Residents of Nelson — Sub-district A, surnames D (1881 Census)
| # | Surname | Given | Sex | Age | Religion | Origin | Birthplace | Occupation | HH |
| 20 | dales | hannah | F | 65 | Methodist | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 166 |
| 23 | dales | hannah | F | 0 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 166 |
| 22 | dales | rachel | F | 24 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 166 |
| 19 | dales | thomas | M | 76 | Anglican | English | England | Farmers, general and nfs | 166 |
| 21 | dales | thomas | M | 26 | Methodist | English | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 166 |
| 14 | dalton | bertha | F | 7 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 298 |
| 18 | dalton | edwin | M | 37 | Presbyterian | English | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 206 |
| 19 | dalton | matilda | F | 35 | Presbyterian | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 206 |
| 12 | dalton | thomas | M | 33 | Methodist | English | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 298 |
| 13 | dalton | tirzah | F | 32 | Methodist | Unknown | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 298 |
| 20 | dalton | william | M | 11 | Presbyterian | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 206 |
| 25 | dart | eliza | F | 40 | Methodist | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 6 | dart | elizabeth | F | 19 | Methodist | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 12 | dart | george | M | 2 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 8 | dart | henry | M | 11 | Methodist | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 10 | dart | john | M | 7 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 11 | dart | mable | F | 5 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 5 | dart | mary | F | 23 | Methodist | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 7 | dart | minnie | F | 14 | Methodist | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 24 | dart | william | M | 45 | Methodist | English | England | Labourers nfs | 126 |
| 9 | dart | william | M | 9 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 126 |
| 23 | davidson | agness | F | 8 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 24 | davidson | amelia | F | 33 | Methodist | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 133 |
| 23 | davidson | annie | F | 36 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | No Occupation Listed | 219 |
| 23 | davidson | david | M | 40 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | Carpenters | 133 |
| 22 | davidson | edward | M | 11 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 22 | davidson | elizabeth | F | 20 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 47 |
| 2 | davidson | george | M | 6 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 133 |
| 21 | davidson | george | M | 16 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 24 | davidson | harvey | M | 38 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | Factory labourers (non-specified manufacturing) | 62 |
| 1 | davidson | henry | M | 10 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 133 |
| 4 | davidson | ida | F | 3 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 133 |
| 22 | davidson | james | M | 31 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Farmers, general and nfs | 219 |
| 24 | davidson | james | M | 9 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 219 |
| 24 | davidson | james | M | 18 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 47 |
| 18 | davidson | janet | F | 50 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 19 | davidson | janet | F | 21 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 3 | davidson | john | M | 6 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 133 |
| 20 | davidson | mary | F | 20 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 21 | davidson | mary | F | 70 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 47 |
| 23 | davidson | minnie | F | 17 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 47 |
| 24 | davidson | peter | M | 6 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 276 |
| 25 | davidson | william | M | 12 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 133 |
| 17 | davidson | william | M | 53 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 276 |
| 21 | davis | alice | F | 20 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 228 |
| 19 | davis | charles | M | 23 | Methodist | Unknown | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 228 |
| 22 | davis | janetta | F | 17 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 228 |
| 20 | davis | lucy | F | 51 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 228 |
| 5 | dea | annie | F | 17 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 191 |
| 24 | dea | catherine | F | 54 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 191 |
| 4 | dea | grace | F | 20 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 191 |
| 2 | dea | jane | F | 22 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | Servants nfs | 191 |
| 1 | dea | john | M | 24 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | Factory labourers (non-specified manufacturing) | 191 |
| 25 | dea | mary | F | 28 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | Servants nfs | 191 |
| 3 | dea | melina | F | 21 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 191 |
| 23 | dea | micheal | M | 67 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ireland | Farmers, general and nfs | 191 |
| 6 | dea | william | M | 14 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 191 |
| 14 | dean | anson | M | 28 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 280 |
| 16 | dean | george | M | 0 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 280 |
| 21 | dean | john | M | 53 | Anglican | English | England | Farmers, general and nfs | 300 |
| 10 | dean | levi | M | 65 | Methodist | English | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 279 |
| 12 | dean | levi | M | 19 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 279 |
| 11 | dean | martha | F | 65 | Methodist | Unknown | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 279 |
| 22 | dean | mary | F | 55 | | Unknown | England | No Occupation Listed | 300 |
| 15 | dean | priscilla | F | 29 | Methodist | Unknown | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 280 |
