You are here: Home / Records / Census Records / Statistical information from census records / Hatchet Cove Census Records

Hatchet Cove Census Records

1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 33 47 58 66 88 96 86
Males 17 27 32 35 46 41 40
Females 16 20 26 31 42 55 46
Males under 10 years 6 13 8 9 13 10 21
Females under 10 years 6 8 7 8 17 22
Males 10 – 20 years 4 4 7 9 9 11 27
Females 10 – 20  years 3 3 4 9 6 12
Males 20 – 30 years 2 10 4 6 3 32
Females 20 – 30 years 4 2 7 5 7 6
Males 30 – 40 years 4 5 2 7 3 5
Females 30 – 40 years 2 2 2 3 2 5
Males 40 – 50 years 2 1 2 2 8 4
Females 40 – 50 years 1 3 2 3 3 6
Males 50 – 70 years 1 2 3 4 4 8
Females 50 – 70 years 1 4 3 4 2
Males 70 upwards 3 4
Females 70 upwards 1 3 2
Married persons, male 7 8 10 11 19 16 32
Married persons, female 7 9 10 11 19 16
Births, preceding year 3 2 2
Deaths, preceding year
Marriages, preceding year
Born in Newfoundland 33 47 58 66 88
Families 8 8 13 12 16 17
Religion…
Church of England 9 11 13 24 30 38 56
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 24 36 45 42 58 58 30
Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1 1 1 1
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 25 35 18 15
Mechanics 4 1
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 28
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 13 24 11 23
Females engaged in curing 7 16 4 12
Engaged in lumbering 5 5 3
Persons employed with saw mills
Otherwise employed 1 1
Education…
Who can read and write 37
Males who can read 7 14 24
Females who can read 12 18 28
Males who can write 7 9 23
Females who can write 3 9 28
Children attending school 12 12 10 13 13
Children not attending school 15 12 3 11 6
5 years and over who can write 40
5 years and over who cannot write 19
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 37 51 61
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 17 12 2
Persons who can read but cannot write 1 1
Buildings…
Church of England building
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building 1 1
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1 1 Meth
Inhabited Houses 6 8 12 11 16 16
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 2
Houses now building 4 2
Houses built past 12 months
Uninhabited houses
Stores, barns and outhouses 5 9 28 16 13 12
Fishing rooms 2 6 12 1 3 9
Saw Mills 1 2
Persons employed by saw mills 6 8
Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 1 1
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 2
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 1 1
Men taken down to Labrador 10 8
Women taken down to Labrador
Children taken down to Labrador
Vessels or boats engaged in shore fishery 5
Persons employed catching and making fish in the shore fishery 3 20
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 5
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 3 20 13 1
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1
Dories 25
Motor boats 5 19
Schooners 2
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 4 5 13 17 15 28
Barrels of potatoes raised 73 112 247 175 200 789
Barrels of turnip raised 3 1 6 22 12 27
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 7,800 12,500 10,700 9,300 lb
Head of cattle 7 11
Milch cows 2 1 5
Other horned cattle 2 1 3
Horses and ponies 1 4 5 8 11
Sheep 11 22 24 20 49
Swine 7 15 36 16
Fowl / Poultry 37 14 95
Goats 8 7 10
Hens /  chickens 134
Acres of cultivated land 10 7
Acres occupied 13 35 48 42
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 110 30 120
Wool – lbs 40 59 125 197
Eggs, doz. 405 477

 

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

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