Hastings North District, Ontario 1901 Canadian Census: Madoc Township

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This database has over 2,700 entries of residents in the census sub-districts mentioned below of Hastings North (#71) 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 includes the following sub-district: Madoc Tp.

Madoc is a township in Hastings County. Madoc was first the site of a Mohawk village. Donald Mackenzie arrived in the early 1830s and built a saw mill and a grist mill. For 20 years the community was known as Mackenzies Mills, then Hastings, then Madoc. Madoc was named for Prince Madoc Ad Owaiin Gwenedd. In 1835, Uriah Seymour and John G. Pendergast opened an ironworks that eventually employed 100 people. Various difficulties caused the ironworks to shut down in 1845. The ironworks were reopened with 200 workers in 1851. Five years later the industry employed 500 people. By the early 1860s the village had 4 carriage shops, 5 blacksmith shops, 2 cabinet shops, a tannery, a watchmaker, and an organ company. By 1865 the community had a population of 900. In 1866 gold was discovered in Madoc Township. The gold was first discovered on lot 18 of the 5th Concession (John Richardson's farm) and was found by Marcus Powell and an old miner named Snider on Aug 15, 1866. Madoc was in newspapers in Europe. This was Canada's first gold rush, and made the township a boom town. The population quickly rose to 5000. On 15 April 1866, 25 mounted police were stationed there to keep order. Most of the gold mines failed but copper, lead, marble, quartz, talc, and lithographic stone were also discovered in the area. Fire struck in 1873 and destroyed much of the village.

Sources Bell, Janet, comp. Madoc Township, Hastings North District, Ontario 1901 Canadian Census. [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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