Settler of township lots: Lot 23, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location with this half lot running south and west of Dawson Road.

Land acquisition: 1917 from Garald Clancy, his brother. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 119)

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Garald Clancy - Lot 30, Conc 6, Stanhope for enlistment 
• 1916 WW1 CEF Attestation Papers: single & living in Whitney
• 1916 Marriage: Haliburton

Interesting facts:

Alexander Wesley Clancy, Sgt., Veteran:

• Enlisted: 20 Jul 1916, Huntsville, Ontario
• Occupation and residence: Stationary Engineer, Whitney, Ontario
• Battalion: 122nd Overseas Battalion, C.E.F.; 44th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps; 11th Reserve Battalion
• Notes on war service: He served in England and France and was discharged on 21 Mar 1919 in Toronto

First landowner: 1873 Garald Clancy (his brother) from The Crown

Succeeding landowner: 1920 Mrs. James Jones, widow

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Alexander Wesley Clancy  b. 1 May 1891, Stanhope, d. 17 Mar 1951, Toronto, (Age 59 years). Buried: Pine Hills Cemetery, Scarborough
  Parents:
  • Jacob A. Clancy  b. Abt 1848, Napanee, d. 5 Feb 1900, Stanhope, (Age ~ 52 years)
  • Mahalia Jane Demill Redner, b. Mar 1854, Somerville, d. 28 Oct 1939  (Age ~ 85 years)
• Florence Malinda May Welch  b. 9 Sep 1888, Stanhope, d. 15 May 1962, Toronto, Age 73 years)
  Parents:
  • William Welch, b. 27 Sep 1865, England d. 16 Jul 1937, Stanhope, (Age 71 years)
  • Fanny May Jones, b. 12 Apr 1859, Darlington,  d. 15 Jul 1930, Maple Lake, (Age 71 years)

Photo 1: Mahalia Jane, Gerald, Alexander, and Jacob Clancy. Ancestry.ca photo courtesy of Dorothy Rivers who has all of Mary E. Demil's pictures. johnmar131 originally shared this on 25 Jan 2013

Photo 2: Florence (Welch) Clancy and Ellen Jane (Jones) Norman. Source: Ancestry.ca WendyOtness43 originally shared this on 23 Nov 2008