1881 Canada Census: Cowichan and Salt Spring Island
Date:
1881
[unknown]
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Location: British Columbia, Canada
This page has been accessed 199 times.
Introduction
This page contains links to the Wikitree profiles of individuals enumerated in the 1881 Canada census, within the Cowichan and Salt Spring Island sub-district, then part of the Vancouver district of British Columbia. This section of the census, enumerated by Henry Fry, consists of 34 pages and 219 families.
This is not a transcription of the census. It is intended to be a supplement to the census record, not a replacement for it.
Link to census on FamilySearch (images 414-431)
Progress
This project was started at the beginning of 2021. This page is currently under construction, with tables being added for each census page. Pre-existing profiles and heads of households will be added first.
Omissions
Initially, some individuals will be omitted from this list, although that may eventually change. Omissions include, but are not limited to, entries with limited genealogical value, or that are exceedingly difficult to research, or where the author does not feel qualified to present the information adequately and/or accurately:
- Most single-person households
- The orphanage
- Boarders, lodgers and employees
- Individuals of full First Nations heritage
- Catholic clergy
Census by Page Number
Heads of household are bold. Use your browser's search function if you are seeking a specific name.
Page 1
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 1 | Kingston, William | |
| 1 | Kingston, Norah | née Keller |
| 1 | Kingston, William | |
| 1 | Kingston, Lucy | |
| 1 | Kingston, Charles | |
| 1 | Kingston, Frances | |
| 2 | Alexander, David | |
| 2 | Alexander, Margaret | née Bryce |
| 2 | Alexander, James | |
| 2 | Alexander, Elizabeth | later Williams, Edgecombe |
| 3 | Alexander, David | Son of David and Margaret, family #2 |
| 3 | Alexander, Edith | Daughter of Henry Fry, enumerator, family #207 |
| 4 | Lyle, William | |
| 5 | Jaynes, William | |
| 5 | Jaynes, Clara | née Rhead |
| 5 | Jaynes, Florence | later Whittome |
| 5 | Jaynes, Ada | later Price |
| 5 | Jaynes, Alberta | later Hicks-Beach |
| 6 | Shaw, Thomas | |
| 6 | Shaw, Annie | |
| 6 | Shaw, Caroline | |
| 6 | Shaw, Kate | later Mearns |
| 6 | Shaw, Clara | later Mearns, Crawford |
| 7 | Humphreys, John | |
| 7 | Humphreys, John | family cont'd on next page... |
Page 2
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 7 | Humphreys, Thomas | |
| 7 | Humphreys, Esther | |
| 8 | Evans, David | |
| 8 | Evans, Margaret | née McLay |
| 8 | Evans, Harry | married Lydia Gibson |
| 8 | Evans, Elizabeth | later Castley |
| 9 | Holmes, David | |
| 9 | Holmes, Susan | née Nagle |
| 9 | Holmes, David | |
| 9 | Holmes, Frederick | married Isabella Duncan |
| 9 | Holmes, Beatrice | later Vaughan |
| 9 | Holmes, Isabel | later Roberts |
| 10 | omitted | orphanage staff |
| 11 | omitted | orphanage, cont'd on pages 3 & 4... |
Page 5
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 11 | omitted | |
| 12 | Sutton, Alfred | |
| 12 | Sutton, Margaret | née Alexander, daughter of David and Margaret, family #2 |
| 13 | Sutton, William | first cousin of Alfred Sutton, family #12 |
| 14 | Miller, James | |
| 15 | Smith, Michael | |
| 16 | Beaumont, William | |
| 16 | Beaumont, Adele | née Briers, formerly Jackson |
| 16 | Beaumont, Joseph Charles | |
| 16 | Beaumont, Frederick | |
| 16 | Beaumont, George Cecil | |
| 16 | Beaumont, Victoria Eugenie | later Porter |
| 16 | Beaumont, Edward Adams | |
