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

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 50 acre waterfront lot on the north east shore of Green Lake running west from Kennisis Lake Road at West Guilford

Land acquisition: 1882 from The C .L. & E. Co from The Crown 1865

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada: Dudley and Dysart and Harcourt, Peterborough East.
• 1894 Birth of Daughter Eva May Wessels, North Dakota

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowners:

• 1899 William Powell
• 1903 George Henry Sims
• 1904 John Arthur Cooper
• 1940 Trevor Cooper

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Benjamin Wessels b. 1857 Ontario d. 1923 North Dakota
• Parents: Owen Wessels & Sarah Preston
• Mary E Drader b. 1859 Ontario d. 1938 North Dakota
• Children:
  1. Percival Asher Wessels 1879-1962
  2. Grace Alma Wessels 1884-1957
  3. Eva May Wessels 1894-1969