Algonquin Highlands Heritage Map

Charles Wesley McPhail

Settler of township lots: Part Lot 20, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 2 acre lot somewhere west of McPhail Road on Maple Lake

Land acquisition: 1932 from William Hector Taylor. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 246).

Other land:

  • Lot 20, Conc. 5, Stanhope - 1955 from Gordon Roy McPhail. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 142).
  • Lot 21, Conc. 5, Stanhope - 1914 from Percival McPhail. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 145).
  • Lot 24, Conc. 6, Stanhope - 1886 North half from Hugh McPhail; 1890 to William Liscombe. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 122)

Dates of residency:

  • 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Chas. McPhail, owner, Lot 24, Conc. 6
  • 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: son living with family at Lot 20, Conc. 5
  • 1921 Census of Canada, Stanhope
  • 1920 Death of 15 month old Daughter Ettie Adeline at Lot 27, Conc. 6, Maple Lake. COD: pneumonia
  • 1925 Birth/Death of Daughter Gracie Viola McPhail (1925–1925) Maple Lake
  • 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Chas & Roxina McPhail at Lot 21, Conc. 5, Stanhope
  • 1974 Death: Maple Lake

Interesting facts:

First landowner: 1875 William Nelson Taylor from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

  • Charles Wesley McPhail, b. 24 Aug 1895, Maple Lake, d.13 Dec 1974, Maple Lake, (Age 79 years). Buried: St Peters Cemetery
    Parents:
    • Hugh Alfred McPhail, b. 27 Jul 1868, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 26 Oct 1943, Stanhope, (Age 75 years)
    • Henrietta Archer, b. 27 Feb 1871, Fenelon Falls, d. 15 Oct 1905, Stanhope, (Age 34 years)
  • Sarah Roxina Louisa Dawson, b. 19 Sep 1900, Anson, d. 17 May 1985, Maple Lake,  (Age 84 years). Buried: St Peters Cemetery
    Parents:
    • Peter Frederick Dawson, b. 10 Aug 1877, Stanhope, d. 1 Oct 1938 (Age 61 years)
    • Mary Adeline Smith, b. 21 Mar 1876, Anson, d. 3 May 1903, Stanhope, (Age 27 years)
  • Deceased Children:
    3. Ettie Adeline McPhail, b. 06 Nov 1919, Stanhope, d. 16 Feb 1920, Stanhope, (Age 0 years). COD: Pneumonia
    4. Willard McPhail, b. 27 May 1920, Ontario, d. 27 Jul 2013, Dysart, (Age 93 years)
    5. Lyla May McPhail, b. Abt 1926, Ontario, d. 22 Dec 2014, Trenton,  (Age ~ 88 years)
    6. Betty Isabelle McPhail, b. 1928, Ontario, d. 21 Jan 2004, Haliburton, Dysart, (Age 76 years) 
    10. David Lawrence McPhail, b. 3 Dec 1940, Stanhope, d. Sep 1999  (Age 58 years)

Photo: WWI Attestation Paper:

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