The Tapscott Family Tree

1861 Census

The 1861 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 – Married during the year
  • Column 5 – Religion
  • Column 6 – Residence if out of limits
  • Column 7 – Age at next birthday
  • Column 8 – Sex, male
  • Column 9 – Sex, female
  • Column 10 – Married or single
  • Column 11 – Widowers
  • Column 12 – Widows
  • Column 13 – Colored persons, mulatto, or Indian
  • Column 14 – Residents, members of family (male)
  • Column 15 – Residents, members of family (females)
  • Column 16 – Residents, not members of family (male)
  • Column 17 – Residents, not members of family (female)
  • Column 18 – Members of family absent (male)
  • Column 19 – Members of family absent (female)
  • Column 20 – Deaf and dumb
  • Column 21 – Blind
  • Column 22 – Lunatics or idiots
  • Column 23 – Children attending school within the year (male)
  • Column 24 – Children attending school within the year (female)
  • Column 25 – Persons over the age of 20 who cannot read or write (male)
  • Column 26 – Persons over the age of 20 who cannot read or write (female)
  • Column 27 – Births in 1860 (male)
  • Column 28 – Births in 1860 (female)
  • Column 29 – Deaths in 1860 (male)
  • Column 30 – Deaths in 1860 (female)
  • Column 31 – Deaths in 1860, age and cause of death
  • Column 32 – Houses (brink, stone, frame, log, etc.)
  • Column 33 – Houses, number of stories
  • Column 34 – Houses, number of families living in house
  • Column 35 – Houses vacant
  • Column 36 – Houses being built
  • Column 37 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (horses)
  • Column 38 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (cows)
  • Column 39 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (sheep)
  • Column 40 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (pigs)
  • Column 41 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (value of livestock in dollars)
  • Column 42 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (carriages for pleasure)
  • Column 43 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (value of same in dollars)
  • Column 44 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (carriages for hire)
  • Column 45 – Livestock, etc., of townspeople and persons not farmers (value of same in dollars)
  • Column 46 – Quantity of land attached to tenement
  • Column 47 – Name of business or manufacture
  • Column 48 – Capital invested in business in real estate and personal estate
  • Column 49 – Raw material used, exclusive of fuel: quantities
  • Column 50 – Raw material used, exclusive of fuel: kinds
  • Column 51 – Raw material used, exclusive of fuel: value
  • Column 52 – What motive power or machinery
  • Column 53 – Average number of hands employed (male)
  • Column 54 – Average number of hands employed (female)
  • Column 55 – Average cost per month of male labor
  • Column 56 – Average cost per month of female labor
  • Column 57 – Annual product of business or manufacture (quantities)
  • Column 58 – Annual product of business or manufacture (kinds)
  • Column 59 – Annual product of business or manufacture (value)
  • Column 60 – Remarks