Settler of township lots: Lot 13, Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront lot on Little Boshkung Lake running south from West Road through Hwy 35 and Peterson Rd including Shady Lane

Land acquisition: 1906 from George P. Hart. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 260).

Other locations:

• part lot Lot 16, Conc. 1, Stanhope. South part of this lot which is north of East Road, east of Hwy 35 in Carnarvon. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 211).
  - purchased from son Wesley Harrison in 1914 and sold back to Wesley in 1925
  - 1918 Stanhope Voters List: Jas Harrison, Carnarvon
• Lot 17, Conc. 10, Minden - 1906 from ? Howell; 1916 to Wesley Harrison. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 152).
• Lot 13, Conc. 13, Minden - 1914 from Wesley Harrison, his son. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 360).
• Lot 16, Conc. 13, Minden - 1914 from Wesley Harrison, his son. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 370).

Dates of residency:

• 1876 Birth of Son James Wesley Harrison (1876–) Minden
• 1891 Census of Canada, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: Lot 13, Conc. 13. Occupation farmer, neighbours with brother John and wife, nephew William (Nicholas' son) and wife, and son Wesley and wife
• 1918 Stanhope Voters List: Jas Harrison, Carnarvon Lot 16, Conc. 1, Stanhope
• 1921 Census of Canada, Minden
• 192 Death: Carnarvon

Interesting facts:

A Minden voters' list for 1878 records James Harrison, among others, as living in the general Ingoldsby area. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 242

Preceding landowner:

• 1866 William Weir from The Crown
• 1879 Andrew Brown
• 1888 Thomas Cowan
• 1901 Joseph L. ?
• 1905 George P. Hart

Succeeding landowner: 1914 Wesley Harrison, his son

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• James Harrison, b. 15 Jan 1842, Cornwall, d. 07 Oct 1928, Stanhope, (Age 86 years). COD: Chronic interstitis & nepheritis, senility. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • David Harrison, b. 1800, Charlotteburg, Eastern District, Ontario, d. 01 Jan 1857, Peel, Ontario, (Age 57 years)
  • Jean Truax, b. Jun 1807, Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, d. 04 Jun 1857, Peel, Ontario, (Age ~ 49 years)
• Harriet Jane Octava Osborne, b. 25 Mar 1842, York Cty, Ontario, d 1924, Haliburton,  (Age 82 years). Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
• Children:
  1. William Henry Harrison, b. 11 Feb 1866, Huron, Ontario d. 09 Sep 1942 (Age 76 years)
  2. May Matilda Harrison, b. Abt 1867, Ontario
  3. Wesley James Harrison, b. Abt 1876, Lambton, Ontario 
  4. Harriet Jane Harrison, b. Oct 1878,  Lambton, Ontario