BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY

Newcastle District was created in 1802, and had been previously part of the Home District. Newcastle District encompassed the present day counties of Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough, Victoria, and all land to the north. In 1838, the District was divided into the Newcastle and Colborne Districts. In 1849, the district system was abolished, and the Newcastle District became known as Northumberland and Durham Counties in 1850, and Colborne District became Peterborough County in 1850. From the land comprising Peterborough County, Victoria County was created in 1852, and Haliburton County was created in 1874. (Taken from: Hillman, Thomas A. "A Statutory Chronolgy of Ontario: Counties and Municipalities." Gananoque: Langdale Press, 1988.)

CUSTODIAL HISTORY

Microfilm copies of the assesment and census rolls, voter's lists, and poll books were purchased from the Archives of Ontario.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The microfilms are copies of assessment and census rolls, 1803-1850, voter's lists, 1854, and poll books, 1816, 1820, 1824 for the Newcastle District. Area covered includes various townships in the present-day counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Durham and Victoria. The townships of Hamilton and Haldimand were not filmed. Genealogical resource.

NOTES

Title based on the contents of the records.

The microfilm was purchased from the Archives of Ontario.

The original records are located at the Archives of Ontario.

Restrictions: N

Finding aids: Y

Microfilm. Set 21.

Reel 1

Alnwick Township:

C
1840
1850
1850 (Rice Lake Indian Reservation)

A
1840
1840-1843
1845-1847

Asphodel Township:

C
1821
1823-1825 (with Otonabee)
1839-1840 (with Belmont)
1841
n.d.

Cartwright Township:

C
1839-1841
1848
1850

A
1837-1846

Cavan Township:

C
1819-1823
1825
1839
1840-1841
1845
1850 [1848]

Reel 2

Cavan Township:

C
1850 [1848]

A
1823-1824
1826
1825-1847

Clarke Township:

C
1803-1804
1806 (with Darlington)
1808-1809
1811-1812
1814-1818
1820-1825
1839-1841
1848

Reel 3

Clarke Township:

C
1848
1850

A
1808-1810 (with Darlington)
1812
1814-1819 (with Darlington)
1821 (with Darlington)
1822-1824
1826-1828
1830-1842

Reel 4

Clarke Township:

C
1843-1847

Cramahe Township:

C
1803-1807
1809-1810
1812-1821
1823
1825
1839-1841
1850

Darlington Township:

C
1803-1804
1810
1822-1825
1839-1841

Reel 5

Darlington Township:

C
[1848]
[1850]

A
1822-1825
1827-1837
1839-1849

Reel 6

Douro Township:

C
1838
1840-1841

A
1826
1828
1830-1831
1839-1841

Dummer Township:

C
1840-1841

A
1839-1840

Eldon Township:

C
1839-1841

A
1839-1841

Emily Township:

C
1820-1825
1839

C&A
1840

A
1821-1823
1825-1828
1830

Reel 7

Emily Township:

A
1839-1841

C
1841

Ennismore Township:

C
1839-1841

A
1827-1828
1830
1839-1841

Feneleon & Bexley Townships:

C
1839-1841

A
1839-1841

Harvey Township:

C
1839-1841

A
1838
1840

Hope Township:

C
1803-1807
1809-1825
1840-1841
1848

A
1808-1817
1821-1822
1824-1828
1830-1844

Reel 8

Hope Township:

A
1844-1847

Manvers Township:

C
1840-1841
1848
1850

Reel 9

Manvers Township:

A
[1835]
1836

A&C
1837

A
1838-1843
1845-1847

Mariposa Township:

A
1839-1840

C
1839-1841

Monaghan Township:

C
1819-1825
1841

A
1821-1830
1832

A&C
1833

A
1834-1835
1837-1839

A&C
1840

Monaghan South Township:

A
1831 (rear 7 concessions)
1842-1847

Murray Township:

C 1803-1804
1806
1808
1814-1817
1819-1825
1839
1827
1840
1841
1850

Ops Township (note - follows "end of reel" indicator):

C
1839-1840

A
1839-1841

Reel 10

Otonabee Township:

C
1821-1823
1824 (with Asphodel)
1825 (with Asphodel)
1839-1841
A 1822
1823 (with Asphodel)
1824
1825 (with Asphodel)
1826-1829
1836
1839 (includes Peterborough East)
1840-1841

Percy Township:

C
1803-1810
1811
1813-1817
1819-1823
1825
1840
1848
1850

Reel 11

Percy Township:

C
1850

A
1808-1814
1816-1819
1821-1824
1826-1827 (with Seymour)
1828
1829-1831 (with Seymour)
1832-1835

A&C
1836

A
1837

A&C
1838

A
1839-1847

Seymour Township:

C
1839-1841
1848
1850

Smith Township:

C
1819-1825
1839-1841

A
1821-1823
1825-1829
1839-1841

Somerville, Fenelon & Bexley Townships:

C
1839

South Monaghan Township:

C
1848
1850

Verulam Township:

C
1839-1841

A
1838 (with Harvey)
1839-1841

Newcastle District Aggregate Rolls:

A
1810
1812-1813
1815-1818
1826-1827
1844-1846

Newcastle District Voter's List:

1854 - Darlington, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Clarke, Manvers, and Cavan

Newcastle District Poll Books:

1816 - Northumberland and Durham
1820 - Durham
1824 - Durham