Dwayne & Francine Meisner's Family Tree

The Genealogy of Dwayne Meisner and Francine Williams

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1861 Census of Nova Scotia - Richmond County - Polling Districts 1-13 - Roll: M-877

The 1861 Census of Canada is a collection of five provincial censuses. The first national census wasn't held until 1871, because confederation didn't occur until 1867. In 1861, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island only recorded the names of the heads of households, while New Brunswick, Canada East and Canada West recorded the names of everyone in the household. The census for Richmond County is divided up into thirteen polling districts. Unfortunately, no place names were listed. I was able to correctly determine the place names for each poll district by reading the book "Report of the Secretary of the Board of Statistics on the Census of Nova Scotia, 1861", that was published in 1862. The table below is from the book as well. You can see the book that has been digitized by Google. I have included the count of males and females in the households. This helps the researcher work backwards from later censuses that list the names of all household members. I have also attempted to transcribe all the names with the common spellings used today.

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Polling Districts	Total Population			Number of Families
Polling Districts	Males	Females	Total	Number of Families
1. Arichat	475	533	1088	179
2. Petit-de-Grat	925	950	1875	273
3. D'Escousse	570	603	1173	200
4. Black River	376	366	742	109
5. River Bourgeois	415	434	849	139
6. St. Peter's	377	403	780	133
7. L'Ardoise	702	773	1475	232
8. Grand River	385	370	755	123
9. Red Islands	390	384	774	105
10. River Inhabitants	466	452	918	138
11. Little Arichat	692	743	1435	228
12. Loch Lomond	201	211	412	63
13. Framboise	224	187	411	75
TOTALS	6198	6409	12607	1997

Dwayne & Francine Meisner's Family Tree

The Genealogy of Dwayne Meisner and Francine Williams

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