Settler of township lots: Lot 25, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Link to the Mason Family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location of this 98 acre lot which runs west from 25th Line Road and north from Tulip Road.

Land acquisition: 1904 from John Brown for $200. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 1  (Image 252).

Other land:

• Lot 21, Conc. 12, Minden - 1896 from John Howell; 1902 to Alexander Little. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Minden Concession 12 (Image 130).
• Lot 21, Conc. 13, Minden - 1896 north half from John Howell; 1902 to Alexander Little. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Minden Concession 13 (Image 403).

Dates of residency:

• 1911 Stanhope Voters List
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lot 25, Conc. 1
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Carnarvon
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Carnarvon
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: John Mason, blacksmith
• 1931 Census of Canada - Minden township in 4 room rented house, near the David Chambers household.

Interesting facts:

John Thomas Mason was the eldest son of Thomas Mason, the Patriarch of Boshkung. He eventually settled along the Peterson while his brother, Alfred, assumed the management of the homestead when the encroaching years slowed the steps of the "lion of Warwick." Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg.308

It appears that for a short time between the sale of his properties on the 12th and 13th concession in Minden in 1902, and his purchase of the lot on the 1st Stanhope concessionin 1904,  the family had moved to Manitoba. Their son Thomas Alfred Bruce Mason was born in Dufferin, Manitoba in August 1902.

On his death registration, his occupation was blacksmith until Oct 1940, presumably when he became unable to work because of stomach cancer.

Preceding landowner:

• 1876 The Crown to William J Cooper Begg
• 1894 John Brown for $130

Succeeding landowner:

• 1911 His brother Alfred Mason assumes the $160 1905 mortgage from Edward Johnson  for $231
• 1941 Tax sale $102 to Albert LeRoy Carr (his son-in-law)