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1916 Census Page for Walter Ponceby Household

1916 census page for Edmonton, Alberta, recording Walter Ponceby, wife Margaret, and son Donald in the same household.

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census year
1916
household location
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
household number as recorded
75
household members
  • line number
    11
    name as recorded
    Ponceby, Walter
    canonical or lead id
    person-walter-george-ponceby-1873
    relationship to head
    Head
    sex
    M
    marital status
    Married
    age
    49
    birthplace
    England
    religion
    Presbyterian
    year of immigration
    1883
    nationality
    Canadian
    racial or tribal origin
    English
    speaks english
    true
    speaks french
    false
    mother tongue
    English
    can read
    true
    can write
    true
    occupation as recorded
    Electrician
    employment or workplace as read
    Power House
  • line number
    12
    name as recorded
    Margaret
    canonical or lead id
    lead-margaret-mac-kennon-1868
    relationship to head
    Wife
    sex
    F
    marital status
    Married
    age
    47
    birthplace as recorded
    P.E.I.
    religion
    Presbyterian
    nationality
    Canadian
    racial or tribal origin
    Scottish
    speaks english
    true
    speaks french
    false
    mother tongue
    English
    can read
    true
    can write
    true
    occupation as recorded
    None
  • line number
    13
    name as recorded
    Donald
    canonical or lead id
    person-donald-edwin-ponceby-1902
    relationship to head
    Son
    sex
    M
    marital status
    Single
    age
    13
    birthplace
    United States
    religion
    Presbyterian
    year of immigration
    1903
    naturalization status as read
    naturalized
    nationality
    Canadian
    racial or tribal origin
    English
    speaks english
    true
    speaks french
    false
    mother tongue
    English
    can read
    true
    can write
    true
    occupation as recorded
    None
head name
Walter Ponceby
head age
49
head birthplace
England
head occupation
Electrician
wife name as recorded
Margaret
child name as recorded
Donald
summary
1916 census page for Edmonton, Alberta, recording Walter Ponceby, wife Margaret, and son Donald in the same household.

Enumeration

Census year
1916
Household location
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Household summary

Head Name
Walter Ponceby
Head Age
49
Head Occupation
Electrician
Head Birthplace
England
Wife Name As Recorded
Margaret

Other details

Household Number As Recorded
75
Child as recorded
Donald
Summary
1916 census page for Edmonton, Alberta, recording Walter Ponceby, wife Margaret, and son Donald in the same household.
Name As RecordedRoleAgeSexMarital StatusBirthplaceOccupation
Ponceby, Walter49MMarriedEngland
Margaret47FMarried
Donald13MSingleUnited States

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  • Automatic PDF text extraction was requested with ocr-mode=auto, but no extractor produced usable text.
  • Manual transcription from the rendered census page because the census image is image-only.
  • The household identity is clear, but several page-level fields are faint. District is read as Strathcona, sub-district as 18, enumeration district as 42, and place as City of Edmonton South.
  • Walter's age is transcribed as 49. This conflicts with the 1916 attestation paper's apparent age and birth date lane; keep the document-backed census age visible rather than harmonizing it.
  • The household number is read as 75. The street address is not clearly transcribed from this census image; do not import the 8203-109 St. address from the separate attestation paper into this source's extracted facts.
  • Donald's naturalization column appears to read "nat."; current reading is naturalized.

Place

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city
Edmonton
province
Alberta
country
Canada
place
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Details

Record details

pages
1
census year
1916
census title
Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1916
schedule
Schedule No. 1, Population by name, personal description, etc.
province as recorded
Alberta
district name as read
Strathcona
sub district number
18
enumeration district number
42
place as recorded
City of Edmonton South
page number
7
relevant lines
11-13
familysearch image number
10 of 1194
original download file
05_raw/pdfs/1916-census-page-for-walter-ponceby-household-original-with-citation.pdf

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  • Automatic PDF text extraction was requested with ocr-mode=auto, but no extractor produced usable text.
  • Printed citation page removed from repository PDF; original download preserved as 05_raw/pdfs/1916-census-page-for-walter-ponceby-household-original-with-citation.pdf.
  • Generated by scripts/ingest_record.py from Transcript-3.pdf.
  • The FamilySearch citation page was preserved in the original-with-citation PDF and removed from the repository census PDF.
  • Linked Margaret as a lead only; do not update or promote Margaret's canonical identity from this proposed source without user acceptance and resolution of the existing McKinnon/Mac Kennon identity conflicts.

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1916 Census Page for Walter Ponceby Household; FamilySearch; Victoria, Alberta, Canada records; image group 004363984; image 10 of 1194; Canada. Census and Statistics Office; accessed 25 April 2026.