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Canada Census 1891
« on: Tuesday 01 May 18 03:13 BST (UK) »
Hello, I have a question that I have not been able to find a answer for anywhere. I am trying to physically locate a relative on the 1891 census of Montreal. I have the District, subdistrict, enumerator's name and notes. What I would like to know if there is anyway of translating that information into a geographic location. I know the city was divided into Wards, but the Wards are not corresponding to any lists I can find on Libraries and Archives Canada. Thanks for any insight.
Québec: Mailloux, McCann, Moreau, Hamel, Carignan dit Bourbeau, Fitzgerald
Ontario: Quibell, Lattimer, Levely, Brondi
Scotland: Henderson, Roden, Murray, Gunn, Donaldson
England: Quibell, Jefferson

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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 11:15 BST (UK) »
Not sure if this is any good to you.

1891 Census: Districts and Subdistricts: Quebec

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/qc.aspx#m

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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 14:15 BST (UK) »
Have you cross-checked with the online Montreal directories of that time:

http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/index.html


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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 15:59 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Sandra, I've seen that page. The district is 172 (Montreal-Est), but the subdistrict is 62, and not a letter as in that list; I suppose I'll have to get ahold of the microfilm to figure that out.

And thank you, eileenwilson, I was not aware of that resource so I will try that as well.

I wish they listed addresses of the censuses and not just numbered the houses in the order they visited them!
Québec: Mailloux, McCann, Moreau, Hamel, Carignan dit Bourbeau, Fitzgerald
Ontario: Quibell, Lattimer, Levely, Brondi
Scotland: Henderson, Roden, Murray, Gunn, Donaldson
England: Quibell, Jefferson


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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 16:05 BST (UK) »
There was another schedule to the 1891 Census that listed addresses but it has not survived.

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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 17:02 BST (UK) »
Thank you, eileen, but you'd think that surely there was a way finding out even the general area. I'm at a loss.
Québec: Mailloux, McCann, Moreau, Hamel, Carignan dit Bourbeau, Fitzgerald
Ontario: Quibell, Lattimer, Levely, Brondi
Scotland: Henderson, Roden, Murray, Gunn, Donaldson
England: Quibell, Jefferson

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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 17:05 BST (UK) »
Tell me who you are looking for, and I'll see if I can help.

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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 18:04 BST (UK) »
Thank you, eileen. I'm following up on an issue I had previously on these boards. My gggrandmother, Rosanna Lovely or Leveley, was resident in some kind of religious community in Montreal in 1891. I don't know if it was a convent, a hospital, a prison, a workhouse, or what. I know that nuns were in charge of all four in those days. She appears as "lodger"; there seem to be 158 residents and she shows up on the fifth page.

Here below is the first page, which enumerates, I suppose, the mother superior and the head nuns. Beyond that, I am lost. I am going to Montreal this summer and want to be able to at least identify the place she lived. She died in 1896, I have her death record, and I would like to find out where she might be buried.
Québec: Mailloux, McCann, Moreau, Hamel, Carignan dit Bourbeau, Fitzgerald
Ontario: Quibell, Lattimer, Levely, Brondi
Scotland: Henderson, Roden, Murray, Gunn, Donaldson
England: Quibell, Jefferson

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Re: Canada Census 1891
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 01 May 18 18:12 BST (UK) »
The transcription indicates it is in St. Louis Ward.  Here's an 1890 Map of that ward which indicates there was a Mount St. Louis Institute and Convent on Sherbrooke Street (Soeurs du Bons Pasteurs)

http://marcsuniqueantiques.com/product/1890-montreal-canada-st-louis-ward-institute-convent-copy-plat-atlas-map/