Goodbody country: 35% of them (36 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Offaly (29), Limerick (25), Kildare (3) and Wicklow (3).
Goodbody average age in 1911
The average Goodbody in 1911 was 33.0 years old, 31.8 for men and 34.1 for women; slightly 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.
Goodbody literacy in 1911
Of the Goodbodys whose literacy was recorded, 91.7% could both read and write, 1% could read but not write, and 7.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 94% reading and writing against 89.1% of men. 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.
Goodbody common first names
The most common male names were Richard (3), James Perry, Norman, Robert and Albert. For women it was A Phyllis (1), followed by Alice Marion, Amelia, Catherine Ellis and Catherline Audrey.
Goodbody occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Goodbody's census form was "Scholar"; 22.3% (23) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were other maker / factory worker (5.8%), miller / brewer / creamery (4.9%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (4.9%) and clerk / office worker (1.9%). Grouped by sector, manufacturing & trades accounted for 5.8% of all Goodbodys, followed by food & drink, retail & commerce and professional.
What religion is Goodbody?
Most Goodbodys, 53.4%, were Quaker. The remainder were mostly Anglican (31.1%), Roman Catholic (5.8%), Presbyterian (3.9%) and Protestant (1.9%).
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Goodbody statistics (1911)
Number: 103
Rank: 3,783
Average Age: 33
Goodbody in the USA (2020)
Number: 237
Rank: 85,054
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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