Settler of township lots: Lot 11, Conc. 4, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular waterfront lot on the east shore of Pine Lake including Pine Lake Road.

Land acquisition: 1883 from The C .L. & C. Co. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 168).

Other land:

• 1882 Lot 9, Conc. 4, Guilford from The C. L. & C. Co; 1914 to William J. Cruickshanks; 1921 William Grant Barry (north side), Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 129).
• 1882 Lot 10, Conc. 4 Guilford from The C. L. & C. Co; 1892 to Daniel McIntyre; 1904 to John McIntyre; 1917 to George Henry Sims. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 148).

Dates of residency: 

• 1891 Census of Canada, Harcourt and Dudley and Dysart, Roll: T-6363; Family No: 187.
• 1912 Manitoba Death Registrations, Reg# 1912,004076. Name is spelled Almorn.
• 1912 Death Westbourne, Manitoba

Interesting facts:

Some of Guilford's pioneers, like Joseph Griffin and the sons of Andrew Barnum, had owned land in Stanhope before moving east to Guilford. The Barnums (Almond, William, Charles and Nelson), chose lots on the shores of Pine Lake, the first assessment for William is 1878 but he was probably there earlier. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 154

Almond Barnum lived in Haliburton and bestowed his name on Barnum(s) Lake, Creek and Road south of the village. In 1877 the young labourer moved to Lots 10 and 11, Concession 4, Guilford, with his Scottish wife, Maria. The couple raised five children: John, Hugh, Ida, Malcolm and Phoebe.

Almond Barnum, an English Quaker, was a great-nephew of a Vermont Loyalist, Colonel Eliakim Barnum, who came to Canada with his father in 1795. 

Source: Fragments of a Dream by Leopolda z L. Dobrzensky. Published by the Municipality of Dysart 1985. pg 207

Preceding landowner: 1865 The C .L. & C. Co from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1893 Daniel McIntrye
• 1904 John & Owen McIntyre
• 1919 George Henry Sims

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Almond Barnum, b. 11 Jul 1832, Sidney Twp, Hasting, Ontario, d. 30 May 1912, Manitoba, (Age ~ 80 years)
• Maria McPhail, b.01 Apr 1834, Ontario, d. 14 Nov 1911, Manitoba, (Age ~ 77 years)
• Children: 6 children including Hugh Barnum, b. 01 Oct 1862, Ontario d. 28 Feb 1938, Ridgedale, Sask