1842 Census of Canada East

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image shows the 1842 Farnham return with Samuel Wood listed as a farmer and head of household (line 13), and a Samuel Wood signing as J.P. on the facing page. The name matches the claim. The census does not give an age or dates, so it cannot establish that this is the Samuel Wood born 1787 and died 1848, only that it is consistent with him.
Matches: Image is the 1842 Lower Canada census return for the Township of Farnham, and a head of family is listed as "Samuel Wood" (line 13, Farmer, 5 inmates, proprietor); A "Samuel Wood J.P." signs the oath on the facing page (1 March 1842, Farnham), so a man of that name was living in the area in 1842, which fits a man who died in 1848
Limits: The 1842 census records only the head of family's name, with no age, birth year or death date, so it cannot confirm the 1787–1848 dates; Another Peter Wood and a Samuel Wood appear in the same township, and nothing here links this Samuel to the specific person in the database; The claim concerns only a name, which the record shows but does not tie to a particular individual; The image is a low-quality microfilm, and household details such as the number of inmates cannot be checked against family composition