| 4 | dece | mary | F | 44 | Anglican | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 71 |
| 10 | decou | amelia | F | 14 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 188 |
| 9 | decou | susannah | F | 36 | Methodist | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 188 |
| 8 | decou | william | M | 41 | Methodist | French | Ontario | Agent nfs | 188 |
| 25 | deforest | christena | F | 20 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 5 |
| 13 | deforest | david | M | 3 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 25 |
| 9 | deforest | eliza | F | 32 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 25 |
| 14 | deforest | eliza | F | 1 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 25 |
| 1 | deforest | elizabeth | F | 17 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 5 |
| 3 | deforest | francis | F | 11 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 5 |
| 11 | deforest | isabella | F | 12 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 25 |
| 22 | deforest | james | M | 53 | Methodist | German | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 5 |
| 8 | deforest | john | M | 60 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 25 |
| 23 | deforest | margret | F | 53 | Methodist | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 5 |
| 24 | deforest | margret | F | 22 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 5 |
| 12 | deforest | mariah | F | 10 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 25 |
| 2 | deforest | moriak | F | 14 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 5 |
| 10 | deforest | stephen | M | 15 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 25 |
| 25 | deforest | william | M | 30 | Methodist | German | Ontario | Teamsters (inc. mine driver, etc.) | 62 |
| 19 | delong | ada | F | 13 | Anglican | French | United States | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 10 | delong | adinijah | M | 45 | Methodist | French | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 197 |
| 18 | delong | edna | F | 15 | Anglican | French | United States | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 22 | delong | elizabeth | F | 4 | Anglican | French | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 20 | delong | ella | F | 11 | Anglican | French | United States | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 11 | delong | ellen | F | 38 | Methodist | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 197 |
| 12 | delong | francis | M | 12 | Methodist | French | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 197 |
| 13 | delong | henery | M | 10 | Methodist | French | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 197 |
| 21 | delong | jay | M | 8 | Anglican | French | United States | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 14 | delong | joseph | M | 9 | Methodist | French | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 197 |
| 23 | delong | lea | M | 2 | Anglican | French | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 17 | delong | nancy | F | 37 | Anglican | English | United States | No Occupation Listed | 105 |
| 16 | delong | nelson | M | 47 | Anglican | French | Ontario | Engineers (US) nfs | 105 |
| 15 | dempsay | james | M | 42 | Anglican | Irish | Ireland | Mason nfs or combined | 236 |
| 5 | densem | arther | M | 9 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 299 |
| 6 | densem | florance | F | 6 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 299 |
| 4 | densem | herbert | M | 11 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 299 |
| 2 | densem | john | M | 34 | Anglican | English | England | Painters, nfs | 299 |
| 3 | densem | matilda | F | 34 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 299 |
| 21 | dent | agness | F | 23 | Anglican | English | England | Servants nfs | 115 |
| 3 | dent | charlotte | F | 13 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 4 | dent | david | M | 11 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 2 | dent | elenor | F | 30 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 304 |
| 19 | dent | elizabeth | F | 56 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 115 |
| 23 | dent | elizabeth | F | 14 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 115 |
| 7 | dent | frances | F | 5 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 1 | dent | george | M | 17 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 5 | dent | herbert | M | 9 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 24 | dent | herbert | M | 8 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 115 |
| 2 | dent | james | M | 15 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 3 | dent | james | M | 16 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 304 |
| 20 | dent | john | M | 26 | Anglican | English | England | Farmers, general and nfs | 115 |
| 4 | dent | john | M | 14 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 304 |
| 5 | dent | joseph | M | 10 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 304 |
| 24 | dent | mary | F | 55 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 121 |
| 24 | dent | nechole | M | 39 | Methodist | English | England | Farmers, general and nfs | 95 |
| 7 | dent | nichol | M | 60 | Anglican | English | England | Carpenters | 304 |
| 25 | dent | sarah | F | 40 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 6 | dent | sarah | F | 7 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 304 |
| 22 | dent | thomas | M | 21 | Anglican | English | Ontario | river drivers | 115 |
| 1 | dent | thomas | M | 38 | Anglican | English | England | Carpenters | 304 |
| 6 | dent | wilbert | M | 7 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 95 |
| 18 | dent | william | M | 63 | Methodist | English | England | Carpenters | 115 |
| 6 | deu | anna | F | 15 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 10 | deu | arthur | M | 5 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 8 | deu | clarence | M | 10 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 4 | deu | edmund | M | 19 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Quebec | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 7 | deu | frank | M | 12 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 2 | deu | james | M | 52 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Quebec | Labourers nfs | 103 |
