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John James Sisson / Isabella Dawson

Settler of township lots: Lots 18, 19 & 20, Conc. 3, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this small, irregular, waterfront Lot 20, Conc. 3 on the south shore of Beech Lake. - Dusty Lane

Land acquisition: 

  • Lots 18 (12 acres) & 19 (30 acres), Conc. 3: 1886 from Henry Fitzsimmonds. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 316 & 333)
  • Lot 20 (75 acres), Conc. 3: 1893 from James Fitzsimmonds. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 357).

Other land:

  • Lot 20, Conc. 2, Stanhope: Acquired all 91 acres from James Fitzsimmonds in 1893. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 152)
  • Lot 28, Conc. 4, Stanhope:
    - 1861 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 93 acres to Nicholas Moorehead (not listed in AH Family Tree).
    -  1879 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 487)

Dates of residency:

  • 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope
  • 1883 Stanhope Voters List: John J. Sissin, onwer, Lots 20, 18, 19, 20, Conc 2, 3, 3, 3
  • 1890 Stanhope Voters List: J. J. Sisson, owner, Lot 28, Conc. 4
  • 1893 Stanhope Directory: J J Sisson, Maple Lake Lot 28, Conc. 4
  • 1899 Stanhope Directory: Lot 20, Conc. 2
  • 1901 Stanhope Voters List: 3: John James Sisson, farmer, at Lots 18, 19 & 20, Conc. 3 and Lot 20, Conc. 2
  • 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John Sisson with Elizabeth Demill, housekeeper, Thomas M. Demill, housekeepers's son, and John Demill, servant at Lot 20, Conc. 3
  • 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: J J Sisson, Carnarvon, Lot 21, Conc. 2
  • 1903 Stanhope Voters List: John James Sisson, farmer, Lots 18, 19, 20, 20, Conc. 3, 2
  • 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John Sisson with Elizabeth Redner, housekeeper, Thomas M. Redner, boarder and Ada M Sheldon, granddaughter at Lot 18, Conc. 3
  • 1913 Death: Lot 18, Conc. 3, Stanhope

Interesting facts: aka COBBLER JIM Sisson

John James Sisson was a cobbler who died in 1913.

Preceding landowner:

  • Lots 18 & 19, Conc. 3: The Crown to Jane Sisson
  • Lot 20, Conc. 3: 1878 Patent to James Fitzsimmonds; sold to Sisson 1893

Succeeding landowner:

  • Lot 20, Conc. 3: 1913 Thomas Mark Redner. 1911 Stanhope Voters List
  • Lot 28, Conc. 4: 1908 Mark Sisson; 1914 William Taylor; 1917 Robert John McBrien for $230; 1927 William Henry McBrien for $1

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