Settler of township lots: Lots 25 & 26, Conc. 5, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within the irregular, waterfront Lot 26, Conc. 5 on the north shore of Maple Lake at Generation Trail.

Land acquisition: These 33 & 34 acre lots were owned by John Grimmett from 1882 (patent) to 1918 when they were sold to Joseph Fader. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 203 & 229).

Dates of residency:

• 1900 Marriage: Simon REDNOR (REDNAR?), 39, farmer, Stanhope, Maple Lake, s/o John REDNOR & Elizabeth DRAPER, married Priscilla Jane McGUIRE, 30, widow, Oshawa, Guilford, d/o Richard POWER & Jane PEEL. Witn: Wilbert GROIZELLE of Maple Lake & Jane BICE of Kinmount. March 22, 1900, Kinmount
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Simon & Priscilla Demill with son Earl M Demill and stepsons Joseph E Maguire and Leslie A Maguire
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Simon Redner, farmer at these lots as Tenant)
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Simon Redner, Maple Lake, Lot 23, Conc. 7 which at that date was owned by Jacob Clancy. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 138)
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Simon Rednor, farmer, s pat Lot 23, Conc. 7
• 1903: wife Priscilla died at Lot 24, Conc. 3, Stanhope and son John Wesley 2 months later
• 1946 Death: Stanhope

Other residents: 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Ernest Mitchel, farmer

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: 1882 John Grimmett from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1918 Joseph Fader
• 1920 Samuel Redner (his brother)
• 1921 William H. Thompson 1928 Stanhope Voters List - Howard Thompson, farmer LF&O and Katie Thompson, housewife MFNC
• 1934 Thomas Jones

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Simon John Demill Redner, b. 16 Aug 1870, Stanhope, d. 27 Apr 1946, Sherborne, (Age 75 years). COD: Coronary thrombosis, gastric ulcer, Jacksonian epilepsy. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery (no tombstone)
  Parents:
  • John Demill Redner, b. Abt 1837, Ontario
  • Elizabeth Ann Draper, b. 1840, Ontario
• Priscilla Jane Powell, b. Abt 1869, Oshawa d. 20 Jan 1903 Died from complications of chlldbirth ("confinement")
  Husband 1: Joseph McGuire, b. Abt 1859, Napanee
  Son: Leslie Alfred McGuire, b. 21 Aug 1893, Ontario, d. 20 Jul 1983, Minden, (Age 89 years)
• Children with Simon Redner:
  1. Melborne Earl Redner, b. Abt 1901, Ontario
  2. John Wesley Demill  b. 21 Jan 1903, Stanhope d. 22 Mar 1903

Photo 1: Simon Redner/Demill (left) and Benjamin James Sawyer. Source: Mabel Sawyer Brannigan