Settler of township lots: Lot 22, Conc. 12, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot in the middle of the area south of Tulip Road, east Voicey Road, north of Soyers Lake Road.

Land acquisition: 1914 from William Minaker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 132).

Other land: Lots 18 & 19 Conc. 2, Stanhope - 1918 south half of  99 + 98 acres from Harry Wilber Simpson. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 132 & 141).

Dates of residency:

• 1920 Married in Carnarvon. James Alexander MINAKER, 26, farmer, Minden, same s/o William MINAKER & Elizabeth Ann CASEY married Lila HARRISON, 18, Stanhope Twp, same, d/o Nicholas HARRISON & Marguerite VOYSEY, witn: David HARRISON of Buskong and Lizzie MINAKER of Ingoldsby, 26 May 1920 at Stanhope Twp
• 1921 Census of Canada, Minden: James Minaker, Lylia Minaker, Marjoria Mary Minaker Age 3/12 
• 1930 Birth of Daughter Emily Myrtle Minaker (1930–2011) Minden
• 1931 Death of Wife Lila May Harrison (1902–1931) Minden

Interesting facts:

Lila May Harrison Minaker: Daughter of Nicolas Harrison & Margarite Voysey. Name according to her birth registration was Lila Harrison. Her husband James Alexander Minaker is buried in Ingoldsby Cemetery with his 2nd wife Edna May Buckson.

Preceding landowner: 1911 William Minaker from The Crown

Succeeding landowner: 1916 David Wesley Cox

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• James Alexander Minaker, b. 15 May 1893, Haliburton d. 25 Sep 1985, Minden. Buried: Ingoldsby Pioneer Cemetery
• Lila May Harrison, b. 16 Sep 1902, Stanhope, d. 15 Mar 1931, Minden,  (Age 28 years). COD: Septic Meningitis. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Nicholas Harrison, b. 9 Aug 1842, Lambton, Ontario, d. 14 Jul 1922, Stanhope, (Age 79 years)
  • Margaret Jane Voicey, b. 17 Nov 1869, Minden, d. 6 Jan 1946, Boskung, (Age 76 years)