Settler of township lots: Lots 23 & 24, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre Lot 24, Conc. 1 on Tulip Rd, west of 25th Line.

Land acquisition: 1878 purchased both lots from Jonathan Howell B&S $800 each. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 245 & 248).

Other land:

• Lot 31, Conc. 6, Stanhope - 1877 from Jacob Clancy; 1885 to Evaline Cooper (wife of Alfred Walter Jones. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 189)
• Lots 24 & 25, Conc. 9, Stanhope - 1876 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 101 + 100 acres to George E Bate BUT John Henry Billing received the patent for Lot 24 in 1886 and there is No Patent for Lot 25. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 255 & 257).

Dates of residency: 

• 1877 Marriage: Haliburton
• 1880 Birth of Son John Richard Bate (1880–)  Haliburton
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Geo E & Mary Ann Bate with 2 children
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: George E. Bates Lot 22, Conc. 1 & Lot 23, Conc. 1
• 1883 Called for mail in Carnarvon. In Quest of Yesterday. Pg 317
• 1886 Moved to Dunnville in Haldimand County by 1886. Birth of Son Ernest Hector Bate (1886–1985)

Interesting facts: 

Preceding landowner: 1868 & 1875 Jonathan Howell

Succeeding landowner: 1896 Benjamin Sawyer

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• George Edward Bate, b. Abt 1849, Haldimand, Ontario d. 1941 Haldimand. Buried: St. John's Anglican, South Cayuga
• Mary Ann Bailey, b. Abt 1861, Bowmanville, d. 02 Feb 1897, Dunn, Haldimand, Ontario,  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Parents:
  • Richard Bailey, b. 24 May 1826, England d. 25 Feb 1914, Belleville, (Age 87 years)
  • Ann Hopper, b. 1824, England d. 1890 (Age 66 years)
• Children:
  1. Leonard George Bate, b. 18 Nov 1878, Stanhope
  2. Richard John Bate, b. 21 Sep 1880, Stanhope
  4. Albert Bate, b. 29 Apr 1883, Stanhope
  5. Earnest Hector Bate, b. 17 Jan 1886, Dunn, Haldimand, Ontario
  6. Edward Guy Bate b. Abt 1888, Ontario
  7. Lottie Ann Bate  b. 07 Mar 1890, Dunnville
  8. Martha Mary Bate  b. 17 Feb 1892, Haldimand