Series 93-024 - Canada. 1901 decennial manuscript census of Peterborough County and Town, Victoria County, Northumberland County, Durham County and Hastings County

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Canada. 1901 decennial manuscript census of Peterborough County and Town, Victoria County, Northumberland County, Durham County and Hastings County

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    93-024

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    • 1965-1985 (Reproduction)
    • 1901 (Creation)
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      Canada. Census.

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    10 microfilm reels

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    Census taking in Canada was divided into enumeration districts which were usually located around cities and counties. The districts were divided in sub-districts which were usually located around towns, townships and city wards. Villages, small towns, parishes and seigneuries were generally enumerated as part of the township in which they were located. Census and county boundaries did not always coincide since boundaries and town names changed or disappeared. The first census in Canada was undertaken in 1666 by Intendant Jean Talon. Census taking was not required until it was put into the Constitution in 1867. Before 1867 census taking was sketchy and it was not until 1851 that it became established as a way of assessing population and colonial needs for the government. (Taken from: "Census Returns, 1666-1891." Public Archives, Canada, 1987.)

    In 1792, the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham were officially created in a proclamation made by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. The proclamation divided Upper Canada into 19 Counties for representation purposes. The United Counties are bounded by Lake Ontario in the south, Hasting County in the east, Ontario County in the west and Peterborough and Victoria Counties in the north. The town line between Hope and Hamilton Townships divide the two counties. Durham County consists of the Townships of Cartwright, Manvers, Cavan, Darlington, Clarke and Hope. Northumberland County consists of South Monaghan, Hamilton, Haldimand, Alnwick, Percy, Cramahe, Seymour, Brighton and Murray Townships. (Taken from: "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Northumberland and Durham Counties, Ontario." Belleville: Mika Silk Screening Limited, 1972.) The land which is now Peterborough County was originally part of Newcastle District before 1841, and the Colbourne District until 1850, the year when districts were replaced by counties in Upper Canada. At this time the United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria was created. In 1861, Victoria County was given independence from Peterborough. Peterbourgh County is made up of the following townships: Galway, Cavendish, Anstruther, Chandos, Harvey, Burleigh, Methuen, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Dummer, Belmont, North Monaghan, Otonabee, and Asphodel. (taken from "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Peterborough County 1825-1875." Peterborough: The Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation Inc., 1975.) Victoria County, formally established in 1860, is comprised of the Townships of Bexley, Carden, Dalton, Eldon, Emily, Fenelon, Laxton, Digby, Longford, Manvers, Mariposa, Ops, Somerville, and Verulam. The town of Lindsay in Ops Township is the county seat. The County is bordered in the north by the Muskoka District, in the east by Haliburton and Peterborough Counties, in the south by Lake Scugog and the Regional Municipality of Durham, and in the west by Durham and Simcoe Counties. It is 2,169 km square in area. The land in Victoria County was first opened for settlement in 1821 and the first settlers were mainly Irish, both Protestant and Catholic, and Scottish Presbyterians. By 1880, lumbering was firmly established as the main industry in the county. Quickly the region was stripped of its forests, and it was not until the 1920's that an interest in reforestation developed. Today, Victoria County is a prime grain producing region. As well, chemical industries and tourism make up the present day economic picture of the county. (Taken from: Mika, Nick and Helma. "Places in Ontario, Part III." Belleville: Mika Publishing Company, 1983.) Hastings County was proclaimed the 11th county of Upper Canada in 1792. The second largest county in Ontario, it includes nineteen municipal townships: Bangor, Wicklow and McClure, Carlow, Dungannon, Elzevir and Grimsthorpe, Faraday, Hershal, Hungerford, Huntingdon, Limerick, Madoc, Marmora and Lake, Mayo; Monteagle, Rawdon, Sidney, Thurlow, Tudor and Cashel, Tyendinaga, and Wollaston. Hastings was named after a military leader who had fought in the American Revolution, Francis Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826). His family name was taken from the town of Hastings in Sussex, England. Until 1849 Hastings County was called the Victoria District. This was changed at that time by the Baldwin Act which replaced district councils with county councils. The first major industry in Hastings County was agriculture, and this was well-established by 1860, with Belleville having the largest saw mills west of Ottawa. Around this time, mining became an important attraction for new settlers, with the extraction of gold at Eldorado, Deloro, Gilmour, and Cordova. Once the Grand Trunk Railway began making stops in Belleville in 1856, the economy of the county improved immensely. Today tourism, lumbering and mining are the major industries of the county. (Taken from: Mika, Nick and Helma. "Places on Ontario, Part II." Belleville: Mika Publishing Company, 1981.)

