Ernest Wilbert Sims / Bessey Barry
Settler of township lots: Lot 8, Conc. 3, Guilford (Stanhope area)
Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running south from Eagle Lake Road east of West Guilford.
Land acquisition: No record of ownership. 1865 Patent to C L & E Co Ltd. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 59).
Other land: Lot 8, Conc. 4, Guilford - South shore of Pine Lake 1908 from Charles Barnum for $400; 1912 to Ernest Stevens. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 108)
Dates of residency:
- 1891 Census of Canada, Stanhope
- 1901 Census of Canada, Guilford
- 1911 Census of Canada, Lot 8, Con 3, Guilford
- 1916 Census of the Prairie Provinces: Millington, Last Mountain, Saskatchewan.
- 1921 Census of Canada: Last Mountain, Saskatchewan
- 1926 Census of the Prairie Provinces: Millington, Last Mountain, Saskatchewan.
Interesting facts: Shortly after the birth of their daughter Mira in 1911, the family moved to the Last Mountain area of Saskatchewan where they had at least seven more children. At some point they moved back to Ontario, as Ernest, Bessie and their daughter Kathleen. who married Jack Barry, are all buried in Haliburton County.
Preceding landowner: 1865 Patent to C L & E Co Ltd. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 59).
Succeeding landowner:
- 1931 Dysart Land Company
- 1937 Wilbert Barry
