Gooseberry Cove Census Records

1836 1857 1874 1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 12 49 79 104 105 111 114 146 187 157
Males 6 30 44 56 58 59 65 73 96 85
Females 6 19 35 48 47 52 49 73 91 72
Males under 10 years 14 12 20 17 13 15 24 31 36
Females under 10 years 7 12 17 6 19 10 29 22
Males under 14 years 1
Females under 14 years 4
Males 10 – 20 years 7 12 12 18 13 12 12 23 41
Females 10 – 20  years 3 8 10 20 8 14 11 32
Males 14 to 60 years 5
Females 14 to 60 years 2
Males 20 – 30 years 3 12 7 7 14 16 13 12 74
Females 20 – 30 years 5 8 8 4 7 7 15 9
Males 30 – 40 years 3 4 10 6 5 7 11 6
Females 30 – 40 years 2 3 7 6 4 5 7 11
Males 40 – 50 years 2 1 3 5 6 4 3 10
Females 40 – 50 years 2 2 2 5 4 5 3 8
Males 50 – 70 years 1 2 4 5 8 10 7 12
Females 50 – 70 years 2 4 5 8 6 5 7
Males 70 upwards 1 1 3 2 6
Females 70 upwards 1 2 2 3 2
Married persons, male 7 13 18 18 19 21 29 30 50
Married persons, female 7 13 18 21 19 21 29 30
Births, preceding year 3 4 10 3 2
Deaths, preceding year 1 1 1 6
Marriages, preceding year 1 1
Born in Newfoundland 49 79 104 105 111 114 146
Families 7 16 20 18 20 22 30 33
 Religion…
Church of England 12 37 61 70 66 63 62 87 114 82
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome / Roman Catholic 12 18 33 39 38 38 38 43 37
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 1 10 14 21 30 38
 Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1 1 1
Engaged in office or shop-work 2 2
Engaged solely in government services 1
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 53 55 36 19
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 16 26 61 7 8
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 38 43 31 30
Females engaged in curing 33 27 22 20
Able-bodied seamen and fishermen in colony and dpdes 10 9
Engaged in lumbering
Persons employed with saw mills
Merchants and traders 1 2
Otherwise employed 1
 Education…
Who can read and write 7 37
Males who can read 26 33
Females who can read 27 29
Males who can write 20 29
Females who can write 17 25
Children attending school 13 29 23 25 16 26 51
Children not attending school 9 26 19 4 10 4
5 years and over who can write 77
5 years and over who cannot write 20
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 61 90 101
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 29 23 19
Persons who can read but cannot write 4 21 1
 Buildings…
Church of England building 1 1
Church of Rome building 1 1 1
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building
Churches of other denominations
School houses 2 1 2 2
SUF Hall 1
Inhabited Houses 2 7 11 17 16 21 22 30 31
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 3
Houses now building 2 6 5
Houses built past 12 months 4 4 2
Uninhabited houses 1 4 3 7 1
Stores, barns and outhouses 7 15 35 38 73 54 11
Fishing rooms 5 8 9 13 15 22 17
Saw Mills / Factory Buildings 1
Business Premises 3
 Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 2 1 1
Men employed in Bank fishery 1
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 2 4
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 1 2 1
Men taken down to Labrador 17 6
Women taken down to Labrador 2
Children taken down to Labrador
Vessels engaged in shore fishery 1 2
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 3 9 26 18
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 1
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 17 55 19
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1 1
Dories
Motor boats 1
Schooners
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
 Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 4 4 13 14 4 2 16
Barrels of potatoes raised 281 189 311 65 174 1,179
Barrels of turnip raised 10 5
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 9,000 4,500 2,100
Head of cattle 5 4 20
Milch cows 2 4 6 5 9
Other horned cattle 11 1
Horses 1 5
Sheep 12 39 75 65
Swine 27 30 44 39
Fowl / poultry 81 115
Goats 6 8
Acres of cultivated land 6 13 ½ 18 53 44
Acres occupied 31 82 44 21
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 60 140 252 85 500
Wool – lbs 111 270
Eggs, doz. 610
Milk, gals 2,376
Furs, number and value 4, $16

 

Note: 1869 numbers 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.