Settler of township lots: Lot 32, Conc. 2, Stanhope
Location: Map point is the approximate location of this 108 acre lot at the west end of Irish Line Road.
Land acquisition: This 108 acre lot was patented on illegible. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 179).
Other land: Lot 1, Conc. 2, Minden - 1883 from C L & E Co Ltd from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 106).
Dates of residency:
Interesting facts: AKA: John Smith
In 1883 the Fader family, including 15 year old George travelled to Stanhope where they had bought the old Francis Jones farm; John Smith from 30th Line drove the Faders in from Haliburton on his wagon. Smith's favourite expression was "By Gum!" and he usually nursed a chaw of tobacco "as big as a tea pot". Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 328
Preceding landowner: The Crown
Succeeding landowner: 1914 James Voycey
Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree
Photo description and source: John Abraham & Margaret Smyth Tombstone. Maple Lake United Church Cemetery. Ancestry.ca