Settler of township lots: Lot 5, Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 92 acre lot running west from Kushog Lake Road including Hwy 118.

Land acquisition: 1919 from [David] Archibald McKay. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 205).

Other land: 

• Lot 2, Conc. 13, Minden - 1929 from Thomas Walker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 191).
• Lot 6, Conc. 13, Minden - 1925 from [David] Archibald McKay. 1939 to Elmer G Boyd. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 205).

Dates of residency: 

• 1920 Married in Carnarvon
• 1921 Census of Canada, Stanhope

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner:

• 1878 Nelson Barnum from The Crown
• 1878 W M Ross
• 1916 [David] Archibald McKay

Succeeding landowner: 1939 Elmer G Boyd

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Archibald McKay, b. 5 Jun 1898, Minden d. 7 Feb 1976. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents: 
  • David Archibald McKay, b. 30 Mar 1861, Lanark, Ontario, d. 4 May 1933, Carnarvon (Age 72 years)
  • Christina Warner, b. 20 Sep 1869, Perth, d. 15 May 1931 Carnarvon, (Age 61 years)
• Laurice Isabell Rivers, b. 1 Nov 1899, Stanhope d. 13 Nov 1983 Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • John Michel Rivers, b. 17 Sep 1858, Ontario
  • Mary Jane Toye, b. 25 Dec 1874, Ottawa
• Children:
• 1. Max Raymond McKay, b. 7 Apr 1921, Carnarvon, d. 25 Jul 1992  (Age 71 years)
  2. John Harvey McKay, b. 17 Aug 1942 d. 24 Nov 1983 Buried: Twelve Mile lake Cemetery with parents
  3. Living