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1838 Census Transcripts

ATCHA has compiled a typed transcript of all the 1838 returns for the Municipality of Argyle, Yar. Co., NS. All of the information has been transcribed, but in a slightly different order than it appears on the microfilm. A small portion of the rest of Yarmouth Co. has also been transcribed. A one-page sample of the transcript of the returns for the Municipality of Argyle follows:

N.S. Census – 1838 Returns for Argyle Township in County of Yarmouth

Names of Head of Family	Occupation	No. of males under 6 yrs.	No. of females under 6 yrs.	No. of males under 14 yrs.	No. of females under 14 yrs.	No, of males over 14 yrs.	No, of females over 14 yrs.	Total in family
Abner Andrew	Farmer	.	.	.	.	1	1	4
Lemuel Tinkham	Farmer	1	2	3	1	.	1	10
Charles Muse	Farmer	2	1	.	.	.	.	5
Robert Muse	Farmer	2	2	.	.	.	.	6
Joseph Hubbard 2nd	Farmer	3	.	1	2	.	1	9
Isadore Dousat	Farmer	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Blaze Muse	Farmer	2	.	.	.	.	.	4
John B. Muse	Farmer & Fisherman	2	.	2	.	.	1	7
Cyriel Amero	“	1	.	.	.	.	.	3
Charles Porter	“	.	2	.	3	2	.	9
Charles Babbine	“	.	.	.	.	.	1	3
Simon Babbine	“	2	1	.	.	.	.	5
Gabriel Babbine	“	.	1	.	.	.	.	3
Fredrick Burk	“	2	1	.	2	.	.	7
Isaac Muse	“	.	.	.	.	2	2	6
Beloni Muff	“	.	3	1	.	1	.	7
Eseb [?] Muse	“	2	2	2	.	.	.	8
John Muse Sen.	“	.	.	.	.	.	3	5
Michel Muse	“	2	1	2	1	1	.	9
David Muse	“	2	.	2	1	.	.	7
Paul Muff	“	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Charles Surat	“	.	.	.	.	.	1	3
John Surat	“	1	1	.	.	.	.	4
Frederick Suret Jr.	“	.	.	1	.	.	.	2
Michel Surat	“	.	.	.	.	.	1	2
Charles Surat, Jr.	“	.	1	.	.	.	.	3
Poulast [?] Surat	“	2	1	1	2	.	.	8
Prospore Surat	“	1	2	.	2	.	.	7
Fredrick Surat	“	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Joseph [?] Surat	“	1	1	.	3	.	.	6 [?]
.	.	.	.	.	.	.	Total	164

1860-1861 Census Transcripts

ATCHA is in the process of compiling a transcript of the 1860-61 returns for Yar. Co., NS. Only the pages (or abstracts) of the microfilmed return which contain names are transcribed. The transcript provides the following information:

Name of the polling place
Number of the abstract
Name of the head of the household
Male (M), female (F) and total population in household
Births since 30 March 1860, M & F
Number of living children under one year of age, M & F, and deaths for this age group since 30 March 1860, M & F
Number living (& deaths) over one and under two, M & F

A – Head of household	H – Females under 14
B – Males	I – Male deaths under 1 year since 20 March 1860
C – Females	J – Female deaths under 1 year since 20 March 1860
D – Total	K – Males over 1 year and under 2
E – Male births since March 20, 1860	L – Females over 1 year and under 2
F – Female births since March 20, 1860	M – Male deaths between 1 & 2 since 20 March 1860
G – Males under 14	N – Female deaths between 1 & 2 since 20 March 1860

