Settler of township lots: Lot 5, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 2 acre lot on Kushog Lake Road on Jones Road.

Land acquisition:

• Lot 5, Conc. 2 No record of ownership. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 6).
• Lot 4, Conc. 2 By Statutory Declarations registered in December 1938, Margaret (Voicey) Harrison, her children Annie and Morgan, all declared that the family had acquired possession of the lot by possession of upwards of thirty years and that Margaret had resided there for upwards of thirty years and made it her home and that her possession has been to the exclusion of all other claims, that she has built upon the lot and that her possession has been undisturbed.

Other land: Lot 15, Conc. 11, Minden - 1887 from William Weir; 1897 to William Harrison; 1939 to Laurens Harrison. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 302).

This settler was enumerated at the following township lots:

• 1871 Census of Canada, Lambton/Plympton: Occupation - labourer, neighbours with brother John and wife Mary Ann and brother George and wife Hannah
• 1881 Census of Canada, Minden
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope:
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 5, Conc. 2, Stanhope
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Nicholas Harrison, farmer, s pt Lot 5, Conc. 2 & n pt Lot 5, Conc. 1
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 5, Conc. 2, Stanhope
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lot 2, Conc. 5
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List - n p Lot 5, Conc. 1; Lot 5 Conc. 2; s p Lot 6, Conc. 3
• 1921 Census of Canada, Stanhope: living with son Thomas
• 1922 Death: Lot 5, Conc. 2, Stanhope

Actual landowners at dates of residency:

• 1901 - Lot 5, Conc. 2, Stanhope - this property was owned by William Henry Stevens  (Eliness's father) at this date (purchased from Daniel Buck in 1861)
• 1907 - Lot 1, Conc. 2, Stanhope - this property was owned by Howard Ashton Nesbitt at this date and was sold in 1943 to Walter Harrison (Nicholas Harrison's great-grandson) whose father was William Norman Harrison, son of William B. Harrison, who was Nicholas Harrison's son
• 1911 - Lot 2, Conc. 2, Stanhope - this property was owned by Robert Gourley Stevens at this date who was enumerated at this lot in the 1881 and 1901 census

Interesting facts:

Nicholas Harrison had two families: 10 children with first wife Agnes (Allsworth) and 7 with Margaret (Voicey). Bert pictured below is the 3rd child of the second marriage.

Preceding landowner: Lot 5, Conc. 2 1891 Daniel Buck to William H. Stevens 22 acres

Succeeding landowner: Lot 5, Conc. 2 1940 Subdivision

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Photo 1: Ethelbert (Bert) and Eliness (Stevens) in front of the old farm house which was torn down

Photo 2: Old Nicholas Harrison farm house