Settler of township lots: South part Lots 15 & 16, Conc. 3, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within the south part of this 82 acre Lot 15, Conc. 3 which runs south from North Shore Road, west of Dominion Road, over the Beech River south to the north shore of Boshkung Lake

Land acquisition: 1871 from James Henry Sisson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 221 & 271).

Other land:

• Lots 18 & 19, Conc. 2, Stanhope - 1920 from James Alexander Minaker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 132 & 141).
• Lot 17, Conc. 3, Stanhope - 1917 from James Henry Sisson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 298).

Dates of residency:

• 1917 Recruitment Papers: Drafted under Military Service Act, 1917 - see below
• 1921 Marriage: Florence Maye Oliver (1900–1965) Stanhope Twp
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List
  - Allen Sisson Lot 15, Conc. 3 and Lots 18 & 19, Conc. 2
  - Florence Sisson Lots 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, Conc. 3 & 2
• 1978 Death: Maple Lake

Interesting facts: aka Allan James Macleod Sisson

Preceding landowner:

• 1880 Robert Ferguson from The Crown
• 1893 James Henry Sisson

Succeeding landowner: 1930 Samuel Ferguson, part; 1925 Samuel Redner

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• James Allen Macleod Sisson, b. 04 Jun 1897, Stanhope, d. 05 Jun 1978 Maple Lake (Age 81 years) Buried: St Peter's Cemetery
  Parents:
  • James Henry Sisson, b. 15 Jan 1851, Ontario, d. 09 Dec 1918, Ontario, (Age 67 years)
  • Emma Dawson,  b. 24 May 1856, Durham, Ontario,d. 18 Nov 1935, Carnarvon, (Age 79 years)
• Florence May Oliver, b. 11 Jul 1899, England d. 09 Jan 1965, Dysart, Haliburton, (Age 65 years)

Photo: James  Allen Macleod SISSON WWI CEF papers. Source: Ancestry.ca WhiteStathis originally shared this on 08 Oct 2015