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N
1. Francoise Doucett	3	4	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
2. Benj. Hubbard	3	1	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
3. Christopher Hubbard	5	3	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
4. David F. Doucett	1	4	5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
5. Solon Doucette	4	5	9	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
6. Rannie Hubbard	1	1	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7. Cyril Amero	1	3	4	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
8. Damien Muise	2	4	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
9. Abraham L. Lent	1	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10. Tunius Blauvelt	2	3	5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11. Charles T.[?] Savery	1	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12. James A. Hogg	2	2	4	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
13. Simon Kavanagh	3	4	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
14. David McDonald	5	6	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
15. Alexander Dulong	2	2	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
16. Deborah Halsall	.	2	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
17. Israel Harding	3	4	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18. Philip Togue	6	5	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
19. Absalom Hurlbert	2	1	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
20. Robert S. Eakins	4	5	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
21. John Gavel	2	3	5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
22. John W. Williams	1	2	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
23. Reubin Babin	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
24. Jeremiah Amero	3	2	5	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
25. Elizabeth Lent	3	3	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
26. Rama LaFlave	4	5	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
27. Clement Hubbard	4	3	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
28. James A. Hatfield	2	3	5	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
29. Ingles Hatfield	1	1	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
30. Oliver Doucette	4	5	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
31. Simon Doucette	2	3	5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
32. Joseph Robbins	2	2	4	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
33. Charles Knowles	4	3	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
34. Frank Melanson	7	6	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
35. James Bingay	5	2	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
36. Lezen Porter	2	3	5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
37. Freeman Meuse	1	1	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
38. Scholastic LeBlanc	5	3	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
39. Charles Babin	5	4	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.

1871 Census Transcripts

ATCHA has compiled a typed transcript of the 1871 nominal return of the living for all of Yarmouth Co. The transcript, a sample of which follows, provides the following information:

Census year and microfilm reel number
Polling district and sub-district identification
Microfilm page number
Identification number given to each household and to each family polled within a district. Note that the recorded numbers of households and families diverge because there were often more than one family living in a house.
Names of everyone in each household, sex if unclear from given name, age, born within last 12 months, country or province of birth, religion, origin, occupation, marital status, married within last 12 months, and infirmities

N.S. Census – 1871
Reel C-10546
District 192, Yarmouth, Sub-district, C-2, Yarmouth
p.64

.	.	Whitehouse, Benjimen – 25 – b. N.S. – Bpt. – Eng. – mariner – mar. March
.	.	Whitehouse, Elizabeth – 26 – mar. March
.	.	.
.	256	Young, Job – 40 – b. N.S. – no relig. Given – Eng. – master mariner – mar.
.	.	Young, Kate – 37 – b. U.S. – no. relig. Given – Eng. – mar.
.	.	Note: Job shown as having an uninhabited house.
.	.	.
211	257	Hibbard, David – 72 – b. N.S. – Bpt. – Eng. – farmer – mar.
.	.	Hibbard, Lydia – 73 – mar.
.	.	Shaw, Colman – 25 – b. N.S. – Bpt. – Eng. – carriage maker – mar. Dec.
.	.	Shaw, Fanny – 24 – mar. Dec.
.	.	.
212	258	Churchill, Zaccheus – 55 – b. N.S. – Fr. Bpt. – Eng. – farmer – mar.
.	.	Churchill, Drusilla – 50 – b. N.S. – Fr. Bpt. – Eng. – mar.
.	.	Churchill, John S. – 24 – b. N.S. – Fr. Bpt. – Eng. – seaman – unm.
.	.	Churchill, Susan – 10 – b. N.S. – Fr. Bpt. – Eng.
.	.	Churchill, Bessie – 8 – b. N.S. – Fr. Bpt. – Eng.
.	.	Snow, Deborah – 60 – b. N.S. – no relig. given – Eng. – unm. -unsound mind
.	.	.
213	259	Elliot, William – 23 – b. England – no relig. given – Eng. – seaman – mar.
.	.	Elliot, Almina – 33 – b. N.S. – Bpt. – Eng. – mar.
.	.	Elliot, Charles – 9 – b. N.S.
.	.	Elliot, Colman – 5 – b. N.S.
.	.	.
214	260	Cann, Alden Jun. – 32 – b. N.S. – no relig. given – Eng. – showmaker – mar.
.	.	Cann, Amanda – 28 – b. N.S. – no relig. given – Eng. – mar.

