Settler of township lots: Lot 6, Conc. 5, Guilford (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this irregular, waterfront 89 acre lot at the east end of Green Lake. (Camp Medeba?)

Land acquisition: 1924 from Joseph Griffin, his father. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 76).

Other land:

• Lot 7, Conc. 6, Guilford - 1923 from Carmel Sawyer. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Image 60)
• Lots 15, 16, 17, 18, & 19, Conc. 6, Guilford - 1932 from The C .L. & C. Co. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Guilford (Images 117, 122, 128, 131, 133, 135)

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada: Guilford, Harburn and Bruton, Peterborough (east/est), Ontario; Page: 2; Family No: 16.
• 1921 Census of Canada: Guilford (Township), Victoria, Ontario; Page Number: 4
• 1928 Birth of Son Noel Whitmore Griffin (1928–2004) 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. In 1992, Messrs. Hugh and Gordon Griffin contracted to add a second room, also of brick, and a second teacher was engaged. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 158

Preceding landowner:

• 1865 The C .L. & C. Co from The Crown
• 
  1911 Joseph Griffin, his father

Succeeding landowner: 1944 Bradley Sims

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Thomas Hugh Allan Griffin, b. 02 Mar 1896, Dysart d. 11 Jan 1977 Haliburton. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Joseph Griffin, b. 10 Feb 1851, Uxbridge, d. 06 Apr 1935, Ontario, (Age 84 years)
  • Sarah Jane Horsley, b. 20 Jul 1861, Brighton, Ontario, d. 25 Feb 1921, Peterborough, (Age 59 years)
• Dorothy Mills b. 1900 • Schenectady County, New York, USA d.1994 • Oshawa. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery

Photo: Picnic at Hall's Lake around 1910. Source: Haliburton Echo, April 25, 1974