Woodstock, New Brunswick (1871–1921)
Woodstock was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in 6 censuses between 1871 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q3365949, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 3,963 in 1871 to 1,480 in 1921).
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from NO DATA in 1871
Descendant places
- later split into Indian reserves in 1921
- later split into Woodstock, Town—Ville in 1881
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,963 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 1,994 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 1,767 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 1,047 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 1,648 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 1,480 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Connell | 1810–1873 | died here |
| William Hayden Needham | 1810–1874 | died here |
| William Teel Baird | 1819–1897 | died here |
| Francis Peabody Sharp | 1823–1903 | died here |
| Frank Broadstreet Carvell | 1862–1924 | died here |
| Minnie Bell Sharp | 1865–1937 | died here |
| James Kidd Flemming | 1868–1927 | born and died here |
| Rankin Wheary | 1895–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB023011— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q3365949
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Woodstock
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.