Francis Ernest Wright / Ellen Barry
Settler of township lots: Lot 10, Conc. A, Stanhope
Location: Map point is the approximate location on this 100 acre lot which runs east from Brady Lake Road north of Hindon Lake.
Land acquisition:
- Son of Bowes Cecil Wright Sr. (1816 - 1876) who patented 3 lots in his sons' names and 1 in his wife's name.
- 1869 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register. 100 acres taxed to Francis Ernest Wright.
- 1869 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 34).
Dates of residency:
- 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 7, Family 41. Age 19 on this census. Unmarried, living with widowed mother and 5 unmarried siblings.
- 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 9 & 10, Conc. A
- 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 9 & 10, Conc. A
- 1891 Stanhope Voters List: at this location and Lot 9, Conc. A.
- 1901 and 1911 Stanhope Voters Lists: His brother Charles Wright was listed on the at this location and Lots 8 & 9, Conc. A.
- 1906 Death: Snowdon Township.
Interesting facts:
Bowes Cecil Wright first located in a cedar swamp near Minden but relinquished this after a year for 100 acres in Concession A, Stanhope. Two of the Wright sons, William and Ernest, later took up land in Concession A which is bisected by the Bobcaygeon Road, on lots 8, 9, & 10. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 309.
Wright was an Orangeman.
Preceding landowner: The Crown
Succeeding landowner:
- 1922 Quit Claim Deed to Samuel Crawford to $900 with other lands.
- 1965 Fredrick Paul Johannes Rimrott