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I 1 WEST HALF LOT ELEVEN CONCESSION THREE and EAST HALF LOT ELEVEN CONCESSION FOUR of the Township of Admaston Farm History of On the Twenty-first day of March,1849,Richard Cardiff received the title to the 200 acres of land described above,for the sum of 50 pounds .The title was registered at the town of Perth in the District of Bathhurst,on the third day of April,1851. Onthe fourteenth day of September,1897,Richard sold the above lands to his son-in-law,Peter Pender who was then 47 years of age and by that time he had helped to clear two farms in Admaston and one at Deacon,0ntario.His wife,Sarah Cardiff, had taught school for twenty years before her marriage to Peter,and she was also a tailoress.Their son ,William Leslie.WaS fiagn;; 1889 at her parent's home and Ellen(Nellie)was born in 1890 at Deacon,0ntario. 0n the West Half of Lot 11 there was a fine four-roamed house, considered to be commodious in those times,also horse,cattle, and pig stables,all built of logs. In 1904,Peter hired a carpenter,Charlie Martin,to build a large seven roomed,brick house with flat roof,verandah and balcony.Later,a summer kitchen,woodshed,and buggy shed was added to the east side of the house.Peter and his son,William were keenly interested in horses.William spent several winters as a teamster in the shanty.A large horse stable was built