Vancouver Island Census

Name

Family: Dunsmuir Given: James

Family number: 49

Personal

Gender: Male Age: 49 (years) Marital status: Married

Relationship to head: Head of Household

Can read: Yes Can write: Yes

Speaks English: Yes Speaks French: No

Infirmities: Blank or None

Religion: Anglican/Church of England

Employment

Occupation: None or Unknown HISCO Code: X2100

Employment: Employer, Own Account

Earnings: $ Extra earnings: $

Location

District: Victoria City (4) Sub-district: Victoria City (D)

Address: '*'

Origin/Nationality/Ethnicity

Birthplace: British Columbia, Canada Type: Urban

Nationality: Canadian

Race: Scot Colour: White

Mother tongue: English

Record

Record ID: census.1901:21759

Case number:

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On February 4, 2006, Patrick Dunae wrote:

The address for James Dunsmuir is recorded as "Blk, Constance Cove Farm." This is rather curious, because Constance Cove Farm is in Esquimalt and Dunsmuir and his family were living in their mansion, "Burleith," on the Gorge (or Victoria Arm, as the waterway was sometimes called.) See the 1902 Victoria directory and a book by Terry Reksten, The Dunsmuir Saga (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994).