Juanita MacDonald wrote: >Hi Bob; > >I decided to do some checking, after noting that you have not found Alex >Gillis in either 1881 or 1891, in the GlaceBay district. Another possible >explanation is not that the enumerator missed them, but Archives Canada >missed posting the page. I have notified them that page 58 for Glace Bay >which has the name Gillis on it does not appear for the 1891 census. I can't >tell you how many Gillis are on that page, but it is obvious to me, the >archives must have the page somewhere, as they listed a Gillis, Dan, as >being on it. > > > Page 58 is there. (The pages are out of order. Page 58 follows page 53). The Micheal Gillis family start on line 24 of page 58. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.03-e.php?&interval=20&pdf=1&image=30953_148111-00507&person_id_nbr=612359&&PHPSESSID=84c5ph8cjltlro0g8j8ue4rl71 (Michael has both a Daniel and a Dan James in his family). Daniel Gillis in on page 59, line 1. Dan James Gillis is on page 59, line 4. (The pages are out of order. Page 59 follows page 57.) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.03-e.php?&interval=20&pdf=1&image=30953_148111-00509&person_id_nbr=612439&&PHPSESSID=e0s6iaqe2j3mk832g7jvv7ink4 >There maybe other pages missed also in various districts. I don't know. > >Please note that when checking the images, two pages appear. Check that the >pages are consecutive, if not notify the archives that the image is missing >or have attached the entry to a wrong image. It is very simple to do as they >have 'suggest correction' on the item display page for any name. > >It doesn't find your Gillis, but it could explain why you can't find them. > For whatever reason many of the pages for Little Glace Bay were "microfilmed" out of numerical order thus following a family can be interesting. Since the pages are out of numerical order on the microfilm, the two consecutive page scans from the microfilm will duplicate this situation. I have seen instances were individuals are enumerated in two different polling districts for the same year. So they were present in place A when its enumerator arrived and were present in place B when its enumerator arrived. Perhaps the Alex Gillis family moved around alot and as such had left one home before the enumerator arrived and took up residence in a home already enumerated. -- Ron