Little Heart’s Ease Census Records

1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 136 131 146 172* 234 264 306
Males 78 72 84 93 124 138 157
Females 58 59 62 81 110 126 149
Males under 10 years 28 28 24 25 39 32 84
Females under 10 years 24 17 18 28 31 30
Males 10 – 20 years 21 18 20 22 29 26 63
Females 10 – 20  years 10 18 12 16 29 37
Males 20 – 30 years 7 11 18 19 18 26 142
Females 20 – 30 years 9 10 15 14 16 20
Males 30 – 40 years 10 4 10 10 12 18
Females 30 – 40 years 7 7 9 10 10 13
Males 40 – 50 years 6 4 2 10 14 13
Females 40 – 50 years 4 4 1 7 15 10
Males 50 – 70 years 3 5 9 5 8 21
Females 50 – 70 years 4 3 7 5 7 14
Males 70 upwards 3 2 1 2 4 2 17
Females 70 upwards 1 2 2
Married persons, male 23 22 26 30 45 49 128
Married persons, female 23 20 26 30 45 49
Births, preceding year 7 5 8
Deaths, preceding year 1 9 3
Marriages, preceding year 1
Born in Newfoundland 136 131 146 172 234
Families 22 21 30 50 41 55
Religion…
Church of England 25 11 1 5 16
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome / Roman Catholic 36 42 42 46 44 30 20
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 75 78 104 125 185 131 135
Salvation Army 103 108
Pentecostal 27
 Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1 1 4
Merchants and Traders
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services 1
Planters, fishermen and shoremen
Farmers 1
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 67 91 41 16
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 74
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 46 55 43 43
Females engaged in curing 31 16 20 30
Able-bodied seamen and fishermen in colony and dpdes
Engaged in lumbering 9 3
Persons employed with saw mills
Otherwise employed 1
 Education…
Who can read and write 30
Males who can read 36 39
Females who can read 31 21
Males who can write 22 30
Females who can write 21 20
Children who can read and write
Children attending school 25 11 35 57 56
Children not attending school 55 39 34 14 10
5 years and older can write 79
5 years and older cannot write 70
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 117 136 189
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 49 41 33
Persons who can read but cannot write 5 25
 Buildings…
Church of England building
Church of Roman Catholic building 1 1
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building 1 1 1
Churches of other denominations
School houses 2 2 2 1(Meth) 1 RC2 Meth
Halls SUF LOA
Inhabited Houses 20 19 28 44 41 48
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 10
Houses now building 3 8
Houses built past 12 months 6 1
Uninhabited houses 4 7 1
Stores, barns and outhouses 44 46 68 83 37 27
Fishing rooms 10 12 22 7 13 20 14
Saw Mills 3 3
Persons employed by saw mills 15 11
Business Premises 1 3
 Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 2 7 6 2
Vessels engaged in the Bank fishery 1
Men employed in Bank fishery 8
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 3 5 2
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 4 1 6 4 2 2
Men taken down to Labrador 35 7 39 27 14
Women taken down to Labrador 2 1
Children taken down to Labrador 2
Vessels or boats engaged in  shore fishery 11 6
Persons employed catching  and making (shore fishery) 2
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 27
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 1
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 23 32 80 26
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1 1 1
Vessels built in 1900 2
Dories 13
Motor boats 17 14
Schooners 2 5
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
 Agriculture…
Oates – bushels 7
Tons of hay cut 14 16 30 35 22 66
Barrels of potatoes raised 498 518 828 717 378 3,094
Barrels of turnip raised 4 22 39 126 35 30
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 15,350 69,000 19,500 20,840 lb
Oxen
Head of cattle 27 6
Milch cows 6 5 3
Other horned cattle 6 7 3
Horses / Ponies 4 3 13 4 50
Sheep 34 102 85 18 165
Pigs
Swine 54 64 123 14 2
Fowl Poultry 36 157 17
Goats 2 22
Swine and goats
Hens / chickens 340
Acres of cultivated land 65 57 75
Acres occupied 55 55 99 57
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 130 197 80
Wool – lbs 169 239 34 641
Eggs, doz. 74 900

 

Note: 1911 – Population given as 172 but the breakdown of ages lists 174 people.

 

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

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