Settler of township lots: Lots 16, 17 & 18, Conc. 8, Stanhope

Link to the Faulkner family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within Lot 16, Conc. 8, Stanhope on the east shore of Halls Lake running south from Little Hawk Lake Road on Old Mill Rd.

Land acquisition: 

• Lot 16, Conc. 8, Stanhope:
  - 1863 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 57 acres to Daniel J???????; 1879 to William J Maidens (not in AH Family Tree).
  - 1905 Elizabeth Ann Faulkner received 14 acres. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 8 (Image 113).
• Lot 17, Conc. 8, Stanhope: 1905 Elizabeth Ann Faulkner received 61 acres of Lot 17, Conc. 8 by Free Grant. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 8 (Image 153).
• Note: The rest of these lots were patented to Edwin Johnson.

Other land:

• Lot 9, Conc. 9 Stanhope:
  - There is no record of ownership on the Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 9 (Image 36). At this time the property was owned by George Fader.
  - 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Elizabeth Faulkner as widowed Head of Household
  - 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Elizabeth Faulkner was listed at Lot 9, Conc. 9.
  - 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Eliza Faulkner, Halls Lake at Lot 9, Conc. 9
  - 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: E. A. Faulkner, Halls Lake at Lot 9, Conc.
  - 1906 Death of Son Edward Faulkner at Lot 8, Conc. 9, Stanhope

Dates of residency:

• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Jacob Faulkter, owner, Lots 16, 16, & 18, Conc. 8
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List: Jacob Faulkner at Lots 16, 17 & 18, Conc. 8, Stanhope.
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Boskung Lot 17, Conc. 8
• 1900 Death: Lot 16, Conc. 8, Stanhope
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lots 16, 17, 18, Conc. 8, Stanhope with Elizabeth Faulkner as Head and Jacob Faulkner, as Husband (b.1847) with 9 children. (Note: entry for Jacob was later crossed out, as he was dead at the time of the census.)
• 1900 Death: Lot 16, Conc. 8, Stanhope
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Jacob Faulkner, Halls Lake, Lot 18, Conc. 8
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Elizabeth Faulkner, widow, Lots 16, 17 & 18, Conc. 8
  • Jacob Faulkner, farmer, Lot 17, Conc. 8
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Lots 16 & 18

Interesting facts:

In the 1901 & 1911 census, Jacob's wife, Elizabeth A. (Blakey) Faulkner, was listed as the head of the household. Jacob Sr died in 1900; cause of death: killed by logs.

Mr. Jake Faulkner, who lived at Halls Lake, was a confirmed believer in lunar influence and would never sow any kind of seed unless the moon was in the right quarter. When he tried to convince a neighbour to do the same, he received this decided reply: "When my hand is ready to plant, to hell with the moon!" Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 p. 313

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner: No record of sale. Elizabeth died in 1933.