Settler of township lots: Lots 12 & 13, Conc.10, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 116 acre Lot 12, Conc. 10 with waterfront property on Little Brother Lake running north from Little Hawk Lake Road.

Land acquisition:

• 1862 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 116 + 119 acres to Andrew Brown; 174 to William J Foot.
• 1873 These 116 + 119 acre lots were registered as a Free Grant through the Free Grant and Homestead Act of 1868 under the locatee name William J Foot.
• 1874 Patent from the Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 90 & 111).

Dates of residency:

• 1879 Married: Stanhope
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lot 12, Conc. 10 Wm, farmer & wife Mary Ann. Age 30 on this census. Name is recorded as William Foot. Living in next household to 29 year old Henry Foot.
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: William Foot, owner, Lots 23, 21, 12, 13, Conc. 2, 3, 10, 10
• 1892 Death: Thunder Bay

Interesting facts: aka William Foot

James Foote (1879) was granted lands on the north shore of Halls Lake, along the waterway between the Brothers and Halls Lakes. This land was sold to the Welch family after just 4 years (1883), who then occupied it for several subsequent years. Source: Halls Lake, It’s History, Geography, Mythology and Genealogy by Dave Bulford, 2001 pg 9

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1883 William Welch
• 1901 James Welch. This settler was listed on the 1911 Stanhope Voters List at this location.

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• William James Foot, b. Abt 1851, England  d. 2 May 1892, Thunder Bay, (Age ~ 41 years)
  Parents: William Foot; Elizabeth Jane Luffman
• Mary Ann Johnston, b. Abt 1857, Wales  d. 15 Jun 1903,  Thunder Bay,  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Parents: Edwin Johnson; Eliza Jones - owned adjacent property Lot 11, Conc. 10 from 1882-1906