From the 1842 census of Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario (Upper Canada),1 a snapshot of the household of James Moran and Margaret Jamieson.
This census lists only the head of household by name (here Jas. [=James] Morin [=Moran]); other members are counted under various headings having to do with sex, place of birth, and religion.
While James and Margaret had 10 children (7 daughters and 3 sons), only 7 of them (5 daughters and 2 sons) are counted here. Eldest daughter Marcella had already moved away from the household when she married John Hogan in 1838; but this still leaves one daughter unaccounted for. Possibly second youngest daughter Anna (born 1834) had died by 1842? She is certainly not found with her parents in the 1851 census. I’m not sure why only two of three sons were enumerated in 1842. James (Jr., born about 1824) died of cholera in 1851; while Thomas (never married) and Alexander (“Sandy”) Michael died of “la grippe” within a week of one another, in January 1892. Sandy Moran went up to the White Lake district near Pakenham shortly after his marriage to Mary Ann Leavy, before returning to the Moran farm at Concession I, Lot 11 at Huntley township; Thomas almost certainly never left the Moran homestead at Huntley.
While James and Margaret had 10 children (7 daughters and 3 sons), only 7 of them (5 daughters and 2 sons) are counted here. Eldest daughter Marcella had already moved away from the household when she married John Hogan in 1838; but this still leaves one daughter unaccounted for. Possibly second youngest daughter Anna (born 1834) had died by 1842? She is certainly not found with her parents in the 1851 census. I’m not sure why only two of three sons were enumerated in 1842. James (Jr., born about 1824) died of cholera in 1851; while Thomas (never married) and Alexander (“Sandy”) Michael died of “la grippe” within a week of one another, in January 1892. Sandy Moran went up to the White Lake district near Pakenham shortly after his marriage to Mary Ann Leavy, before returning to the Moran farm at Concession I, Lot 11 at Huntley township; Thomas almost certainly never left the Moran homestead at Huntley.
Apparently the Morans in 1842 had 5 hogs, but neither horses nor cattle. They grew oats and potatoes, mainly.
| 1. | Houses Inhabited | 1 |
| 4. | Name of the Head of Each Family | Jas. Morin |
| 5. | Proprietor of Real Property | Jas. Morin |
| 8. | Trade/Profession | Farmer |
| 12. | Number of natives of Ireland belonging to each family | 2 |
| 15. | Number of natives of Canada belonging to each family of British origin | 7 |
| 18. | Number of years each person has been in the Province when not natives thereof | 21 |
| 21. | Female. /five years of age and under. | 1 |
| 22. | Male. \Number of persons in the family above | 2 |
| 23. | Female. /five and under fourteen years of age. | 4 |
| 30. | Married. \MALE 30 and not 60. | 1 |
| 34. | Married. \FEMALE 14 and not 45 | 1 |
| 48. | Number of persons in each family belonging to the Church of Rome | 9 |
| 69. | Number of acres or arpents of land occupied by each family. | 200 |
| 70. | Number of acres or arpents of improved land occupied by each family. | 20 |
| 71.* | Wheat. | 40 |
| 74.* | Oats. | 100 |
| 78.* | Potatoes. | 500 |
| 84. | Hogs. | 5 |
| 122. | Concession Number | 1 |
*Produce raised by each family during the year, and estimated in Winchester Bushels.
1 J.M. Robinson, 1842 Census, Canada West, Carleton County (Ottawa: Ontario Genealogical Society, 2000).