A typed transcript of the 1871 nominal return of deaths within the last 12 months is also available at the archives. As the sample below shows, it provides the following information:

Census year and microfilm reel number
Polling district and sub-district identification
Microfilm page number
Names of the deceased, age, religion, country or province of birth, occupation, marital status, month of death, cause of death

N.S. Census – 1871
Reel C-10546
District 192, Yarmouth, Sub-district, D-1 Ohio

Nominal Return of Deaths within the last 12 months

Cann, Jacob – male – 34 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – shoemaker – mar. – d. May – inflamation of lungs
Raymond, Abijah – male – 81 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – carpenter – mar. – d. Nov. – heart disease
Moses, Ruth – fem. – 68 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – mar. – d. March – heart disease
Crosby, Moses – male – 9 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – d. May – inflamation of bowels
Wyman, Lyman – male – 2 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – d. Feb. – of fever
Raymond, Josephine – fem. – 6 ½ b. Oct. – F. Bpt. – b.N.S. – d. March – no cause given
Scoville, Adaline – fem. – 18 – F. Bpt. – b.N.S. – unm. – d. Apr. – no cause given
Goudy, Lucind – fem. – 23 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – mar. – d. July – no cause given
Ritchie, Esther – fem. – 79 – F. Bpt. – b.N.S. – wid. – d. Jany. – inflamation of lungs
Sollows, Benjamin – male – 20 or 26 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – unm. – d. Apr. – liver disease
Jeffry, Aaren – male – 46 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – mar. – d. July – cancer in the stomach
Goudy, Henry – male – 13 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – d. May – disease of the heart
Ellis, Henriette – fem. – 9 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – d. May – consumption of bowel
Tedford, Fanny – fem. – 35 – Bpt. – b.N.S. – mar. – d. Oct. – consumption
McCrae, Arthur – male – 10/12 – b. Apr. – F. Bpt. – b.N.S. – d. Jany. – no cause given
McCrae, Edmund – male – 2 – Fr. Bpt. – d. Sept. – no cause given

1881 Census Transcripts

ATCHA has compiled a typed transcript, a sample of which follows, of the 1881 returns for all of Yarmouth Co. The transcript provides the following information:

Census year and microfilm reel number
Polling district and sub-district identification
Microfilm page number
Name of enumerator and date data was collected
Identification number given to each household and to each family polled within a district. Note that the recorded numbers of households and families diverge because there were often more than one family living in a house.
Names of those who have a house under construction and/or an uninhabited house
Names of everyone in each household, sex if unclear from given name, age, born within last twelve months, country or province of birth, religion, origin, occupation, marital status, attending school, and infirmities

N.S. Census – 1881
Reel C-13171
District 14, Yarmouth, Sub-district, c-1 Yarmouth

p.70	.	.
.	.	.
.	.	McGill, Joseph-17-b.N.S.-F.W.Bapt.-Engl.-Shoemaker
.	.	Hill, Grace-19-b.N.S.-Engl.-no religion given
.	.	.
313	342	Cosman, John-59-b.N.S.-F.W.Bapt.-Engl.-mar.
.	.	Cosman, Eliza-52-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.-mar.
.	.	Cosman, Charles-25-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.
.	.	Cosman, Edward-21-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.-Truckman
.	.	.
314	343	Hudson, Harris-40-b.N.S.-Bapt.-Engl.-Calker-mar.
.	.	Hudson, Mary-32-b.N.S.-Bapt.-Engl.-mar.
.	.	.
315	344	Weddleton, Bartlet-61-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.-occ. not given-mar.
.	.	Weddleton, Jane-60-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.-mar.
.	.	Weddleton, Nellie-7-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.
.	.	Weddleton, Ernest-4-b.N.S.-Bpt.-Engl.
.	.	.
316	345	Dunlap, John-25-b.N.S.-Ch. Eng.-Engl.-Trader-mar.
.	.	Dunlap, Clara-36-b.N.S.-Ch. Eng.-Engl.-mar.
.	.	.
317	346	Atcheson, James-30-b.Ireland-Ch. Eng.-Irish-Trader-mar.
.	.	Atcheson, Mary-45-b.N.S.-R.C.-Irish-mar.
.	.	Atcheson, Hugh-19-b.N.S.-R.C.-Irish-Clerk
.	.	Atcheson, William-10-b.N.S.-R.C.-Irish-going to school
.	.	Atcheson, James-8-b.N.S.-R.C.-Irish-going to school
.	.	Atcheson, Minnie-5-b.N.S.-R.C.-Irish
.	.	.
318	347	Love, G. H.-25-b.N.B.-Ch. Eng.-Engl.-Surveyor
.	.	Brown, Geo. S.-54-b.N.S.-Universalist-Scotch-Merchant-mar.
.	.	Cann, Hugh E.-55-b.N.S.-Ch. Eng.-Engl.-Ship Owner
.	.	Hutchinson, Arthur C.-30-b.England-Ch. Eng.-Engl.-Druggist
.	.	Ross, W. D.-22-b.N.B.-Presb.-Scotch-Draper

