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Hodge’s Cove Census Records

1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 105 127 154 169 188 257 279
Males 48 65 71 81 94 132 145
Females 57 62 83 88 94 125 134
Males under 10 years 10 22 19 16 24 74
Females under 10 years 23 24 30 24 24
Males 10 – 20 years 12 14 18 18 16 67
Females 10 – 20  years 14 13 21 25 21
Males 20 – 30 years 13 11 14 19 18 130
Females 20 – 30 years 6 11 6 12 22
Males 30 – 40 years 4 6 7 9 13
Females 30 – 40 years 6 6 12 3 8
Males 40 – 50 years 4 5 7 5 9
Females 40 – 50 years 2 5 7 12 4
Males 50 – 70 years 5 5 5 11 10
Females 50 – 70 years 5 2 6 11 14
Males 70 upwards 2 1 3 4 8
Females 70 upwards 1 1 1 1 1
Married persons, male 14 24 22 16 39 46 106
Married persons, female 14 25 22 16 38 46
Births, preceding year 5 4 7
Deaths, preceding year 5 2
Marriages, preceding year
Born in Newfoundland 105 127 154 169 187
Born in England 1
Families 17 20 25 29 40 54
Religion…
Church of England 87 106 123 132 146 181 196
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 18 21 31 37 42 76 83
Employment…
Clergymen or ministers 1
Teachers 1 1 2
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 27 87 48 29
Mechanics 1
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 63
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 35 49 47 57
Females engaged in curing 34 39 32 24
Engaged in lumbering 10 6
Persons employed with saw mills
Otherwise employed 2 3
Education…
Who can read and write 33
Males who can read 33 47
Females who can read 29 42
Males who can write 23 31
Females who can write 17 26
Children attending school 23 37 27 38 37
Children not attending school 22 65 29 22 4
5 years and over who can write 96
5 years and over who cannot write 56
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 110 153 197
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 25 30 6
Persons who can read but cannot write 7 2 2
Buildings…
Church of England building 1 1 1 1 1
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1C E 2
Halls LOA CE and Meth
Inhabited Houses 14 19 25 29 37 49
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 9
Houses now building 1 2 8 12
Houses built past 12 months 6 3
Uninhabited houses 1
Stores, barns and outhouses 25 26 60 56 45 37
Fishing rooms 4 8 20 12 16 11
Saw Mills 3 4
Persons employed by saw mills 12 13
Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 4 7 2 4
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 4 6 2
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 3 4 5 2 3
Men taken down to Labrador 30 29 48 10 12
Women taken down to Labrador 2 4 4 3
Children taken down to Labrador 4
Vessels or boats engage In shore fishery 1 1
Persons employed catching and marking in the shore fishery 4 3
Steam or gasoline vessels owned in colony 1
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 20
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 1
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 20 40 30
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1 1 1
Vessels built in 1900 1
Dories 9
Motor boats 6 7
Schooners 2 1
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 7 11 20 38 35 49
Barrels of potatoes raised 290 465 825 635 537 2,147
Barrels of turnip raised 1 24 73 88 74 131
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 15,000 91,000 33,300 18,100 lb
Head of cattle 15 19
Milch cows 6 2 8
Other horned cattle 8 11 5
Horses and ponies 3 7 11 35
Sheep 46 118 103 100 133
Swine 38 66 105 20
Fowl / Poultry 27 82 382
Goats 2 34 11 20
Hens / chickens 331
Acres of cultivated land 43 76
Acres occupied 54 51 67 117
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 122 65 50
Wool – lbs 184 225 453 528
Eggs, doz. 1,080 1,231

 

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

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