William Goodman

Settler of township lots: Lot 6, Conc.1, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running east of Buckslide Rd and Kushog Lake Road from Kushog Lake south.

Land acquisition: 1878 from James G. Rowe. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 69).

Dates of residency:

1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Wm & Ann Goodman with daughter Eliz.
1883 Stanhope Voters List: Source: mentioned in In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 312
1883 Stanhope Voters List: William Goodman, owner, Lot 6, Conc. 1
1890 Stanhope Voters List: William Goodman, owner, Lot 6, Conc. 1
1891 Stanhope Voters List
1899 Stanhope Directory: Wm. Goodman, Peterson's Cors
1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: William & Elizabeth Goodman, no children. Both William and his wife are enumerated as unable to read or write.
1901 Stanhope Voters List
1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Wm Goodman, Petersons Crs
1903 Stanhope Voters List: William Goodman, owner, Lot 6, Conc. 1
1911 Stanhope Voters List & Stanhope Post Office List
1918 Stanhope Post Office List

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner:

1867 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register. 100 acres to Hugh Anderson? BUT James G. Rowe received the patent for this land in 1867. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 69). Neither settler is listed in AH Family Tree.

Succeeding landowner:

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