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

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 79 acre irregular waterfront lot with runs south from Green Lake west of Garden Gate Drive.

Land acquisition: 19?? Charlotte Amelia Cooper (his widow) from Richard Benson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 34)

Dates of residency:

Interesting facts:

The fondest memories cherished by shantymen were of Saturday and Sunday recreation nights when each man took his turn reciting a poem, telling a story of singing a song. A violin was a must so every fall the gang would contribute money for a camp fiddle and just before the spring break-up a fiddler's contest would be held with the instrument as prize. Mr. Stan Cooper still has a violin his father, George Cooper, acquired in this way. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. pg. pg. 49

Preceding landowners:

• 1882 Richard Benson
• 19?? Charlotte Amelia Cooper (widow of Samuel George)
• 1931 Norman Linton

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Arthur Stanley Cooper, b. 01 Nov 1896, Dysart, d. 27 Apr 1982, Guilford, (Age 85 years)
  Parents:
  • Samuel George Cooper, b. 26 Mar 1871, Stanhope, d. 22 Jun 1922, Dysart, (Age 51 years)
  • Charlotte Amelia Boice, b. 11 Apr 1874, Coboconk, d. 16 Mar 1951, Stanhope, Age 76 years)
• Elva Gertrude Sisson, b. 30 Apr 1900, Guilford, Hd. 26 Aug 1999, Stanhope, (Age 99 years)
  Parents:
  • Luke Sisson, b. 25 Apr 1873, Stanhope, d. 22 Apr 1908, Guilford, (Age 34 years)
  • Harriet Fidelia Barnum, b. 14 Jul 1877, Minden, d. 1949, Ontario, (Age 71 years)
• Children:
  1. Lorne Laverne Cooper, b. 30 Sep 1921, d. 8 May 1979  (Age 57 years)
  2. Living
  3. Adrian Cooper, b. 16 Jan 1925, Ontario, d. 2002  (Age 76 years)
  4. Earl Ashley Cooper, b. 27 Mar 1927, West Guilford, d. 31 Mar 2018, West Guilford, (Age 91 years)
  5. Baby Cooper, b. 21 Aug 1928, West Guilford, d. 21 Aug 1928, West Guilford,  (Age 0 years)
  6. Living
  7. Sidney Louis Cooper, b. 4 Apr 1935, West Guilford, d. 1 Jun 2001, Haliburton, (Age 66 years)
  8. Living

Photo 1: Lazy afternoon. Left to Right: Stan Cooper, Cecil Woodcock, Andy Sisson, Sidney Sisson, Bruce Leek, Amelia Cooper, Elva Cooper, Aileen Leek, Shirley Sisson. Source: S. (Woodcock) Oakley / J. Mueller

Photo 2: Samuel George Cooper / Charlotte Amelia Boice family. Source: J. Mueller