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1851 Census lookup

1851 Census lookup

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Mart
Hi,

I'm hoping someone can look up my ancestors in the 1851 census of Brantford Township as I can't find it online. Below are their details from a transcription:

Brant County - Ontario Genealogical Society
Surname: Mart
Publication no: 249
Publication: 1851 Census - City of Brantford

Their names are given as:
Wm
Mrs
Emily
Alice


I hope that someone can help.
Cheers,
Cameron Mart

Re: 1851 Census lookup

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:20PM GMT
Classification: Query
I didn't find them on 1851 census and I looked under first and last names but here they are on 1861 census.
I looked up 1851 census on Ancestry.ca and also on www.automatedgenealogy.com and did not find them.

1861 census Brant Canada West
MART
Wm, upholsterer, b England, Primitive Methodist, 42
Mrs, b England, Baptist, 49
Emily, 17, Upper Canada
Alice, 12, UC
Wm, 10, UC

On your family tree it says he and wife Amanda were married 1861. I finally figured out that children were from a first marriage.
Also tree indicates that William was born in Kingston 18 May 1851 but I didn't find them on any 1851 census there either but a lot of it is missing.
Some of the 1851 census has either been lost or destroyed. On the transcription that you saw, did it give an original page number?
Was their an obituary for either William? It may name Alice and Emily.

Re: 1851 Census lookup

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 8:50AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Mart
Hi,

The transcription I found didn´t have an original number; it was a file number for the society's record. I will have have some research done by a professional researcher. William (the father) died in a poor house so only had a small death notice in the paper which didn't mention anything about him.

Thanks for having a look.
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