1891 Census of Canada

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image shows family 288 on page 62 with Mariah Wood, 65, widowed, a lodger, English-born, Church of England. This matches the residence place, marital status, relation and religion in the claim. The surname differs from Spackman and the age is slightly younger than 1824 would give, so the match to this person is plausible but not secure. It needs a link such as a second marriage to a Wood.
Matches: Family No. 288 on page 62 of Granby Village, Shefford, Quebec matches the citation detail; Entry reads 'Wood Mariah', female, widowed, relation 'L' (lodger), born in England, with parents born in England; Religion appears to read 'Ch of Eng', matching Church of England; Marital status (widowed) and relation to head (lodger) match the claim note
Flags: Surname in the record is Wood, not Spackman. Nothing on the page links her to Spackman, so a later marriage or an error would have to be shown elsewhere; Age 65 implies birth about 1825–26. A person born in 1824 would be 66 or 67 in May 1891, so the record is 1–2 years off
Limits: The census does not give a full name or a birth date, so it cannot confirm 'Maria Anne' or the 1824 birth year; Nothing in the record connects Mariah Wood to the Spackman family, so identity rests on first name, age range, widowhood and England as birthplace; Handwriting is partly hard to read, including the occupation column and some marks in the religion column