"Maple Ridge Farm" – the Quarrie homestead, located near Bellwood, Ontario, on SW ½ of Lots 1 & 2, Concession 8, township of West Garafraxa, Wellington County. ~date of photo unknown~ Maple Ridge Farm was the home of my Great-great-grandparents, James Quarrie & Margaret McDonald, and the birthplace of my Great-grandfather, James Hugh Quarrie. Within the family it was simply referred to as "Bellwood". While not the original owners of this property, it seems fairly certain that James built the home pictured here. Patents were granted from the Crown for the above lots totaling 200 acres in 1824 to a Charles Anderson. The lots changed hands three more times before being bought by James Quarrie in April 1861. As the story goes, they didn't move there immediately, having to stay in Guelph township to settle an estate. (I'd love to know more about this!) They apparently moved to Garafraxa in 1873, and the facts I've been able to find support this. The