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Province: Quebec  |  Years recorded: 1851–1921  |  Wikidata: Q28770225

Barnston, Quebec (1851–1921)

Barnston was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q28770225, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Historical lineage

Descendant places

Population trajectory across census years

Census yearPopulationPage
18512,492View 1851 detail →
18613,098View 1861 detail →
18712,551View 1871 detail →
18812,618View 1881 detail →
18912,694View 1891 detail →
19012,482View 1901 detail →
19112,342View 1911 detail →
19212,618View 1921 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 2 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.

NameLifespanConnection
Marcus Child1792–1859died here
Hollis Shorey1823–1893born here

Identifiers

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.