Settler of township lots: Lot 32, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Link to the Smyth family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

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 2 Jan 1884  Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 2 (Image 179).

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John A. Smith, wife Margt, Daughters Hannah & Mary Ann
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: John Smith, owner, Lot 32, Conc. 2
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: John Smith, owner, Lot 32, Conc. 2
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Maple Lake
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: John Smith, Maple Lake
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John Smith, wife Margaret and daughter Hannah G.
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: John Smith
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: John Smith, Maple Lake
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: John Smith, farmer, Lot 32, Conc. 2
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: John Smith
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Widow Margaret with boarder Catherine Melville
• 1911 Stanhope Township Post Office List: John Smith, Maple Lake 

Interesting facts:

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: 1918 to Joseph Voysey (sold by Alexander Baker who was the second husband and now the widower of Margaret Faulkner.