| 16 | Beaumont, Albert | |
| 17 | Drummond, Hugh | brother of Susan Menzies, family #34 |
| 18 | Cregan, Francis | |
| 19 | Dods, Archibald | |
| 19 | Dods, Mary | née Williams |
| 19 | Dods, Eva | |
| 19 | Dods, Henry | |
| 19 | Dods, Alfred | |
| 19 | Dods, Walter | |
| 19 | Dods, Robert | |
| 20 | Edgson, Milton | |
| 20 | Edgson, Keturah | née Hutchins |
Page 6
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 20 | Edgson, John | |
| 20 | Edgson, Mary | |
| 20 | Edgson, Milton | |
| 20 | Edgson, Caroline | |
| 20 | Edgson, Fanny | later Blythe |
| 20 | Edgson, Eleanor | married Henry Fry |
| 21 | Flett, John | |
| 21 | Flett, Janet | née Flett |
| 21 | Flett, John | married Mary Elizabeth Evans |
| 21 | Flett, James | married Henrietta Findlay |
| 21 | Flett, Peter | married Fanny Watson |
| 22 | Lomas, William | |
| 22 | Lomas, Jane | née Alexander, daughter of David and Margaret, family #2 |
| 22 | Lomas, William | |
| 22 | Lomas, Mary | later Dwyer |
| 22 | Lomas, Edward | married Dora Alexander |
| 22 | Lomas, Alfred | married Hilda Prevost |
| 23 | Duncan, William | |
| 23 | Duncan, Sarah | née Ingram |
| 23 | Duncan, Isabella | married Frederick Holmes, family #9 |
| 23 | Duncan, William | |
| 23 | Duncan, Charles | |
| 23 | Duncan, Kenneth | married Agnes Paterson |
| 24 | Evans, James | |
| 24 | Evans, Margaret |
Page 7
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 25 | Skinner, Mary | née Glyde, widow of Ambrose Skinner |
| 25 | Skinner, Mary | |
| 25 | Tait, Martha | née Glyde, widow of Valentine Tait |
| 26 | Smithe, William | |
| 26 | Smithe, Martha | née Kier, daughter of Archibald and Mary, family #28 |
| 26 | Smithe, Eleanor | later MacDonald |
| 26 | Smithe, William | |
| 26 | Weddle, William | |
| 27 | Drinkwater, Joseph | brother of William Drinkwater, family #31 |
| 27 | Evans, Henry | |
| 27 | Lusty, Francis | |
| 28 | Kier, Archibald | |
| 28 | Kier, Mary Jane | née Towers |
| 28 | Kier, Joseph | |
| 28 | Kier, George | married Florence Monk |
| 28 | Kier, William | |
| 29 | Kier, James | son of Archibald and Mary, family #28 |
| 29 | Kier, Elizabeth | née Hall, daughter of Elizabeth, family #57 |
| 29 | Kier, Olive | |
| 30 | Davie, Samuel Horace | |
| 30 | Blackmore, Elizabeth | |
| 31 | Drinkwater, William | |
| 31 | Drinkwater, Frances K. | née Douglas |
| 32 | Davie, William | |
| 33 | King, Charles |
Page 8
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 34 | Menzies, John | |
| 34 | Menzies, Susan | née Drummond, sister of Hugh, family #17 |
| 34 | Menzies, Maggie | later Sharp |
| 34 | Menzies, Elizabeth | married Charles Jordan |
| 34 | Menzies, John | married Mary Bett |
| 34 | Menzies, James | |
| 34 | Menzies, Susan | |
| 35 | Currie, Daniel | |
| 36 | McKinnon, William | |
| 36 | Rivers, Henry | |
| 37 | Gravelle, Frank | possibly Francis X. Gravel |
| 37 | ||
| 37 | ||
| 37 | ||
| 38 | Allard, Edward | |
| 38 | ||
| 38 | Allard, Joseph | |
| 38 | Allard, Peter | |
| 38 | Allard, Ellen | |
| 38 | Allard, Harriet | |
| 39 | Lewis, Lewis | |
| 40 | Jordan, Charles | |
| 41 | Voutrait, Francis | surname uncertain |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | Voutrait, Baptiste | surname uncertain |
Page 9
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | Burnham, Eugene | |
| 43 | Rivers, William | |
| 44 | Dougan, Joseph | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | Dobson, Benjamin | |
| 46 | Copley, William Francis | |
| 46 | Copley, Maria | nee Judson |
| 46 | Copley, Clara | later Swallow |
| 46 | Copley, William Joseph | married Sarah Graham |
| 46 | Copley, Franklin | |
