OLdham family name history and map
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OLdham in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 93 people named OLdham in Ireland; roughly one in every 47,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 55 women to 38 men.
Counties with OLdham in Ireland
Dublin was OLdham country: 44.1% of them (41 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (20), Antrim (9), Cork (6) and Kildare (6).
OLdham average age in 1911
The average OLdham in 1911 was 31.4 years old, 30.9 for men and 31.6 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.
OLdham literacy in 1911
Of the OLdhams whose literacy was recorded, 85.2% could both read and write, 3.4% could read but not write, and 11.4% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 92.2% reading and writing against 75.7% 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.
OLdham common first names
The most common male names were Michael (4), George, Edward, Harold and John. For women it was Mary (6), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Annie and Kate.
OLdham occupations in 1911
The most common entry on an OLdham's census form was "Scholar"; 11.8% (11) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were clerk / office worker (4.3%), general labourer (3.2%), other professional (3.2%) and retired / pensioner (3.2%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 8.6% of all OLdhams, followed by agriculture, clerical & administration and professional.
What religion is OLdham?
Most OLdhams, 51.6%, were Roman Catholic. The remainder were mostly Anglican (32.3%), Methodist (7.5%), Presbyterian (6.5%) and Lutheran (1.1%).
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OLdham statistics (1911)
Number: 93
Rank: 4,045
Average Age: 31
OLdhamin the USA (2020)
Number: 12,394
Rank: 2,826
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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