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Census of Pictou Mi'kmaq - December 1842.

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Census of Pictou Indians their names families and places of Residence Decr 1842 when they were supplied with 20 Blankets 10 [Crats?] Names Residence Children Total
Peter Paul, [Senior?] & Wife Boat Harbor 2 4
Peter Paul [junior?] & Wife Boat Harbour 2 4
Peter Wilmot & Wife Boat Harbour 1 3
Mary Hadley Widow Boat Harbour 2 3
[Thos] Wilmot & Wife Boat Harbour2 4
Molly Hadley Boat Harbour 1
Paul [Pruoper?] & Wife Boat Harbour 2
Joseph Setone & Wife Boat Harbour 2 4
Hapan Paul & Wife /Blind/ [W?] River 2
Joseph Wilmot & Wife Boat Harbour 2 4
Mathew Paul & Wife Boat Harbour 2 4
Peter Paul [his son?] & Wife Boat Harbour 1 3
Peter Hadley & Wife Boat Harbour 3 5
[Sapier?] [Tonsura?] & Wife /sick/ Boat Harbour 4
Michael Philip & Wife Boat Harbour 2
Michael Philip 2nd & Wife Boat Harbour 3 5
Michael Francis & Wife Boat Harbour 2 4
Michl Peter Francis & Wife Boat Harbour 2
[Sapier?] Paul & Wife Boat Harbour 2 4
[Neil?] [Morrer?] & Wife Boat Harbour 1 3
Jas Broshen & Wife Boat Harbour 3 5
John Paul & Wife Boat Harbour 3 5
Michael Duncan & Wife Boat Harbour - 2
Brashen & Wife Boat Harbour 1 3
24 Families Individuals 81

Mentions names of families and places of residence when they were supplied with 20 blankets and 10 coats.

Date: 1842

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 167-168

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