Settler of township lots: Lots 12 & 13, Conc. 10, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 116 acre Lot 13, Conc. 10 which runs north from Little Hawk Lake Road opposite Cadge Road north to Little Brother Lake

Land acquisition: 1901 from William Welch. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 90 & 111).

Other land:

• Lots 12, Conc. 10, Stanhope - North from Little Hawk Lake Road east of Cadge Road:
  - 1901 from William Welch in 1901. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 90).
• Lot 14, Conc. 9, Stanhope: 1913 from George Herbert Clark. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 149).

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lot 12, Conc. 9 - there is no page on Ontario Land Parcel Register.
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lot 13, Conc. 9 - Ontario Land Parcel Register (Image 148) says Closed.
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Robert Welsh at Lot 14, Conc. 11, Lot 13, Conc. 10 & Lot 12, Conc. 13

Interesting facts: Robert Welch, Hall's Lake Dies from Motor Accident

Mr. Robert Welch, aged 43 years, of Hall's Lake, passed away early Tuesday morning after suffering from injuries received in an automobile accident early Sunday morning. After attending the weekly Saturday night dance at hall's Lake, Mr. Welch, in company with Mr. Ed Hewitt, also of Hall's Lake, visited with mr. and Mrs. Leslie Maguire before returning home.

A heavy fog was hanging over the land when they left M. Maguire's about one o'clock, making it an almost impossibility to see the road which lead out of the yard. This road passed close to a gravel pit several feet deep and with a perpendicular side.

Owing to the heavy fog they failed to follow the road and the car plunged into the pit, pinning Mr. Welch beneath it. Mr. and Mr.s Maguire, hearing the crash, rushed out and managed with difficulty to release Mr. Welch. He was taken to the home of Mr. Maguire and later to his own home, where he passed away Tuesday morning, fracture of the skull being the chief cause of death.

Mr. Hewitt escaped with an injured back from which he is suffering much, though able to be about.

Preceding landowner:

• 1877 William James Foote from The Crown
• 1883 William Welch

Succeeding landowner: 

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Robert James Welch, b. 29 May 1887, Anson, d. 16 Sep 1930, Halls Lake, (Age 43 years). COD:  Trauma by motor car (fracture of skull). Buried: St Stephen's Cemetery
  Parents:
  • James Welch b. 17 Jun 1853, England d. 20 May 1935, Stanhope,  (Age 81 years)
  • Sarah Jane Grace Jones, b. 20 Feb 1862, Ontario,    d. 8 Aug 1946, Stanhope, (Age 84 years)

Photo 1. Robert Welch death 1930. Owner/Source Lydia Coulter Scrapbook Collection - Book 1, Pg 32. File name Robert Welch death 1930.png

Photo 2. Robert Welch obituary 1930. Owner/Source Lydia Coulter Scrapbook Collection - Book 1, Pg 35. File name Robert Welch obituary 1930.png