St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1871 census)
St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,253. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.270°N, 66.056°W.
Population
In 1871, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 4,253: 1,973 male and 2,280 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,253 |
| 1881 | 2,967 |
| 1891 | 3,055 |
| 1901 | 3,048 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 4,253 total population, 2,280 females, 1,973 males, 1,331 married persons, 840 families, 672 married females, 659 married males, 282 widowed persons, 230 widowed females, 52 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,640 single persons under 18, 1,378 single females under 18, 1,262 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 528 inhabited houses, 528 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 73 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 32 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Venner Thurgar | 1797–1880 | died here |
| Edmund Hillyer Duval | 1805–1879 | died here |
| Robert Leonard Hazen | 1808–1874 | died here |
| Jacob Valentine Troop | 1809–1881 | died here |
| Robert J. Patterson | 1809–1884 | died here |
| Thomas Hilyard | 1810–1873 | died here |
| Alexander Mcleod Seely | 1812–1882 | died here |
| William Henry Steeves | 1814–1873 | died here |
| Honoria Conway | 1815–1892 | died here |
| John Waterbury Cudlip | 1815–1885 | died here |
| Robert Shives | 1815–1879 | died here |
| John McMillan | 1816–1886 | died here |
| James Bennet | 1817–1901 | died here |
| Joseph Wilson Lawrence | 1818–1892 | died here |
| Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1818–1896 | died here |
| Thomas Wilder Daniel | 1818–1892 | died here |
| John Sweeny | 1821–1901 | died here |
| Sylvester Zobieski Earle | 1822–1888 | died here |
| William Elder | 1822–1883 | died here |
| Thomas Rosenell Jones | 1825–1901 | died here |
| William Franklin Bunting | 1825–1897 | died here |
| Charles Henry Fairweather | 1826–1894 | died here |
| John Boyd | 1826–1893 | died here |
| William Wallace Turnbull | 1828–1899 | died here |
| Frances Elizabeth Murray | 1831–1901 | died here |
| George Adkin Hartley | 1831–1903 | died here |
| Martha Hamm Lewis | 1831–1892 | died here |
| John McMillan | 1833–1905 | died here |
| Edward Willis | 1835–1891 | died here |
| John Hegan Parks | 1836–1903 | died here |
| John Elisha Peck Hopper | 1841–1895 | died here |
| Isaac Allen Jack | 1843–1903 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB174005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB021002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-dukis-ward-quartier-nb174005-1871/.