Settler of township lots: Lot 8, Conc. 5, Stanhope

Location: The map point is the approximate location of this 100 acre lot at the north east corner of Walkers Lake and Buckslide Road. This is the location of S.S. No. 3 - Boskung School.

Land acquisition:

• Lot 8, Conc. 5, Stanhope:
  - 1861 & 1872 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 101 acres to Joseph Beatty.
  - 1872 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (mage 66).

Other land: 

• Lot 8, Conc. 4, Stanhope:
  - 1861 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 101 acres to Joseph Beatty
  - 1861 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 90).

Dates of residency:

• 1876: Mr. Beatty is mentioned in the minutes of the first County Council. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg 286.
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Joseph Beatty & 6 children at Lot 8, Conc. 4; wife Ann Jane at Lot 8, Conc. 5
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Beatty, Lots 8 & 8, Conc. 4 & 5
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Beatty, Lots 8 & 8, Conc. 4 & 5
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Boskung Lot 5, Conc. 8
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Joseph Beatty & daughter Sarah at Lot 8, Conc. 5; wife Ann Jane at Lot 8, Conc. 5
• 1901 Census of Canada,Stanhope Joseph & Ann J Beatty, son Joseph and boarder Minnie Wilson at Lot 8, Conc. 5 
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Beatty, Sr. was listed at Lot 8, Concs. 4 & 5
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Joseph Beatty, Jr. Boskung, Lot 8, Conc. 4
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Beatty, farmer, Lot 8, Conc. 5
• 1908 Death: Lot 8, Conc. 5, Stanhope

Interesting facts: 

Joseph Beatty was the Reeve of Stanhope from 1874 to 1876. In 1874, the first county council met in session with Joseph Beatty from the Municipality of Stanhope and Sherborne. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 114

The Beatty farmhouse (for some time a post office in later days) still exists, well-renovated to suite changing times, at the top of the rise. Source: Stanhope 125th Anniversary 1866-1991, supplement to The Times, Minden, 1991 (written by Carol Moffatt).

Neighbours gathered at the home of Joseph Beatty, a genial Belfast emigrant, who every Wednesday and Saturday night since the 1879's, when the post office was established, brought the mail from Minden. He never arrived before 8 or 9 P.M., and by the time the mail was sorted and its contest digested, the air in the Beatty kitchen was blue with the smoke from assorted strong tobacco blends. Some came great distances, so before they started home, mrs. Beatty often served the assembly tea and sandwiches. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 311-312.

Boskung Post Office - 1878 to 1962:  The post office at Boskung was located in the homes of the Postmasters.  From 1878 until 1958 the office was open year around. It then became summer only until it finally closed in 1964. Joseph Beatty Sr. was the postmaster from Jul 1, 1878 to Dec 26, 1908 - His name is incorrectly recorded as John on the Library & Archives Canada website. It has been written that the neighbours would gather at the Beatty residence on Wednesday and Saturday evenings awaiting Joseph's arrival from Minden with the mail, and of course visiting and catching up on the local gossip.  Apparently at election times these gatherings would be much less jovial. Joseph Beatty Jr. was the postmaster from Feb 9, 1908 to Mar 19, 1924 .Note the overlap in dates, with Joseph becoming Postmaster over ten months before John ceased to hold the position. It is probable that Joseph Sr. was unable to fulfill his role during that time as a result of illness, since the cause of vacancy is shown as "death".

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowners: both lots

• 1901 Estate to wife Anne Jane, and children
• 1910 Joseph Thompson Beatty (son)
• 1925 Angus Coulter

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Joseph Bedard Beatty, b. 1829, Northern Ireland  d. 19 Dec 1908, Stanhope, (Age 79 years) COD: Apoplexy. Buried: Minden Village Cemetery
• Ann Jane Morton, b. 29 May 1839, Manvers, Durham, Ontario, d. 21 May 1927, Maple Lake (Age 87 years). COD: Senility. Buried: Minden Village Cemetery
• Children:
  1. Sarah Ann Beatty, b. 25 May 1862, Stanhope, d. 19 Jun 1913, Lindsay, (Age 51 years)
  2. Alexander Beatty  b. 28 Jul 1865, Stanhope, d. 09 Feb 1936, BC, (Age 70 years) 
  3. Mary Beatty, b.18 Jul 1867, Haliburton, d. 08 Jun 1931, Haliburton, Age 63 years)
  4. Margaret Jane Beatty, b. 23 Jan 1871, Stanhope, d. 29 Feb 1952, Minden, (Age 81 years)
  5. William Richard Beatty  b.24 Apr 1873, Stanhope, d. 22 Nov 1890, Minden, (Age 17 years)
  6. Joseph Stephen Beatty, b.18 Feb 1876, Stanhope
  7. Joseph Thompson Beatty,  b.26 May 1879, Stanhope, d. 26 May 1956, Stanhope, (Age 77 years)

Photo: Joseph Beatty, Member of First Council. Source: Ancestry. ca. Carolyn Farrell originally shared this on 03 Aug 2018