Settler of township lots: Lot 21, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot at the end of Dawson Road.

Land acquisition: This 100 acre lot was patented on September 25, 1876 (Township of Stanhope Patent Register) but the Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 109) shows the patent to Percil McPhail in 1936, selling to John Alexander Morrison in 1937. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 109).

Dates of residency:

• 1877 Marriage to Phoebe Ann Clark, Stanhope
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Chas, farmer & Phobia Damyon with 3 chlldren at Lots 9 & 10 Conc. 1 (Moorefield)
• 1883 called for mail at Carnarvon. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 317
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Charles Damyon, owner, Lots 9, 10 & 12, Conc. 1
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Charles Damion, owner, Lot 23, Conc. 5
• 1927 Death: Stanhope Twp

Interesting facts: 

Charles Damion was the second husband of  Phoebe Ann Clark who was married to Alfred Moore (1840-1874) and whose son was Alfred Walter Moore. On the marriage record, Charles Damion is listed as shoemaker.

Preceding landowner: 1936 The Crown to Percil McPhail. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 109).

Succeeding landowner: 1936 John Alexander McPhail

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Charles Damion, b. 10 Nov 1841,  England d. 30 May 1927, Maple Lake, (Age 85 years). COD: Coronary thrombosis. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
• Phoebe Ann Clark, b. 21 Oct 1836, Ernestown, Ontario,  d. 02 Oct 1928, Toronto (Home for Incurables), (Age 91 years) COD: Cardiac  thrombosis, fracture femur, bed sores.
  Parents:
  • Benjamin Clark, b. 06 Oct 1810, Ernestown, Ontario,  d. 29 May 1900, Stanhope, (Age 89 years)
  • Clarinda Henderson, b. 18 Feb 1811, Elizabethtown, Ontario, d. 26 Jan 1866, Stanhope, (Age 54 years)
  First Husband: Alfred Moore, b. 20 Nov 1840, Reach, Ontario, d. 13 Apr 1874, Stanhope, (Age 33 years)
• Family:
  1. Clarinda Melinda Moore, b. 1866, Stanhope, d. 26 Mar 1883, Stanhope, (Age 17 years) 
  2. Margaret Ann Moore, b. 14 Dec 1869, Stanhope, d. 19 Sep 1898, Ontario, (Age 28 years) 
  3. Alfred Walter Moore, b. 30 Dec 1871, Stanhope, d. 19 Oct 1958, Victoria, Ontario, (Age 86 years)