1891 Census Transcripts

ATCHA has compiled a typed transcript, a sample of which follows, of the 1891 returns for all of Yarmouth Co. The transcript provides the following information:

Census year and microfilm reel number
Polling district and sub-district identification
Name of enumerator and date data was collected
Microfilm page number
Identification number given to each family polled within a district
Description of house. For example, W 1/5 means wooden construction, 1 story, 5 rooms
Names of those who own an uninhabited house
Names of everyone in each household, sex, age, marital status, relationship to head of family, birthplace, French Canadian, birthplace of parents, religion, occupation, able to read/write, deaf and dumb, blind, and of unsound mind.

N.S. Census – 1891
Reel T-6322
Dist. 44, Yarmouth, Sub.-dist. T. South End
Enumerated 11 Apr. 1891 by Thomas C. Moody
Pg. 16

.	W 1/5	82.	McConnel, James A. – m – 52 – mar. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – sailmaker – RW
.	.	.	McConnel, Martha – f – 49 – mar. – w. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – RW
.	.	.	McConnel, Bessie – f – 13 – unm. – d. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – RW
.	.	.	.
W 1/5	W 1/7	83.	Potier, Hilane V. – m – 62 – mar. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – sailor – RW
.	.	.	Potier, Justine – f – 60 – mar. – w. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C.
.	.	.	Potier, Angela – f – 32 – unm. – d. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R. C. – tailoress – RW
.	.	.	Potier, Eugene – m – 30 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – truckman – RW
.	.	.	Potier, Dennis – m – 24 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – carpenter – RW
.	.	.	Potier, Eva – f – 21 – unm. – d. – Fr. Can. – b. N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – music teacher – RW
.	.	.	(Note: Hilane Potier has an uninhabited house)
.	.	.	.
.	W 1/7	84.	Cook, James R. – m – 38 – mar. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – truckman – RW
.	.	.	Cook, Mary – f – 36 – mar. – w. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – RW
.	.	.	Cook, Lizzie – f – 10 – unm. – d. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – RW
.	.	.	Cook, Emma – f – 5 – unm. – d. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth. – RW
.	.	.	Cook, Freddie – m – 4 – unm. – s. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth.
.	.	.	Cook, Marion – f – 1 – unm. – d. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – Meth.
.	.	.	.
.	W 2/5	85.	Robichau, Thomas – m – 32 – mar. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – blacksmith
.	.	.	Robichau, Julia – f – 28 – mar. – w. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C.
.	.	.	Robichau, John – m – 10 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – RW
.	.	.	Robichau, Michael – m – 8 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C.
.	.	.	Robichau, Vitaline – f – 4 – unm. – d. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C.
.	.	.	Robichau, Archange – m – 2 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C.
.	.	.	.
.	W 1/4	86.	Muis, George – m – 48 – mar. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – calker
.	.	.	Muise, Eunice – f – 47 – mar. – w. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C.
.	.	.	Muise, Joseph – m – 20 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – calker
.	.	.	Muise,George – m – 20 – unm. – s. – Fr. Can. – b.N.S. – par. b.N.S. – R.C. – calker

1901 Census Transcripts

ATCHA has photocopied the first 17 columns of each page of the microfilmed 1901 census returns for Yarmouth Co. Each page of photocopied material, a sample of which follows, provides the following information:

Col. 1-2 identification number given to each household and to each family polled within a district
Col. 3-7 name, sex, colour, relation to head of family, marital status
Col. 8-10 month & date of birth, year of birth, and age at last birthday
Col. 11 country or place of birth, specifying Province or Territory if in Canada, and adding “r” (rural) or “u” (urban)
Col. 12 year of immigration to Canada
Col. 13 year of naturalization
Col. 14-16 racial or tribal origin, nationality, and religion
Col. 17 occupation

1901 Census Transcripts

ATCHA also has a typed transcript for Victoria County from the 1901 census returns.

Note:
Not all the columns found in the 1901 census returns have been transcribed for Victoria County.