Settler of township lots: Lot 30, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location on the 95 acre lot west of the south end of 30th Line Road.

Land acquisition:

• 1875 This 95 acre lot was registered as a Free Grant through the Free Grant and Homestead Act of 1868 under the locatee name Robert Deacon
• 1875 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 174)

Other locations: Lot 1, Conc. 3, Guilford - 1910 from James Deacon, 1923 to William Henry Deacon; 1948 to Mariley Truman Titus. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 2).

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: H S Deacon, Nancy & 2 sons
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Henry Deacon, owner, Lot 30, Conc. 2
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Henry Deacon, owner, Lot 30, Conc. 2
• 1903 Business Directory, Guilford: Henry Deacon, Maple Lake, Lot 1, Conc. 3
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Robert Deacon, farmer, Lots 29 & 30, Conc. 2
• 1910 Death of Son Thomas Whittington Deacon (1899–1910) Lot 29, Conc. 2, Stanhope Twp
• 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford: Henry & Elizabeth J Deacon at Lot 1, Conc. 3, Guilford
• 1927 Death: Guilford

Interesting facts:

The years before 1885 saw a steady influx of homesteaders to West Guilford, including Henry and William Deacon. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 154

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner: 1914 Joseph Voysey

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree.

Photo: Henry Smith Deacon Family. Ancestry.ca /. Debbie Watt