Settler of township lots: Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 9, Stanhope

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre Lot 16, Conc. 9 running north from Little Hawk Lake Road west of Big Hawk Lake Road.

Land acquisition: 1927 sold to Samuel Davies and Alfred Davies (brothers) in 1927 for $200. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 9 (Images 178 & 210).

Dates of residency:

• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Lot 17, Conc. 9
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lots 16 & 17, Conc. 9, Stanhope
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope:  Sam  & Hannah Davis with brother Alfred Davis & sister Sarah E Davis at Lot 17, Conc. 9
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Samuel Davis, Halls Lake, Lot 17, Conc. 9
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Samuel Davies, farmer, Lots 16 & 17, conc. 9
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Samual & Rose Davies at Lot 16, Conc. 9
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Samuel Davis, Halls Lake at Lot 16, Conc. 9
• 1911Stanhope Voters List
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Samuel Davis, Halls Lake at Lot 16, Conc. 9
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Samuel Davis/Davies was listed at Lot 16, Conc. 9
• 1957 Death: Boshkung

Interesting facts:

Elderly Sam Davies brightened his declining years with a quest to capture on his sketch pad the glories he saw daily from his window overlooking Hawk River. Davies in earlier years made snow shoes for his own family and others and would range the bush for days on end in his search for just the right sturdy and straight ash for their manufacture. Source: Dream of Excellence by Nila Reynolds. Published by Haliburton Highlands Guild of Fine Arts and Haliburton School of Fine Arts. 1976 pg. 30

Preceding landowner: 1902 Richard Johnson from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 16, Conc. 9: 1951 Robert E. Davies
• Lot 17, Conc. 9: 1927 Gull River Lumber Co; 1933 Fred M Moffat trustee; 1946 Clayton Robers

Photo 1: Rose Johnson (upper left), who married Sam Davies after the Boer War; they settled near bridge on Hawk Lake Road crossing the Kennisis River. Rest of the people in the photo are Johnsons. From Peter Hewitt.

Photo 2: Davies' House 1910 on Little Hawk Lake Road at the bridge. From Peter Hewitt

Photo 3: Davies Farm Hawk River. Abt. 1920. This picture was taken in the 20's of Uncle Sam and Aunt Roses homestead on the Hawk River. It hung on Gramdma Miller's wall for years. Source: Ancestry. ca

Photo 4:  Rose Davies (Johnson), Sam Davies, and daughter. On bridge over Kennisis River at Hawk Lake Road. 1930s. Source: Peter Hewitt’s Photo Collection