Settler of township lots: Lot 31, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Link to the Cooper family on  the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 101 acre lot running south from Hwy 118 between 30th Line Road and Busy Road.

Land acquisition: 1904 from Robert Wesley Baker. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 4 (Image 507).

Other land: Lot 2, Conc. 8, Guilford - 1938 from the Dysart Land Co.

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Ernest & Luella, no children at Lot 9, Conc. 4, Stanhope which at that time was owned by William Welch
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Ernest & Luella G Cooper and 2 children
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List as Ernest Cooper, Maple Lake
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List as Ernest Cooper, Maple Lake
• 1935 Stanhope List of Electors: Ernest Cooper, farmer, Maple Lake
• 1939 Death

Interesting facts:

In 1939 Ernest Cooper was accidentally shot and killed by his son-in-law William Peck while out deer hunting with a party of men. Place of death is Lot 4, Con 11 Guilford. Accidental gunshot wound.

In 1952, Albert's grandson, Leonard Cooper, age 7, was accidentally shot by his brother Richard, age 13, with the same shotgun that killed Albert in a hunting accident near Maple Lake 12 years before. Source: Highland News, Apr. 17, 1952.

Preceding landowner:

• 1899 Ben Sawyer from The Crown
• 1901 Robert Wesley Baker

Succeeding landowner:

• 1951 William E Cooper - all the lot except 3 acres from Luella Dawson

Photo 1: Bessie, Ernest Cooper, Diamond

Photo 2: Elvin Cooper and his first wife, Ernest & Luella Cooper, Mr & Mrs. Erickson

Photo 3: Ernest & Luella Cooper & family