Settler of township lots: Lot 12, Conc.10, Minden (Stanhope area)

Map point: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront lot on the east shore of Twelve Mile Lake including Red Umbrella Rd.

Land acquisition: 1893 from Mary Ann Fee. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 102).

Other land:

• Lots 11 & 13, Conc. 10, Minden - Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 65 & 139).
• Lots 8 & 9, Conc. 10, Minden - 1925 from The Crown; 1943 to G Ross Workman. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 262 & 265).

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Marriage: Bertha Stevens (1878–1956) Haliburton. George HARRISON, 25, farmer, Goderich, Minden twp., s/o Nicholas HARRISON & Agnes ALLSWORTH, married Bertha STEVENS, 21, Minden twp., Snowden twp., d/o Sidney STEVENS & Rachel BROAD, witn: Irwin NEWALL & Margery SCOTT, both of Gelert, 22 April 1901 at Gelert
• 1902 Birth of Daughter Violet Alzina Harrison (1902–1974) Haliburton
• 1909 Birth of Daughter Edna Pearl Harrison (1909–1969) Lot 10, Conc. 12, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada: Lot 12, Conc. 10 (Map Point) and Pt Lot 10, Conc. 11, Minden Twp
• 1921 Census of Canada: Minden (Township), Victoria, Ontario; Page Number: 11
• 1953 Death: Twelve Mile Lake

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowners:

• 1878 Richard Hull
• 1886 James E Goslin
• 1886 James Henry Graham
• 1886 Mary Ann Fee

Succeeding landowner: 1922 John Thompson

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• George Edward Harrison, b. 28 Dec 1875, Plympton, Lambton, Ontario d. 22 Jul 1953, Twelve Mile Lake (Age 77 years). Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Nicholas Harrison, b. 9 Aug 1842, Wyoming, Lambton, Ontario, d. 14 Jul 1922, Stanhope, Age (79 years)
  • Agnes Allsworth, b. 1846, Ontario, d. 1893  (Age 47 years)
• Bertha Stevens, b. 10 Jun 1879, Minden, d. 09 Nov 1956, Twelve Mile Lake, (Age 77 years). Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Sidney Stevens, b. Abt 1829, d. 21 Feb 1916, Ontario, (Age ~ 87 years)
  • Rachel Broad, b. Apr 1842, Mariposa, d. 14 Nov 1915, Minden, (Age ~ 73 years)
• Children:
  1. Violet Alzine Harrison, b. Sep 1901, Ontario, d. 1974  (Age ~ 72 years) 
  2. Ray Harrison, b. 22 Nov 1903, Minden, d. 1954 (Age 50 years)
  3. Ivan Roy Harrison, b. 15 Aug 1906, Elsie, Minden, d. 1984 (Age 77 years)
  4. Edna Pearl Harrison, b. 05 Mar 1909, Elsie, Minden, d. 25 May 1969 (Age 60 years)
  5. Wilma Harrison  b. 16 Sep 1911, Minden, d. 29 Mar 1965 (Age 53 years)
  6. Dora Stella Mae Harrison, b. 1913, Ontario,  d. 1999  (Age 86 years) 
  7. Charles Arnold Harrison, b. 9 Apr 1916, Ontario, d. 21 Apr 1917, Carnarvon, (Age 1 years) COD: Broncho pneumonia
  8. Alice Muriel Harrison, b. 1919, Ontario,  d. 1980  (Age 61 years)