Fox Harbor/Southport

1836 1845 1857 1869 1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 11 38 102* 69 86 105 97 117 116 149 175
Males 6 20 66 36 53 57 55 57 63 79 91
Females 5 18 46 33 33 48 42 60 53 70 84
Males under 14 years 4 11
Females under 14 years 2 8
Males under 10 years 25 11 24 14 18 16 21 22 56
Females under 10 years 17 9 9 16 12 15 17 25
Males 10 – 20 years 15 7 8 22 7 13 7 20 36
Females 10 – 20  years 10 9 7 8 8 19 10 14
Males 14 to 60 years 2
Females 14 to 60 year 3
Males 14 – 70 years 9
Females 14-70 years 10
Males 20 – 30 years 9 4 7 5 17 6 13 11 79
Females 20 – 30 years 5 2 5 9 7 12 10 10
Males 30 – 40 years 5 7 7 7 6 12 7 9
Females 30 – 40 years 5 5 5 7 6 4 6 10
Males 40 – 50 years 6 1 4 4 3 4 8 5
Females 40 – 50 years 7 1 3 2 4 4 3 2
Males 50 – 70 years 6 5 2 4 4 5 5 10
Females 50 – 70 years 2 7 3 5 5 5 5 9
Males 70 upwards 1 1 1 1 2 2 4
Females 70 upwards 1 1 1 2
Married persons, male 18 14 13 17 19 23 25 26 68
Married persons, female 18 14 13 20 19 23 25 26
Births, preceding year 6 5 5 3
Deaths, preceding year 2 5
Marriages, preceding year 1
Born in Newfoundland 98 68 86 105 97 117 116
Born in England 4 1
Families 18 15 19 18 22 25 23 30
 Religion…
Church of England 31 48 38 32 49 35 40 45 70 97
Reformed Church of England 16
Church of Rome / Roman Catholic 1 8 12 10 11
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 6 38 31 54 56 54 65 61 68 78
 Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1 1 1
Merchants and Traders 2 2
Engaged in office or shop-work 4 1 1
Engaged solely in government services
Planters, fishermen and shoremen 9
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 48 58 27 13
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 39 39 46
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 37 38 25 27
Females engaged in curing 23 22 17 19
Able-bodied seamen and fishermen in colony and dpdes 21 14
Engaged in lumbering
Persons employed with saw mills
 Education…
Who can read and write 14
Males who can read 16 17
Females who can read 22 18
Males who can write 11 10
Females who can write 12 10
Children who can read and write 4
Children attending school 10 6 16 14 19 21 32
Children not attending school 4 44 34 13 10 5
5 years and older who can write 53
5 years and older who cannot write 49
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 53 78 105
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 26 22 13
Persons who can read but cannot write 1 2 1
 Buildings…
Church of England building
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building 1 1 1 1 1
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1 1
Office building – NF Govt 1
Inhabited Houses 2 7 16 15 18 17 18 20 23 26
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 2
Houses now building 2 5 3
Houses built past 12 months 4 3
Uninhabited houses
Stores, barns and outhouses 10 11 19 28 33 48 32 21
Mercantile premises 1
Fishing rooms 10 14 9 15 17 14 14 17 33
Saw Mills /Factory Buildings 2
Businesses Premises 1
 Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 1 1 1
Men engaged in the Bank fishery 1 4
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 2 1
Vessels – 60 tons upwards 1
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 1 1 1 1 1
Men taken down to Labrador 17 11
Women taken down to Labrador 2 2 1
Children taken down to Labrador
Vessels engaged in shore fishery 1
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 7 12 18 12
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 4
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 14 21 21 11
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1 1
Dories 25
Motor boats 12 34
Schooners 1
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
 Agriculture…
Oats – bushels 10
Tons of hay cut 1 4.5 4 3 6 8 11 5
Barrels of potatoes raised 148 58 175 128 137 302 289 1,011
Barrels of turnip raised 2 13 6 23 6
Barrels of other root crops 1
Cabbage, heads 8,100 7,600 6,050 lbs
Oxen 3
Head of cattle 2 4 3
Milch cows 1 1 3 2 4
Other horned cattle 6 4
Horses 1 2 1
Sheep 12 31 55 54 64
Pigs 6
Swine 15 30 23 57 31
Fowl / poultry 4 67 122
Swine and goats 10
Goats 4 7 4 22
Hens / chickens 192
Acres of cultivated land 3.5 21.5 5 14 31 32 12
Acres occupied 4 23 18 38 32
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 50 30 55
Wool – lbs 117 234
Eggs, doz. 594
Milk, gals 2

 

1857 – Population given as 102 but the breakdown of ages lists 112 people.

 

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