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1836 Census

Triton Island

Note: There was a miscellaneous column at the end which was left blank.
Transcribed and contributed by Isabel Taylor. While we have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be typographical errors.

FAMILY
			MALE			FEMALE			NUMBER OF SERVANTS		FISHING BOATS (Quintels)																Number and Denomination of Churches & Ministers
Head of Household	Occupation	Dwelling Houses	Under 14 yrs	14-60 yrs	Upwards of 60 yrs	Under 14 yrs	14-16 yrs	Upwards of 60 yrs	Male	Female	Under 15	15 to 30	Upwards of 30	Heads of families who are servants	Acres in possession	Acres under cultivation	Bushels of potatoes yearly	Bushels of oats & other grains	Tons hay	Horses	Neat [domesticated] cattle	Hogs	Sheep	Schools	Male pupils	Female pupils	Protestant Episcopalians	Protestant Dissenters	Roman Catholics
Under the heading for Durel's Arm, it states that 'Thomas Jenkins and son now said to be living on the Triton Island.'																											2

Transcriber's notes on the census
It looks as if fishing boat capacity was measured in quintals, not in tons. The writing is definitely qtls. There are problems with the number of members of religious denominations exceeding the number of inhabitants (i.e. at Indian Burying Place). The following notes are based on checking the census transcription against the entries for the various communities in the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador (ENL), and surname entries in Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E. R. Seary (FN). They are supplemented, in the section on Fortune Harbour, by notes from John Carrick Greene`s Of Fish and Family. These extracts illustrate the difficulties created by surname variations. Thanks are due to Dave Anstey and Jill Marshall for their transcriptions, which were helpful in deciphering some of the trickier entries.
TRITON ISLAND
FN
There is no record of Thomas Jenkins and son at Triton Island. However, a Moses Jenkins was recorded at "Troytown" (now Triton) in 1871. Perhaps this was Thomas Jenkins' son.
ENL
"Triton first appears in the Census in 1845, with a population of 17. This number probably includes the families of Robert Winsor (from Tilt Cove) and William Vincent (from Twillingate, via Three Arms). Other early family names of Triton include Jenkins, Newman, Purchase, Roberts and Williams."

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