Townsley family name history
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Townsley in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 152 people named Townsley in Ireland; roughly one in every 29,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 84 women to 67 men. (A small number, 1, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Townsley in Ireland
The Townsleys were heavily concentrated in Antrim, home to 74.3% of them (113 people). Next came Down (24), Tyrone (11) and Dublin (4).
Townsley average age in 1911
The average Townsley in 1911 was 26.9 years old, 28.3 for men and 25.8 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.
Townsley literacy in 1911
Of the Townsleys whose literacy was recorded, 71.6% could both read and write, 6.1% could read but not write, and 22.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 73.2% reading and writing against 69.2% 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.
Townsley common first names
The most common male names were William (11), Robert, James, John and Samuel. For women it was Mary (9), followed by Sarah, Elizabeth, Agnes and Ellen.
Townsley occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Townsley's census form was "Scholar"; 23% (35) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were textile worker (9.2%), general labourer (5.9%), farm labourer (5.3%) and other maker / factory worker (2.6%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 13.8% of all Townsleys, followed by agriculture, general labourers and domestic service.
What religion is Townsley?
Most Townsleys, 52.6%, were Anglican. The remainder were mostly Presbyterian (35.5%), Unitarian (4.6%), Roman Catholic (3.9%) and Congregationalist (1.3%).
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Townsley statistics (1911)
Number: 152
Rank: 2,978
Average Age: 27
Townsleyin the USA (2020)
Number: 2,639
Rank: 11,418
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
