Wetherall family name history and map
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Wetherall in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 61 people named Wetherall in Ireland; roughly one in every 72,000 people carried the name. There were noticeably more women than men recorded: 34 women to 27 men.
Counties with Wetherall in Ireland
Antrim was Wetherall country: 39.3% of them (24 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Armagh (18), Down (7), Dublin (5) and Monaghan (5).
Wetherall average age in 1911
The average Wetherall in 1911 was 31.3 years old, 29.8 for men and 32.6 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.
Wetherall literacy in 1911
Of the Wetheralls whose literacy was recorded, 83.3% could both read and write, 3.3% could read but not write, and 13.3% could do neither. Women came out slightly ahead, 91.2% reading and writing against 73.1% 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.
Wetherall common first names
The most common male names were Alexander (3), John, Richard, Thomas and William John. For women it was Annie (5), followed by Elizabeth, Margaret, Ann Jane and Annie McNeill.
Wetherall occupations in 1911
The most common occupation among Wetheralls was textile worker, 13.1% of them (8 people). Next came scholar / student (11.5%), clerk / office worker (8.2%), farm labourer (6.6%) and domestic servant (4.9%). Grouped by sector, textiles & clothing accounted for 14.8% of all Wetheralls, followed by agriculture, clerical & administration and domestic service.
What religion is Wetherall?
Wetheralls were predominantly Anglican (85.2%). The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (11.5%), Methodist (1.6%) and Presbyterian (1.6%).
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Wetherall statistics (1911)
Number: 61
Rank: 5,128
Average Age: 31
Wetherall in the USA (2020)
Number: 227
Rank: 87,947
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
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