Whitby, Ontario (1851–1851)
Whitby was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 1 census between 1851 and 1851. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q7994182, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- later split into Whitby, West in 1861
- later split into Whitby, Town of in 1861
- later split into Whitby, East in 1861
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 7,996 | View 1851 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 85 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Thompson | b. 1801 | born here |
| Robert Baldwin | 1804–1858 | born here |
| Benjamin Wait | 1813–1895 | born here |
| John Beverley Robinson | 1820–1896 | born here |
| Joseph Hartman | 1821–1859 | born here |
| Samuel Wilmot | 1822–1899 | born here |
| James Cox Aikins, mla | 1823–1904 | born here |
| Darby Bergin | 1826–1896 | born here |
| James Beatty Grafton | 1826–1909 | born here |
| Jacob Hunter Todd | 1827–1899 | born here |
| Letitia Youmans | 1827–1896 | born here |
| William Thomas Aikins | 1827–1897 | born here |
| William Cameron Chewett | 1828–1897 | born here |
| Anne Gregg Ryan | 1830–1901 | born here |
| Mary Ann Wilson | 1830–1908 | born here |
| Teresa McDonell | 1833–1917 | born here |
| William Henry King | 1833–1859 | born here |
| Erastus Wiman | 1834–1904 | born here |
| John Freeman Davis | 1835–1916 | born here |
| William McCabe | 1835–1903 | born here |
| C. A. (Charles Augustus) Semlin | 1836–1927 | born here |
| David Allanson Jones | 1836–1910 | born here |
| Maurice S. (Maurice Scollard) Baldwin | 1836–1904 | born here |
| Robert Henry Bethune | 1836–1895 | born here |
| Hannah Grier Coome | 1837–1921 | born here |
| James Branston Willmott | 1837–1915 | born here |
| Britton Bath Osler | 1839–1901 | born here |
| W.H. (William Henry) Withrow | 1839–1908 | born here |
| Colin Burgess | 1840–1905 | born here |
| George Albertus Cox | 1840–1914 | born here |
| John Dryden | 1840–1909 | born here |
| Sir Charles Moss | 1840–1912 | born here |
| Charles Arkoll Boulton | 1841–1899 | born here |
| Denis O’Connor | 1841–1911 | born here |
| Robert Bell | 1841–1917 | born here |
| Hector Mansfield Howell | 1842–1918 | born here |
| Margaret O’Neill | 1842–1927 | born here |
| William Albert Reeve | 1842–1894 | born here |
| Elizabeth Bingham | 1843–1934 | born here |
| John Joseph Cassidy | 1843–1914 | born here |
| Lyman Melvin Jones | 1843–1917 | born here |
| Thomas Simpson Sproule | 1843–1917 | born here |
| Matilda Ridout | 1844–1910 | born here |
| Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | 1844–1901 | born here |
| John B. Mather | 1845–1892 | born here |
| Sir Edmund Boyd Osler | 1845–1924 | born here |
| Adam Henry Wright | 1846–1930 | born here |
| Daniel Hunter McMillan Canadian politician (1846-1933) | 1846–1933 | born here |
| Marion Fairweather | 1846–1923 | born here |
| William Tyndale Jennings | 1846–1906 | born here |
| Alfred Moore Phillips | 1847–1896 | born here |
| George Henry Ham | 1847–1926 | born here |
| Henry James Grasett | 1847–1930 | born here |
| James Elliot Graham | 1847–1899 | born here |
| L. McMaster | 1847–1903 | born here |
| Arthur Jukes Johnson | 1848–1921 | born here |
| Daniel Francis Burk | 1848–1917 | born here |
| Charles March | 1849–1908 | born here |
| Sir William Osler | 1849–1919 | born here |
| Thomas Joseph Workman Burgess | 1849–1926 | born here |
| Benjamin Fish Austin | 1850–1933 | born here |
| Grace Sarah Hall Thompson | 1850–1907 | born here |
| John Houston | 1850–1910 | born here |
| Thomas Henry Best | 1850–1928 | born here |
| James Albert Manning Aikins | 1851–1929 | born here |
| John Wilson Bengough | 1851–1923 | born here |
| A.H.F. (Augustus Henry Frazer) Lefroy | 1852–1919 | born here |
| Fergus Patrick McEvay | 1852–1911 | born here |
| James Carruthers | 1853–1924 | born here |
| Robert Allan Pyne | 1853–1931 | born here |
| Alice G. | 1854–1938 | born here |
| Lillian Frances Massey | 1854–1915 | born here |
| Richard Irvine Bentley | 1854–1909 | born here |
| Robert John Fleming | 1854–1925 | born here |
| Edward Hanlan | 1855–1908 | born here |
| George Frederick Galt | 1855–1928 | born here |
| Levi Thomson | 1855–1938 | born here |
| Margaret Ruttan Boucher | 1855–1931 | born here |
| Mossom Martin Boyd | 1855–1914 | born here |
| Anna Bella Peel | 1856–1933 | born here |
| Caroline Louisa Josephine Irwin | 1856–1939 | born here |
| George Tate Blackstock | 1856–1921 | born here |
| John Stoughton Dennis | 1856–1938 | born here |
| Patrick Burns | 1856–1937 | born here |
| Sir Frank Stillman Barnard | 1856–1936 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON026001— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q7994182
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby_Township
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.