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White Bay Region ~  Baie Verte District


1836 Census
Nippers Harbour
 
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 Starks
			Planter 
			  1
			  4
			  2
			  0
			  1
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  20
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  9
			  0
			  0
		
		

		

			William Noble
			Planter 
			  1
			  4
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  14
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  9
			  0
			  0
	
		

		

			John Noble, Sr. 
			Planter 
			  1
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  15
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  5
			  0
			  0
	
		

		

			Joseph Stickland/Strickland
			Planter 
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
	
		

		

			John Dolling
			Planter 
			  1
			  2
			  2
			  0
			  1
			  2
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  10
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  8
			  0
			  0
		
		

		

			Richard Langdown
			Planter 
			  1
			  4
			  4
			  0
			  3
			  2
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  3
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  8
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  14
			  0
			  0

		

		

			Thomas Bower
			Planter 
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  2
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  5
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  4
			  0
			  0
		
		

		

			John Bower
			Planter 
			  1
			  2
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  5
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  6
			  0
			  0
	
		

		

			John Andrews
			Planter 
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  2
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  2
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  5
			  0
			  0
		
		

		

			James King
			Planter 
			  1
			  2
			  1
			  0
			  1
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  1
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  3
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  0
			  5
			  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.

		
	

NIPPER'S HARBOUR
 

FN
 

According to FN, family traditions state that "Thomas Starkes (1799-1869), from Fordingbridge (Hampshire), settled at Nippers Harbour (Green B.), between 1820 and 1830 (MUN Geog.). William, from Yorkshire, settled at Nippers Harbour (MUN Folklore)." A George Starks was recorded at Nippers Harbour in 1860.

 
A John Noble, "merchant of St John's, 1794-5, operated salmon fishery at Nippers Harbour, 1804 (Census 1794-5)".  This may be the John Sr. recorded here.  FN notes that the modern status of the Noble name is "Scattered, especially at Nipper's Harbour." It also notes that in family tradition, "John, from England, came to Newfoundland at an early age and settled at Nipper's Harbour (Green B.) (MUN Folklore)."

 
There are no Sticklands or Stricklands recorded at Nipper's Harbour.

 
There is no record of the last name Dolling.  The name Dolland is recorded as "Rare, at Nipper's Harbour (Electors 1955)."  A John Dolland is recorded at Nipper's Harbour on the 1921 Census, as is a Samuel Dolland. 

 
FN records a "John Langdonna or Langdown" at Nipper's Harbour in 1842, but no Richard Langdown.

 
A John Bower was recorded at Nipper's Harbour in 1844, but there is no record of Thomas Bower.

 
The FN records a William Andrews at Nipper's Harbour in 1847, but does not mention John Andrews.

 
The James King of Nipper's Harbour is also recorded in Family Names in 1845.
 

ENL
 

"Continuous settlement is thought to date from the late 1700s, when a West Country firm operating out of Twillingate, John Slade and Co., established a fishing post there. Two of the first known settlers were [John] Slade's agents in 1804, John Rideout and John Noble.  Noble remained at Nippers Harbour.  Thomas Starkes from Fordingbridge, Hampshire was sent out around 1820 as his servant, eventually marrying one of his daughters.  In 1991 Starkes and Noble were still the community's dominant family names.  The Rideouts moved on from Nippers Harbour to become one of the most common family names elsewhere in Green Bay."

 
By 1869, family names included "Batstone, Bowers, Dollond, Langdown, Noble, Pittman, Randell and Starkes ...Principal family names in 1991 were Bowers, Noble, Perry, Prole, Randell and Starkes."
		
		

  



           

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