Settler of township lots: Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 101 acre lot east of Hwy 35 running north from North Shore Road

Land acquisition: No record of ownership. 1924 Patent from The Crown to David Stanley Grey, his son. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 177).

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Roderick & Jane Grey with son Stanley
• 1901 Death at Lot 14, Conc. 4, Stanhope - owned by his son, David Stanley Gray. Occupation: sawyer

Interesting facts:

First landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner: 1924 Patent from The Crown to David Stanley Grey, his son. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 177).

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Roderick McLeod Gray, b. 5 Aug 1824, Quebec*,  d. 11 Oct 1901, Stanhope, (Age ~ 70 years) COD: Kidney disease. Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery
• Annie Jane McBrien, b. 17 Dec 1845, Cavan, Ontario, d. 20 Nov 1921, Hospital in Peterborough, (Age ~ 86 years). COD: Fractured neck of right femur along with myocardial degeneration.
• Children: They had 12 chlldren, all born outside of Stanhope.
  12,  David Stanley Gray, b. 4 Oct 1878, Ontario

*DOB: 5 August 1824 • Martintown, Glengary, Ontario. Date of birth from another family tree but agrees with age on cemetery transcription. Martintown is very close to the border with Quebec and may well have been considered part of Lower Canada at one time. Birthplace is given on census records as LC.

Photo: Annie Jane (McBrien) Gray. Source: Ancestry.ca jwgray49 originally shared this on 08 Apr 2013