Settler of township lots: Lot 16, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location with this 100 acre lot on the east side of Hwy 35 opposite Echo Bay on Boshkung Lake

Land acquisition:

• 1862 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 107 acres to Cornelius Neill (not in AH Family Tree), subsequently registered to Henry Ferrier, George Ferrier's father, in 1889.
• 1889 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 124).

Dates of residency: 

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Henry, age 40; Maria, age 27; George, age 13; Henireta, age 7; Benjamine, age 6; William, age 4
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: George Ferrier, owner, Lots 14, 15, 16, Conc. 2
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 14, 15 & 16, Conc. 2. No record of ownership of Lots 14 & 16, Conc. 2.
• 1901 Census of Canada, Simcoe: Monck Twp. George & Ida Ferrier, with boarder Eliza Shea, age 18, school teacher

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner: 

• 1922 Wilmot Allan Brown
• 1927 Ellen Simms
• 1938 Harold Kerr Richardson

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• George Edward Ferrier, b. Abt 1869, Ontario, d. 1951. Buried: Beatrice Cemetery, Beatrice, Muskoka District
  • Henry Reynolds Ferrier, b. Abt 1841, Ontario, d. 7 May 1918, Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, (Age ~ 77 years)
  • Catherine "Cassie" Maria Moore, b. 16 Nov 1848, Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario
• Ida M. b, 1874
  1. Alfred Ferrier, b. 1902