Settler of township lot: Lot 31, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location on this 101 acre lot which runs south of Hwy 118 between 30th Line Road and Busy Road.

Land acquisition: 1901 from Ben Sawyer. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 507)

Other land:

• Lot 22, Conc. 5, Stanhope - 1916 from Peter Frederick Dawson.1937 to Annie F? Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 148)
• Lot 20, Conc. 6, Stanhope - 1937 from Thomas J W Jones; 1945 to Arthur McPhail. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 106)

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Stanhope Voters List - Lot 31, Conc. 4 & Lot 20, Conc.1 (patented to Thomas Edward Cruickshanks in 1913) Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 507 & 240).
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Wesley Baker, Carnarvon
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Wesley Baker, farmer, Lot 20, Conc. 1 & Lot 30, Conc. 4
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 22, Conc. 5  (Maple Falls)
• 1921 Census of Canada: widowed with siblings Annie Baker 16, John Nellie [Newton] Baker 31, and Ann Jane Baker 31
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 22, Conc. 5
• 1935 Stanhope List of Electors: Wesley Baker, farmer, Maple Lake

Summary:

• 1901 - 1904: Lot 31, Conc. 4, Stanhope. Hwy 118 between 30th Line Road and Busy Road
• 1904 - 1916:
• 1916 - 1937: Lot 22, Conc. 5, Stanhope. North shore of Maple Lake
• 1937 - 1945: Lot 20, Conc. 6, Stanhope. North end of McPhail Road

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: 1899 Ben Sawyer by patent from The Crown.

Succeeding landowner:

• 1904 Ernest Albert Cooper
• 1905 Adam Henry Sawyer part
• 1924 Alfred Fader part

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Robert Wesley Baker, b. Mar 1877, Ontario. No family.
  Parents:
  • Robert Marshall Baker, b. Apr 1848, Montreal
  • Annie Hopkins, b. Nov 1849, Ontario, d. 3 Mar 1936, Stanhope, (Age ~ 86 years)
•  Francis Marie Steiss b. abt 1876 London, England d. 30 Jan 1905. Peterborough. COD: Phthisis
  - Married 8 Jun 1904 • Peterborough
• No Children