| 46 | Copley, Henry | |
| 46 | Copley, Frederick | |
| 46 | Copley, George | |
| 47 | Blyth, Andrew | |
| 48 | Grant, Robert | |
| 48 | Bent, Gardiner | |
| 48 | Lohn, Gus | |
| 49 | White, Robert | |
| 49 | ||
| 49 | ||
| 50 | Marriner, Edward | |
| 50 | Marriner, Augusta | née Elliman |
| 50 | Marriner, Mary | |
| 50 | Marriner, Gertrude |
Page 10
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 50 | Marriner, Henrietta | |
| 50 | Marriner, Henry | brother of Edward |
| 51 | Ordano, Giovanni Baptiste | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | Morley, John | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | ||
| 53 | ||
| 53 | ||
| 54 | Askew, Isabel | née Curtis |
| 54 | Askew, Charles | |
| 54 | Askew, Julia | married Joseph Arnould |
| 54 | Askew, George | married Mary Agnes Martin |
| 54 | Askew, Edith | |
| 54 | Askew, Olive | married Charles William West |
| 54 | Askew, Alice | married Henry Hulbert |
| 54 | Askew, Walter | |
| 54 | Askew, Ada | later Walker |
| 54 | omitted |
Page 11
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 54 | omitted | |
| 55 | Conway, Thomas | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | Fuller, Henry | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | Hall, Elizabeth | née Beardmore |
| 57 | ||
| 57 | Hall, Herbert | |
| 57 | Hall, Lucy | |
| 57 | Hall, George | married Christina Pool, Charlotte Annable |
| 58 | ||
| 58 | ||
| 59 | ||
| 60 | ||
| 61 | ||
| 61 | ||
| 62 | ||
| 62 | ||
| 63 | ||
| 63 |
Page 12
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 64 | Windsor, Thomas | |
| 64 | ||
| 64 | ||
| 64 | ||
| 64 | ||
| 65 | Lilly, George | |
| 65 | ||
| 65 | ||
| 65 | ||
| 65 | ||
| 66 | ||
| 67 | ||
| 68 | Nelson, John | |
| 68 | ||
| 68 | ||
| 69 | Allard, Narcisse | |
| 69 | ||
| 69 | ||
| 69 | ||
| 69 | ||
| 69 | ||
| 69 | ||
| 70 | Chisholm, Willliam | |
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 |
Page 13
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 70 | ||
| 71 | Hennessey, Peter | |
| 71 | ||
| 71 | ||
| 72' | Fletcher, Charles | |
| 72 | ||
| 72 | ||
| 72 | ||
| 73 | McPherson, Donald | |
| 73 | ||
| 74' | McPherson, John | |
| 75 | Todd, Arthur | |
| 75 | ||
| 75 | ||
| 76 | Battery, George | |
| 77 | Reid, Alexander | |
| 78 | Tarlton, Joseph | |
| 79 | Williams, Sarah |
Page 14
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 80 | Williams, Thomas | |
| 80 | ||
| 80 | ||
| 81 | Love, James | |
| 81 | ||
| 81 | ||
| 81 | ||
| 81 | ||
| 81 | ||
| 82 | McLay, Robert | |
| 82 | McLay, Elizabeth | née Crawford |
| 82 | McLay, John | |
| 82 | McLay, Robina | later Boal |
| 82 | McLay, Janet | |
| 82 | McLay, Robert | married Gertrude Van Norman |
| 83 | Mearns, James | |
| 83 | Mearns, Mary | first nations |
| 83 | Mearns, Alexander | married Clara Shaw, family #6 |
| 83 | Mearns, Robert | |
| 83 | Mearns, William | married Kate Shaw, family #6 |
| 83 | Mearns, Annie | |
| 83 | Mearns, Jessie | |
| 83 | Mearns, Katie | |
| 83 | Mearns, James | |
| 83 | Mearns, John | |
| 84 | omitted |
Page 15
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 85 | Blyth, Alexander | |
| 85 | Blyth, Ann | née Mearns |
| 85 | Blyth, John | |
| 85 | Blyth, Agnes | |
| 85 | Blyth, Isabella | |
| 85 | Blyth, Alexander | |
| 85 | Blyth, Margeritte | later Sutton |
| 86 | Marshall, Thomas | |
| 86 | ||
| 87 | Lemon, John | |
| 87 | ||
| 87 | ||
| 87 | ||
| 87 | ||
| 88 | Boal, James | |
| 88 | Boal, Margaret | née Hopkins, formerly Manley |
| 88 | Manley, William | |
| 88 | Manley, Robert | married Sabina Chapman |
| 88 | Manley, Magaret J. | later Melrose |
