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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 223: 1881 Census of Canada for Alexander Sovereen Household

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1881 Canada Census record for my 3rd great-grandparents, Alexander and Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen in Windham township, Norfolk County, Ontario:


The Alexander Sovereen household is number 224, and family #225 on the page:


The extracted information about each person in the household is:

*  Alexander Sovereen - male, age 67, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin German, occupation Farmer, married.
*  Elizabeth Sovereen - female, age 60, born in U.S., religion Baptist, origin German, married
*  Hetti Sovereen - female, age 22, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin German
*  Adison B. Sovereen - male, age 17, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin German, occupation Farmer
*  Melvina M. Kemp - female, age 15, born in O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin German
*  Wilbert Sovereen - male, age 13, born O[ntario], religion Baptist, origin German

The source citation for this census record is:

Census of Canada, 1881, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule #1, District 158, Norfolk North, subdistrict C, Township of Windham, page 46, Dwelling #204, Family #225, Alexander Sovereen household ; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 5 March 2013); citing Library and Archives of Canada Microfilm C-13263.

The interesting member of the household is Melvina M. Kemp, age 15.  She is the daughter of James Abram and Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp; Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp is the oldest daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen, and she died in 1874.  James Abram Kemp married again 1876, and by 1881 it appears that Melvina was residing with her maternal grandparents.  


Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver


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