Settler of township lot: Lot 28, Conc. 7, Stanhope

Location: The map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running north from the west end of Barry Line Road.

Land acquisition: 

• 1879 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 101 acres to Alexander Windrum (not in AH Family Tree).
• 1918 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 153).

Other locations: 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 32, Conc. 6, Stanhope. There is no record of him owning this property. Tice Barry is also listed at this property, so they may have been farm labour. At that time the property was owned by Thomas Archer. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 191).

Date of residency: 

• 1901 Census of Canada, Guilford: son
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Hrtbt, Horsley, Maple Lake
• 1921 Census of Canada, Dysart: head
• 1949 Residence at time of death: Maple Lake

Interesting facts: aka Hubert Horsley

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Preceding occupant: 1911 Stanhope Post Office List - Tice Barry

Succeeding landowner:

• 1918 Sidney Fairfield B&S for $250.
• 1920 William Deacon for $350
• 1927 William Barry: 1928 Stanhope Post Office List
• 1967 Brown Camps Leasing Limited

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Herbert Horsley, b. 1888, Haliburton, d. 1957 (Age 69 years) Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • John Brigham Horsley, b. 15 Mar 1866, Ontario, d. 14 Oct 1935, Lindsay, (Age 69 years)
  • Isabella Barry, b. 15 Jun 1870, Ontario, d. 29 Jun 1935, Dysart, (Age 65 years)
• Iva Georgena Clark, b. 23 Mar 1892, Stanhope, d. 1976 (Age 83 years)
• Children:
  1. Oscar Herbert Horsley, b. 25 Mar 1911, Stanhope, d. 14 Apr 1987 (Age 76 years)
  2. Marjory Horsley, b. Abt 1917, Ontario
  3. Murray Wray Horsley, b. 7 Aug 1919, Ontario, d. 23 Feb 1990, Ottawa, (Age 70 years)
  4. Nellie Winnifred Horsley, b. 24 May 1921, Ontario, d. 22 Feb 1939, Guilford, (Age 17 years)
  5. Alice May Horsley, b. 21 Nov 1923, Guilford, d. 2 Mar 1985 (Age 61 years)
  6. Edna Georgina Horsley, b. 6 May 1932, Eagle Lake, d. 7 May 1932, Eagle Lake, (Age 0 years). COD: Injury to brain by breech delivery. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery

Photo : Herbert Horsley. Stanhope Museum Collection 015.01.05. Owner/Source Stanhope Museum. File name herberthorsley015.01.05.jpg