To all:- Someone asked me how to read census records -- so hope I do not bore any reader with my family records. Gordon was my father -- just a way I have of keeping records. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON -- formerly Nova Scotia =============== 1891 Census, Summerville Centre, Queens Co., Nova Scotia Name Sex Age Origin Nat. Rel. Occ. Farquhar, Wm. H. M 38 H Scotch N.S. C./E. Farmer/fisherman " Ida A.C. F 25 W English " Bapt. " Mabel S. F 4 D Scotch " C/E " Wm. R. M 2 S " " " " Gordon F. M 2/12 S " " " " Alice M. F 34 Sis " " " " Susan M. F 23 Sis " " " " Isabella F 66 Wid " " Meth - William H. Farquhar was HEAD of the household - Alice and Susan were sisters - Isabella was his widowed mother One child not listed - CECIL b. 3 Nov 1896; d. 27 Jul 1897 -------------- Same family -- 1901 Census:- Farquhar Wm. H. 7Nov1853 M Scotch N.S. C/E farmer/fisherman (Ford) Ida A. 2May1866 F English " " " Mabel S. 22Oct1887 F Scotch " " " Wm. R. 21Feb1889 M " " " " Gordon 13Jul1891 M " " " " Roland F. 1Jun1901 M " " " " Alice 27Nov1857 F " " " (McIntosh) Isabella 6 Apr1825 F " " " NOTE; Roland died 7Oct 1905; Alice d. 13Apr1909 (Multiple Sclerosis) --------------- Projected 1911 Census - same family:- Farquhar, Wm. H. 7Nov1853 H Scotch N.S. C/E farmer/fisherman (Ford) Ida A. 2May1866 F English " " Teacher " Mabel S. 22Oct1887 F Scotch " " Seamstress " Wm. R. 21Feb1889 M " " " Lumberman " Gordon 13July1891 M " " " Lumberman (McIntosh) Isabella 6Apr1925 Wid. " " Meth Note: Isabella died 18 Oct 1912 [It will be interesting to see if the 1911 census -- when released -- give the same above facts as known and researched.]