Settler of township lot: Lot 29, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within part of this 100 acre lot one lot west of Airport Road running south from Dawson Road

Land acquisition: date illegible (between 1880 and 1910) from William Owen Demill Redner. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 165)

Other land: Lot 23, Conc. 6 (South 46 acres): 1904 from Hugh McPhail (his father); 1904 to Peter Frederick Dawson; 1912 John McPhail. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 116).

Dates of residency:

• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Duncan McPhail alone at Lot 21, Conc. 6, which at that date was owned by The Crown; 1936 Patent from The Crown to Percil McPhail Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 109).
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Duncan McPhail, tenant, Lot 25, Conc. 6
• 1889 Marriage: Christina 'Teenie' Jones (1860–1893) Stanhope Twp
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Duncan McPhail, owner, Lots 25 & 26, Conc. 4
• 1891 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Duncan, Christina and son Mitchel Earnest age 9
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Lot 22, Conc. 6, Maple Lake - not patented until 1927 to Mathias John Barry. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 111).
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Lot 26, Conc. 5 - owed by John Grimmett. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 229).
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Duncan McPhail, farmer, Lot 24, Conc. 6
• 1907 Death: Lot 28, Conc. 5.

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: 1889 William Owen Demill Redner from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1910 Eldon Dawson 20 acres
• 1940 Lester Arthur Dawson

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Duncan McPhail, b. 07 Dec 1858, Northumberland, Ontario,  d. 2 Apr 1907, Stanhope, (Age 48 years). COD: Mental incompetency for 5 months. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Hugh McPhail, b. 15 Sep 1818,  Scotland d. 5 Feb 1908, Stanhope, Age 89 years)
  • Sarah Jane Wessels,   b. 20 Jul 1820,, Ontario,  d. 21 Jan 1883, Haliburton, (Age 62 years)
• Christina 'Teenie' Jones, b. 1862, Bowmanville, d. 26 Oct 1893, Stanhope, (Age 31 years). Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
• Family: Mitchel Earnest McPhail 1882-