Hastings East District, Ontario Canada 1901 census: Thurlow and Tweed Village
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Thurlow, Hastings East, Ontario, 1901
Thurlow is located in Hastings Count. The town was named in 1787 after Edward
Thurlow, who held many British ministerial positions, including lord chancellor.
This database has over 4,200 entries of residents in the census sub-district of
Thurlow (C) in the census district of Hastings East (#70) in 1901.
Tweed Village, Hastings East, Ontario, 1901
Tweed is located in Hungerford Township in Hastings County. The first settler
was Richard Woodcock, who arrived in 1828 and built a dam across the river the
following year. By 1830, Allan Munroe had built another dam, as well as the first
grist and saw mill at the site. In 1846, the postal name was Hungerford Mills.
The Munroe mills were acquired by James Jamison, who traded a foundry in Belleville
for the mill and surrounding land. He divided the land into lots and named it
Tweed in 1852, after his hometown in Scotland. This database has over 1,100 entries
of residents in the census sub-district of Tweed Village (D) in the census district
of Hastings East (#70) 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. Please send
comments and corrections to chge1@home.com.
Sources Hewitt, Doneen, comp. Hastings East District, Ontario Canada 1901 Census: Thurlow & Tweed Village. [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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