Richard Jackson

Settler of township lots: Lot 30, Conc. 8, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 105 acre lot north of Cameron Lake.

Land acquisition:

  • Lots 30 Conc. 8 & 9: 1877 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 105 acres to Richard Jackson.
    - 1879 to Henry Parkhurst (not in AH Family Tree).
  • No patent. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Conc. 8 Image 195; Conc. 9 Image 262).

Dates of residency: 1872 birth of daughter, Ellen Jane Eleanor Jackson in Stanhope

Interesting facts:

In 1889 Richard Jackson was tailoring [in Haliburton Village]. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 320

Preceding landowner:

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

  • Richard Jackson, b. Abt 1833, England 
  • Isabella Jones, b. Abt 1846, England
  • Children:
    1. Ellen Jane Eleanor Jackson, b. 27 Sep 1872, Stanhope
    2. Thomas Jackson, b. Abt 1875, Ontario

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