Settler of township lots: Lot 26, Conc. 3, Stanhope

Link to the Fader family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 101 acre lot running south from Hwy 118 east of 25th Line Road.

Land acquisition: 1890 from Richard Bailey with other lands for $315. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 444).

Other land:

• Lot 28, Conc. 2, Stanhope - no patent
• Lot 26, Conc. 4, Stanhope - 1891 from Richard Moses Bailey with other lands. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 4 (Image 349)

Dates of residency:

• 1890 Stanhope Voters List:
  - Wm Fader, tenant, Lot 26, Conc. 4
  - Allen Fader, tenant, Lot 26, Conc. 3
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Wm Fader, Maple Lake
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Wm Fader, Maple Lake
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: William & Jane Fader with 3 children
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 26, Conc. 3 and Lot 28, Conc. 2
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Wm Fader, Maple Lake, Lot 28, Conc. 2
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Wm Fader, farmer, Lot 26, Conc. 3 & Lot 28, Conc. 2
• 1911 Census, Stanhope: 
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 26, Conc. 3 and Lot 23 & 28, Conc. 2 
• 1911 and 1918 Stanhope Township Post Office Lists: Lot 26, Conc. 3
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 26, Conc. 3

Interesting facts:

The favourite sport in Stanhope’s early days was baseball. Each settlement boasted a nine, and no summer event, be it picnic, Dominion Day or the Twelfth of July, was complete without a contest between the leading teams. The Maple Lake ball team, which travelled by wagon as far as Minden for games, did most of their playing on a diamond in Melville’s field. One of their renowned athletes was Will Fader. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 310

Preceding landowner: 1885 Richard Bailey from The Crown

Succeeding landowners:

• Lot 26, Conc. 3 - 1936  to Jack Langman (Son in law Basil Roe Langman) who agrees to provide comfortable bed and board to the Grantors for the rest of their natural life. This transfer did not include the one acre at the northwest corner of the lot deeded to S.S. No. 2 Stanhope.