Settler of township lots: Lot 4, Conc. 2, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running south from Irish Line Road north of Hurricane Lake, west of Hwy 118

Land acquisition: 1905 from John Baker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 116).

Other land:

• Lot 27, Conc. 3, Stanhope - 1906 from William Powell; 1915 to Robert John McBrien. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 458).
• Lot 1, Conc. 2, Guilford - 1918 from Alexander Baker; 1931 to Sarah Jane Morrison (his wife); 1961 back to John James Morrison. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 106).
• Lot 2, Conc. 2, Guilford - 1913 from Alexander Baker; 1931 to Sarah Jane Morrison (his wife); 1961 back to John James Morrison. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 109).
• Lot 3, Conc. 2, Guilford - 1911 from William Baker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 111).

Dates of residency:

• 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford: John & Sarah Morrison with daughter Gladys and father-in-law William Davidson
• 1921 Census of Canada, Guilford
• 1937 Death of Wife Sarah Jane Davidson (1882–1937) at Lot 2, Conc. 2, Guilford

Interesting facts:

William Davidson's hundred pound cast iron sap kettle was for many years owned by a son-in-law, Mr. John Morrison Sr. of the Irish Line in Guilford Township. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 281

Preceding landowner:

Succeeding landowner: 

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Photo: John & Sadie Morrison with Gladys, Harold, Stanley. Source: Peggy Sawyer Pouw / Ancestry.com