Tonry family name history and map
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Tonry in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 73 people named Tonry in Ireland; roughly one in every 60,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 40 men and 33 women.
Counties with Tonry in Ireland
Galway was Tonry country: 49.3% of them (36 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Sligo (22), Roscommon (13) and Antrim (2).
Tonry average age in 1911
The average Tonry in 1911 was 26.7 years old, 25.4 for men and 28.3 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.
Tonry literacy in 1911
Of the Tonrys whose literacy was recorded, 75.4% could both read and write, 5.8% could read but not write, and 18.8% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 77.4% reading and writing against 73.7% 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.
Tonry common first names
The most common male names were James (5), John, Michael, Thomas and Bernard Leo. For women it was Bridget (3), followed by Margaret, Mary, Mary Anne and Mary Ellen.
Tonry occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Tonry's census form was "Scholar"; 32.9% (24) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (19.2%), dressmaker / milliner (5.5%), carpenter / joiner (4.1%) and clerk / office worker (4.1%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 19.2% of all Tonrys, followed by textiles & clothing, building & construction and clerical & administration.
What religion is Tonry?
Tonrys were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 94.5% of them.
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Tonry statistics (1911)
Number: 73
Rank: 4,636
Average Age: 27
Tonry in the USA (2020)
Number: 171
Rank: 109,993
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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