Settler of township lots: Lots 14 & 15, Conc.13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within the 100 acre Lot 15, Conc. 13 in Carnarvon.

Land acquisition: Lots 14 & 15, Conc. 13, Minden - 1885 from John Hogg. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 287 & 317).

Other land: Lot 31, Conc. 12, Minden - 1916 from The Crown; 1918 to D Wesley Cox; 1954 to Floyd Henderson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 178).

Dates of residency:

• 1893 Minden Township Directory: Alfred Thomas, Carnarvon, Lot 15, Conc. 13, Minden
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Alfred Thomas, Carnarvon, Lot 15, Conc. 13, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada - Lots 14 & 15, Conc.13, Minden
• 1921 Left for Tisdale, Sask.
• 1929 Alfred Thomas died in Tisdale, Sask

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner:

• 1868 Francis Peck from The Crown
• 1875 John Hogg

Succeeding landowner:

• 1918 John Franklin Thomas, his son
• 1919 Alfred Thomas
• 1922 Walter James Harrison

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Alfred Thomas, b. 10 Jun 1863, England d. 1929, Tisdale, Saskatchewan, (Age 65 years)
  Father: John Thomas
• Margaret Ferguson, b. 26 Oct 1875, Stanhope, d. 12 May 1912, Minden, (Age 36 years) 
  Parents:
  • Robert Ferguson, b. 12 Mar 1833, Northern Ireland d. 30 Jun 1906, Stanhope, (Age 73 years)
  • Jane Taylor, b. 25 Dec 1850, Northern Ireland d. 27 Feb 1902, Stanhope, (Age 51 years)
• Children:
  1. Franklin John Thomas, b. 06 Feb 1896, Haliburton, d. 8 May 1970  (Age 74 years)
  2. Oscar Levern Thomas  b. 16 Nov 1897, Minden
  3. Walter Alfred Thomas, b. 5 Nov 1899, Carnarvon
  4. William Wesley Thomas, b. 29 Aug 1901, Ontario
  5. Rubina Beatrice Thomas, b. 08 May 1903, Haliburton
  6. Gordon Oliver Thomas, b. 26 Mar 1906, Carnarvon, d. 25 Aug 1907, Minden, (Age 1 years)
  7. Gertrude Viola Thomas, b. 29 Oct 1907, Carnarvon
  8. Hazel Alice Thomas, b. 10 Jul 1910, Haliburton
  9. Margaret Thomas, b. 12 May 1912, Minden

Photo 1: Hazel, Alfred and Vila Thomas, 1921

Photo 2: Alfred Thomas moves to Tisdale, Saskatchewan c1921. Owner/Source Lydia Coulter Scrapbook Collection - Book 1, Pg 3