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

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 - Stanhope (Image 252).

Other land:

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

Dates of residency:

• 1911 Stanhope Voters List
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lot 5, Conc. 1
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Carnarvon
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Carnarvon
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: John Mason, blacksmith

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

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

Preceding landowner:

• 1871 The Crown to William John Begg
• 1884 John Brown for $130

Succeeding landowner:

• 1911 Thomas Alfred Bruce Mason (his son) for $231
• 1941 Albert LeRoy Carr (his son-in-law) Tax deed

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree