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The Census of 1851 / 1852
The Census of 1851 / 1852
Though it was intended to conduct the census in 1851, in many districts the census was actually done in 1852. Some sources will call it the 1851 census, and others will call it the 1852 census.
The Library and Archives of Canada microfilmed the census forms in 1955. The forms are available as pdf's from the Library and Archives website. However, there does not exist a master index of the census, so all the forms for a district have to be checked to locate ancestors.
Volunteers at the web site Automated Genealogy have transcribed many of the forms into a searchable database. One nice feature about Automated Genealogy's work is that it can be of help when one is trying to decipher the handwriting on the forms.
Locating the Forms Listing Our Ancestors
Locating the Forms Listing Our Ancestors
The country was divided into districts for the census. Vaudreuil county was district 34. Vaudreuil itself was in sub-district 534, and 535. The village of Como was included in the Parish of St. Michel within the sub-district 534.
A Note About the Forms
A Note About the Forms
The printing of the forms was not very good. There was no line 23 and two lines 24. The space that should have been line 1 on the A pages was not well defined, so many of the forms were filled out starting at line 2. The B and C pages were often filled out starting on line 1. So the information for a person may be on line 8 on page A, but line 7 on pages B and C. In the images reproduced on this site the pages have been shifted up and down to align things properly.
The form for our ancestors has French column headings. The headings have been translated in the chart below. If you would like to see the column headings in English, click on the thumbnail image of page 29 of the Two Mountains census.
Servants
Servants
There were servants working in many of the Schneider houses. The census uses the French word domestique, which does not have exactly the same sense as servant. Domestique would translate more as hired household help. From looking at other forms, it is apparent that having a servant was not unusual.
Multiple Families
Multiple Families
Judging from the forms, it was common for two or even three families to live in the same house.
Charles, John William, and John Edmund and their Families
Charles, John William, and John Edmund and their Families
Chart of Page 30a, 30b, and 30c.
Chart of Page 30a, 30b, and 30c.
District 34 Vaudreuil,
Sub-district 534 St. Michel Parish,
Page 30A, 30B, 30C.
Summary of Four Households On Page 30
Summary of Four Households On Page 30
Quick View of the Pages 30a, 30b, and 30c as One Sheet
Quick View of the Pages 30a, 30b, and 30c as One Sheet
Click on the thumbnail image.
The Household of Charles Schneider
The Household of Charles Schneider
(Numbers 22 to 28 on page 30)
Charles calls himself a farmer, not an innkeeper. He says he was born in Montreal. (Charles' son, John F. Schneider, says that he was born in Lachine - see Census of 1852 - Other Schneiders).
Charles lived in a one story building of log construction. From this information we know that Charles did not live in the Inn, for it was a two story stone building. The census indicates that the inn was on the same property as the log house that Charles lived in.
Living with Charles was his daughter Sophia, her husband John Colborn, and their 10 month old daughter. Colborn is a name we have not yet come across in our family history. In his history, Roderick Clarke referred to Sophia's husband as Kobold.
Also living in Charles's house were 2 servants.
The Household of John William Schneider
The Household of John William Schneider
(Numbers 29 to 34 on page 30)
Our ancestor John William called himself John W. He was a farmer and lived with his family in one story log house. His son and our ancestor Edmund was called John E. He was 13 at the time of the census.
Edmund's older brother Charles B. Schneider was deaf, dumb, and insane, (that's the terms they used). Charles Benjamin would later live with Edmund and his family. See the 1881 census (coming soon).
The Household of William C. Schneider
The Household of William C. Schneider
(Numbers 31 to 47 on page 30)
Another son of Charles, William C., lived with his family and a whole bunch of other people in a one story plastered house. Column 33 indicates that there were 2 families living in this house, but who the second family was is not not apparent from the information. Thomas H. Schneider also lived in this house. He was William C.'s nephew (son of John Julius).
The census forms for the county of Two Mountains also lists a C. M. (or C. W. Schneider). For a discussion of whether or not these were the same person, see the page Census of 1852 - Other Schneiders.
The Household of P. F. C. Delesderniers
The Household of P. F. C. Delesderniers
(Numbers 48 to 51 on page 30)
Living with the Delesderniers were Zedy Schneider and Andrew Yale. Zedy was the daughter of Charles' brother, John. John was married to P. F. C. Delesderniers' daughter, so Zedy was P. F. C.'s granddaughter.
Andrew Yale would marry Zedy's sister Drusila. At the time of the census, he was working in the Delesderiers' store.
More information on the Delesderniers can be found at the Greenwood Center for Living History website.
Original Files
Original Files
The links to the original files (in pdf format) from The Library and Archives of Canada website: 30a(59), 30b(60) and 30c(61). The summary for these pages is found on 30d(62).
Automated Genealogy's transcription of page 30: p. 29d, 30a, (59).
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