Settler of township lots: Lot 13, Conc. 4, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot on the river between Pine & Cranberry Lakes west of Cranberry Lake Road.

Land acquisition: 1918 from Fred R Barnum. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 228).

Other land: 1892 Lot 2, Conc. 6, Guilford - 1892 from James Barry, Sr. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 5)

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope
• 1901 Census of Canada, Guilford
• 1903 Business Directory, Guilford: John Horsley, Maple Lake, Lot 2, Conc. 1. There is no record of him owning this property. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 4).
• 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford: John & Isabell Horsley
• 1921 Census of Canada, Guilford

Interesting facts:

The years before 1885 saw a steady influx of homesteaders to West Guilford, including in later years, Alan and John Horsley. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg 155

Preceding landowner:

• 1865 The C .L. & E. Co from The Crown
• 1894 Jame Wm Irwin
• 1911 Cecil Howard Woodcock
• 1917 Fred R Barnum

Succeeding landowner:

• 1920 Wesley Ethelbert Boice
• 1940 Harry Horsley

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree