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Where were the Kings in 1852?


The agricultural census for Caledon Township which listed concession and lot number for each farmer has been lost. However Rowsell"s County of York Directory for 1850-51 has listings for many of the Kings' neighbors.

The table below lists the people enumerated (in the order in which they appear) in the 1851 Census (actually taken in February 1852) along with lots numbers from Rowsell's Directory. As a point of reference Mono Mills is on Lots 22 and 23 on Concession 6 EHS (East of Hurontario St).

John Henderson Blacksmith Lot 22 Con 6 EHS
Peter Rowan Farmer Lot 19 Con 6 EHS
William Richardson Carpenter Lot 18 Con 6 EHS
Nesbitt Potter Farmer Lot 19 Con 6 EHS
Thomas Potter Farmer Lot 17 Con 6 EHS
Owen King Farmer
Adam Moffit Lot 17 Con 6 EHS
Andrew Grant Miller
Fowler
Britt
Mimnaugh Lot 20 Con 6 EHS
Gilbert
McGlaughlin Lot 21 Con 6 EHS

You can see that the lot numbers generally decrease from 22 to 17 and then increase again to 22. Note also that most of the occupations at the end are "town" jobs. Thus it appears that the enumerator started out in Mono Mills and headed south on the 6th line (now Airport Road). After reaching lot 17 he turned around and went back in to Mono Mills.

What can we deduce from this about where the Kings were living. Now the enumerator did not visit households in strict order but we can assume that he did not visit houses in random order. Since the families enumerated on either side of the Kings were both on Lot 17 it is reasonable to assume that the Kings lived near there. Most of the farmers had holdings of 50 to 100 acres. The one exception was the Potter family who held over 1000 acres. It seems likely that the Kings were renting land from the Potters. SInce the Potters owned Lot 18 this is perhaps the best bet for the Kings' location in February 1852.

We don't know where the Kings lived between 1847 and 1852. It may have been in Caledon or possibly in Chinguacousy according to Michael King's obituary. It appears that they stayed in Caledon until they moved to Culross since both Isabella and Michael gave their addresses as Caledon when they married in 1854 and 1855 respectively. Since Edward was married in Goderich in May 1855 and Michael's first child was baptised in Goderich in September 1855, it appears that they moved to Culross by then. Another possibility is that they worked for the Brophys in Wawanosh in 1855 before moving to Culross.