Gustave Smith

Life events

1. abt. 1887

   Birth

   New Brunswick, Canada

2. 1931

   Census¹

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaLobban Avenue

   Gustave was living with the family of George Roy Robinson

   1931 Census of Canada

   1931 Census of Canada

   Header: Seventh Census of Canada, 1931. Population, Form 1A. Province: New Brunswick. Electoral District: Northumberland, No. 20. Enumeration Sub-district No. 41, Town of Chatham. Enumerator: LeBaron Finley. Page 8.

   Line 38: Dwelling 74, family 8[?] (struck through; corrected to 78 and 79). Robertson, Geo Roy. Loban Ave. Owned; value $1200; single house; wood; 8 rooms; radio: yes. Head, M, married, 44. Born N.B.; father born N.B.; mother born N.B. Nationality Canada. Racial origin Scotch. Speaks English: yes; French: no. Mother tongue: En. Religion: United Ch. Can read and write: W. Occupation: Engineer. Industry: C.N.R. Class of worker: W. Earnings: 2500. At work 1 June: yes.

   Line 39: Robertson, Emma. Wife, F, married, 31. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. French. English: yes; French: yes. Mother tongue: "En" struck through, "Fr". United CH. W. Home Maker.

   Line 40: Robertson, Hilda. Daughter, F, single, 16. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. English: yes; French: no. En. United CH. W. Months at school: 9. Student.

   Line 41: Robertson, Pearl. Daughter, F, single, 11. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. 9. Student.

   Line 42: Robertson, Oscar. Son, M, single, 10. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. 9. Student.

   Line 43: Robertson, Ronald. Son, M, single, 8. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. 9. "Student" struck through.

   Line 44: Robertson, Grace. Daughter, F, single, 6. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W.

   Line 45: Robertson, Marguerie. Daughter, F, single, 5. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W.

   Line 46: Robertson, Jockie. Son, M, single, 3. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United Ch. No.

   Line 47: Robertson, Florence. Daughter, F, single, 1. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United Ch. No.

   Line 48: Smith, Gustave. "Domestic" struck through, "Lodger" written beside it. M, single, 31. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. Occupation: Labourer (faint). Industry: Farm, written over a struck-through word (possibly "Field"[?]). Class of worker: W. Earnings: 200. At work 1 June: yes. Weeks unemployed in the last 12 months: 24; weeks out of work for no job: 24.

   In the 1931 census, Gustave Smith, a thirty-one-year-old single farm labourer born in New Brunswick, was living as a lodger with George Roy Robinson’s family on Loban Avenue in Chatham, New Brunswick. He had earned $200 in the past year and had been out of work for twenty-four weeks for lack of a job. The census taker first wrote him as “Domestic”, then corrected it to “Lodger”.