Settler of township lots: Lot 32, Conc. 7, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 115 acre lot on the east shore of Cameron Lake running north from Barry Line Road.

Land acquisition: 

• 1876 & 1891 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 115 acres to John Archer.
• 1876 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 187).

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John & Rebecca Archer with 5 children at Lot 3, Conc. 2. Occupation: Hunter
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: John Archer, owner, Lot 32, Conc. 7
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: John Archer, owner, Lot 32, Conc. 7
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Maple Lake
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Maple Lake
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John & Rebecca Archer with 3 children
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: John Archer, Maple Lake
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List
• 1911 Death of Wife Rebecca REDNER (1849–1911) Muskoka
• 1911 Census of Canada, Ridout: John, Rebecca & Eliza. Occupation: Guide
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Walter Crarey (John Archer is not listed)
• 1913 Death: Toronto

Interesting facts:

John Archer represented Maple Lake on the 1900 committee that merged the Maple Lake Church with the 21 member congregation at Pine Lake Church, both of which met in school houses, to build the frame Maple Lake Church at the burying ground at Clark’s Corners.  Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg.  326

Johnny Archer built his cabin on Cameron Lake and raised a family before moving to Dorset when the fur bearing animals were depleted in the southern townships. Source: Ibid. pgs 69 and 335.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• xxxx Joseph Fader
• xxxx Ervon Thompson
• 1912 Charles Deacon for $225
• 1923 Thomas James Jones for $250
• 1951 Oran & Ethel Fader for $400

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• John Archer, b. 05 Dec 1847, Peterborough, d. 23 Feb 1913, Toronto, (Age 65 years)
  Parents: Thomas Archer; Sophia (Archer)
• Rebecca Redner, b. 27 May 1850, Prince Edward, Ontario, d. 5 Oct 1911,Muskoka, (Age 61 years)
  Parents:
  • Henry Redner, b. 1819, Prince Edward, Ontario, d. 22 Sep 1906, Fenelon Falls, (Age 87 years)
  • Eliza Clark, b. 1825, Ontario, d. 1885  (Age 60 years)
• Children:
  1. Henrietta Archer, b. 27 Feb 1871, Fenelon Falls, d. 15 Oct 1905, Stanhope, (Age 34 years)
  2. Thomas Edgar Archer, b. 1873, Fenelon Falls, d. 1953  (Age 80 years)
  3. Annie Iona Archer, b. 12 Jun 1878, Stanhope, d. 17 Jun 1947, Vancouver, (Age 69 years)
  4. Caroline May Archer, b. Apr 1879, Fenelon Falls
  5. Elisa Jane Rebecca Archer, b. 5 Apr 1881, Stanhope
  6. Myrtle Sophia Archer, b. 1 Oct 1885, Stanhope