Thornberry family name history and map
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Thornberry in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 160 people named Thornberry in Ireland; roughly one in every 27,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 89 women to 70 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Thornberry in Ireland
Tyrone was Thornberry country: 29.4% of them (47 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Dublin (42), Waterford (22), Armagh (19) and Antrim (18).
Thornberry average age in 1911
The average Thornberry in 1911 was 24.7 years old, 25.8 for men and 24.0 for women; noticeably 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.
Thornberry literacy in 1911
Of the Thornberrys whose literacy was recorded, 76% could both read and write, 6% could read but not write, and 18% 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.
Thornberry common first names
The most common male names were Henry (6), George, James, John and William. For women it was Mary (8), followed by Annie, Ellen, Bridget and Margaret; matching the national top five exactly.
Thornberry occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Thornberry's census form was "Scholar"; 20% (32) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (9.4%), farmer (4.4%), metal worker / engineer (3.8%) and dressmaker / milliner (2.5%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 12.5% of all Thornberrys, followed by agriculture, metal & engineering and domestic service.
What religion is Thornberry?
The largest religious group among Thornberrys was Roman Catholic, at 46.9%. The remainder were mostly Anglican (43.8%), Presbyterian (4.4%), Methodist (3.8%) and Plymouth Brethren (0.6%).
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Thornberry statistics (1911)
Number: 160
Rank: 2,883
Average Age: 25
Thornberryin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,118
Rank: 13,700
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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