Garald Clancy / Lena May Taylor

Settler of township lots: Lot 23, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location with the north half 46 acres of this lot running south and west of Dawson Road.

Land acquisition: This half lot was patented on illiegible date to Garald Clancy. (The south half of this lot was patented to Hugh McPhail in 1873)

Other properties:

  • Lot 30, Conc. 6, Stanhope: 1914 all 98 acres with brother Alexander . Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 181).
  • Lot 23, Conc. 7, Stanhope: owned by father Jacob Clancy from 1876 to 1930. He died in 1900
  • Lot 8, Conc. 4, Guildford: 1914 South side of Pine Lake from Nelson Stevens 26 acres for $420. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 108).

Dates of residency:

  • 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Jane Clancy, head with husband Jacob and 2 sons, Gerald & Alexander
  • 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Mrs. J. Clancy, Maple Lake, Lot 30, Conc. 6
  • 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Garald Clancy is listed at Lots 23 & 30, Conc. 6 and Lot 23, Conc. 7 (owned by his father, Jacob Clancy d. 1900)
  • 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Gerald & Lena M Clancy - Lot 30, Conc. 6
  • 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Gar Claucy, Maple Lake at Lot 30, Conc. 6
  • 1913 Death of Gaynel Clancy at Lot 30, Conc. 6, Stanhope
  • 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Garald Clancy, West Guilford Lot 23, Conc. 7

Interesting facts: aka Garold Clancy

Preceding landowner:

  • Lot 23, Conc. 6: The Crown
  • Lot 30, Conc. 6: 1872 The Crown to William A Demill Redner; 1878 Willed to Rachel Demill/Woodcock; 1882 Jacob Clancy for $300 (father)

Succeeding landowner:

  • Lot 23, Conc. 6:
    - 1917 Alexander Wesley Clancy (his brother)
    - 1920 Mrs. James Jones, widow for $200
    - 1928 Mathias Barry
    - 1931 George Edgar Barry
    - 1967 B. Napier Simpson 14.5 of lot
  • Lot 30, Conc. 6: 1917 Roscoe Lavearn Sawyer 

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Photo: Mahalia Jane, Gerald, Alexander, and Jacob Clancy. Courtesy of Dorothy Rivers who has all of Mary E. Demil's pictures. Source: Ancestry.ca

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