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1857 NEWFOUNDLAND CENSUS - CONCEPTION BAY (SOUTH) NOTE: This file extends far to the right.

Name of Settlements	No. of Inhabitants	Males under 10 years of age.	Females under 10.	Males from 10 to 20.	Females from 10 to 20.	Males from 20-30	Females from 20 to 30.	Males from 30 to 40.	Females from 34 to 40	Males from 40 to 50.	Females from 40 to 50.	Males above 50 to 70.	Females above 50 to 70.	Males from 70 and upwards.	Females from 70 and upwards.	Married Persons Male.	Married Persons Female.	Newfoundland	England	Ireland	Scotland	British Colonies	Foreign or other States	No. of Church of England	No. of Church of Rome	No. of Wesleyan Church	No. of Kirk of Scotland	No. of Free Kirk	No. of Congregationalist Church	No. of Baptist and other Denominations	No. of Clergymen or Ministers	No. of Doctors and Lawyers	No. of Farmers	No. of Mechanics	No. of Merchants and Venders	No. of Persons engaged in catching and curing Fish.	No. of Can't Pick it Out	No. of Persons engaged in Lumbering	No. of Church of England	No. of Church of Rome	No. of Wesleyan Churches	No. of Churches of otherDenominations	No. of Schools in each Settlement	No. of Children attending Schools	How many inhabited Houses	By how many families inhabited.	Houses now building.	Uninhabited houses.	Stores, Barns, and Out-houses.	Fishing Rooms in actual use.	Can't Pick Out	No. Of Men on board.	Amount of tonnage engaged in the fisheries	No. Of large boats from 4 to 15 qtls.	No. Of large boats from 15 to 30 qtls.	No. Of large boats from 30 qtls. Upward	No. Of Nets and Seines	Quantity of Cod Fish cured.	Quantity of Salmon caught & cured	Quantity of Herring cured.	Quantity of other fish cured.	Quantity of Oil distinguishing each kind.	Quantity of Seals.	No. of Seal Nets.	No. of Acres of Dyke and other improved Lands, and average value.	No. of Tons of Hay cut.	No. of Bushels of Wheat and Barley raised.	No. of Bushels of Oats raised.	No. of Barrels of Potatoes raised.	No. of Barrels of Turnips raised.	Quantity of Timothy and Clover Seed raised.	No. of Barrels of other Root Crops.	No. of Neat Cattle	No. of Milch Cows.	No. of Horses.	No. of Sheep.	No. of Swine and Goats
Horse Cove	6	12	9	3	5	9	7	7	5	1	1	4	2	1	1	12	12	64		4				13	55											50	17								15	17			14	17				3		15	363				300			132	204			311						24	4	5	16
Topsail	507	50	60	32	32	18	19	14	16	18	14	19	14	1		50	50	261	6	40				92	156	30							22	2	1	44	50			1	1		2	48	54	58	7		40	6				8		15	373				370			678	1641		250	1853	35				11	82	37	23	118
Chamberlain	137	27	30	17	19	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	4	1	1	19	19	128	2	5			2	127	10								2			50	19								20	21	3	1	10	12				4		8	457				417			78	10			652					2	10	5	16	46
Manuels	120	21	16	28	14	10	6	5	4	8	9	3	2			17	17	116		4				5	22											37	24								17	18	2		9	9				1		6	403				303			87	15.33			544					5	14	4	20	36
Long Pond	231	34	43	30	23	23	9	14	13	14	16	8	5			30	30	221	5	2				200	22											?0	50		1				1	20	41	48	2	2	20	17				12		15	756				780			134	31.5			1072					7	15	18	42	78
Fox Trap	143	23	27	15	10	6	5	10	10	12	11	4	6	2	2	21	21	143						143												50	30								26	27			3	16				8		74	375				375			60	11			432					1	5	6	18	41
Middle Bight	130	25	24	15	21	10	5	7	8	8	9	5	1		1	22	22	134	3					139							1					57	27						1	40	28	25	2	1	20	16			24	-	1	22	1524		139		201			62	21		32	820					1	10	9	20	53
Kelligrews	143	19	20	22	20	16	11	4	3	8	12	4	3	1	1	23	23	110	2	1				81	56											51	25								24	27	1		9	9				5		3	211		5		214			74	39.5			600						11	8	13	47
Lower Gullies	78	12	13	7	12	8	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	1	1	10	10	72		6				35	43											26	17								13	14	1		3	6				4		4	79				74			46	9		4	422						6	3	11	29
Upper Gullies	74	14	13	9	7	0	0	4	4	1	1	5	4			11	11	72	2					14												28	15						1	22	18	12			7	8				2			211		13		20			80	7.5			251						3	4	10	10
Lance Cove	76	10	11	12	12	5	4	7	4	3	4	1	2	1		12	12	69	1	6				54	22											51	16								14	11	1		3	5			25	4	1		713		12		71			80	1		2	307					1	6	1	3	22
Seals Cove	61	17	10	6	7	1	1	5	5	3	4	1	1			2	2	60	1					61												20	10								20	9			3	5											31			80	2			211					9	5		5	17
																		321	1	30			3		364											125	88								60	60	5	5	13	19
																		* This row has 13, whereas all rows before has 12.

Transcribed & Contributed and transcribed by Susan Lawrence (2011))

Page Last Modified: Friday June 06, 2014 (Don Tate)

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