Gourley family name history and map
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Gourley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 728 people named Gourley in Ireland; roughly one in every 6,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 376 men and 352 women.
Counties with Gourley in Ireland
Antrim was Gourley country: 35.2% of them (256 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (245), Tyrone (88), Derry (56) and Donegal (45).
Gourley average age in 1911
The average Gourley in 1911 was 27.8 years old, 25.7 for men and 30.0 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.
Gourley literacy in 1911
Of the Gourleys whose literacy was recorded, 79.2% could both read and write, 4.1% could read but not write, and 16.7% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 81.6% reading and writing against 77% 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.
Gourley common first names
The most common male names were James (53), John, Robert, Thomas and William. For women it was Mary (30), followed by Annie, Sarah, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Gourley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gourley's census form was "Scholar"; 20.9% (152) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (8.1%), textile worker (6.6%), general labourer (4.8%) and farm labourer (4.5%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 12.6% of all Gourleys, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and transport.
What religion is Gourley?
Most Gourleys, 63.2%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (20.2%), Roman Catholic (11%), Methodist (3%) and Plymouth Brethren (1.2%).
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Gourley statistics (1911)
Number: 728
Rank: 1,002
Average Age: 28
Gourley in the USA (2020)
Number: 5,662
Rank: 5,872
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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