Settler of township lot: Lots 15 & 16, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Location: The map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront 68 acre Lot 15, Conc. 2 on the east shore of Echo Bay, Boshkung Lake.

Land acquisition: 

• Lot 15, Conc. 2 was patented on illegible date before 1899. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 104)
• Lot 16, Conc. 2 was purchased from Robert Irwin Moore B&S in 1904 for $125. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 124)

Date of residency:

• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 24, Conc. 6 & 7
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Edm Brown, Carnarvon Lot 15, Conc. 2
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Edmd Brown, Carnarvon Lot 15, Conc. 2
• 1920 Clarissa Jane died at Conc. 2, Stanhope
• 1924 Edmund died at Lot 16, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Other residents: 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Norman Brown (son) Lot 15, Conc. 2

Interesting facts: 

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner: 

• 1922 Wilmot Allan Brown
• 1927 Ellen Simms for $1,000
• 198 Harold Kerr Richardson

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Edmund Norman Brown, b. 19 Aug 1854, Madoc Village, Ontario, d. 10 Dec 1924, Stanhope,  (Age 70 years). COD: Organic Disease of Heart Sudden Death. Buried: Zion Cemetery
• Clarissa Jane Finkle, b. 14 Jun 1862, Hastings, Ontario, d. 30 Jul 1920, Stanhope, (Age 58 years). COD: Pulmonary congestion caused by Hemplegia. Buried: Zion Cemetery.
• Family:
  1. Norman Brown, b. 10 Aug 1900, Toronto
  2. Nellie Brown, b. Abt 1895, Toronto