Settler of township lots: Lot 8, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running north from Hwy 118 (Peterson Colonization Road) west of Town Lot Road.

Land acquisition: 1878 from William Barnum. Ontario Land Parcel Register-Stanhope (Image 78).

Other land:

• Lot 7, Conc. 1, Stanhope. Ontario Land Parcel Register-Stanhope (Image 75).
  - 1875 acquired from Andrew Mowry; 1913 to William Eldon Bull (son)
  - 1893 Stanhope Directory: Andrew Bull (son) is listed.
  - 1899 Stanhope Directory: Andrew Bull (son) is listed.

Dates of residency:

• 1865 Birth of Son Andrew Bull (1865–1898) Haliburton Co
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Daniel & Sarah Bull with 3 children
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Daniel Bull, Lots 7 & 8, Conc. 1
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Daniel Bull, Lot 8, Conc. 1 and Andrew Bull (son), Lot 7, Conc. 1
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Petersons Cors
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Petersons Cors.
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Daniel & Sarah A Bull, no children
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Daniel Bull, Petersons Cors
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Sarah A. Bull, widow, Lot 8, Conc. 1
• 1903 Death:  Lot 8, Conc. 1, Stanhope. Cause of death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• 1911 widowed Sarah A Bull is a domestic in the household of Alfred Mason at Lot 9, Conc. 5. Stanhope
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Sarah Bull, widow, owner
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Bull, Sarah

Interesting facts: 

By 1890 his settlement [Peterson Corners] included Daniel and Andrew Bull. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg.309

Preceding landowner: 1872 William Barnum, 100 acres from The Crown.

Succeeding landowner:

• 1902 Sarah Ann Bull (widow)
  - 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Elden & Harriet Bull and 7 children
• 1913 John Wesley Moore
• 1916 Thomas Wilfred Harrison

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Daniel Bull, b. Abt 1835, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 27 Feb 1903, Stanhope, Age ~ 68 years). COD: Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Buried: Zion Cemetery
• Sarah Ann Barnum, b. Oct 1844, Ontario. Remarried: Elias William Hunt
• Children:
  1. Rhoda Anne Bull, b. 30 Jan 1862, Northumberland, Ontario
  2. Andrew Bull, b. Abt 1866, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 27 May 1898, Stanhope, (Age ~ 32 years) Buried: St. Stephen's Cemetery
  3. William Eldon Bull, b. 05 May 1874, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 25 Dec 1914, Stanhope, (Age 40 years)

Photo description and source: Sarah Anne Barnum. Ancestry.ca. myrna jensen originally shared this on 26 Sep 2014