1851 Census - Galt - Waterloo Region Branch, OGS
1851 Census - Galt - Waterloo Region Branch, OGS
1851 Census - Galt - Waterloo Region Branch, OGS
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This transcript consists of 2,246 entries of individuals found in the <strong>Galt</strong> <strong>Census</strong> of <strong>1851</strong>. <strong>Galt</strong> now<br />
is part of the City of Cambridge. Every attempt has been made to be accurate in this extract from<br />
the census. Entries have been compared to other types of records to help clarify spellings.<br />
Feel free to contact us to make corrections concerning the entries.<br />
Upper Canada in present day Ontario and Lower Canada is Quebec.<br />
The F Problem<br />
In the birthplace field occasionally is found AF Canada@. This seems to be an universal problem<br />
throughout the <strong>1851</strong> census. According to Brenda Merriman AF@ generally indicates one of two<br />
things:<br />
$ French Canadian<br />
$ Of British Parents<br />
Canada F@ is often found beside the children of German (Mennonite)families in <strong>Waterloo</strong><br />
County. It is apparent that Canada F is used when one of the parents usually the father is born in<br />
Canada.<br />
Columns headings:<br />
Rel<br />
Ag<br />
Sx<br />
Mr<br />
Mb<br />
Dt<br />
Dv<br />
Pp<br />
Pg<br />
Ln<br />
Religion<br />
Age<br />
Sex<br />
Married<br />
Member of family<br />
Death<br />
Division (in <strong>Galt</strong> there were no divisions, but for the purpose of <strong>1851</strong> census project the whole of <strong>Galt</strong> is<br />
assigned the division of 1.)<br />
Printed page<br />
Handwritten page<br />
Line number<br />
ISBN:xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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