Residents of Cow Bay — Sub-district M, surnames N (1881 Census)
| # | Surname | Given | Sex | Age | Religion | Origin | Birthplace | Occupation | HH |
| 3 | neering | george | M | 4 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 1 | neering | james | M | 8 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 21 | neering | john | M | 41 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | Miners | 72 |
| 4 | neering | laura | F | 2 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 2 | neering | mary | F | 6 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 23 | neering | sarah | F | 13 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 22 | neering | susan | F | 41 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 25 | neering | susan | F | 10 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 24 | neering | thomas | M | 12 | Roman Catholic | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 72 |
| 16 | nesbit | alexander | M | 15 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 136 |
| 15 | nesbit | ann | F | 17 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 136 |
| 14 | nesbit | john | M | 19 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Miners | 136 |
| 18 | nesbit | margarett | F | 12 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 136 |
| 17 | nesbit | robert | M | 13 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 136 |
| 22 | nicholson | abby | F | 13 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 249 |
| 7 | nicholson | alexander | M | 39 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Miners | 103 |
| 11 | nicholson | alexander | M | 13 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 259 |
| 9 | nicholson | alexander | M | 34 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Farmers, general and nfs | 297 |
| 4 | nicholson | allan | M | 32 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Farmers, general and nfs | 296 |
| 12 | nicholson | ann | F | 2 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 297 |
| 8 | nicholson | annie | F | 30 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 59 |
| 8 | nicholson | archibald | M | 7 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 247 |
| 7 | nicholson | archibald | M | 65 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Farmers, general and nfs | 259 |
| 10 | nicholson | catherine | F | 20 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 259 |
| 20 | nicholson | charles | M | 19 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Seamen | 249 |
| 7 | nicholson | christy | F | 36 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 247 |
| 11 | nicholson | dan | M | 2 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 59 |
| 14 | nicholson | daniel | M | 12 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 297 |
| 9 | nicholson | doliena | F | 6 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 59 |
| 11 | nicholson | donald | M | 2 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 247 |
| 3 | nicholson | ewen | M | 69 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Farmers, general and nfs | 296 |
| 8 | nicholson | ewen | M | 7 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 296 |
| 8 | nicholson | flora | F | 40 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 9 | nicholson | flora | F | 11 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 10 | nicholson | flora | F | 25 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 297 |
| 23 | nicholson | hugh | M | 10 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 22 | nicholson | jane | F | 40 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 19 | nicholson | jane | F | 40 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 249 |
| 7 | nicholson | john | M | 41 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Seamen | 59 |
| 24 | nicholson | john | M | 8 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 9 | nicholson | john | M | 6 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 247 |
| 12 | nicholson | john | M | 0 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 247 |
| 18 | nicholson | john | M | 53 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Ships Masters and captains (Sea or Inland Waterways) | 249 |
| 21 | nicholson | john | M | 17 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 249 |
| 1 | nicholson | johnanna | F | 2 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 10 | nicholson | johnina | F | 4 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 59 |
| 18 | nicholson | kate | F | 6 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 225 |
| 13 | nicholson | kate | F | 1 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 297 |
| 20 | nicholson | kenneth | M | 6 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 55 |
| 5 | nicholson | lauchlin | M | 22 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Miners | 258 |
| 9 | nicholson | lauchlin | M | 23 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Miners | 259 |
| 10 | nicholson | margarett | M | 4 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 247 |
| 8 | nicholson | margarett | F | 56 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | No Occupation Listed | 259 |
| 5 | nicholson | mary | F | 24 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 296 |
| 21 | nicholson | niel | M | 45 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Miners | 75 |
| 4 | nicholson | peter | M | 67 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Farmers, general and nfs | 258 |
| 6 | nicholson | rachel | F | 26 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 296 |
| 25 | nicholson | sarah | F | 5 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 6 | nicholson | sarah | F | 27 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 258 |
| 7 | nicholson | sarah | F | 14 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 296 |
| 11 | nicholson | sarah | F | 3 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 297 |
| 6 | nicholson | william | M | 31 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Miners | 247 |
| 12 | niel | euphemia | F | 14 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 157 |
| 11 | niel | mary | F | 46 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 157 |
| 10 | niel | monison | M | 42 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Nova Scotia | Seamen | 157 |