Residents of Shelburn, Town—Ville — Sub-district C, surnames W (1881 Census)
| # | Surname | Given | Sex | Age | Religion | Origin | Birthplace | Occupation | HH |
| 4 | wagner | arthur | M | 9 | Methodist | German | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 58 |
| 5 | wagner | charles | M | 6 | Methodist | German | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 58 |
| 2 | wagner | david | M | 39 | Methodist | German | Nova Scotia | Ship’s carpenter | 58 |
| 3 | wagner | mary | F | 39 | Methodist | German | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 58 |
| 11 | walls | alexander | M | 15 | Adventist Family | Irish | Nova Scotia | Watch and Clock Makers | 100 |
| 7 | walls | andrew | M | 73 | Adventist Family | Irish | Nova Scotia | Watch and Clock Makers | 100 |
| 10 | walls | james | M | 22 | Adventist Family | Irish | Nova Scotia | Seamen | 100 |
| 8 | walls | julia | F | 55 | Adventist Family | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 100 |
| 4 | walls | kate | F | 3 | Seventh Day Adventist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 212 |
| 12 | walls | nelson | M | 11 | Adventist Family | Irish | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 100 |
| 2 | walls | payson | M | 26 | Seventh Day Adventist | English | Nova Scotia | Riggers nec or nfs | 212 |
| 5 | walls | ransom | M | 2 | Seventh Day Adventist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 212 |
| 3 | walls | rose | F | 24 | Seventh Day Adventist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 212 |
| 9 | walls | theobald | M | 30 | Adventist Family | Irish | Nova Scotia | Blacksmiths | 100 |
| 21 | watts | augusta | F | 30 | Baptist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 20 | watts | edward | M | 37 | Baptist | English | England | Painters, nfs | 276 |
| 23 | watts | edward | M | 5 | Baptist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 22 | watts | eva | F | 8 | Baptist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 24 | watts | thomas | M | 3 | Baptist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 18 | wesley | annie | F | 9 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 164 |
| 20 | wesley | augustus | M | 5 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 164 |
| 16 | wesley | colin | M | 31 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | Seamen | 164 |
| 22 | wesley | cora | F | 0 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 164 |
| 15 | wesley | dolly | F | 12 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | Ambiguous responses | 163 |
| 23 | wesley | eliza | F | 40 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 165 |
| 17 | wesley | elmore | F | 25 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 164 |
| 17 | wesley | foster | M | 25 | Methodist | African Origins | Nova Scotia | Seamen | 172 |
| 13 | wesley | francis | F | 42 | Methodist | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 159 |
| 11 | wesley | george | M | 65 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | Labourers nfs | 163 |
| 21 | wesley | janet | F | 3 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 164 |
| 13 | wesley | john | M | 25 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | Labourers nfs | 163 |
| 12 | wesley | magdelene | F | 56 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 163 |
| 14 | wesley | samuel | M | 25 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | Labourers nfs | 163 |
| 12 | wesley | sophia | F | 45 | Methodist | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 158 |
| 19 | wesley | william | M | 7 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 164 |
| 14 | wesleys | george | M | 14 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 214 |
| 15 | wesleys | joseph | M | 10 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 214 |
| 13 | wesleys | richard | M | 12 | Anglican | African Origins | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 214 |
| 6 | west | agnes | F | 56 | Presbyterian | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 7 | west | henry | M | 9 | Presbyterian | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 5 | west | john | M | 50 | Presbyterian | English | Nova Scotia | Prison keepers and guards | 75 |
| 13 | west | joseph | M | 77 | Anglican | Irish | Ireland | No Occupation Listed | 100 |
| 20 | white | catherine | F | 55 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 84 |
| 21 | white | charles | M | 11 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 8 | white | cornelia | F | 45 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 142 |
| 19 | white | cornelius | M | 35 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | Government functionaries nec | 84 |
| 21 | white | elizabeth | F | 53 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 84 |
| 19 | white | fanny | F | 34 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 23 | white | joanna | F | 45 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 22 | white | mary | F | 38 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 18 | white | nathaniel | M | 43 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | lawyer | 216 |
| 7 | white | thomas | M | 75 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | Ministers of Religion | 142 |
| 20 | white | thomas | M | 16 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 7 | wier | albert | M | 4 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 365 |
| 16 | wier | charles | M | 30 | Baptist | English | Nova Scotia | Labourers nfs | 145 |
| 5 | wier | cordelia | F | 25 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 365 |
| 18 | wier | ellen | F | 1 | Baptist | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 145 |
| 6 | wier | john | M | 6 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 365 |
| 8 | wier | lewis | M | 0 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 365 |
| 17 | wier | maria | F | 23 | Baptist | German | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 145 |
| 4 | wier | roswald | M | 26 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | river drivers | 365 |
| 15 | williams | annie | F | 29 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 194 |
| 16 | williams | flora | F | 5 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 194 |
| 2 | williams | john | M | 22 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | Ship and boat builder nes (incl. boatbuilder) | 125 |
| 24 | williams | joseph | M | 61 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | Farmers, general and nfs | 124 |
| 25 | williams | mary | F | 62 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 125 |
| 1 | williams | nathaniel | M | 27 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | Clerk, nfs | 125 |
| 6 | wood | arthur | M | 1 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 25 | wood | augusta | F | 33 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 5 | wood | blanch | F | 2 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 3 | wood | jennie | F | 4 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 1 | wood | john | M | 10 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 2 | wood | lizzie | F | 8 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |
| 4 | wood | william | M | 5 | Anglican | English | Nova Scotia | No Occupation Listed | 85 |