1884 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1935 | 1945 | |
Number of… | |||||||
Inhabitants | 43 | 44 | 57 | 57 | 75 | 99 | 92 |
Male | 19 | 17 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 54 | 50 |
Females | 24 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 37 | 45 | 42 |
Males under 10 years | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 16 |
Females under 10 years | 9 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 11 | |
Males 10 – 20 years | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
Females 10 – 20 years | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | |
Males 20 – 30 years | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 46 |
Females 20 – 30 years | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
Males 30 – 40 years | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
Females 30 – 40 years | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
Males 40 – 50 years | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
Females 40 – 50 years | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Males 50 – 70 years | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Females 50 – 70 years | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Males 70 upwards | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
Females 70 upwards | 1 | 1 | |||||
Married persons, male | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 42 |
Married persons, female | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 19 | |
Births, preceding year | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Deaths, preceding year | 1 | 2 | |||||
Marriages, preceding year | 1 | ||||||
Born in Newfoundland | 43 | 44 | 57 | 57 | 73 | ||
Foreign and other countries | 2 | ||||||
Families | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | ||
Religion… | |||||||
Church of England | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 24 | ||
Reformed Church of England | |||||||
Church of Rome | |||||||
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church | 43 | 36 | 57 | 53 | 65 | 77 | 66 |
Salvation Army | 2 | ||||||
Pentecostal | 2 | ||||||
Employment… | |||||||
Clergymen or ministers | |||||||
Teachers | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Engaged in office or shop-work | |||||||
Engaged solely in government services | |||||||
Mechanics | 2 | ||||||
Fishermen and others who cultivate land | 39 | 27 | 14 | 9 | |||
Engaged in catching or curing of fish | 29 | ||||||
Males engaged in catching or curing fish | 20 | 14 | 11 | 15 | |||
Females engaged in curing | 17 | 11 | 98? | 5 | |||
Engaged in lumbering | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||
Persons employed with saw mills | |||||||
Otherwise employed | 2 | ||||||
Education… | |||||||
Who can read and write | 9 | ||||||
Males who can read | 18 | 14 | |||||
Females who can read | 20 | 18 | |||||
Males who can write | 10 | 12 | |||||
Females who can write | 15 | 15 | |||||
Children attending school | 15 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 19 | ||
Children not attending school | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | ||
5 years and over who can write | 35 | ||||||
5 years and over who cannot write | 11 | ||||||
Persons over 10 years who can read and write | 40 | 57 | 69 | ||||
Persons 10 years and over who can read only | 4 | ||||||
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write | 12 | 10 | 7 | ||||
Buildings… | |||||||
Church of England building | |||||||
Church of Rome building | |||||||
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building | 1 | ||||||
Churches of other denominations | |||||||
School houses | 1 | 1 | 1Meth | ||||
Inhabited Houses | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | ||
Houses being built or built in last 12 months | 4 | ||||||
Houses now building | 5 | ||||||
Houses built past 12 months | |||||||
Uninhabited houses | 2 | ||||||
Stores, barns and outhouses | 9 | 11 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 13 | |
Fishing rooms | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |||
Saw Mills | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||
Person employed by saw mills | 11 | 14 | |||||
Fisheries… | |||||||
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries | 5 | ||||||
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons | 1 | ||||||
Vessels – 60 tons upwards | |||||||
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery | 5 | ||||||
Men taken down to Labrador | 32 | 3 | |||||
Women taken down to Labrador | 4 | ||||||
Children taken down to Labrador | 3 | ||||||
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls | 17 | ||||||
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls | 1 | ||||||
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | |||
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards | 1 | ||||||
Dories | |||||||
Motor boats | |||||||
Schooners | |||||||
Vessels built | 2 | ||||||
Tonnage of vessels built | 43 | ||||||
Boats built | |||||||
Agriculture… | |||||||
Tons of hay cut | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 20 | 30 | |
Barrels of potatoes raised | 167 | 179 | 205 | 260 | 299 | 1,118 | |
Barrels of turnip raised | 2 | 2 | 34 | 32 | 40 | 85 | |
Barrels of other root crops | |||||||
Cabbage, heads | 7,300 | 22,000 | 11,000 | 10,500 lbs | |||
Head of cattle | 6 | 2 | |||||
Milch cows | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||||
Other horned cattle | 22 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Horses | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |||
Sheep | 10 | 39 | 36 | 40 | 56 | ||
Swine | 21 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 4 | ||
Fowl / Poultry | 20 | 94 | 48 | ||||
Goats | 8 | 11 | 3 | 16 | |||
Hens / chickens | 77 | ||||||
Acres of cultivated land | 20 | 51 | 32 | ||||
Acres occupied | 24 | 19 | 52 | ||||
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs | 12 | 10 | 125 | 600 | |||
Wool – lbs | 129 | 98 | 170 | ||||
Eggs, doz. | 500 | 20 |
Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014
These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material.