1881 and 1871 Census for Nova Scotia: Halifax County
Sheet Harbour and Salmon River (now Port Dufferin)
| Dw.
No. |
Fm.
No. |
Last
Name |
First
Name |
Sx | Age | Pl. of
birth |
Relig | Natl
Origin |
Occupat | Mar
Stat |
Notes
Comments |
Sheet Harbour - 1881
| 34 | Purcell | Patrick | M | 38 | NS | RC | Irish | Labourer | |||
| 34 | Purcell | Mary Jane | F | 29 | NS | RC | Irish | M | |||
| 34 | Purcell | Sarah E. | F | 11 | NS | RC | Irish | Going to school | |||
| 34 | Purcell. | Jane A. | F | 9 | NS | RC | Irish | Going to School | |||
| 34 | Purcell | Mary E. | F | 5 | NS | RC | Irish | ||||
| 34 | Purcell | Neil P. | M | 3 | NS | RC | Irish | ||||
| 36 | Purcell | Thomas | M | 36 | NS | RC | Irish | Labourer | Thomas Purcell and Patrick
Quillinan Family make one. |
||
| 36 | Purcell | Sarah | F | 77 | |||||||
| 36 | Purcell | Edward | M | 42 | Labourer | ||||||
| 36 | Purcell | Phebe | F | 22 | |||||||
| 36 | Quillinan | Patrick | M | 32 | Labourer | M | |||||
| 36 | Quillinan | Sarah | F | 33 | M | ||||||
| 36 | Quillinan | Cecilia | F | 4 | |||||||
| 36 | Quillinan | John P. | M | 2 | |||||||
| 27 | 37 | Quillinan | Daniel | M | 64 | NS | RC | Irish | Labourer | M | |
| 27 | 37 | Quillinan | Mary E. | F | 56 | M | |||||
| 27 | 37 | Quillinan | Sarah E. | F | 26 | ||||||
| 27 | 37 | Quillinan | Bridget | F | 20 | ||||||
| 27 | 37 | Quillinan | Henry | M | 15 | Labourer | |||||
| 27 | 37 | Quillinan | Agnes E. | F | 14 | ||||||
| 28 | 38 | Quillinan | Levi | M | 28 | Irish | Labourer | ||||
| 28 | 38 | Quillinan | Mary Jane | F | 26 | ||||||
| 30 | 40 | Quillinan | Henry | M | 23 | Irish | Labourer | ||||
| 30 | 40 | Quillinan | Mary C. | F | 50 | English | W | ||||
| 30 | 40 | Quillinan | Joseph | M | 25 | Irish | Labourer | ||||
| 30 | 40 | Quillinan | Catherine | F | 17 | ||||||
| 32 | 43 | Purcell | James | M | 47 | NS | RC | M | |||
| 32 | 43 | Purcell | Catherine | F | 43 | Dutch | M | ||||
| 43 | 56 | Murphy | Ann | F | 65 | Ireland | RC | Irish | W | ||
| 43 | 56 | Murphy | Matthew | M | 43 | NS | Labourer | ||||
| 43 | 56 | Murphy | Patrick | M | 32 | Labourer | M | ||||
| 43 | 56 | Murphy | Margaret | F | 24 | M | |||||
| 43 | Murphy | Minnie | F | 24 | |||||||
| 43 | 56 | Murphy | Amelia | F | 10 | ||||||
| 75 | 99 | Quillinan | Edward | M | 36 | NS | RC | Irish | Clerk | M | |
| 75 | 99 | Quillinan | Mary | F | 33 | M | |||||
| 75 | 99 | Quillinan | John | M | 7 | ||||||
| 75 | 99 | Quillinan | Eliza | F | 3 | ||||||
| 75 | 99 | Quillinan | Edward | M | 1 | ||||||
| 1881 | |||||||||||
| Salmon | River | ||||||||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | William | M | 45 | NS | RC | German | Seaman | M | |
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | Sarah | F | 54 | C of E | |||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | George | M | 75 | NS | RC | German | Not Given | W | |
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | George | M | 18 | Factory Hand | |||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | William | M | 14 | Going to school | |||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | Edward | M | 13 | Going to School | |||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | John | M | 11 | Going to school | |||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | Mary | F | 8 | Going to school | |||||
| 106 | 108 | Wessel | James | M | 6 | Going to school | |||||
| 32 | 34 | Wessel | Susan | F | 5 | German | Listed as living with
Michael O'Leary family |
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| 1871 | |||||||||||
| Sheet | Harbour | ||||||||||
| 45 | Wessel | John | M | 33 | NS | RC | German | Fisherman | W | ||
| 45 | Wessel | Rebekka | F | 6 | |||||||
| 45 | Wessel | Charles | M | 3 | |||||||
| 45 | Wessel | Adam | M | 2 | |||||||
| 45 | Wessel | Margaret | F | 1 | |||||||
| 135 | 144 | Purcell | James | M | 39 | NS | RC | Irish | Farmer | Over 20, unable to write | |
