Walter families enumerated in the official 1881 Canadian Census for Normamby, Grey South, Ontario

Name as indexed and age (census did not use birth year)

 

Jacob Walter 49 and Christina Walter 37, married

• Dora 21
• August 18
• Katharine 16
• John 14 [just back from living with Aunt Elizabeth Harley]
• Fritz 20 [probably meant to be age 12 as siblings were listed in birth sequence]
• Anna 11
• Elizabeth 9
• George 7
• Regina 4
• Susana 1
• [The other children had not been born yet]

 

In this same census, living next door was Jacob's younger brothers

 

Fritz Walter 38 and Anna Walter 33, married

• Margaret 13
• Henry 9
• Adam 6
• Elizabeth 4
• Emma 1

John Walter 35 and Katharina 31, married

• Christina 9
• Katharina 7
• Jacob 4

 

But I do not find any of the Harley families nearby.