London, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Ontario (1851–1881)
London, Ward—Quartier No. 4 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 4 censuses between 1851 and 1881. Population declined across the period (from 2,083 in 1851 to 1,199 in 1881).
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- merged into London, Ward—Quartier 3 (part) in 1891
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,083 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 1,755 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 2,590 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 1,199 | View 1881 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 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Talbot | 1771–1853 | died here |
| Elijah Leonard | 1787–1855 | died here |
| William Proudfoot | 1788–1851 | died here |
| Joseph Brant Clench | 1790–1857 | died here |
| John Kinder Labatt | 1803–1866 | died here |
| Robert William Harris | 1805–1861 | died here |
| Lionel Augustus Clark Ridout | 1817–1859 | died here |
| Francis Evans Cornish | 1831–1878 | born here |
| Peter E. Jones | 1843–1909 | born here |
| Henry Dormer | 1844–1866 | died here |
| Robert Ironside | 1854–1910 | born here |
| Hume Blake Cronyn | 1864–1933 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON170004— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: not yet grounded.
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.