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White Bay Region ~  Baie Verte District


1836 Census
Caplain Cove
 
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

    


	
		
		

			Thomas Saunders (Sr) 
			Planter
			  1
			  1
			  1
			  1
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  12
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  5
			  0
			  0
	
		

		

			Thomas Saunders (Jr)
			Planter
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
		
		

		

			Henry Mitchell 
			Planter
			  1
			  3
			  3
			  0
			  2
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  8
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  10
			  0
			  0
		
		

	
	
		



		
		  
 						
			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.

		
CAPLAIN COVE
 

FN
 

The Thomas Saunders JR may be connected to the Joseph Saunders noted at Caplin Cove in 1860.  Otherwise, there is no mention of either Thomas.  There is no mention of a Henry Mitchell in FN.

 
ENL
 

The ENL notes in the section for Shoe Cove that in the 1836 Census "the Mitchell and Saunders families were recorded at Captain (Caplin) Cove." 

 
The 1921 Census mentions the Saunders and Mitchell surnames at Caplain Cove. 
		
		

  



           

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