| 88 | ||
| 88 | ||
| 89 | Green, Ashdown | |
| 89 | ||
| 89 |
Page 16
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 90 | Brown, William | |
| 90 | ||
| 90 | ||
| 90 | ||
| 90 | ||
| 91 | Crate, Adolphus | |
| 91 | ||
| 91 | ||
| 91 | ||
| 91 | ||
| 91 | ||
| 92 | Jones, George | |
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 93 | Bonsall, Henry | |
| 93 | Bonsall, Annie | née Botterill |
| 93 | Bonsall, Thomas | |
| 93 | Bonsall, Ferdinand | |
| 93 | Bonsall, Mary |
Page 17
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 94 | Bednall, Samuel | |
| 94 | ||
| 94 | ||
| 95 | Symons, Richard D. | |
| 95 | Symons, Harriett | née Johns |
| 95 | Symons, Richard Dunn | |
| 96 | French, William | |
| 96 | ||
| 97 | Richards, Joseph | |
| 97 | Richards, Grace Ann | née Symons, daughter of family #95, later Maisonneuve / Newhouse |
| 97 | ||
| 97 | ||
| 97 | ||
| 97 | ||
| 97 | ||
| 97 | ||
| 98 | ||
| 99 | Young, David | |
| 99 | ||
| 99 | ||
| 99 | ||
| 100 | ||
| 101 | Bell, Neil | |
| 101 | ||
| 101 |
Page 18
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 101 | ||
| 102 | Horel, Charles | |
| 102 | ||
| 103 | Foord, Frederick | |
| 103 | ||
| 104 | McDonald, Charles | |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | ||
| 106 | Brown, John | |
| 106 | ||
| 107 | Rogers, Henry | |
| 107 | ||
| 108 | ||
| 108 |
Page 19
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 109 | ||
| 110 | ||
| 111 | ||
| 112 | Furness, George | |
| 112 | ||
| 113 | Sparrow, John | |
| 113 | ||
| 114 | ||
| 114 | ||
| 115 | ||
| 116 | ||
| 117 | Akerman, Joseph | |
| 117 |
Page 20
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 117 | ||
| 118 | ||
| 119 | ||
| 120 | ||
| 120 | ||
| 121 | Cairns, John | |
| 121 | ||
| 122 | ||
| 122 | ||
| 123 | Purser, George | |
| 123 |
Page 21
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 123 | ||
| 124 | ||
| 124 | ||
| 125 | ||
| 125 | ||
| 126 | ||
| 127 | Gwyne, Alexander | |
| 127 | ||
| 128 | Robinson, Henry | |
| 128 | ||
| 129 | ||
| 130 | ||
| 131 | Munro, Thomas | |
| 131 |
Page 22
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 132 | Fredison, Daniel | |
| 132 | ||
| 133 | Edgar, Josephine | |
| 133 | ||
| 134 | ||
| 134 | ||
| 135 | Bittencourt, Estolam | |
| 135 | ||
| 136 | Maxwell, John | |
| 136 |
Page 23
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 136 | ||
| 137 | Everton, George | |
| 137 | ||
| 138 | Norton, John | |
| 138 | ||
| 139 | Hales, John | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | Charley, James | |
| 140 | ||
| 141 | Mahony, John | |
| 141 | ||
| 142 |
Page 24
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 143 | ||
| 144 | Dougan, James | |
| 144 | ||
| 145 | Kelly, Robert | |
| 145 | ||
| 146 | Shepard, Horace | |
| 146 | ||
| 147 | Hollins, Williams | |
| 147 | ||
| 148 | ||
| 148 |
Page 25
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 148 | ||
| 149 | ||
| 149 | ||
| 150 | ||
| 151 | ||
| 152 | Stark, Sylvia | |
| 152 | ||
| 153 | ||
| 153 | ||
| 154 | ||
| 154 | ||
| 155 | ||
| 155 | ||
| 156 | ||
| 157 | Sampson, Henry | |
| 157 |
Page 26
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 157 | ||
| 157 | ||
| 158 | Christopher, Francis | |
| 158 | ||
| 158 | ||
| 158 | ||
| 158 | ||
| 159 | Crane, Jacob | |
| 159 | ||
| 159 | ||
| 160 | Pimbury, John | |
| 160 | ||
| 160 | ||
| 160 | ||
| 161 | Nuana, A. Kunaka | |
| 161 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 162 | ||
| 162 | ||
| 163 |
Page 27
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 164 | ||
| 165 | ||
| 165 | ||
