Settler of township lots: Lots 31 & 32, Conc. 3, Stanhope

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

Location: Map point is the approximate location within Lot 31, Conc. 3 running east from 30th Line Road south to Irish Line.

Land acquisition:

    South half of Lots 31 & 32, Conc. 3, Stanhope - 1902 Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 3  (Image 476 & 480).   

Dates of residency:

•     1911 Census of Canada:   enumerated at this Lot 31, Con 3
•     1911 &1918 Stanhope Township Post Office Lists: Lot 31, Conc. 3
•     1942 Death: Victoria County Home for the Aged

Interesting facts: William Hugh Jones purchased these 110 acres for $700 from his father William Jones in 1902. He doesn't appear to have married, and has not been found so far. on the 1921 and 1931 census records.He died in 1942 at the Victoria County Home for the Aged, where he had lived for three years. This property was sold in 1945 for tax arrears.

Preceding landowner:

• 1902 father William Jones

Succeeding landowner:

• 1945 Warden & Treasurer - tax sale of south half of Lots 31 & 32 to Maxwell Griffin