Roulston family name history and map
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Roulston in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 513 people named Roulston in Ireland; roughly one in every 8,600 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 249 men and 264 women.
Counties with Roulston in Ireland
Donegal was Roulston country: 47.4% of them (243 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Tyrone (168), Derry (44), Antrim (17) and Dublin (11).
Roulston average age in 1911
The average Roulston in 1911 was 30.6 years old, 30.1 for men and 31.2 for women; almost exactly in line with 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.
Roulston literacy in 1911
Of the Roulstons whose literacy was recorded, 78.8% could both read and write, 5.4% could read but not write, and 15.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 80.6% reading and writing against 76.8% 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.
Roulston common first names
The most common male names were James (28), David, John, Robert and William. For women it was Mary (18), followed by Margaret, Rebecca, Jane and Maggie.
Roulston occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Roulstons was farmer, 20.7% of them (106 people). Next came scholar / student (18.9%), seamstress (4.9%), general labourer (4.3%) and farm labourer (3.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 24% of all Roulstons, followed by textiles & clothing, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Roulston?
Most Roulstons, 62.2%, were Presbyterian. The remainder were mostly Anglican (24.8%), Roman Catholic (7%), Methodist (3.9%) and Baptist (2.1%).
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Roulston statistics (1911)
Number: 513
Rank: 1,327
Average Age: 31
Roulstonin the USA (2020)
Number: 524
Rank: 44,220
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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