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1861 Canada Census - Wan(d)less entries

Age is "on next birthday".
Fields: Name, Birthplace, age, religion, occupation
U.C. = Upper Canada = Ontario (used in birthplaces)

New Brunswick

York County - Fredericton - King's Ward (subdistrict 93 page 9 line 15)

Name	Sex	Age	Relation	Occ	Religion	Born	Marital Status	Other
Henry Wandless	m	54	head	Porter of University of N.B.	Episcopal	England		Owns 1 pig in agric. census.
Mary	f	37	2nd wife		Episcopal	England
Alicia	f	26	daughter		Episcopal	native
Mary Jane	f	18	daughter	tailoress	Episcopal	native
Martha E.	f	14	daughter	scholar	Episcopal	native
William H.	m	12	son	scholar	Episcopal	native
Thomas	m	10	son	scholar	Episcopal	native
John	m	6	son		Episcopal	native
Anna	f	4	daughter		Episcopal	native
Charles	m	1	son		Episcopal	native		born previous year
Next dwelling is labeled "University Buildings".

Ontario

Lambton County, Sarnia Town
WANLESS, William, Scot 32 FC Merchant
Jane Ont 22 FC
John Scot 30 FC

West Hawkesbury, Prescott co
George Wanless, sadler, b. Scotland, Church of Scotland, 60, widower
Ellen, spinster, b. Ont, Ch. of Scotland, 17, single
log house, one story

Caledon twp, Peel co
John Wanless, b. Scotland, Presbyterian F.C., 57, married, frame house, 1-1/2 stories, 1 family living there
Margaret, b. Ireland, 51, married, Presbyterian F.C.
R. Wanless, b. Scotland, 15, male
Margaret Wanless, b. U.C. [Ont.], 13, [mark in male column]

Caledon twp, Peel co (ED 2 page 20)
George Wandlass, 24, farmer, born Northumberland, Free Church of scotland, married
Elizabeth, 21, married, b. U.C. [Ontario], F.C. of S., married
John, b. Ont, 3

Hullett Twp, Huron Co (ED 5/614, Page 51)
-- possibly in the house of James Tauney or Tunney, a millwright b. Scotland, age 39
William Wanless, 30, labourer, married, b. England, religion: F.C.
Jannet R. Wanless, 26, b. Ont, F.C.
Isabella, 5, b. Ont.
Jannet R., 4, b. Ont.
Thomas J., 2, b. Ont.

Hay Twp, Huron Co (ED Ward 2/419 page 15)
-- household of Paul & Anne Bell from Scotland
David Wanless, 25, machinist, b. Scotland, F.C. religion, single

Stanley Twp, Huron Co (ED 4/848 page 47) - indexed Waulep at ancestry.com
James Wanless, 50, farmer, b. Scotland, Congregationalist, married, lives in 1-story log house containing 1 family
Margaret, 46, b. Scotland, religion: U.P., married
David, 25, wool carder, b. Scotland, U.P., lives in Hay outside township limits, single, absent from household
Agnes, 28, b. Scotland, a Baptist, lives in London, single, absent from household
James, 23, labourer, b. Scotland, U.P., single
William, 20, labourer, b. Scotland, U.P., single
Margaret, 17, born on the Ocean, U.P., single
John, 15, b. Upper Canada [Ont.], U.P., single
Helen, 10, b. Upper Canada [Ont.], U.P.
Thomas, 8, b. Upper Canada [Ont.], U.P.
Arthur, 5, b. Upper Canada [Ont.], U.P.
Agnes, 70, b. Scotland, Congregationalist, single, widow

York, York Co, Ontario
bounded on the north by Ward 2, on the south by Kingston road, on west by Don Mills road, on the East by line between York and Scarborough
John Wanles, carpenter, b. Scotland, F.C. [Free Church], 29, married
Elizabeth, b. U. C. [Ont.], 26, married
John, b. U. C. [Ont.], 4
Thomas, b. U. C. [Ont.], 3
James, b. U. C. [Ont.], 1

Kingston, Frontenac Co (pg 483 Victoria Ward)
WANDLESS, John, 54, male, married, b. Ire., Episcopal, pensioner, 2 families in rooms in a house
Olivia, 24, female, married, b. UC, Episcopal
Charles, 5, male, single, b. UC, Episcopal
Elizabeth, 2, female, single, b. UC, Episcopal
ROBISON, Olivia, 50, female, married, b. Ire, Episcopal
Charles, 26, male, single, b. UC, Episcopal, Tailor
Thomas, 28, male, single, b. UC, Episcopal, Tanner, lives in US

Chatham, Kent Co, Ont
T.K. Wandlas, shoemaker, b. England, all Church of Scotland, age 41, married
J., 40, female, b. L. Canada [Quebec], married
H., 17, male, b. L. Canada [Quebec] [true for all kids down to A.R.]
G.J., 13, male
E.A., 11, female
A.K., 9, male
J.K., 7, male
A.R., 2, male, b. W. Canada [Ontario]
C. Huffman, b. Ont, W. Methodist, 19, female, single, not a family member
3 males & 1 female in school, 1 birth in 1860, 1 male and 1 female died in 1860 from scarlet fever, ages 4 and 17, frame house, 1 story, 1 family in house

Harwich, Kent co
George Wanless, 30, labourer, Church of England, b. Canada, single, lodger

Mosa Twp, Middlesex co
George Wanlass, operator, b. U.C. [Ontario], F.C. [Free Church of Scotland], 20, single, not related to the people he lives with

Quebec

Chateauquay (district 6 page 335)
George Wanless, 64, shoemaker, b. England, married in 1819
Isabella Kay, 64, b. England, married in 1819
James Wanless, 22, b. U.C. [Ontario], married in 1859
Marguerite Isro, 22, b. L.C. [Quebec], married in 1859
Isabella C. Wanless, 2, L.C.
Isabella K.(?) Bellie [Baillie], 11, L.C.
2 males, 4 females all in one family, in a log house

Argenteuil Co - St. Andrew's
Martin Wanless, baker, married in 1854, b. Que, Church of England, 39, married, frame house containing 1 family
Catharine, b. Ireland, 26, married
Mary Ann, b. Que, 5
George, 3, b.Que
William, 1, b. Que
Margaret Jones, b. Que, 60, single, related
Mars. Robire, laborer, Roman Catholic, male, 17, b. Que, not related