Settler of township lots: Lot 4, Conc. 4, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 79 acre irregular waterfront lot with runs south from Green Lake west of Garden Gate Drive.

Land acquisition: 19?? Charlotte Amelia Cooper (his widow) from Richard Benson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 34)

Other land: Lot 4, Conc. 3, Guilford - 1911 from George Herbert Cruickshanks. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 18)

Dates of residency:

• 1903 Business Directory, Guilford: George Cooper, Maple Lake, Lot 4, Conc. 4
• 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford: George & Amelia Cooper. Lot 4, Conc. 3, Guilford
• 1922 Death: West Guilford

Interesting facts:

The first school to be known as S. S. No. 2 and 3 Guilford, was voluntarily built by the settlers in the early 1880's. Squared pine timbers comprised the 13 ft. by 26 ft. walls of the one roomed cabin standing the the lake where the municipal road now runs in front of the present building. A daughter of Isaac Boice, Amelia, later Mrs. George Cooper, recited a poem for the opening ceremonies. If she were then 7 years old, the date would be 1884. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 157

The fondest memories cherished by shantymen were of Saturday and Sunday recreation nights when each man took his turn reciting a poem, telling a story of singing a song. A violin was a must so every fall the gang would contribute money for a camp fiddle and just before the spring break-up a fiddler's contest would be held with the instrument as prize. Mr. Stan Cooper still has a violin his father, George Cooper, acquired in this way. Ibid pg. 49

First landowner: 1882 Richard Benson from The C .L. & E. Co

Succeeding landowner:

• 1931 Norman Linton part
• 1943 Stanley Cooper

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Photo: George and Amelia Cooper. Source: Ancestry.ca / LouiseCooper63