Harry Horsley / Ethel Boice

Settler of township lots: Lot 13, Conc. 4, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot on the river between Pine & Cranberry Lakes west of Cranberry Lake Road.

Land acquisition: 1940 from Wesley Ethelbert Boice. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 228).

Other land:

  • Lot 3, Conc. 2, Guilford - 1901 from Robert Samuel Deacon; 1902 to John Baker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 111).
  • Lot 14, Conc. 4, Guildford - 1917 North of Cranberry Lake Harry Horsley from Frederick Boice. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 245)
  • Lot 16, Conc. 5, Guilford - 1940 from The C .L. & E. Co; 1950to Trevor D Yeoman. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 160)

Dates of residency:

  • 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford - Henry & Ethel Horsley at Lot 4, Conc. 13, Guilford
  • 1921 Census of Canada, Guilford

Interesting facts: aka Harry H Horsley

In 1922 Harry Horsley was contracted to build a modern building with 3 classrooms and an auditorium to replace the overcrowded S. S. No 2 and 3 Guilford school. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. pg. 158.

Preceding landowners:

  • 1865 James William Wright from The C .L. & E. Co from The Crown
  • 1911 Cecil Howard Woodcock
  • 1917 Fred R Barnum
  • 1918 John Horsley
  • 1920 Wesley Ethelbert Boice

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

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