Settler of township lots: Lot 16, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Location: Map point in the approximate location within the south part of this lot which is north of East Road, east of Hwy 35 in Carnarvon.

Land acquisition: 1911 south part from Richard Fry. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 149).

Other locations: 

• Lot 17, Conc. 10, Minden - 1916 from James Harrison; 1918 to illegible. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 152).
• Lot 16, Conc. 11, Minden - 1906 from James Harrison; 1913 to Irvine Alexander Moore. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 310).
• Lot 13, Conc. 13, Minden (Peterson Road & Shady Lane) - 1914 from James Harrison, his father. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 260).
  - 1908 birth registration of son Cecil
  - 1911 Census of Canada
• Lot 14, Conc. 13, Minden - 1922 from Alfred Thomas. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 287).
• Lot 16, Conc. 13, Minden - 1912 from Irvin Alexander Moore. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 370).

Dates of residency: 

• 1905 Marriage: Bertha Lovina Longfield (1875–1956) Lot 14 Stanhope 
• 1905 Death of 3 month of Daughter Cora Irene Harrison at Lot 17, Conc. 10, Minden
• 1908 Birth of Son Cecil at Lot 13, Conc. 13, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada - Pt Lot 16. Conc. 11, Minden. Occupation farmer, neighbours with mother and father, uncle John and wife and cousin (Nicholas' son) William and wife
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List - s pt Lot 16, Conc. 1, Stanhope
• 1913 Birth of Daughter Florence Bertha Matilda Harrison (1913–1989) Carnarvon
• 1949 Death: Carnarvon

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner:

• 1872 John Fitzsimmonds all 100 acres from The Crown
• 1900 Richard Fry
• 1905 John Cowan Jr - 1911 Stanhope Post Office List

Succeeding landowner: not sure which parts

• 1914 James Harrison - 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Jas Harrison, Carnarvon
• 1925 Wesley Harrison

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Wesley James Harrison, b. Abt 1876, Lambton, Ontario D. 19 Jan 1949, MInden. Buried: Zion Cemetery
• Parents:
  • James Harrison, b. 15 Jan 1842, Cornwall, d. 07 Oct 1928, Stanhope,(Age 86 years)
  • Harriet Jane Osborne, b. 1842, Ontario,  d. 1924  (Age 82 years)
• Bertha Levina Longfield, b. 2 Mar 1875, Queensville, Ontario, d. 23 Apr 1956. Minden. Buried: Zion Cemetery
• Children:
  1. Cora Ilene Harrison, b. 26 Dec 1905, Minden, d. 23 Apr 1906, Minden, (Age 0 years) 
  2. Ross James Wesley Harrison, b. Abt 1907, Carnarvon
  3. Cecil Alfred Morwick Harrison, b. 8 Nov 1908, Carnarvon
  4. Florence Bertha Matilda Harrison, b. 23 Nov 1914, Haliburton