| 166 | ||
| 166 | ||
| 167 | Trage, Theodore | |
| 167 | ||
| 167 | ||
| 167 | ||
| 168 | ||
| 169 | King, Joseph | |
| 169 | ||
| 169 | ||
| 169 | ||
| 169 | ||
| 169 | ||
| 170 | Abel, Douglas | |
| 170 | ||
| 170 | ||
| 170 | ||
| 170 | ||
| 170 |
Page 28
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 170 | ||
| 171 | ||
| 171 | ||
| 172 | Hollins, John | |
| 172 | ||
| 172 | ||
| 172 | ||
| 172 | ||
| 173 | Alexander, James | |
| 174 | Wessell, John | |
| 174 | ||
| 174 | ||
| 174 | ||
| 175 | ||
| 175 | ||
| 176 | ||
| 177 | ||
| 177 | ||
| 178 | ||
| 178 | ||
| 179 | Robson, William | |
| 179 |
Page 29
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 179 | ||
| 179 | ||
| 179 | ||
| 179 | ||
| 179 | ||
| 179 | ||
| 180 | Bennett, Thomas | |
| 180 | ||
| 180 | ||
| 180 | ||
| 180 | ||
| 180 | ||
| 180 | ||
| 181 | ||
| 182 | Smith, John | |
| 182 | ||
| 182 | ||
| 183 | ||
| 184 | ||
| 185 | Heck, Jacob | |
| 185 | ||
| 185 | ||
| 185 | ||
| 185 | ||
| 185 |
Page 30
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 185 | ||
| 185 | ||
| 185 | ||
| 186 | Collinson, William | |
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 186 | ||
| 187 | Silva, John | |
| 187 | ||
| 187 | ||
| 187 | ||
| 187 | ||
| 187 | ||
| 188 | Tod, Alexander | |
| 188 | ||
| 189 | ||
| 190 | Groth, Charles | |
| 190 | ||
| 190 | ||
| 191 | Flett, John |
Page 31
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 192 | Georgeson, Henry | |
| 192 | ||
| 192 | ||
| 192 | ||
| 193 | ||
| 194 | Georgeson, John | son of Henry, family #192 |
| 194 | ||
| 195 | Beal, Walter | |
| 195 | ||
| 195 | ||
| 195 | ||
| 195 | ||
| 195 | ||
| 196 | Chivers, Jeremiah | |
| 196 | Shaw, John | |
| 196 | ||
| 196 | ||
| 196 | ||
| 196 | ||
| 196 | ||
| 197 | Teeters, Paris | |
| 197 | ||
| 198 | Silva, Joseph | |
| 198 |
Page 32
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 198 | ||
| 198 | ||
| 198 | ||
| 198 | ||
| 198 | ||
| 199 | ||
| 200 | Curran, William | |
| 200 | Curran, Mary | née Whilemot |
| 200 | Curran, Eliza J | |
| 200 | Curran, Ellen | |
| 200 | Curran, Alice | |
| 200 | Curran, William | |
| 200 | Curran, Julia | later Basso |
| 200 | Curran, Margaret | later Warren |
| 201 | Shotter, George | |
| 201 | ||
| 201 | ||
| 201 | ||
| 201 | ||
| 201 | ||
| 201 | ||
| 202 | ||
| 203 | ||
| 204 | ||
| 205 |
Page 33
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 206 | Skinner, Thomas James | |
| 206 | Skinner, Mary | née Goode |
| 206 | ||
| 206 | ||
| 207 | Fry, Henry | |
| 207 | Fry, Jane | née Carter |
| 207 | Fry, Mary Elizabeth | later Mainguy |
| 208 | ||
| 209 | ||
| 210 | ||
| 210 | ||
| 211 | Barry, John | |
| 211 | ||
| 211 | ||
| 211 | ||
| 211 | ||
| 211 | ||
| 211 | ||
| 212 | Petersen, Hans | |
| 212 | ||
| 213 | Cavin, Robert Samuel | |
| 213 | Cavin, Mary Bennie | née McLay, daughter of Robert, family #82 |
| 213 | ||
| 213 | ||
| 214 |
Page 34
| Family Number | Surname, Given | Notes |
| 215 | Evans, John Newell | |
| 215 | Evans, Mary Jane | née Davis |
| 215 | Evans, Mary Elizabeth | married John Flett, family #21 |
| 215 | ||
| 215 | Evans, Ella | married Peter Auchinachie |
| 215 | ||
| 216 | Tatton, Isaac | |
| 216 | ||
| 217 | Caffery, Thomas | |
| 217 | ||
| 217 | ||
| 217 | ||
| 217 | ||
| 218 | ||
| 219 | Handy, Samuel | |
| 219 | ||
| 219 | ||
| 219 | ||
| 219 | ||
| 219 | ||
| 219 |
Images: 1
Collaboration
- Login to request to the join the Trusted List so that you can edit and add images.
- Private Messages: Send a private message to the Profile Manager. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.