Her People
A record of the people connected to Anahareo, by blood or by choice.
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
According to Library and Archives Canada, the 1851 Census marked the second collection of statistics for the Province of Canada. Although it was the 1851 Census, Canada West (present-day Ontario) did not start its collection of data until January 12, 1852. The surviving paper records were microfilmed in 1955 and the originals destroyed.
Papineau Family Census
- Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Mission du Lac, Deux Montagnes County, Canada East (Quebec); Schedule: A; Roll: C_1146; Page: 23; Line: 1. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
In the image at left taken from the 1851 Census, one of Anahareo's paternal great-grandfathers, François Papineau, a 45-year-old Chief of the Nipissing, is listed at the very top of the page. Directly below him is his wife, Marie Otickwekijikokwe (37) and two young children, Cecile (5) and Bernard (1), possibly Anahareo's Great-Aunt and Great-Uncle.
Lines 5 and 6 contain entries for a Bernard Tionatakwente, a farmer aged 25, and Catherine Pimatanokse (18), believed to be Anahareo's grandfather (John Bernard Nelson) and grandmother, respectively. Below them is an infant, Jean Baptiste (1); this may be Anahareo's uncle John, who was born circa 1851.
Nelson Family Census
- Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Mission du Lac, Deux Montagnes County, Canada East (Quebec); Page: 25; Line: 35-41. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
In the image at left taken from the 1851 Census, one of Anahareo's paternal great-grandfathers, Jean Baptiste Anenharison Nelson, a 57-year-old Chief / Farmer is listed directly above his wife, Marguerite Kasennonsen (also written as Kawennonsen) (45) and five children, Angelique (14), Joseph (12), Marie (10), Charles (6) and Marc (1).
Their son Bernard Tionatakwente (Nelson) is at this time listed as part of the Bernard family census, above.