Elgin East District, Ontario Canada 1901 Census: Port Stanley and Malahide

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Elgin East District, Ontario (District #57)
Port Stanley and Malahide 1901 Census (part three) Port Stanley (sub district "d") is located at the mouth of Kettle Creek in Elgin County. This village was known as Kettle Creek when it was settled in 1812. It was renamed Port Stanley in 1824, when Baron Stanley and 14th Earl of Derby visited Col Thomas Talbot at his home at Port Talbot. In 1829, Port Stanley's first post office was opened. Lord Stanley was prime minister of Great Britain during three terms. Malahide ( sub district "c") was named in 1810, after Malahide Castle, in County Dublin, Ireland, where Col. Thomas Talbot had been born. Talbot built his Castle Malahide on the shore of Lake Erie ( Port Talbot ) in the township of Dunwich. This database has approximately 4,300 entries of residents for the census year 1901 and contains the full names, relationship to the head of the household, full date of birth, and birthplace as well as the year of immigration to Canada (if not Canadian by birth). The database also includes the National Archives film number, division number, page and family number to aid researchers in obtaining a copy of the actual record, if desired.

Sources Hewitt, Doneen, comp. Elgin East District, Ontario Canada 1901 Census: Port Stanley and Malahide. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Government of Canada. 1901 Canada National Census. Canada: Canada National Archives, 1901.

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