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St. Jones Within Census Records

1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 71 53 83 80 108 136 142
Males 32 26 43 46 56 68 78
Females 39 27 40 34 52 68 64
Males under 10 years 10 9 18 11 17 18 38
Females under 10 years 18 10 17 8 19 18
Males 10 – 20 years 8 3 8 15 11 17 36
Females 10 – 20  years 6 5 7 10 9 19
Males 20 – 30 years 4 3 3 5 12 8 65
Females 20 – 30 years 4 5 5 5 13 9
Males 30 – 40 years 6 5 5 4 6 9
Females 30 – 40 years 6 4 7 1 3 8
Males 40 – 50 years 2 4 4 4 2 8
Females 40 – 50 years 1 3 3 6 2 8
Males 50 – 70 years 2 2 5 6 6 6
Females 50 – 70 years 3 1 4 5 6
Males 70 upwards 1 2 2 3
Females 70 upwards 1 1
Married persons, male 13 13 13 13 20 23 55
Married persons, female 13 12 13 13 20 23
Births, preceding year 2 6 5
Deaths, preceding year 3 8
Marriages, preceding year
Born in Newfoundland 70 53 83 79 108
Born in England 1 1
Families 13 12 12 16 25 26
Religion…
Church of England 8 1
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church 71 53 83 80 100 135 142
Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1 1 1
Engaged in office or shop-work 1
Engaged solely in government services
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 35 40 18 20
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 36
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 16 24 18 35
Females engaged in curing 13 17 3 16
Engaged in lumbering 6 4
Persons employed with saw mills
Otherwise employed 1
Education…
Who can read and write 19 55 69 92
Males who can read 15 20 36
Females who can read 15 14 38
Males who can write 9 15
Females who can write 9 7
Children attending school 11 20 14 22 30
Children not attending school 22 12 22 14 3
5 years and over who can write 37
5 years and over who cannot write 33
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 51 69 92
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 22 14 11
Persons who can read but cannot write 5 1
Buildings…
Church of England building
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building 1 1 1 1 1
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1 1 1
Inhabited Houses 12 12 12 16 24 26
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 3
Houses now building 3 9
Houses built past 12 months
Uninhabited houses 1 2
Stores, barns and outhouses 18 24 33 35 30 20
Fishing rooms 3 8 11 3 32 13
Saw Mills 1
Person employed in saw mill 3
Business premises 1
Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 2 3
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 2
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 1 2 1
Men taken down to Labrador 8 12 8
Women taken down to Labrador 1
Children taken down to Labrador
Vessels or boats engaged in the shore fishery 2 2
Persons employed catching and making in the shore fishery 4 6
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 16
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 1 18
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 13 20
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1 1
Dories 11
Motor boats 8 9
Schooners 3
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built
Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 8 15 22 29 22 25
Barrels of potatoes raised 166 282 302 291 325 324
Barrels of turnip raised 1 28 24 54 26 60
Barrels of other root crops
Cabbage, heads 7,000 42,00 16,700 7,000 lbs
Head of cattle 10 4
Milch cows 2 6 6 6
Other horned cattle 12 10 9
Horses and ponies 2 1 9 10 18
Sheep 2 50 41 54 51
Swine 32 31 40 19
Fowl / Poultry 33 36 62
Goats 2 12 3
Hens / chickens 253
Acres of cultivated land 37 38
Acres occupied 31 35 42 50
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 50 272 175 175
Wool – lbs 90 102 263
Eggs, doz. 675
Furs 1

 

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

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