Essex Town and Pelee Island, Essex District, Ontario Census, 1901
Description (from source site) Essex Town Pelee Island
Essex Town was first laid out as Essex Centre in 1872 by Alexander Cameron and George Wilson, who had purchased the lands where the Canada Southern Railway passed. In 1884 Essex was incorporated as a village and became a town in 1889. This database has over 1400 entries of residents in the census subdistrict of Essex Town (E) in the census district of Essex South (#60) in 1901. This database 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. This database will be of particular interest to researchers with Ontario ancestors.
Pelee Island's name comes from the French word for "bald" or "bare" because of the lack of trees on the east side which made it appear bare. In some references the place was known as "Bald Point", "South Foreland" and "Isle aux Serpents". Except for the tine Middle Island, Pelee Island is the southernmost point of Canada. Thomas McKee leased the islands from the Native Americans in 1788. In 1823 William McCormick purchased the island for $500. In 1865 the island's climate was discovered to be conductive to the growing of grapes and a winery named Vin Villa flourished there until prohibition. This database has over 600 entries of residents in the census subdistrict of Pelee Island (L) in the census district of Essex South (#60) in 1901. This database 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 number, and family number to aid researchers in obtaining a copy of the actual record, if desired. This database will be of particular interest to researchers with Ontario ancestors.
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Sources Hewitt, Doneen, comp. Essex Town and Pelee Island, Essex District, Ontario, Canada, Census, 1901. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: Government of Canada. 1901 Canada National Census. Canada: Canada National Archives, 1901.
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