St. Catherines, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851–1871)
St. Catherines, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in 3 censuses between 1851 and 1871. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q126805, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- merged into St. Catharines, C in 1881
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,368 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 6,284 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 7,864 | View 1871 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 6 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 Parke | 1793–1864 | died here |
| Alexander Davidson | 1794–1856 | died here |
| George Rykert | 1797–1857 | died here |
| Eleazer Williams Stephenson | 1798–1867 | died here |
| Delos White Beadle | 1823–1905 | born here |
| George Gibbons | 1848–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON021002— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q126805
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catharines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catharines
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.