Series 77-028 - Canada West. 1851 and 1861 Peterborough County Census

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Canada West. 1851 and 1861 Peterborough County Census

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    77-028

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    • 2 Nov. 1970 (Reproduction)
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    • 1851, 1861 (Creation)
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      Canada West. Peterborough County Census.

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    4 microfilm reels

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    Administrative history

    The land which is now Peterborough County was originally part of Newcastle District before 1841, and the Colbourne District until 1850. At this time the United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria was created. In 1861, Victoria County was given independence from Peterborough. Peterborough County is made up of the following townships: Galway, Cavendish, Anstruther, Chandos, Harvey, Burleigh, Methuen, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Dummer, Belmont, North Monaghan, Otonabee, and Asphodel. (taken from "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Peterborough County 1825-1875." Peterborough: The Peterborough Historical Atlas Foundation Inc., 1975.)

    Custodial history

    The microfilm copies of the census records were purchased from the Library and Archives Canada by the Trent University Archives.

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    The microfilms are copies of the 1851 and 1861 decennial nominal census for Peterborough County and parts of Prescott and Prince Edward Counties. Also included (reel 4) is the 1851 census for the Townships of Minden, Stanhope, and Dysart.

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    The microfilm was purchased from the Library and Archives Canada.

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        The original records are located at the Library and Archives Canada.

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        Microfilm. Set 19.

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        1851 Census

        Reel 1 (P.A.C. film #C-978):

        Peterborough County: Division #
        285 Belmont Township
        290 Methuen Township
        286 Burleigh Township
        288 Dummer Township
        287 Douro Township
        289 Harvey Township
        291 Smith Township
        292 North Monaghan Township
        293 Asphodel Township
        294 Ennismore Township
        295 Otonabee Township
        296 Peterborough town

        Reel 2 (P.A.C. film #C-979):

        Peterborough County: Division #
        296 Peterborough town (continued)

        Prescott County: Division #
        297 Caledonia Township (agricultural census missing)
        298 Hawkesbury West Township (agricultural census missing)
        299 Hawkesbury East Township (agricultural census missing)
        300 Longueuil and Alfred Township (agricultural census missing)
        301 Alfred Township (agricultural census missing)
        302 Plantagenet North Township (missing)
        303 Plantagenet South Township (agricultural census missing)

        Prince Edward County: Division #
        304 Ameliasburg Township, part 1 Ameliasburg Township, part 2 (personal census missing)
        305 Athol Township (personal census missing)
        306 Hallowell Township, part 1 (agricultural census missing); Hallowell Township, part 2 (agricultural census missing)

        1861 Census

        Reel 3 (P.A.C. film #C-1066):

        Perth County: Division #
        318A agricultural census

        Peterborough County: Division #
        319 Ashburnham Village
        320 Asphodel Township
        321 Belmont Township
        322 Douro Township
        323 Dummer Township
        324 Ennismore Township

        Reel 4 (P.A.C. film #1067):

        Peterborough County: Division #
        325 Galway Township
        326 Harvey Township
        327 Minden, Stanhope and Dysart Townships
        328 North Monaghan Township
        329 Otonabee Township
        330 Peterborough town
        331 Smith Township
        332 Snowden Township
        332A agricultural census

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