Settler of township lots: Lots 9 & 10, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront Lot 10, Conc. 1 on the west side of Damion Bridge running between Boshkung and Little Boshkung Lakes. 

Land acquisition: 1897 acquired both lots from Alfred Moore. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 82 & 102).

Other land:

• Lot 6, Conc. 1, Stanhope - 1919 from Thomas Herbert Stevens. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 69).
• Lot 15, Conc. 13, Minden - 1903 from Alfred Thomas. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 317)

Dates of residency: 

• 1893 Stanhope Directory: A W Moore, Petersons Crs Lot 10, Conc. 1
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Lot 10, Conc. 1
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 9 & 10, Conc. 1
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Alfred W & Louise with son Wray A W Moore at Lots 9 & 10, Conc. 1
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: A W Moore, Carnarvon, Lot 10, Conc. 1
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Alfred Walter Moore, farmer, Lots 8 & 10, Conc. 1
• 1907 Birth of Daughter Hazel Irene Moore (1907–) Haliburton
• 1911 Census of Canada, York

Interesting facts:

The 1895 Circuit Register and Minute Book of the Stanhope Methodist Mission (Zion United Church, Carnarvon) lists Alfred W. Moore, trustee, steward and local preacher as one of the 32 members of the church. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 326

Preceding landowner:

• 1866 The Crown to George A. Masson
• 1871 Alfred Moore  (his father) for $1,000 each

Succeeding landowner:

• 1907 Robert Irwin Moore (no relation). 1911 & 1928  Stanhope Voters Lists; 1911 & 1918 Stanhope Post Office Lists
• 1924 Clayton Rogers

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Alfred Walter Moore, b. 30 Dec 1871, Stanhope, d. 19 Oct 1958, Victoria, Ontario, (Age 86 years)
  Parents:
  • Alfred Moore, b. 20 Nov 1840, Reach, Ontario, d. 13 Apr 1874, Stanhope, (Age 33 years)
  • Phoebe Ann Clark, b. 21 Oct 1836, Lennox & Addington, Ontario  d. 02 Oct 1928, Toronto, (Age 91 years)
• Louisa Jane Wray, b. Dec 1865, England d. 1930, Toronto
• Children:
  1. Andrew Walter Wray Moore b. 16 Mar 1899, Stanhope, d. 19 Oct 1918, Toronto, (Age 19 years)
  2. George Edward Moore, b. 7 Feb 1902, Stanhope, d. Abt 1971 (Age 68 years)
  3. Bertha Alice Louisa Moore, b. 19 Jan 1906, Carnarvon
  4. Hazel Irene Moore, b. 7 Dec 1907, Carnarvon, d. 15 Jan 2004  (Age 96 years)