William and Isabella Knowles Census Records

William and Isabella Knowles Census Records

**1881 Census for Montreal, Quebec, Canada (probably April 1881)**
City	Ward	Enumeration Date	Microfilm Reel	Microfilm Section
Montreal	Ste. Anne	probably April 1881	13217	A(3)-Page 58

Address

Name

Given Name

Sex

Age

Country or Province

Religion

Origin

Occupation

Married

Going to School

Can Read

Can Write

365 Wellington

Knowles

Ecosse (Scotland)

Presby.
Protest.

Ecossais
(Scotch)

Tailleur
(Tailor)

Isabelle

Q (Quebec)

Margeurite

**Notes on the 1881 Census**
The above census data was found in a June 1889 microfilm search by Dave Jordan. An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as it is on the original record; some wording changes have been made for clarity and further information on the meaning of column headings is on the census sheet. If wish to explore any of this data further, please contact Dave directly. This record was found June 5, 1989 through a house-by-house search of Ste. Anne's Ward which included William Knowles' 365 Wellington Street address. The Montreal Census does not list streets addresses for families. However, it was thought useful to show a street address and thus an entry was made in the record above for the street address that they were presumed living. The street address shown was extracted from the Montreal City Directory. For the 1881 Census, the microfilm reels searched were obtained via interlibrary loan from the Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada and are numbered: C-13217, C-13219, C-13220. Because of the lack of addresses, a ward-by-ward search was conducted of much of Montreal. Wards searched for Knowles, Black, Leddy, and Wallace include: all of St. Anne's Ward, all of West Ward, all of Center Ward, all of East Ward, and all of St. Antoine's Ward. The only match to our line was the William Knowles listed above.	The Montreal City Directory for 1881 lists a William Knowles, police sergeant, at 365 Wellington. The above census provided the data in French. The English translations are shown in parenthesis. The "Q" is presumed to be Quebec. It is interesting to note the their origins are listed as Scotch even though William was born in Ireland as was Isabella's father. It is likely then that there was a migration then of both the Black and Knowles families from Scotland to Ireland to Montreal. The associated microfilm census reels were: C-13217 (Centre, East, and West Ward) and also C-13217 (Ste Anne Ward). By 1891 William and Isabella had left Montreal for Chicago.