| 3 | deu | jane | F | 51 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Quebec | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 5 | deu | john | M | 18 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Quebec | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 9 | deu | william | M | 8 | Roman Catholic | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 103 |
| 11 | dice | jane | F | 53 | Anglican | Irish | Ireland | No Occupation Listed | 74 |
| 10 | dice | joseph | M | 53 | Anglican | Irish | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 74 |
| 12 | dice | mathew | M | 19 | Anglican | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 75 |
| 16 | dickson | alexander | M | 8 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 222 |
| 18 | dickson | darcy | M | 3 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 222 |
| 19 | dickson | eva | F | 0 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 222 |
| 15 | dickson | hannah | F | 10 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 222 |
| 14 | dickson | harriet | F | 36 | Presbyterian | Irish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 222 |
| 17 | dickson | harriet | F | 6 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 222 |
| 13 | dickson | john | M | 35 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Railway signallers | 222 |
| 3 | dodson | margaret | F | 35 | Methodist | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 141 |
| 2 | dodson | minnie | F | 11 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 141 |
| 14 | doherty | alford | M | 24 | Methodist | Irish | Ontario | Blacksmiths | 224 |
| 15 | doherty | sarah | F | 22 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 224 |
| 21 | doran | anna | F | 31 | Presbyterian | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 237 |
| 20 | doran | edmund | M | 40 | Methodist | Irish | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 237 |
| 5 | draker | crosteen | F | 17 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 204 |
| 1 | draker | fredric | M | 54 | Methodist | German | Germany | Farmers, general and nfs | 204 |
| 3 | draker | henery | M | 27 | Methodist | German | Germany | Farmers, general and nfs | 204 |
| 6 | draker | john | M | 15 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 204 |
| 4 | draker | joseph | M | 19 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 204 |
| 2 | draker | louisa | F | 52 | Methodist | German | Germany | No Occupation Listed | 204 |
| 7 | draker | peter | M | 13 | Methodist | German | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 204 |
| 11 | drydeu | anna | F | 9 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 12 | drydeu | janet | F | 7 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 7 | drydeu | louisa | F | 5 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 9 | drydeu | margaret | F | 21 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 8 | drydeu | rosucle | M | 21 | Methodist | English | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 216 |
| 6 | drydeu | sarah | F | 40 | Methodist | Unknown | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 10 | drydew | anson | M | 13 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 216 |
| 2 | duff | william | M | 18 | Methodist | Scottish | Scotland | Servants nfs | 31 |
| 6 | duffis | elen | F | 27 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 234 |
| 7 | duffis | james | M | 23 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | Plasterers | 234 |
| 4 | duffis | john | M | 75 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Plasterers | 234 |
| 5 | duffis | margret | F | 30 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 234 |
| 13 | duncan | agnass | F | 11 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 10 | duncan | archibal | M | 20 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 11 | duncan | donald | M | 17 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 12 | duncan | janett | F | 13 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 8 | duncan | jannet | F | 47 | Presbyterian | Scottish | United States | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 7 | duncan | john | M | 50 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Scotland | Labourers nfs | 271 |
| 15 | duncan | john | M | 4 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 14 | duncan | margret | F | 6 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 9 | duncan | mary | F | 22 | Presbyterian | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 271 |
| 5 | dunn | catharine | F | 23 | Anglican | Scottish | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 143 |
| 23 | dunn | elizabeth | F | 20 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 148 |
| 1 | dunn | george | M | 11 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 148 |
| 24 | dunn | hariet | F | 18 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 148 |
| 6 | dunn | james | M | 4 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 143 |
| 22 | dunn | john | M | 22 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 148 |
| 21 | dunn | mary | F | 52 | Anglican | English | England | No Occupation Listed | 148 |
| 25 | dunn | mary | F | 15 | Methodist | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 148 |
| 4 | dunn | nathan | M | 28 | Anglican | English | England | river drivers | 143 |
| 19 | dynes | charles | M | 41 | Anglican | English | Ontario | Farmers, general and nfs | 50 |
| 22 | dynes | charles | M | 12 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 24 | dynes | colin | M | 10 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 2 | dynes | edith | F | 1 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 15 | dynes | fanny | F | 24 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 124 |
| 23 | dynes | herbert | M | 11 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 21 | dynes | laura | F | 14 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 20 | dynes | mary | F | 38 | Anglican | Canadian | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 25 | dynes | oscar | M | 5 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |
| 2 | dynes | samuel | M | 55 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 324 |
| 3 | dynes | sarah | F | 80 | Anglican | Canadian | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 51 |
| 1 | dynes | theron | M | 3 | Anglican | English | Ontario | No Occupation Listed | 50 |