Settler of township lot: Lot 17, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Location: Map point is north end of Sennett Hili Drive, which runs north from Hwy 118. Former Brown Camp.

Land acquisition: 

• 1862 & 1866 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register. 101 acres to Andrew Brown.
• 1885 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register-Stanhope (Image 223)

Other land:

• Lot 18, Conc. 1, Stanhope: 1872 from John Brown in 1872 and sold to William Cowan in 1885 for $160. Ontario Land Parcel Register-Stanhope (Image 228) BUT 1866 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register. 101 acres to Andrew Brown.
• Lot 12, Conc. 10, Stanhope: 1862 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 116 acres to Andrew Brown; 1874 to William J Foot who received the patent for this land in 1877. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 90).
• Lot 13, Conc. 10, Stanhope: 1862 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 116 acres to Andrew Brown; 1874 to William J Foot who received the patent for this land in 1877. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 111).
• Lot 13, Conc. 13, Minden: 1879 from William Weir; 188 to Thomas Cowan. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 260).
• Lot 18, Conc. 13, Minden: 1875 from The Crown; 1886 to Isaac Higginbottom. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 394).

Dates of residency:

• 1869 Birth of Son John Brown (1869–) Stanhope
• 1870 Peterborough County Directory, Stanhope: Andrew Brown, Lot 19, Conc. 1, Stanhope
• 1871 Minden Directory: Andrew Brown, 13 half 18
• 1878 Minden Voters List: Lot 18, Conc. 13, Minden according to In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 315
• 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881: Manitoba

Interesting facts:

Andrew Brown was the first Reeve of the Township of Stanhope when it was formed in 1874.

Home of Brown's School also know as the Union School for it was a federation of S.S. No. 1 Stanhope and S.S. No. 10 Minden.

Carnarvon Post Office -1877 to 1882:  Lot 17/18, Conc.1, Stanhope Township Current address: Hwy 118 at Sennitt Hill Drive, east of Carnarvon. The Postmaster at this time was Andrew Brown. The post office would have been in or attached to his home.  Although his resignation is recorded as happening in 1882, a year earlier he is living in Manitoba, according to the 1881 census.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1885 William Cowen for $160.
• 1907 James Cowen

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Andrew Brown, b. 28 May 1840, Ireland d. 25 Jun 1913, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (Age 73 years) Buried: Elmwood Cemetery
• Maria McLarty, b. 16 Jun 1848, Ontario, d. 23 Nov 1934, Winnipeg, Manitoba,  (Age 86 years)
• Children:
  1. John Brown, b. Abt 1869, Ontario
  2. Elizabeth Isabella Brown, b. 27 Jun 1870, Stanhope, d. 30 Apr 1949, San Francisco, (Age 78 years) 
  3. Margaret Brown, b. 12 Apr 1872, Stanhope
  4. Mary Brown, b. Apr 1874, Ontario
  5. Annie Catherine Brown b. 9 Jan 1877, Stanhope

Left: Maggie Brown - Maggie Brown (Andrew's daughter) b. 1872 o/b b&w photo of a lady with glasses and a high necked dress standing behind a chair. The sleeves are leg of mutton. Stanhope Museum Photo Collection - Andrew Brown Daughter Maggie 997.02.136.jpg               Right: Ellen and Maggie Brown.