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Long Beach Census Records

1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 69 61 78 100 84 132 156
Males 70 83
Females 62 73
Males under 10 years 11 7 10 22 16 21 37
Females under 10 years 15 9 14 11 18 20
Males 10 – 20 years 11 10 9 15 16 19 42
Females 10 – 20  years 7 11 9 12 5 16
Males 20 – 30 years 4 5 8 6 5 13 69
Females 20 – 30 years 3 6 5 6 7 12
Males 30 – 40 years 4 2 4 7 4 5
Females 30 – 40 years 5 1 4 4 3 4
Males 40 – 50 years 2 2 3 3 4 3
Females 40 – 50 years 2 4 1 5 1 5
Males 50 – 70 years 3 3 3 4 3 7
Females 50 – 70 years 2 1 6 2 2 4
Males 70 upwards 2 2 2 8
Females 70 upwards 1 1
Married persons, male 11 10 16 16 13 24 60
Married persons, female 11 10 16 16 12 24
Births, preceding year 7 3 2
Deaths, preceding year 2 2
Marriages, preceding year
Born in Newfoundland 69 61 78 100 84
Families 10 10 15 17 15 24 30
Religion…
Church of England 51 49 39 55 55 74 89
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 18 12 39 45 29 58 67
Employment…
Clergymen or ministers 1
Teachers 1 1 1 1
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services 1
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 39 34 23 11
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 46
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 20 19 23 17
Females engaged in curing 17 21 16 9
Engaged in lumbering 17 7
Persons employed with saw mills 12
Education…
Who can read and write 19
Males who can read 18 20
Females who can read 20 17
Males who can write 10 15
Females who can write 15 15
Children attending school 18 15 15 26 18 17
Children not attending school 14 12 12 6 20
5 years and over who can write 51
5 years and over who cannot write 30
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 43 76 111
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 6 11 8
Persons over 10 years who can read but cannot write 3 4
Buildings…
Church of England building 1 1
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building 1
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1 1 1CE 2CE & Meth
Hall F.P. Union
Inhabited Houses 10 9 13 17 11 22
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 3
Houses now building 1 1 2 3
Houses built past 12 months 2 2
Uninhabited houses 1 1 6 1
Stores, barns and outhouses 15 16 33 44 29 6
Fishing rooms in use 4 5 10 1 10 12
Saw Mills 2 5
Persons employed by saw mills 9 12
Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 3 8 5 3
Vessels engaged in the Bank fishery 1
Men employed in Bank fishery 8
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 3 8 5 1
Vessels – 60 tons upwards 1
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 2 8 1 1 4
Men taken down to Labrador 9 23 65 9 7
Women taken down to Labrador 2 2 5 1 1
Children taken down to Labrador 1
Vessels or boats engage in shore fishery 2
Persons employed catching and making in the shore fishery 15
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 10
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 11 28 13 12
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 2
Dories 13
Motor boats 17 18
Schooners 3
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 2 15 25 21 20 23
Barrels of potatoes raised 131 333 343 329 231 802
Barrels of turnip raised 1 5 23 45 14 9
Barrels of other root crops 1 4
Cabbage, heads 10,000 33,00 12,000 11,800
Head of cattle 1
Milch cows 3 2 1
Other horned cattle 9 3 1
Horses 5 5 13 17
Sheep 11 60 57 43 80
Swine 11 37 52 18
Fowl / Poultry 25 96 126
Goats 5 22 29 13
Acres of cultivated land 14
Acres occupied 31 34 84 42 32
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 140 25
Wool – lbs 121 136 249
Eggs, doz. 720

 

 Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

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