Gilbert HESSION

Abt 1798 - 1889  (91 years)

• Name	Gilbert HESSION
  Born	Abt 1798	Cong, Mayo, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Mar 1889	Prince Edward Island   [1]
  Buried	21 Mar 1889	St James cemetery, Georgetown, PEI
  Person ID	I1447	Bob-Millie Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Dorethia CAHAN           b. Abt 1798, Ireland           d. 23 Nov 1890, Prince Edward Island  (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Willard HESSION  [natural]   2. Michael HESSION           b. 15 Aug 1827, Galway? Ireland           d. Aft 1911, Georgetown, Kings, PEI  (Age > 85 years)  [natural]   3. Thomas Gilbert HESSION           b. 23 Feb 1833, Dublin, County Galway, Ireland           d. 15 Sep 1914, Georgetown, Kings, PEI  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   4. Dorah HESSION           b. 1840, Prince Edward Island, Canada           d. 12 Nov 1863  (Age 23 years)  [natural]   5. Bridget HESSION           b. 04 Dec 1842, St Georges, Prince Edward Island, Canada  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022
  Family ID	F893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Gilbert & Dorothia Hession

  
  

• Notes

  NOTE 1./ History Of PEI Just prior to the Hession arrival {No Hessions were enumerated in 1841 census} About the 1841 Census The colony of Prince Edward Island grew swiftly through the first half of the nineteenth century. It was a time when emigrants poured out of the British Isles. Many Scots came because of the foreclosure of their ancient rights on the land. Irish made the perilous crossing of the North Atlantic owing to worsening economic conditions and in the late 1840s because of famine. The English and Welsh emigration, though not as dramatic, was steady and brought many new farmers, shipbuilders and merchants. The increase was so rapid that the government had lost track of just how many people there were in the province. Earlier census were of little assistance. The last had been held in 1833 but even as little as eight years later the Island population had boomed. As important as the people were the other things that were included in the "statistical survey". The degree to which the Island was producing crops and livestock, the number of schoolhouses and grist mills and distilleries, the number of deaf, blind and insane. All of these were seen as important for planning for the community. There was not universal agreement about the census. Prince Edward Island was in the middle of periodic concern about the land tenure system which saw almost all of the land owned by large landlords and leased rather than sold to the tenants. This made the colony different from others in North America where the usual pattern was freehold tenure with farmers owning rather then renting their land. The legislation was held up while the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council debated what should be asked. The upper house wanted more questions which would show how landowners were receiving little return on their investment. The result was a compromise. The resulting census included questions about the repayment of passage money advanced to tenants and not repaid. In the early summer of 1841 the census takers traveled the Island counting people, sheep and potatoes among other things. They were paid 10 shillings per hundred persons and 20 shillings per township for traveling expenses. Most earned less than 20 pounds for their efforts. The statistical results were published as an appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly in 1842 and the original books were relegated to attic storage. Over the years, because of moves and carelessness many volumes were lost. NOTE 2./ 1881 Census: Prince Edward Island 1881 Census Official Website of the Government of Prince Edward Island 1881 Census <<http://www.edu.pe.ca/paro/census/results.asp?session=572813212871&census=1881>> SURNAME GIVEN NAME AGE RELIGION LOT HESSION THOMAS 48 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION DORETHIA 82 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION WILLIAM A. 8 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION NELLIE 22 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION MICHAEL 53 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION MARGARET 4 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION JOHN THOMAS 7 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION HANNAH 30 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION GILBERT 83 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION FREDERICK 1 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION EMMET 2 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION EDMUND 5 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN HESSION HELLEN 42 ROMAN CATHOLIC GTN

  
  

• Sources

  [S1912] Ms. Susan Hession.