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SCOTIA
of
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communities
deal
the
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N.S.
the
of
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CENSUS
these
District
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St.
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extracted
3A6
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1747
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke
of
Phone
District
census
Tor
County
March
H.
Newtown
District
1861
Summer
Sherbrooke,
of
W.
429-4610
Bay
from
River
St.
Frame
1976
statistics
and
Street
area.
and
Polling
the
in
Mary’s
included
and
the
1860.
Caledonia.
census
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Census 1861 Sherbrooke Polling District — Guysborough Co.
Sherbrooke Population 590 males 196 Families 579 females
1169 Total
Under 1 year of age Over 1 year & Under 2 Over 2 & Under 3 10 males 25 males 17 males 15 females 13 females 17 females
Over 3 & Under 4 Over 4 & Under 5 Over 5 & Under 10 16 males 22 males 81 males 19 females 14 females 84 females
Over 10 & Under 15 Over 15 & Under 20 Over 20 & Under 30 89 males 58 males 21 married males 74 females 67 females 76 single males 41 married females 56 single females
Over 30 & Under 40 Over 40 & Under 50 Over 50 & Under GO 60 married males 40 married males 17 married males 12 single males 3 single males 3 single males 2 widowed 59 married females 36 married females 12 married females 7 single females 5 single females 1 single female 3 widowed 8 widowed 5 widowed
Over 60 & Under 70 Over 70 & Under 80 Over 80 & Under 90 15 married males 12 married males 1 married male
/2 Census 1861 Sherbrooke Polling District - Guvsborough Co.
Sherbrooke Population 590 males 196 Families 579 females 1169 Total
Under 1 year of age Over 1 year 5 Under 2 Over 2 5 Under 3 10 males 25 males 17 males 15 females 13 females 17 females
Over 3 5 Under 4 Over 4 F1 Under 5 Over S Fi Under 10 16 males 22 males 81 males 19 females 14 females 84 females
Over 10 5 Under 15 Over 15 5 Under 20 Over 20 5 Under 30 89 males 58 males 21 married males 74 females 67 females 76 single males 41 married females 56 single females
Over 30 5 Under 40 Over 40 5 Under 50 Over 50 5 Under 60 60 married males 40 married males 17 married males 12 single males 3 single males 3 single males 2 widowed 59 married females 36 married females 12 married females 7 single females 5 single females 1 single female 3 widowed 8 widowed S widowed
Over 60 5 Under 70 Over 70 F1 Under 80 Over 80 5 Under 90 15 married males 12 married males 1 married male 4 widowed 1 single male 2 widowed 1 widowed 11 married females 7 married females 2 married females 1 single female 7 single females 1 single female 1 widowed Total Males 166 married Total Females 170 married 414 single 374 single 10 widowed 35 widowed 590 579
2 deaf 5 dumb males Page Census
Over
Illiterates No
Populations
Average
4,138
5,792
coloured
2
S
Over
over
over
1861
number
Guysborough
Under
Total
69
43
39 50
Out
1107
1162
15
5 5
persons -
of
12 14
10
wales
males
females
females
years
years
4 4 2 2 7
2 1 1 I 1
can’t
of
15
Other
people Population
Guvsborough of
from from from from from from from from from from from from from
a
years
people
cannot
cannot total
read
or
England County:
New Newfoundland
Scotland Prince Mediterranean United
Canada France Spain Portugal Ireland Denmark
Polling
Manchester Melford
)larie Molasses Cuysborough Cape Crow Intervale Country Sherbrooke Forks,
natives
Indians
of
Brunswick
per
population
write
read
age
Flarbour
Canso
County
Edward States
Joseph
Districts
St.
family
Harbour
of
in
Harbour
Marys
Sherbrooke
population.
