Butter Cove Census Records

 

1857Ganny Cove Arm 1874 1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 14 34 54 61 67 76 63 81 95
Males 7 16 29 31 32 41 38 46 56
Females 7 18 25 30 35 35 25 35 39
Males under 10 years 1 7 10 5 7 16 13 11 25
Females under 10 years 2 6 10 9 11 10 8 9
Males 10 – 20 years 2 4 8 12 4 8 14 10 24
Females 10 – 20  years 3 5 6 10 8 11 6 8
Males 20 – 30 years 3 1 4 4 10 4 3 12 49
Females 20 – 30 years 1 3 1 4 8 3 3 9
Males 30 – 40 years 2 1 3 3 7 6
Females 30 – 40 years 2 3 3 2 7 3 3
Males 40 – 50 years 2 3 2 3 3 3 4
Females 40 – 50 years 1 3 2 2 3 2 2
Males 50 – 70 years 1 3 4 4 2 5 2
Females 50 – 70 years 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 3
Males 70 upwards 1 1 1 1 2
Females 70 upwards 1 1 1
Married persons, male 3 5 7 9 14 12 10 16 31
Married persons, female 3 5 7 9 14 12 10 16
Births, preceding year 3 2 2
Deaths, preceding year 2
Marriages, preceding year 2
Born in Newfoundland 14 34 54 61 67 76 63
Families 2 6 7 8 12 11 11 17
Religion…
Church of England 14 34 54 61 67 73 63 81 92
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 3 3
Employment…
Clergymen or ministers 1
Teachers 1
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 3 38 18 9
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 6 9 31
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 22 26 17 13
Females engaged in curing 16 17 11 7
Able-bodied seamen and fishermen in colony and dpdes 5 3
Engaged in lumbering
Persons employed with saw mills
Education…
Who can read and write 6
Males who can read 4 7
Females who can read 6 11
Males who can write 3 4
Females who can write 3 6
Children attending school 4 8 3 7 10 21 11
Children not attending school 2 16 22 13 6 4
Persons 5 and over who can write 35
Persons 5 and over who can not write 27
Persons over 10 who can read and write 27 23 61
Persons over 10 who cannot read and write 22 16 8
Persons who can read but cannot write 12 1
Buildings…
Church of England building
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1 Ang
Inhabited Houses 2 6 7 7 12 11 11 16
Houses being built or built in last 12 months
Houses now building 1 3
Houses built past 12 months 1
Uninhabited houses 3 2
Stores, barns and outhouses 1 4 12 12 23 31 26 12
Fishing rooms in use 1 3 6 8 12 9 10 12
Saw Mills
Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 1 2
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 2
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 1 2
Men taken down to Labrador 5 6
Women taken down to Labrador
Children taken down to Labrador
Vessels engaged in shore fishery 3 3
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 3 6 9
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 1
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 9 15 28
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1
Dories 3
Motor Dories 5
Motor boats 2
Schooners
Vessels built 1
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 1 3 4 5 9 6
Barrels of potatoes raised 89 75 140 203 220 137 616
Barrels of turnip raised 7 9 14
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 5,000 18,000 2,200 500 lbs
Head of cattle 5
Milch cows 2 2 1
Other horned cattle 3 1
Horses 1 1
Sheep 1 6 32 27 25 22
Swine 15 5 37 42 11
Fowl / poultry / hens 28 62 17 91
Goats 1 14
Acres of cultivated land 1 6 6 14 9 20 8
Acres occupied 18 14 16 20
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 30 70
Wool – lbs 32 74 26
Eggs, doz. 27

 

Note: 1869 included with Heart’s Ease

 

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material.