George’s Cove Census Records

1874 1884 1891 1911 1921
Number of…
Inhabitants 11 24 20 14* 8
Males 6 11 9 8 5
Females 5 13 11 7 3
Males under 10 years 3 4 1 2
Females under 10 years 2 4 3 1 1
Males 10 – 20 years 3 5 1
Females 10 – 20  years 1 5 4 1
Males 20 – 30 years 1 1
Females 20 – 30 years 2 1 3
Males 30 – 40 years 2 1 2 1
Females 30 – 40 years 4 1 2
Males 40 – 50 years 3 2 2 2
Females 40 – 50 years 3
Males 50 – 70 years 1
Females 50 – 70 years 2
Males 70 upwards 1
Females 70 upwards
Married persons, male 3 4 3 4 2
Married persons, female 3 4 3 4 2
Births, preceding year
Deaths, preceding year 2 1
Marriages, preceding year
Born in Newfoundland 11 24 20 14 8
Families 3 4 3 3
 Religion…
Church of England 9 20 14 13 8
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome / Roman Catholic 2 3 1
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 2 2 3
 Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 10 7 2
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 3 16
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 7 7 3
Females engaged in curing 5 3 2
Able-bodied seamen engaged as fishermen in the colony 1
Engaged in lumbering
Persons employed with saw mills
 Education…
Who can read and write 4
Males who can read 4
Females who can read 6
Males who can write 4
Females who can write 4
Children attending school 7 4 2
Children not attending school 9 5
5 years and over who can write 13
Over 10 years who can read and write 4
Over 10 years who cannot read and write 2
Persons who can read but cannot write 1
 Buildings…
Church of England building
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building
Churches of other denominations
School houses
Inhabited Houses 3 4 3 3
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 2
Houses now building 1
Houses built past 12 months 2
Uninhabited houses 1
Stores, barns and outhouses 5 5 9
Fishing rooms in use 2 3 3 2
Saw Mills
 Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 2
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 1
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 2
Men taken down to Labrador 7
Women taken down to Labrador
Children taken down to Labrador
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 4 4
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 11
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards
Dories
Motor boats
Schooners
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
 Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 1 2 4
Barrels of potatoes raised 30 68 80 65
Barrels of turnip raised
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 9,000
Head of cattle
Milch cows
Other horned cattle
Horses 1
Sheep 5 22 13
Swine 6 10 10 5
Fowl / poultry 15 12
Goats 1 1
Acres of cultivated land 1.5 4 5
Acres occupied 4 10
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs
Wool – lbs 21 52
Eggs, doz. 150

 

Notes:

1869: included with Heart’s Ease
1901: George’s Cove is not listed in the 1901 census.
1911: The population was given as 14 but the breakdown of ages lists 15 people.

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

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