{"id":981,"date":"2007-01-18T23:30:44","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T06:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/18\/the-gibson-households-in-the-1851-census-of-lower-canada-quebec\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:25:07","slug":"the-gibson-households-in-the-1851-census-of-lower-canada-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/981","title":{"rendered":"The Gibson Households in the 1851 Census of Lower Canada (Qu\u00e9bec)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1851, the families of John Gibson and Clark Gibson are enumerated in St. Georges de Clarenceville in the county of Rouville, Lower Canada (Qu\u00e9bec) on lines 19-27 of pages 37-38 .\u00a0 Only the first half of page 37 is shown below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"The 1851 Census Record for John Gibson and Family\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/CCA-1851-Gibson-John.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image979\" style=\"width: 458px; height: 696px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/CCA-1851-Gibson-John.jpg\" alt=\"The 1851 Census Record for John Gibson and Family\" width=\"458\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>The Gibson Households in the 1851 Census of Canada East (Qu\u00e9bec)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>SOURCE:\u00a0 John Gibson Household, 1851 Lower Canada Census (Qu\u00e9bec), St. Georges de Clarenceville, Caldwell (Manoir), Rouville (County), pages 37-38, lines 19-27. National Archives of Canada Film C-1137 Schedule A. Microfilm FHL US\/CAN Census Area 517289, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Click on the link for a PDF copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/CCA-Gibson-John-1851.pdf\">Census of Lower Canada (Qu\u00e9bec) for the Gibson Households &#8211; 1851<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 .\u00a0 The Census Record for Schedule A (the nominal household census) covers pages 37-38 .\u00a0 The image above is only the first half of page 37 .\u00a0 The record states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">John Gibson, a 50-year-old farmer, is enumerated with his 45 year-old wife, Sarah Gibson<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">John and Sarah Gibson&#8217;s children are James, a 21-year-old laborer; Martha, 18 years old; William, a 15-year-old laborer; Sarah, 10 years old; and George, 2 years old<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">In addition, Clark Gibson, 29 years old, is listed with his wife Maryette, 19 years old<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">John and\u00c2\u00a0Sarah are listed as Methodist; there is no mark in the religion column for the others<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">John and Sarah were born in the United States; their children, including Clark and Maryette, were born in Canada<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Clark and Maryette are shown as living in St. Armand in the &#8220;Residence if out of limits&#8221; column<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Additional information is provided on parts of the census not shown above:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John, Sarah, Clark, and Maryette are married; all others are single<\/li>\n<li>All individuals are listed as &#8220;Members&#8221; except for Clark and Maryette who are listed as &#8220;Not Members&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>None of the household members are listed as attending school<\/li>\n<li>There were no births or deaths in the family during 1851<\/li>\n<li>None of the household members were &#8220;Colored Persons &#8211; Negroes&#8221;, &#8220;Indians if any&#8221;, &#8220;Members absent&#8221;, &#8220;Deaf &amp; Dumb&#8221;, &#8220;Blind&#8221;, or &#8220;Lunatics&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The family&#8217;s residence was a one-story log farmhouse; this family was the only family occupying the house<\/li>\n<li>There were no &#8220;Vacant&#8221; homes, no &#8220;Buildings&#8221;, no &#8220;Shops, Stores, Inns, Taverns, &amp;c.&#8221;, no &#8220;Public Buildings&#8221;, no &#8220;Places of Worship&#8221;, no &#8220;Information as to Mills, Factories, &amp;c., &amp;c., their cost, power, produce, &amp;c.&#8221;, no &#8220;Number of persons usually employed therein&#8221;, and no &#8220;General Remarks of the Enumerator&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The information in this Census Record shows that Clark and Maryette were married in or before 1851.<\/p>\n<p>The header of this Census Record states in full: \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;PERSONAL CENSUS &#8211; ENUMERATION DISTRICT, No. Ten OF St. George de Clarenceville IN THE COUNTY OF Rouville COMPRISING the Parish of St. George of Clarenceville OF THE SAID County TAKEN UNDER ACT 14th &amp; 15th Vict. Chap. 49. Wm. T. Ford ENUMERATOR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. 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