Gregson family name history and map
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Gregson in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 81 people named Gregson in Ireland; roughly one in every 54,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 39 men and 42 women.
Counties with Gregson in Ireland
Armagh was Gregson country: 45.7% of them (37 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (22), Antrim (15), Cork (5) and Mayo (1).
Gregson average age in 1911
The average Gregson in 1911 was 27.9 years old, 27.3 for men and 28.5 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.
Gregson literacy in 1911
Of the Gregsons whose literacy was recorded, 71.8% could both read and write, 3.8% could read but not write, and 24.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 77.8% reading and writing against 66.7% 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.
Gregson common first names
The most common male names were Thomas (8), Edward, William, James and Samuel. For women it was Margaret (4), followed by Elizabeth, Emma, Kathleen and Maggie.
Gregson occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Gregson's census form was "Scholar"; 23.5% (19) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (12.3%), seamstress (6.2%), farmer (4.9%) and agent / manager (2.5%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 19.8% of all Gregsons, followed by agriculture, building & construction and manufacturing & trades.
What religion is Gregson?
Gregsons were predominantly Anglican (81.5%). The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (12.3%), Roman Catholic (3.7%) and Methodist (1.2%).
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Gregson statistics (1911)
Number: 81
Rank: 4,376
Average Age: 28
Gregsonin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,007
Rank: 14,339
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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