This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/4921.1 Message Board Post: 1901 Canadian Census www.automatedgenealogy.com Hubbard Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia Seaboyer, Gasper, Head, married, b. 22 July 1849, age 52, b. Nova Scotia, German, fisherman Seaboyer, Sarah, Wife, married, b. 17 July 1861, age 39, b. NS, French Seaboyer, Sinclair, Son, single, b. 4 November 1885, age 15, b. NS Seaboyer, Oswald, Son, single, b. 8 November 1888, age 12, b. NS Seaboyer, James A., Son, single, b. 20 January 1890, age 10, b. US Seaboyer, Orrin R., Son, single, b. 1 August 1897, age 3, b. US Seaboyer, Rhoda, Daughter, single, b. 24 November 1899, age 1, b. NS Seaboyer, Elizabeth, Aunt, single, b. 22 March 1823, age 78, b. NS In 1991, he goes by James: Hubbard & North Shore, Halifax, Nova Scotia Seabuyer, James, Head, married, b. July 1848, age 62, b. NS, German, farmer Seabuyer, Sarah, Wife, married, b. July 1862, age 48, b. NS Seabuyer, Winfield, Son, single, b. November 1885, age 25, b. NS Seabuyer, Arthur, Son, single, b. January 1891, age 19, b. NS Seabuyer, Orin, Son, single, b. August 1897, age 13, b. NS Seabuyer, Rhoda, Daughter, single, b. November 1899, age 11, b. NS Seabuyer, Mabel, Daughter, single, b. January 1903, age 7, b. NS There are a Mr. & Mrs. Seaburrow (note spelling) listed in the 1851 head-of-household census for Halifax who may be Gasper's parents. This is likely Gasper living with his aunt in the 1881 census: Household: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Elizabeth SEABYER Female German 57 Nova Scotia Church of England Gasper SEABYER Male German 34 Nova Scotia Fisherman Church of England Alfred SCHWARTZ Male German 23 Nova Scotia Labourer Church of England Gabriel SCHWARTZ Male German 20 Nova Scotia Labourer Church of England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Black Point, Halifax, Nova Scotia Family History Library Film 1375805 NA Film Number C-13169 District 10 Sub-district J Division 1 Page Number 12 Household Number 52 Your best bet is to find Gasper's marriage registration which should give you his parent's names. Also, I would consider the thought that Elizabeth is not his aunt, but rather his mother, and that he may have been born illegitimately.