Settler of township lots: Lot 6, Conc.13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 90 acre running south from Hwy 118 south of Kushog Lake Road.

Land acquisition: 1917 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 205).

Other land: Lot 5, Conc. 13, Minden - 1916 from W M Ross; 1919 to Archibald M McKay Jr; 1939 to Elmer G Boyd. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 200).

Dates of residency:

• 1887 Marriage: Christina Warner (1869–1931) Haliburton
• 1893 Minden Township Directory: Archibald McKay, Minden at Lot 9, Conc. 12
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Arch McKay, Petersons Cors, Lot 5, Conc. 13, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: Archibald & Christiana McKay at Lots 6, 9, Conc.12 and Lots 8 & 5, Conc. 13, Minden
• 1921 Census of Canada, Minden Twp
• 1933 Death: Carnarvon

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1925 Archibald McKay Jr
• 1939 Elmer G Boyd

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• David Archibald McKay, b. 30 Mar 1861, Lanark, Ontario, d. 4 May 1933, Carnarvon (Age 72 years). COD: Erysipelas and cellulitis of legs. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • George H Mackay b. 15 Jun 1837, Lanark, Ontario d. 12 Jan 1907, Haliburton. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  • Mary Ann Taylor McKay b. 1 Mar 1839, Lanark, Ontario d. 7 Jun 1905. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
• Christenia Warner, b. 20 Sep 1869, Perth, d. 15 May 1931 Carnarvon, (Age 61 years). COD: Chronic interstitial nephritis. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Arthur Warner, b. 7 Feb 1831, Perth, d. 26 Oct 1907, Stanhope,(Age 76 years)
  • Christina Ferrier, b. 6 Jun 1830, Perth, d. 14 Jun 1907, Stanhope, (Age 77 years)
• Children: 
  1, Emery McKay b. 4 Nov 1891 d. 2 Jun 1974. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  2. Clayton McKay, b. 19 Apr 1895, Minden
  3. Archibald McKay
  4. Minnie McKay
  5. Mary Christiana McKay