Robert Cruickshanks / Mary Sisson
Settler of township lots: Lots 8 & 9, Conc. 6, Guilford (Stanhope Area)
Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre Lot 8, Conc. 6 divided by Kennisis Lake Road east of Barry Line.
Land acquisition: 1904 from The C. L. & E. Co. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Images 71 & 79).
Other land:
- Lots 4 & 5, Conc. 3, Guilford: 1893 from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Images 18 & 22).
- Lot 20, Conc. 13, Minden: 1897 from Joseph Hawkins; 1901 to Thomas Edward Cruickshanks (son). Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 401).
Dates of residency:
- 1901 Census of Canada: Guilford
- 1903 Business Directory, Guilford: Robert Cruikshanks, Maple Lake, Lot 5, Conc. 2
- 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford: Robert & Mary Cruickshanks at Lots 8 & 9, Conc. 6, Guilford
Interesting facts:
The years before 1885 saw a steady influx of homesteaders to West Guilford, including Robert Cruickshanks. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 154
In 1905 a disaster in triplicate occurred at Kennisis when Bobbie Cruickshanks, Ed McGuire and Archie Bird, all from the West Guilford settlement, chose June 14th to follow the Redstone-Kennisis canoe route north to the camps of the Shier Company and Mickle and Dyment for work on their spring drives. It was two weeks before relatives at the settlement became uneasy and sent Mark Sisson and Tom Scott north to inquire, and discovered that they never arrived. 22 year old Robert Hugh Cruickshanks sleeps at the foot of Maple Lake beside St. Peter's Church, with his parents Robert and Mary Cruickshanks. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 165
Preceding landowner: 1865 The Crown to The C. L. & E. Co
Succeeding landowner:
- 1917 George Henry Barry $1,200 for both lots
- 1948 George & Helen Barry