Goodfellow family name history
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Goodfellow in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 153 people named Goodfellow in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 72 men and 81 women.
Counties with Goodfellow in Ireland
Tyrone was Goodfellow country: 25.5% of them (39 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (36), Down (17), Antrim (16) and Louth (12).
Goodfellow average age in 1911
The average Goodfellow in 1911 was 33.2 years old, 32.1 for men and 34.1 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.
Goodfellow literacy in 1911
Of the Goodfellows whose literacy was recorded, 69.9% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 26% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 71% reading and writing against 68.8% 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.
Goodfellow common first names
The most common male names were James (12), John, George, William and Patrick. For women it was Catherine (6), followed by Mary, Annie, Bridget and Maggie.
Goodfellow occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Goodfellow's census form was "Scholar"; 18.3% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.7%), general labourer (5.9%), textile worker (5.2%) and farm labourer (4.6%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19% of all Goodfellows, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Goodfellow?
Most Goodfellows, 62.1%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (19%) and Presbyterian (18.3%).
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Goodfellow statistics (1911)
Number: 153
Rank: 2,966
Average Age: 33
Goodfellowin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,385
Rank: 12,424
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
