Dartmouth, T-V, Nova Scotia (1871–1921)
Dartmouth, T-V was a town in Nova Scotia, recorded in 6 censuses between 1871 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q497373, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
Descendant places
- later split into Preston Road in 1901
- later split into Cole Harbour in 1901
- later split into Dartmouth in 1881
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,358 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 3,786 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 6,252 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 4,806 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 5,058 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 7,899 | 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 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Shiels | 1793–1879 | died here |
| Samuel Prescott Fairbanks | 1795–1882 | died here |
| James Ross | 1811–1886 | died here |
| Alexander McKnight | 1826–1894 | died here |
| William Herman Newman | 1829–1894 | died here |
| George Gordon Dustan | 1830–1901 | died here |
| Elizabeth Carey | 1835–1920 | died here |
| Alexander McKay | 1841–1917 | died here |
| Alexander Howard Mackay | 1848–1929 | died here |
| Benjamin Russell | 1849–1935 | born here |
| Richard Chapman Weldon Canadian politician (1849-1925) | 1849–1925 | died here |
| Emma Lucy Wells | 1854–1926 | died here |
| Piers | 1866–1939 | born here |
| Wellington Ney States | 1874–1927 | died here |
| Ebenezer Moseley | d. 1903 | died here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS011044— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q497373
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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.