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1881 Census
District Number: 187 New Westminster
S. District: B North
Census Taker: William Ross
pp. 62 - 63
Convicts at the BC Penitentiary
(Thirty-seven convicts are identified on the 1881 census by an asterisk in the right column of the return. Of these, eleven were Chinese or of Chinese ancestry, and four or five were Aboriginal.)
BROWN, John, 46, b. Portugal, Catholic, Portuguese, Fisherman, unmarried. (Identified as Prisoner #2, sentenced to 10 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster)
STEELE, John, 42 (43?), b. Ireland, Church of England, Irish, Laborer, unmarried. (Identified as Prisoner #4, sentenced to 15 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster)
ADAIR, Peter, 57, b. Scotland, C. Presbyterian, Scotch, Carpenter, married. (Identified as Prisoner #6, sentenced to 14 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster. Murphy also indicates Peter Adair was pardoned in October 1882.)
BROWN, James, 57, b. England [P.J. Murphy's list, referenced below, indicated Canada], Church of England, English, Cooper, unmarried. (Identified as Prisoner #8, sentenced to 10 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster. Murphy also indicates James Brown #8 escaped in May 1881.)
HARRISON, Frederick, 52, b. England, Church of England, English, Carpenter, unmarried. (Identified as Prisoner #11, sentenced to 5 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster)
AH HEU (AH REU?), 47, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no occupation listed, married.
AH NEE, 46, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no occupation listed, unmarried. (Identified as Prisoner #15, sentenced to 3 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster)
DAWDRY, John, 31, b. England, Catholic, English, Laborer, unmarried. (Identified as Prisoner #17, sentenced to 5 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster. Listed in “Convict Deaths in the BC Pen” as having died Feb. 26, 1882, aged 32, of heart disease. Newspaper coverage confirms he'd been sentenced to 5 years, and would have been entitled to discharge in a few months.)
JORDAN, John, 48, b. Ireland, Catholic, Irish, Farmer, married. (Identified as Prisoner #19, sentenced to 15 years, likely sentenced by Sir Matthew Begbie, in P.J. Murphy's list of convicts first admitted to the BC Pen in September 1878, received from Provincial Gaols in Victoria and New Westminster)
ANTIGO, Peter, 28, b. Italy, Ch Presbyterian, Italian, Fisherman, unmarried
INDIAN TOBEY, 30, b. BC, Catholic, Indian, no occupation listed, unmarried. (Listed in “Convict Deaths in the BC Pen” as having died February 20, 1883, aged 32. Convicted of manslaughter in Victoria, BC.)
INDIAN JACOB, 38, b. BC, Catholic, Indian, no occupation listed, married. (Listed in “Convict Deaths in the BC Pen” as having died February 19, 1882. Convicted in Victoria, BC.)
BELL, Charles, 33, b. England, Church of England, English, Cook, married
DANDY, Jim, 46, b. BC, Methodist, national origin not given, no occupation listed, unmarried. (Listed in “Convict Deaths in the BC Pen” as having died September 13, 1881, aged 46. Listed as Indian. Crime was “wounding with intent”.)
WU LONG, 41, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, Cook, married
ROBINSON, George, 34, b. England, Church of England, English, Laborer, unmarried
AH ACK , 33, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no occupation listed, married
AH ONE, 39, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no occupation listed, married
ALEP (HEP?), George, 33, b. Greece, C. Presbyterian, Greek, Fisherman, unmarried
WELSH, James, 41, b. US, C. Presbyterian, national origin not given, Brickmaker, married
VERNON, [Illegible], 30, b. Jamaica (?), Baptist, English, Trunkmaker
LAPLANTE, John, 16, b. BC, Catholic, French, no occupation listed, unmarried
WOODS, James C, 28, b. Germany, Methodist, Germany, Ship Carpenter, unmarried
OLDENBURGH, Arran, 52, b. Poland, Hebrew, Polish, Pawnbroker, unmarried
ROPER, Alfred, 33, b. England, Methodist, English, Shoemaker, married
LEE HOY, 29, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no occupation listed, unmarried
HUM HAT, 51, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no ocupation listed, unmarried
STUART, William, 28, b. Ireland, C Presbyterian, Irish, Gasfitter, unmarried
HONG QUU (DUU?), 14, b. BC, C Presbyterian, Chinese, no occupation listed, unmarried
SAWNEY, Quick, 23, b. BC, Catholic, national origin not given, no occupation listed, unmarried, identified as “Deaf and Dumb”
ANTONU (ANTONIO/U?), Sampson, 28, b. BC, Catholic, national origin not given, no occupation listed, unmarried
VASSEY, John, 55, b. Ireland, Catholic, Irish, Farmer, unmarried
AH LONG, 44, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, Laborer, married
INDIAN PARRIE, 27, b. BC, Catholic, Indian, Laborer, unmarried, listed as “Deaf and Dumb”
WILLIAM, Jacob, 40, b. Germany, Catholic, Germany, Carpenter, unmarried
GOEY CHUM, 30, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, no occupation listed, unmarried
MA LOO CHUN, 37, b. China, Buddhist, Chinese, Miner, unmarried
Last revised: August 25, 2005