Settler of township lots: Lot 31, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 96 acre lot running east from the south end of 30th Line Road.

Land acquisition: This 96 acre lot was patented on 6 Jan 1855? (Illegible). Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 177).

Dates of residency:

• 1869 Birth of Daughter Emma I Horsley (1869–) Stanhope Twp
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Allen & Annie Horsley and 6 children
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Allen Horsley, owner, Lot 31, Conc. 2
• 1897 Death: Guilford
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: George [W.] Horsley, Maple Lake is listed; father Allen Horsely died in 1897

Interesting facts:

The years before 1885 saw a steady influx of homesteaders to West Guilford, including in later year, Alan and John Horsley. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg 155

The pews [in St. Peter's Church], fashioned by local carpenters, among them Allan Horsley from the 30th line, were of native pine and triumph of triumphs, there was a melodeon to sing to. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 323.

Teamster Allan Horsley was born in Brighton, Canada West and came to Dysart in 1872. He settled on Lot 3, Block Y in Haliburton with a family of seven. Horsley, who left three years later, must have returned to the area, because he died in Guilford in 1896. Source: Fragments of a Dream by Leopolda z L. Dobrzensky. Published by the Municipality of Dysart 1985. pg 208

Preceding landowner: ? William Voicey Quit Claim

Succeeding landowner: 

• ? Quit claim to William Voicey
• 1943 Robert Watson
• 1944 Kenneth Pollock
• 1948 Joseph McColl Prentice
• 1954 Ray W Griffin
• 1963 Charles Titus

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Allen Horsley, b. Abt 1840, Ontario, d. 30 May 1897, Guilford, (Age ~ 57 years). COD: Cirrhosis of the liver with dropsy. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
• Annie McPhail, b. 24 Mar 1838, Northumberland, Ontario,  d. 25 Jan 1925, Peterborough, Age 86 years). Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Hugh McPhail, b. 5 Sep 1818, Scotland d. 5 Feb 1908, Stanhope, (Age 89 years)
  • Sarah Jane Wessels, b. 20 Jul 1820, Murray, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 21 Jan 1883, Haliburton, (Age 62 years)
• Children:
  1. Sarah Jane Horsley, b. 20 Jul 1861, Brighton, Ontario, d. 25 Feb 1921, Peterborough, Age 59 years)
  2. Ellie Horsley, b. Abt 1864, Ontario
  3. John B. Horsley, b. 15 Mar 1866, Ontario,  d. 14 Oct 1935, Lindsay, (Age 69 years)
  4. Emma Horsley, b. Abt 1869, Ontario
  5. Minnie Horsley, b. Abt 1872, Ontario
  6. George W Horsley, b. 29 Nov 1876, Ontario, d. 01 Oct 1901, Toronto, (Age 24 years) Buried: Maple Lake United Church Cemetery
  7. Henry H Horsley, b. 1 Feb 1879, Ontario  d. 31 Mar 1958  (Age 79 years) Buried: Maple Lake United Church Cemetery
  8. Margaret Horsley, b. 5 Sep 1882, Stanhope