| 135 | 144 | Purcell | Sarah | F | 66 | NS | RC | Scotch | W | Over 20, unable to read | |
| 135 | 144 | Purcell | Edward | M | 30 | NS | RC | Irish | Farmer | Over 20, unable to write | |
| 135 | 144 | Purcell | Thomas | M | 26 | " " | |||||
| 135 | 144 | Purcell | Sarah J. | F | 24 | " " | |||||
| 135 | 144 | Purcell | Phebe | F | 12 | ||||||
| 161 | 152 | Murphy | Catherine | F | 32 | RC | Irish? | M | |||
| 127 | 148 | Purcel | Patrick | M | 24 | NS | RC | Irish | Lumberman | M | |
| 127 | 148 | Purcel | Mary J. | F | 21 | M | |||||
| 127 | 148 | Purcel | Sarah E. | F | 1 | ||||||
| 162 | 173 | Pace | Darius | M | 55 | NS | Pb | English | Farmer | M | |
| 162 | 173 | Pace | Honora | F | 47 | NS | RC | Irish | M | ||
| 162 | 173 | Pace | Matilda | F | 18 | NS | RC | English | |||
| 162 | 173 | Pace | Francis | M | 16 | NS | RC | English | |||
| 162 | 173 | Pace | Charles E. | M | 13 | NS | RC | English | |||
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Ann | F | 58 | NS | RC | Irish | W | Over 20, unable to write | |
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Matthew | M | 34 | NS | RC | Irish | |||
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Mark | M | 24 | ||||||
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Patrick | M | 22 | ||||||
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Mary Ann | F | 19 | ||||||
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Annie | F | 14 | ||||||
| 150 | 161 | Murphy | Amelia | F | 5/12
October |
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| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Daniel | M | 50 | RC | Irish | Farmer | M | ||
| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Elizabeth | F | 48 | RC | M | ||||
| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Elizabeth | F | 19 | RC | |||||
| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Margaret | F | 14 | RC | Going to school | ||||
| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Bridget | F | 10 | RC | Going to school | ||||
| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Daniel | M | 6 | RC | Going to school | ||||
| 136 | 147 | Quillinan | Agnes | F | 4 | ||||||
| 129 | 157 | Quillinan | Mary | F | 50 | RC | English | W | |||
| 129 | 157 | Quillinan | Patrick | M | 23 | ||||||
| 129 | 157 | Quillinan | Levi | M | 20 | ||||||
| 129 | 157 | Quillinan | Mary | F | 19 | Going to school | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Edward | M | 26 | RC | Irish | Lumberman | |||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Catherine | F | 46 | RC | W | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | John | M | 22 | RC | Lumberman | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Joseph | M | 16 | RC | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Henry | M | 14 | RC | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Susan | F | 18 | RC | Going to school | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Annie | F | 12 | RC | Going to school | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Quillinan | Cassie | F | 10 | RC | Going to school | ||||
| 1871 | |||||||||||
| Salmon | River | ||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Wessel | Elizabeth | F | 18 | C.E. | Living with Edward
Balcom family |
||||
| 16 | 17 | Wessel | George | M | 66 | RC | German | Farmer | M | ||
| 16 | 17 | Wessel | Ann | F | 60 | RC | Irish | M | |||
| 19 | Wessel | William | M | 36 | RC | Eng ? | Labourer | ||||
| 19 | Wessel | Johannah | F | 28 | RC | ||||||
| 19 | Wessel | George | M | 8 | Going to school | ||||||
| 19 | Wessel | William | M | 6 | Going to school | ||||||
| 19 | Wessel | Edward | M | 3 | |||||||
| 19 | Wessel | John | M | 7/12
Sept |
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| 62 | Wessel | Jane | F | 16 | Pb | Irish | Living with John
O'Leary family |