Census Excerpt

Census Excerpt

CENSUS OF CANADA 1842

RETURN of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the township of Hamilton with the other statistical information to be obtained in such Township by an Act intituled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned, and to provide for taking a Periodical Census of the Inhabitants of this Province, and for obtaining other statistical information therein mentioned."

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Lot
Concession
Houses with their local situations in any Range, Concession, Street, &c.
Houses Builiding.
NAME
OF THE
HEAD OF EACH FAMILY.
PROPRIETOR
OF
REAL PROPERTY.
NON PROPRIETOR
OF
REAL PROPERTY.
TENANT
ENTITLED TO VOTE
AT ANY ELECTION IN
CITY, TOWN, &c.
TRADE OR PROFESSION.
Total number of inmates in each family, Male and Female, not resident.
Number of persons belonging to the family, Male or Female, now temporarily absent.
Number of natives of England belonging to each family.
do. of Ireland do. do.
do. of Scotland do. do.
do. of Canada do. do. of French origin.
do. of Canada do. do. of British origin.
do. of the Continent of Europe, or otherwise, specifying the same separately.
do. of the United States of America.
Number of years each person has been in the Province when not natives thereof.
Number of Aliens not naturalized.
Number of persons in the family five years of age and under.
Number of persons in the family above five and under fourteen years of age.
MALE.
FEMALE.
Number of Deaf and Dumb persons in each family, and the occupation for which they shew the greatest aptitude.
Number of Blind persons in each family.
Number of Idiots in each family.
Number of Lunatic persons in each family.
14 and under 18.
18 and not 21.
21 and not 30.
30 and not 60.
60 and upwards.
14 and not 45.
45 and upwards.
Houses Inhabited
Houses Vacant
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Married.
Single.
Married.
Single.
Married.
Single.
Married.
Single.
Married.
Single.
Married.
Single.
Married.
Single.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
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5
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Thompson Robt.
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Farmer
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2
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Number of persons in each family belonging to the Church of England.
Number of persons in each family belonging to the Church of Scotland.
Number of persons in each family belonging to the Church of Rome.
Number of British Wesleyan Methodists in each family.
Number of Canadian Wesleyan Methodists in each family.
Number of Episcopal Methodists in each family.
Number of other Methodists in each family.
Number of Presbyterians not in connexion with the Church of Scotland in each family.
Number of Congregationalists or Independents in each family.
Number of Baptists and Anabaptists in each family.
Number of Lutherans in each family.
Number of Quakers in each family.
Number of Moravians and Tankers in each family.
Number of Dutch Reformed Church in each family.
Number of Jews in each family.
Number of persons of all other Religious Denominations not herein enumerated in each family.
Number of Male Coloured persons in each family.
Number of Female Coloured persons in each family.
Number of Male Farm Servants employed in each family.
Number of other Male Servants in private families.
Number of other Female Servants in private families.
Number of persons engaged in Trade or Commerce.
Number of persons in each family subsisting on alms or paupers.
Number of acres or arpents of land occupied by each family.
Number of acres or arpents of improved land occupied by each family.
Produce raised by each family during the last year, and estimated in Winchester Bushels.
Number of Hives of Bees kept by each family last season.
Number of pounds of Maple Sugar made by each family last season.
Live Stock owned by each family.
Wheat.
Barley.
Rye.
Oats.
Pease.
Indian Corn.
Buck Wheat.
Potatoes.
Neat Cattle.
Horses.
Sheep.
Hogs.
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25
50
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5
70
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15
200
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50
11
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5

Number of yards of Fulled Cloth manufactured in the domestic way in the same family.
Number of yards of Linen, Cotton, or other thin Cloth manufactured in the domestic way in the same family.
Number of yards of Flannel or other Woolen Cloth, not Fulled, manufactured in the domestic way in the same family.
Number of pounds of Wool procured during the last year in each family.
Under what tenure such land is held by each family.
Rate of Seignorial Rent paid for land held a titre de cens.
Average money rent of farm, farmed by each family.
Proportion of produce allowed to the Proprietor for land held on lease or cultivated on shares by each family.
Number of Colleges, Academies, and Convents, in each Parish, Township, extra-parochial place, Ward or Division of Town, &c.
Number of Elementary Schools in every such place.
Number of Scholars at each such College, Academy, Convent or Elementary School.
Number of Taverns or Houses of Public Entertainment in every such place.
Number of Stores where Spiritous Liquors are sold in every such place.
Number of Grist Mills in every such place.
Number of pairs of Mill Stones used in each Mill.
Number of Oatmeal Mills in every such place.
Number of Barley Mills in every such place.
Number of Saw Mills in every such place.
Number of Oil Mills in every such place.
Number of Fulling Mills in every such place.
Number of Carding Mills in every such place.
Number of Thrashing Mills in every such place.
Number of Paper Mills in every such place.
Number of Iron Works in every such place.
Number of Trip Hammers in every such place.
Number of Nail Factories in every such place.
The weight of Nails so manufactured in such place.
Number of Distilleries in every such place.
Number of Breweries in every such place.
Number of Tanneries in every such place.
Number of Pot and Pearl Ash Manufactories in each such place.
Number of Manufactories of any other sort in every such place, containing and Machinery moved by Wind, Water, Steam or Animal power, specifying the purposes to which such Machinery is applied, and by what power it is moved.
Average price of Wheat in every such place since last harvest.
Average price of Agricultural Labour per day throughout the year.
ADDITIONAL INQUIRY, with reference to the distribution of School Money.-Number of Children between five and sixteen years of age in each family.
Male.
Female.
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