Settler of township lots: Lot 23, Conc. 12, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 94 acre lot east of Voicey Road, south of Tulip Road

Land acquisition: 1910 from William Cook. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 134).

Other land: Lots 23 & 24, Conc. 10, Minden - 1893 from William Cook; 1903 to William Wansley; 1930 to Floyd Henderson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 185 & 189).

Dates of residency:

• 1898 Marriage to Elizabeth Annie McKnight from Allsaw in Haliburton
• 1893 Minden Township Directory: Holding Cook, Blairhampton
• 1900 Death of infant Son Leonard Ernest Cook at Lot 24, Conc. 10, Minden. Cause of death: Cholera Infanta
• 1905 Birth of William Raymond Cook lists Holden Cook, laborer, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden - Holden & Annie Cook
• 1913 Death at Lot 23, Conc. 11, Minden

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: 1910 William Cook from The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1920 Thomas Henry Woods
• 1925 George Nesbitt

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Holden Cook b. 26 Jun 1869, Blairhampton d. 26 Jul 1913 Minden COD: Pyaemia for 18 days. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • William Cook, b. 1832, England d. 10 Jan 1917, Minden, (Age 85)
  • Margaret Craig, b. Abt 1840, Scotland d. 20 Jun 1889, Minden, (Age ~ 49 years)
• Elizabeth Annie McKnight, b. 14 Apr 1881, Minden, d. 19 Dec 1953. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
• Children with Holden Cook:
  1. Audrey Viola Cook, b. Abt 1900, Minden
  2. Leonard Ernest Cook, b. 7 May 1900, Stanhope. d. 1900, Minden. COD: Cholera Infanta
  3. Edith Hilda Cook, b. 20 Sep 1903, Ontario,
  4. William Raymond Cook, b. 12 Jun 1905, Ontario
  5. Regneld Wesley Cook, b. 10 Apr 1909, Sherborne
  • Husband 2: Joseph Henry Voicey, b. 23 Nov 1866, Ontario d. 3 Jan 1948, Stanhope, (Age 81 years)
• Children with Joseph Henry Voicey:
  1. Roy James Voicey, b. Abt 1914, Stanhope
  2. Joseph Voicey, b. Abt 1919, Ontario