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    The 10 microfilm reels deal with the decennial manuscript census for 1901 of Peterborough County and Town, Victoria County, Northumberland County, Durham County and Hastings County.

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    The note from the Library and Archives Canada which accompanies this census indicates that only a microfilm copy of the 1901 census survived. This copy was made in the late 1930's. The microfilming is not of consistent quality and it may be difficult to decipher parts of this film.

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    The microfilm were created by the Library and Archives Canada and purchased by the Trent University Archives.

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        Originals located at the Library and Archives Canada.

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        Uploaded as a digital object: List of all family members and their ages compiled from the 1901 Decennial Census for Douro Township courtesy of Cheryl Jones.

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        For related records, see other census records in this collection. Associated material located at the Library and Archives Canada.

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        Microfilm. Set 45.

        1901 Census

        Reel 1 (P.A.C. film #T06464):

        Durham County, 1901
        Hope
        Manvers
        Millbrook Village
        Port Hope
        Bowmanville
        Cartwright
        Clarke
        Darlington
        Newcastle Village
        plus miscellaneous townships in Elgin & Dundas Counties

        Reel 2 (P.A.C. film #T06485):

        Northumberland County, 1901
        Brighton
        Brighton Village
        Campbellford
        Colborne
        Cramahe
        Village of Hastings
        Murray
        Percy
        Seymour
        plus miscellaneous townships in Norfolk County

        Reel 3 (P.A.C. film #T06486):

        Northumberland County, 1901 (cont'd)
        (illegible)
        Seymour
        Alnwick
        Cobourg
        Haldimand
        Hamilton
        Beaverton
        Bracebridge
        plus miscellaneous townships & villages in Ontario County

        Reel 4 (P.A.C. film #T06554):

        Indian Agencies..., 1901
        Indian Agencies in Canada, including Mud (Chemong) Lake,
        Township of Smith, Peterborough County

        Reel 5 (P.A.C. film #T06491):

        Peterborough County, 1901
        Ashburnham Village
        Asphodel
        Belmont
        Chandos
        Cardiff
        Cavandish
        Douro
        Dummer
        Guilford
        Dysart
        Harburn
        Bruton
        Havelock Village
        Dudley
        Harvey
        Village of Lakefield
        Methuen
        Monmouth
        Village of Norwood
        Otonabee
        plus miscellaneous townships in Perth County

        Reel 6 (P.A.C. film #T06492):

        Peterborough County, 1901 (cont'd)
        Otonabee
        Ennismore
        North Monaghan
        South Monaghan
        Township of Peterborough

        Reel 7 (P.A.C. film #T06501):

        Victoria County, 1901
        Anson & Hindon
        Bexley
        Carden
        Dalton
        Digby & Longford
        Eldon
        Fenelon
        Fenelon Falls
        Galway
        Laxton
        Lutterworth
        Minden
        Snowden
        Somerville
        Sherborne & McClintock
        Stanhope
        Village of Woodville
        Town of Lindsay -- (N.B. in 2 places on film - see also after Emily Township section)
        Bobcaygeon
        Emily
        Lindsay
        Mariposa
        Omemee Village
        plus miscellaneous wards in City of Toronto

        Reel 8 (P.A.C. film #T06502):

        Victoria County, 1901 (cont'd)
        Ops
        Verulam
        plus miscellaneous townships in Waterloo County

        Reel 9 (P.A.C. film #T06472):

        Hastings County, 1901
        Town of Deseronto
        Hungerford
        Thurlow
        Village of Tweed
        Lyendinaga
        McClure
        Carlow
        Dungannon
        Elzevir & Grimsthorpe
        Faraday
        Huntingdon
        plus miscellaneous wards in City of Hamilton

        Reel 10 (P.A.C. film #T06473):

        Hastings County, 1901 (cont'd)
        Huntingdon (cont'd)
        Limerick
        Madoc
        Marmora & Lake
        Marmora Village
        Mayo
        Monteagle & Herschell
        Rawdon
        Village of Stirling
        Tudor
        Wollaston
        City of Belleville
        Sidney
        Town to Trenton
        plus miscellaneous townships in Huron County

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