Settler of township lots: Lot 29, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location on Lot 29, Conc. 4 running south from Hwy 118 between 25th and 30th Line Roads.

Land acquisition: 1861 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 101 acres to Ruel Clarke; 1876 registered to Edward Lloyd who received the patent for this land in 1879. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 497).

Dates of residency: No record of living in Stanhope

• 1860 Ruel Clarke took up land in Stanhope township. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg 302
• 1861 Durham County Census
• 1885 died in Winnipeg

Interesting facts:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Ruel Clark, b. 1815, Ernestown Twp, Ontario d. 27 Sep 1885, Winnipeg 
  Parents:
  • William Clark, b. 16 Jul 1780,  New York, d. 1852, Addington, Ontario, (Age 71 years)
  • Rebecca Babcock, b. 06 Mar 1791, Ernestown, Ontario, d. 29 Jun 1856, Ernestown,  Ontario, (Age 65 years)
• Lucy M Barnes, b. 1830, Ontario d. Sarnia

Photo: Rebecca Babcock b 1791 (Ruel's mother). Source: Ancestry.ca teddybear19741 originally shared this on 21 Nov 2012