Settler of township lot: Lot 29, Conc. 1 Stanhope 

Location: Location: Map point is the approximate location within the 96 acre Lot 29, Conc. 1 running north from Tulip Road between 25th and 30th Line Roads

Land acquisition: 1903 from James Begg for $2,000 with other lands.

Other locations:

• Lot 18, Conc. 1 Stanhope - This lot was patented to his father, John Noice on August 15, 1867 according to the Township of Stanhope Patent Register, but it also lists Andrew Brown as having this lot. The Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 228) lists Andrew Brown and does not list Noice as ever having this property.
• Lot 24, Conc. A, Minden - 1863 Patent from The Crown; 1864 to Edward Beatty; ? to John Macdonald; ? to Edward Keers. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 380).

Dates of residency:

• 1871 Census of Canada, Minden: Living with parents and siblings
• 1880 Married in Minden
• 1880 Birth of Daughter Annie Sophia Noice (1880–1888) Minden
• 1891 Census of Canada, Hindon: Edward Noice with wife Mary and 4 children
• 1893 Anson & Hindon Townships Directory: Edward Noice, Minden
• 1893 Minden Township Directory: Edward Noice, Minden
• 1901 Census of Canada, Hindon
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Edward Noice, Minden, Lot 2, Conc. A
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Stevens & Noice, lumbermen, Lots 29, 31 & 32, Conc.1
• 1921 Census of Canada,York

Interesting facts:

Edward Noice was the only member of the Noice family to remain in Minden during the "Go West" exodus of 1882. He became Deputy Registrar of Lutterworth under S. S. Peck. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 127. In the late 1800's Edwards's father, John Noice and his wife, Mary Dickey, moved to Pembina County, ND, with all children but Edward who remained in Minden, Ontario.

Ed Noice had a general store in Minden which was consumed by flames in 1890 along with many other stores near  and including the Dominion Hotel. Ibid. pg. 150, 228. Edward Noice purchased the Clergy House in Minden after his home was destroyed by fire. It had only one large room. He partitioned it and finished the interior before selling it in 1894 to Walter E. Wright. Ibid. pg 259

Preceding landowner: ? James Begg from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1917 Robert McKnight
• 1917 George Packard
• 1950 Donald R Stamp

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Edward Noice, b. 17 Aug 1849, Perth, Ontario d. 1935 York. Buried: Park Lawn Cemetery, Etobicoke
  Parents: John Noice, b. Abt 1816, England. Mary (Noice), b. Abt 1828, Ireland 
• Mary Jane Polly Welch, b. 07 Mar 1859, England d. 15 Feb 1924, Toronto, (Age 64 years). COD: Coronary thrombosis. Buried: Park Lawn Cemetery, Etobicoke
  Parents:
  • Samuel Welch, b. 18 Feb 1825, England, d. 24 Sep 1907, Anson, (Age 82 years)
  • Elizabeth Betsy Durant, b. 07 Jul 1829, England d. 13 Dec 1915, Anson, (Age 86 years)
• Children:
  1. Annie Sophia Noice,b. 16 Aug 1880, Minden, d. 12 May 1888  (Age 7 years) 
  2. Ida Maud Noice  b. 28 May 1882, Minden, d. 11 May 1983  (Age 100 years) 
  3. Frederick Charles Noice  b. 16 Dec 1884, Minden
  4. Florence Winnifred Noice, b. 21 Aug 1886, Minden, d. 3 Aug 1945, Lutterworth, (Age 58 years)
  5. John Albert Noice, b. 25 Dec 1887, Ontario
  6. Arthur Edward Noice, b. 27 Apr 1892, Anson, d. 21 Dec 1956  (Age 64 years)  
  7. Walter Wilfred Noice, b. 28 Feb 1895, Anson, d. 03 Sep 1984  (Age 89 years)
  8. William Henry Noice, b. 20 Mar 1896, Anson