Samuel Thomas Sims / Laura Grozelle / Harriet Barnum

Settler of township lots: Lot 4, Conc. 5, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront lot on the north shore of Green Lake.

Land acquisition: 1900 George Henry Sims, his father, from Richard Powell. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 45).

Dates of residency:

  • 1903 Business Directory, Guilford: Samuel Sims, Maple Lake, Lot 4, Conc. 5
  • 1911 Census of Canada, Guilford: Samuel & Laura Sims at Lot 4, Conc. 5
  • 1941 Death: West Guilford

Interesting facts: Surname is variously spelled Simms

Preceding landowner:

  • 1865 The C.L. & E. Co from the Crown
  • 1893 Richard Bailey
  • 1900 Richard Powell

Succeeding landowner:

  • 1928 Mathias Barry
  • 1931 John Cooper
  • 1943 Ross & Della Sawyer, part

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

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