Settler of township lots: Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Link to the Gray family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular waterfront property on the east shore of Boshkung straddling the Beech River from south of North Shore Road.

Land acquisition: 1924 Patent from The Crown for 101 acres. Ontario Land Registry Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 4 (Image 177)

Other land: Lot 14, Conc. 3, Stanhope: 1902 from Charles Wright. Ontario Land Registry Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 3 (Image 170)

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: This settler along with his father Roderick McLeod Gray and his mother Jane McBrien were enumerated at Lot 14, Conc. 4 on the 1901 census but the 101 acre lot was not patented by Free Grant to David Stanley Gray until 13 February 1924.
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Stanley Gray, farmer and Roderick Gray, farmer, his father
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Stanley Gray, Winston
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Stanley Gray, Lot 14, Conc. 5 & Lot 14, Conc. 4
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Stanley Grey with his mother, Jane Grey
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: This settler, as Stanley Grey, at this lot and Lot 14, Conc. 3
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Stanley Grey, at this lot and Lot 14, Conc. 3
• 1918 Stanhope Township Post Office List:  Stanley Grey, at this lot and Lot 14, Conc. 3
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Stanley Grey, carpenter at Lt 14, Conc. 3

Interesting facts:

Lot 14, Conc. 3  was the site of Sherwood Forest Camp.

Preceding landowner:

• Lot 14, Conc. 3, Stanhope:
  • 1868 John G. Peck from The Crown
  • 1868 Samuel Stanley Peck
  • 1886 Warden (tax deed) to Charles Wright 102 acres
• Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 14, Conc. 3, Stanhope:
  •1922 Martha Irwin, part
  • 1923 Victor McBrien, part
• Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope:
  • 1924 Frank Gartshore