Agricultural details in the 1871 census seem to describe the Henry Joseph "Joseph" Voisin [I02043] and Elizabeth (Ellesworth) Voisin [I02179] farm. However the family living there is listed as Thomas and June Hill.

The return for real estate and implements is incomplete. No acreage, dwellings or barns are listed. There undoubtedly was at least a house there because the farm was in existence since 1832. It does show they owned 2 cars, wagons or sleds, 2 plows or cultivators, and 1 fanning mill to winnow grain.

In the return for cultivated land, they owned 55 acres situated in Concession 2, Lot 14. Of that, 50 acres were improved, 5 acres were pasture, 7 acres were salt or dyked marsh, and ½ acre was gardens or orchards. They planted wheat on 5 acres and harvested 4 bushels of spring wheat and 4 bushels of fall wheat. They produced 6 bushels of barley, 30 bushels of oats, and 10 bushels of corn. They had ½ acre devoted to potatoes and produced 4 bushels. They also produced 10 cords of fire wood.

In livestock, they had 2 horses, 1 colt or filly, 1 milch (dairy) cow, 1 other horned cattle, 5 sheep, and 3 swine. They sold or slaughtered 2 sheep and 2 swine. They also produced 50 pounds of butter and 20 pounds of wool.

Willoughby Township, Welland, Ontario, Canada

Source: 1871 Census, Welland, Ontario, Canada, district Welland, subdistrict Willoughby, Page 18, Dwelling 62, Family 62, Thomas Hill family Lines 1-3 ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : downloaded 29 March 2018). http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4396293_00155.jpg