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

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre running between Bobcaygeon Road and Queens Line Road two lots north of Plantation Road.

Land acquisition: 19?? from illegible. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 376).

Other land: Lot 3, Conc. 10, Minden - 1922 from Frederick Harland Prentice, Clifford Duncan Prentice & Joseph McColl; 1949 to Walter McKelvie / Wilfred Ackerblade

Dates of residency:

• 1888 John Lindsay Prentice of Minden married Mary Etta McEwain of Snowdon in Minden
• 1893 Minden Township Directory: John Prentice, Jr
• 1900 Birth of Daughter Irene Gladys Prentice (1900–) Minden
• 1903 Business Directory, Anson & Hindon: John Prentice, Jr, Lot 22, Conc. A
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: John Lindsay & Catherine Prentice at Lot 3, Conc. 1 & and Lot 22, Conc. A, Minden. Occupation: farmer, saw mill
• 1921 Census of Canada, Toronto. East York. Occupation: labourer
• 1944 Death: Willowdale

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: 1875 illegible

Succeeding landowner:

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree Not listed

• John Lindsey Prentice b. 23 July 1863, Ancaster Twp d. 29 Jun 1944, Willowdale
• 1. Mary Etta McElwain b. ~1868 d. 7 Jul 1893
• 2. Catherine Ann Armstrong b. 23 Jul 1863, Ontario

Photo 1: John Prentice children 1936,Haliburton. Group picture of some of John and Christine's children. Source: Ancestry.ca Barbara Moore originally shared this on 24 Oct 2016