1871 Canada Census

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1871 Census of Canada, Province of QUEBEC, District 93 - West Ottawa, Sub District - Municipality of Templeton, Division 2, page 53, line 6, Wellingford, George, Library and Archives Canada, Image No. 4395459_00133 [1]

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1871 Census of Canada Province of QUEBEC, District 102 - Joliette, Sub District - St. Charles-Borromee, page 13, line 11, VAISSEAU, JOSEPH, Library and Archives Canada, Image No. 4395461_00414 [2]

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Schedule 1 - Nominal Return of the living ^[1]

Column 1. Numbered in the order of visitation: vessels A count of the vessels. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 2. Numbered in the order of visitation: shanties A count of the shanties. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 3. Numbered in the order of visitation: dwelling houses in construction A count of the houses in construction. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 4. Numbered in the order of visitation: dwelling houses uninhabited A count of the houses uninhabited. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 5. Numbered in the order of visitation: dwelling houses inhabited A count of the houses inhabited. Numbered in the order visited by the enumerator.

Column 6. Numbered in the order of visitation: families A count of the family or household. Two or more families that occupied the same house were numbered separately.

Column 7. Names -Entered with the surname (or last name) first.

Column 8. Sex - Denoted by the letter “m” for male and “f” for female.

Column 9. Age - At last birthday. For children under one year of age, fractions were used.

Column 10. Born within last twelve months Month of birth for infants whose names were entered in the 7th column and that were still alive.

Column 11. Country or province of birth. For people born outside of Canada, the name of the country of origin. For people born in Canada, the name of the province.

Column 12. Religion -The religion to which an individual claimed to belong, written in full. Abbreviations were used if the name was too long.

Column 13. Origin - As given by the person questioned.

Column 14. Profession, occupation or trade: The profession, trade, or occupation, entered in full as given. When sons followed the professions or occupations of their fathers, and were associated with them, the same description was inserted. In the case of women, unless they had a definite occupation besides their share in the work of the family or household, the column was filled with the sign (--).

Column 15. Married or widowed Denoted by the letter “m” for married and “w” for widow and the sign (--) for all others, including children.

Column 16. Married within the last twelve months To record marriages that occurred within the last 12 months, the month was inserted under the husband’s name and the sign (“) was used for the wife.

Column 17. Instruction: going to school A "1" indicates that the individual was attending school.

Column 18. Instruction: over 20 years unable to read A "1" indicates that the individual was unable to read.

Column 19. Instruction: over 20 years unable to write A "1" indicates that the individual was unable to write.

Column 20. Infirmities: deaf and dumb

Column 21. Infirmities: blind

Column 22. Infirmities: unsound mind The degree of the infirmity needed to have reached the stage of incapacity to be noted. A "1" indicates the relevant infirmity.

Column 23. Dates of operations and remarks Comments were to be made only in very special cases. This is where the enumerator entered the day's date.