Settler of township lots: South parts Lots 28, 29 & 30, Conc. 5, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre Lot 29, Conc. 5 at the east end of Maple Lake on which the channel from Maple Lake to Green Lake at Fry Road

Land acquisition: South parts Lots 28, 29 & 30, Conc. 5: 1917 from Benjamin Sawyer  Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 253, 278 & 323).

Other land: Lot 31, Conc. 5: 1918 from Adam Henry Sawyer. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 376).

Dates of residency:

• 1904 Marriage: Edith "Violet" Sisson (1885–1956) Minden
• 1905 Death of infant son Wilbert Keith Fry at Lot 12, Conc. 16, Carnarvon
• 1906 Birth of Son Lorne Everett Fry (1906–1995) Maple Lake
• 1919 Birth of Daughter (Violet) Winifred "Winnie" Fry (1919–1998) Haliburton
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Bert Fry, farmer Lots 28, 29, & 30, Conc. 5
• 1945 Death: Stanhope

Interesting facts:

From his Obituary, see full newspaper report below:
     He was in his 60th year and the fourth son of Richard and Julia Fry and was born in the City of Toronto. In 1900 he moved with his parents to Carnarvon and worked with his father in the Blacksmith Shop. In 1904 he married Edith Violet Sisson, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clair H. Sisson. His next work was a his trade with the Lumber Co at Longford Mills and Dorset. He then purchased Robertson & Overton's Blacksmith Shop in Haliburton which he operated proitably for several years. He sold this business and moved to the village of Coboconk whre he did the blacksmithing for the Canada Lime Co. and the Gull River Lumber Co.
      From Coboconk he moved to Maple Lake where he built up a lovely home and at the time of his death was engaged in the Tourist trade. When not catering to tourists he worked his trade and two weeks before his death was employed at Crooked Lake.

First landowner: 1882 James Melville

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Herbert Coleman Fry, b. 07 Sep 1879, Toronto,  d. 21 Oct 1945, Stanhope, (Age 66 years). Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery
  Parents: Richard Fry (1837-1929) & Julia Lotterlee Saturley (1853-1930)
• Edith Violet Sisson, b. 21 Dec 1885, Carnarvon, d. 04 Dec 1956  (Age 70 years). Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery
  Husband 2: Elder Fader, b. 05 Nov 1878, Dundas, Ontario
  Parents:
  • Henry Clair Sisson, b. 27 Oct 1862, Durham, Ontario,   d. 01 Jun 1950, Stanhope, (Age 87 years)
  • Louisa Rachel Clara Bice, b. 26 Jul 1866, Stanhope,  d. 11 Jan 1936, Guilford, (Age 69 years)
• Children:
  1. Wilbert Keith Fry, b. 26 Apr 1905, Minden, d. 31 May 1905 (Age 0 years) COD: Congestion of liver, one week
  2. Lorne Everett Fry, b. 22 May 1906, Carnarvon, d. 1995 (Age 88 years)
  3. Elva Louise Fry, b. 31 Jul 1908, Dysart, d. 16 May 2013 (Age 104 years)
  4. Viola Beryl Fry, b. 5 Oct 1909, Haliburton, d. 1985 (Age 75 years)
  5. Vertle Richard Clair Fry, b. 13 Apr 1912, Ontario, d. 30 Jun 1977 (Age 65 years)
  6. Sephrona Bernice Fry, b. 09 Nov 1913, Ontario, d. 12 Nov 2013, Beaverton, Age 100 years)
  7. Edna Irene Mabel Fry, b. 16 Jun 1915, Ontario, d. 30 Jan 2008  (Age 92 years)
  8. Margery Ailean Fry, b. 02 Oct 1917, Ontario, d. 11 Aug 1992 (Age 74 years)
  9. Violet Winnifred Fry, b. 13 Oct 1919,  d. 01 Sep 1998  Age 78 years)
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Photo 1: Herbert & Edith Fry at their home at Maple Lake. Standing behind them is their minister,Pastor Zufelt.

Photo 2: Bert Fry in the bush. Source: Ancestry.ca johnmar131 originally shared this on 13 Jan 2013

Photos 3 & 4: Bert Fry and his dog Major. Right: hauling in wood.

Photo 5 & 6: Bert Fry and Ross Henderson with some large lake trout. Right: John O. Mueller and Bert Fry and a few good fish.Source: Ancestry.ca. johnmar131 originally shared this on 13 Jan 2013

Photo 7: Herbert Fry Obituary. Source: Ancestry.ca johnmar131 originally shared this on 20 Apr 2012

Photo 8: Edith Violet Sisson Obituary. Source: johnmar131 originally shared this on 20 Apr 2012

Photo 9: On the left is Louise (Bice) Sisson and next to her is Sephrona Haskell and last is Violet (Sisson) Fry  in 1895. Photo courtesy of Bob Chambers. Sephrona  Haskell was the teacher at Carnarvon and she boarded with the Sisson family. She was such an influence on Clair and Louise that they named their last daughter after her. Source: Ancestry.ca johnmar131 originally shared this on 22 Jan 2014

Photos 10 & 11: Left: Herbert Fry. Source: Ancestry.ca johnmar131 originally shared this on 19 Apr 2012. Right: Edith  Violet  Sisson. Source: Ancestry. ca Courtesy of Elva (Fry) Land johnmar131 originally shared this on 20 Apr 2012