Island
of 6.21
12,713
1548 in
1583 2242 1162 1169
1,162
968
826 893 648
727 947
Guysborough
Over
Illiterates
5
Over
f
Under
107
105
County 80
92 15 -
males
females
males
can’t
females
15
1861.
years
write
of
age •
Page
Census
Religions
189 109 820
137
110 507 565 703
23
25
17 50 69
13 10
10 28 16
31
27 Anglican
Catholic Methodist Ch. Presbyterian Baptist
1 3 2 3 6 4 1 1
2 2 2
2
1 2 3
3
3
Collectors Miner Block Dyer Clerks Carriage Judges Lumberers Telegraph Sheriff Riggers Mariners School
Magistrates Plasterers Carpenters Caulkers Fisherman Tailors Registrars Shoe Millers Photographer Barristers Weavers Clergyman Harness Tanners Lighthouse Acres
Acres Bushels Bushels Horses Hand Bushels Bushels
3
of
1861
Scotland
Makers
Looms -
Salt
Cultivated
of
Teachers
of
Sherhrooke
Pump
Makers
of
of of
of
Makers
Peace
Operators Probate
Curriers
of
of
Keepers Marsh Wheat
Buckwheat Turnips Rye
Makers
House
Attorneys
Guysborough Customs
Probate
Cut
407 407 100
251
Agriculture
Cut Upland
1
3
Joiners
1860
1860 Cut
1860
County -
Sherbrooke -
10848
1435
3416
Occupations
193
109
314 765 353
120
38 38
82
32 24
1
1
2 4 2 1 2
S 3 6 9 1 3 1 1
1 9
1 1
2
3 6
Merchants
County Tin Registrars Cabinet Painters Chair Shipwrights Farm Millwrights Deputy Boat Dressmakers Labourers Coroners Watch Clerks Sailmaker Masons Traders Hotel Prothonotary Blacksmiths
Tailoress Coopers Physicians Farmers
Stone Acres
Tons Bushels Bushels Bushels Bushels Thousand
lbs.
Smith
Labourers Builders
of
Butter
Deaths
Maker
Cutter
Cultivated
Pleurisy Diptheria Scarlet Disease Disease Child-Bed Rheumatism Drowned Treasurer
Postmasters
Makers
Clock
Inn
Hay
of of of of
Bricks
of
flats
Peas Plums Barley
Keeper
Made
Cut
1860
Surgeons
Deeds
Maker
of of fever
Made Cut
1860
FT
Intervale
in
bowels - liver
Cut Beans
61
1860 1860
1860
Sherbrooke
Cut
19
1860
6 3 1 1 1 3 2
2 —
Page 4 Census 1861
31 Shad cured 1860 • 695 Nets 5 Seines Barrels 706 Barrels Salmon cured 1860 26 Carriages made in 1860 4 Bushels of Timothy Seed Cut 1860 74 Bushels of Other Roots 325 Neat Cattle exclusive of Cows 992 Sheep 283 Yards Fulled Cloth Made in 1860 50 lbs. Cheese Made in 1860 11 Vessels employed in Fisheries 1943 Quintals Dry Fish Cured in 1860 employing 53 men 2507 Barrels Herring Cured 1860 38 Boats Built in 1860 1985 Gallons of Fish Oil in 1860 197 Bushels of Apples 5751 Bushels of Potatoes 372 Milch Cows 3673 Yards Not Fulled Cloth 154 Pigs 542 lbs. Maple Sugar 100 Boats employed in Fisheries 42 Barrels Mackerel cured 1860 employing 93 men $1320. Value of Leather Manufactured 101 Barrels Alewives cured 1860 in 1860
Lumber Manufactured in 1860 X’es5 el 5 70Cm. feet deals, superficial 4 launches in 1860 ZOlm. feet pine boards 691 tonnage 600m. feet square spruce S hemlock boards 4 under construction 467 tons square timber March 30, 1860 43m. staves 800 probable tonnage
Houses 5 Buildings - Sherbrooke 1860-61 159 inhabited houses 6 vacant houses 5 houses under construction 13 stores S shops 178 barns 5 outhouses 7 school houses 4 schools in operation March 30, 1860 2 Church of England 1 Catholic Church 1 Presbyterian 2 Baptist Churches
Mills There are no grist mills listed for sherbrooke. Forks of St. Mary’s had 5 grist mills, 10 sawmills, 2 carding mills and 2 shingle mills all powered by water. Sherhrooke had 3 sawmills powered by water employing 12 men and valued at $5400.