1861 & 71 Census

[carol80]

Looking for the following Family in Canada somewhere.Poss Toronto
John Attwood b 1833 Eng (Occupation unknown later worked in a store)
Sarah b 1833 Eng
John B b 1855 Eng
Charles F b 1857 Eng
Ada E b 1859 Eng
Thomas E b 1861 Toronto
George W b 1866 Toronto

[MJP]

Hi Carol,

Unfortunately, without knowing where in Canada they lived, you are unlikely to find them   

There is no national index for either the 61 or the 71 (not even on pay sites like Ancestry.ca).  A heads-of-household index is availalbe for 1871 Ontario (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010803_e.html).  There is one John Attwood age 32, but that seems a bit too big of an age gap to be your guy.  There were also 2 John Atwoods, but both in their 20s. 

I saw the 1881 US census entry that you must be working off of and noticed that Thomas and George are recorded as born in Canada - how did you find out it was Toronto? 

As you probably have noticed, civil registration of BMDs didn't start until 1869, so that's not much help.  I did check the Ontario birth records 1869-1872 just in case they had a child between George and Caroline, who had perhaps died, but nothing came up. 

Perhaps someone else knows of a Toronto index for 61 or 71 that could be checked? 

Toronto city directories for the 1860s are available here

http://digitalcollections.torontopubliclibrary.ca:8000/WebZ/Authorize:sessionid=0

but I could find no Attwoods or Atwoods. 

Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

MJP