The Tapscott Family Tree

1851 Census

The 1851 Census included some minor variations in data collected depending on Province - the following relate to Ontario: 

  • Column 1 – Names
  • Column 2 – Profession, trade, or occupation
  • Column 3 – Place of birth
  • Column 4 – Religion
  • Column 5 – Residence if out of limits
  • Column 6 – Age at next birthday
  • Column 7 – Sex, male
  • Column 8 – Sex, female
  • Column 9 – Married or single
  • Column 10 – Widowers or widows
  • Column 11 – Colored persons
  • Column 12 – Residents, members of family (male)
  • Column 13 – Residents, members of family (females)
  • Column 14 – Residents, not members of family (male)
  • Column 15 – Residents, not members of family (female)
  • Column 16 – Members of family absent (male)
  • Column 17 – Members of family absent (female)
  • Column 18 – Deaf and dumb
  • Column 19 – Blind
  • Column 20 – Lunatics
  • Column 21 – Attending school (male)
  • Column 22 – Attending school (female)
  • Column 23 – Births in 1851 (male)
  • Column 24 – Births in 1851 (female)
  • Column 25 – Deaths in 1851 (male)
  • Column 26 – Deaths in 1851 (female)
  • Column 27 – Deaths in 1851, age and cause of death
  • Column 28 – Houses (brink, stone, frame, log, etc.)
  • Column 29 – Houses, number of stories
  • Column 30 – Houses, number of families occupying
  • Column 31 – Houses vacant
  • Column 32 – Houses being built
  • Column 33 – Horses
  • Column 34 – Cows
  • Column 35 – Sheep
  • Column 36 – Pigs
  • Column 37 – Carriages for pleasure
  • Column 38 – Carriages for hire
  • Column 39 – Quantity of land attached to tenement
  • Column 40 – Shop, stores, inns, taverns, schools, etc.
  • Column 41 – Manufactures of all kinds – mills, ship yards, etc., their produce, etc., and whether worked by steam or water
  • Column 42 – Number of hands employed
  • Column 43 – Remarks