Hedley family name history and map
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Hedley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 95 people named Hedley in Ireland; roughly one in every 46,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 46 men and 49 women.
Counties with Hedley in Ireland
The Hedleys were heavily concentrated in Down, home to 73.7% of them (70 people). Next came Antrim (16), Dublin (7), Cork (1) and Tyrone (1).
Hedley average age in 1911
The average Hedley in 1911 was 27.6 years old, 27.4 for men and 27.8 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.
Hedley literacy in 1911
Of the Hedleys whose literacy was recorded, 84.8% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 9.8% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and 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.
Hedley common first names
The most common male names were David (8), Robert, John, William and Joseph. For women it was Jane (6), followed by Annie, Agnes, Lizzie and Maggie.
Hedley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Hedley's census form was "Scholar"; 26.3% (25) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were metal worker / engineer (5.3%), seamstress (5.3%), textile worker (5.3%) and domestic servant (4.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 10.5% of all Hedleys, followed by metal & engineering, domestic service and retail & commerce.
What religion is Hedley?
Most Hedleys, 66.3%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (27.4%), Roman Catholic (2.1%), Unitarian (2.1%) and Methodist (1.1%).
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Hedley statistics (1911)
Number: 95
Rank: 3,992
Average Age: 28
Hedley in the USA (2020)
Number: 754
Rank: 32,654
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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