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1857 Census for the Electoral District
of St. John's East
Journal of the House of Assembly, 1858
Electoral District of St. John's
Division of St. John's East

Number	Names of Settlements	"# of Inhabitants"	# of Malesunder 10 years of age"	"# of Females Under 10"	"# of Males from 10 - 20"	"# of Females from 10 - 20"	"# of Males from 20 - 30"	"# of Females from 20 - 30"	"# of Males from 30 - 40"	"# of Females from 30 - 40"	"# of Males from 40 - 50"	"# of Females from 40 - 50"	"# of Males from 50 - 70"	"# of Females from 50 - 70"	"# of Males from 70 upwards"	"# of Females from 70 upwards"	"# Married Persons Male"	"# Married Persons Female"	Born in Newfoundland	Born in England	Born in Ireland	Born in Scotland	Born in "British Colonies"	Born in "Foreign or other States"	"# of Church of England"	"# of Catholics"	"# of Wesleyans"	"# of Kirk of Scotland"	"# Free Kirk"	"# Congregationalists"	"# Clergy or Ministers"	"# Doctors & Lawyers"	# Farmers	# Mechanics	"# Merchants & Traders"	"# Persons engaged in catching & curing Fish"	"# Able-bodied Seamen & Fishermen in Colony"	"# Persons engaged in Lumbering"	"# Churches of England"	"# Churches of Rome"	"# Wesleyan Churches"	"# Churches other Denominations"	"# Schools in each Settlement"	"# Children attending Schools"	"How many inhabited Houses"	"By how many families inhabited"	"Houses now building"	"Uninhabited Houses"	"Stores, Barns, & Out-houses"	"Fishing Rooms in actual use"
1	"St. John's (City) & Suburbs from Beck's Cove, &c., East"	13261	1748	1737	1599	1676	1142	1381	807	837	651	581	510	429	108	55	1914	2049	10203	618	2010	210	180	40	2440	9238	894	208	256	225	10	33	152	724	236	785	550	28	2	4	1	3	30	2314	2191	2233	7	36	254	19
2	Logy Bay	180	18	24	23	26	20	18	6	6	6	10	13	7	3		32	33	133	1	46				8	172							16	1		144	3						1	27	32	32	1	4	8	12
3	Outer Cove	237	37	28	26	27	21	20	10	9	13	11	16	14	5		40	42	172		64	1				237							28	1		60	9						1	35	46	49	1		28	11
4	Middle Cove & Freshwater	68	14	5	14	9	5	1	1	3	5	2	6	2	1		10	8	52	2	14					68							7			40									11	11	1		11	5
5	Torbay	1196	198	172	151	144	102	76	55	55	58	43	70	58	10	4	175	176	1061	17	118				188	1008					1		179	6		321	126		1	1			3	158	181	200	19	8	80	53
6	Flat Rock	236	44	24	29	24	20	15	11	14	11	11	16	12	5		36	36	201		35				18	211	7						44			82	49						1	40	45	49	11	1	10	10
7	Pouch Cove	737	152	138	85	73	49	50	37	34	40	27	22	15	7	8	146	146	701	14	22				273	224	240						73			214	121		1	1	1		3	103	106	122	9	2	45	55
8	Belle Isle and Lance Cove	428	65	60	47	53	38	32	18	18	18	15	27	20	12	5	63	62	381	6	41				136	292							19			98			1				2	61	70	76	2	8	119	18
9	Portugal Cove	651	91	92	68	73	56	52	56	40	27	16	34	33	9	4	98	98	627	5	19				321	233	97				2		3	7		191			1	1	1		2	62	116	124	6	15	108	53
10	Balline	35	5	4	4	2	1	1	8	5	1	1	1	1	1		8	8	35								35									17									9	9				9
11	"Portugal Cove Bridge to Whelan's, Twenty mile Pond"	323	54	47	33	36	24	20	21	18	16	13	21	17	1	2	57	55	260	7	50		5	1	109	184	30						37	3		41							2	48	54	63	6	14	62	7
TOTALS		17352	2426	2331	2679	2143	1478	1666	1030	1039	846	730	736	608	162	78	2579	2713	13826	670	2419	211	185	41	3493	11867	1303	208	256	225	13	33	558	742	236	1993	358	28	6	7	3	3	45	2848	2861	778	63	88	725	252

Transcribed by: Ivy F. Benoit

Page Revised: July 2002 (Don Tate)

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