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John McPhail

Settler of township lots: South half Lot 23, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Location: This lot runs west and south from Dawson Road including a small lake.

Land acquisition:

  • 1876 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 92 acres to John McPhail.
  • BUT according to the Parcel Register Book (Images 116 and 119) half was received from The Crown in 1873 by Hugh McPhail (John's father) and Garald Clancy and transferred in 1904 to Duncan McPhail (Hugh's son) and to John McPhail in 1915.

Other properties:

  • Lot 29, Conc. 7, Stanhope: 1883 from Whitney W. Blott and sold the south half to Frederick McPhail (his brother) in 1896 for $200.
  • Lot 20, Conc. 6, Stanhope: HIs son Daniel Henry purchased this lot in 1910 from John Herbert Sisson.

Dates of residency:

  • 1875 Marriage: Stanhope
  • 1876 Birth of Daughter Sarah Catherine Rachel McPhail (1876–1915) Stanhope
  • 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John & Olive McPhail with 2 children
  • 1883 Stanhope Voters List: John McPhail, owner, Lot 29, Conc 6, Lot 23, Conc. 7
  • 1891 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 29, Conc. 7, Stanhope
  • 1887 Birth of Son Delbert Wilson McPhail (1887–1971) Cameron Lake
  • 1890 Stanhope Voters List:John McPhail, owner, Lot 29, Conc. 7
  • 1893 Stanhope Directory: John McPhail at Lot 29, Conc. 7; Hugh McPhail (his father?) at Lot 23, Conc. 6
  • 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John & Olive McPhail with 5 children at Lot 20, Conc. 5 (error?)
  • 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 20, Conc. 6
  • 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: John McPhail, Winston, Lot 20, Conc. 6
  • 1903 Stanhope Voters List: John McPhail, farmer, Lot 20, Conc. 6
  • 1911 Stanhope Voters List
  • 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: John & Olive Mcphail
  • 1911 Stanhope Post Office List
  • 1916 Died at Lot 23, Conc. 6, Stanhope. COD: Endocardytis for 2 months
  • 1918 Stanhope Post Office List
  • 1916 Death: Lot 23, Conc. 6, Stanhope
  • 1922 Death of wife Olive McPhail, widow, at Lot 2, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Interesting facts:

From Canadian Post (Lindsay, ONT), 29 May 1891:
MINDEN. Burned by Bush Fires: Mr. John McPhail of Stanhope, while drawing a load of hay in the neighbourhood of some bush fires had the misfortune to lose both is hay and wagon. The fire caught in the hay and both it and the wagon were destroyed, nothing remaining but a little pile of burnt iron on the road.

Preceding landowner: 1873 Hugh McPhail from The Crown 

Succeeding landowner:

  • 1904 Peter Frederick Dawson
  • 1912 John McPhail
  • 1933 Daniel McPhail (son) 1928 Stanhope Voters List

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

  • John McPhail, b. 08 Aug 1848, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 10 Mar 1916, Stanhope, (Age 67 years). COD: Endocardytis for 2 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, Northumberland, Ontario, d. 21 Jan 1883, Haliburton, (Age 62 years)
  • Olive Demill Redner, b. 27 Feb 1860, Victoria, Ontario,d. 12 Mar 1922, Stanhope, (Age 62 years). COD: chloroform poisoning; cardiovascular degeneration. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
    Parents:
    • William A Demill Redner, b. 1810, Prince Edward, Ontario, d. 06 Feb 1879, Stanhope, (Age 69 years)
    • Rachel DeLong, b. 1818, Prince Edward, Ontario, d. 29 Jan 1899, Stanhope, (Age 81 years)
  • Children:
    1. Sarah Catherine Rachel McPhail, b. 22 Sep 1876, Stanhope, d. 01 May 1915, Stanhope, (Age 38 years) Married: John Herbert Sisson
    2. Daniel Henry McPhail, b. 09 Jul 1879, Stanhope,  d. 1965, Stanhope, (Age 85 years)
    3. James Whitney McPhail, b. 1 Aug 1882, Stanhope
    4. Hugh McPhail, b. 01 Feb 1884, Stanhope, d. 26 Nov 1895, Stanhope, (Age 11 years)
    5. Delbert Wilson McPhail, b. 2 Apr 1887, Stanhope, d. 17 Feb 1971  (Age 83 years)
    6. Wilbert Dean McPhail, b. 2 Apr 1887, Stanhope, d. 16 Dec 1895, Stanhope, (Age 8 years)
    7. Violet Edith McPhail,   b. 16 Mar 1894, Stanhope, d. 17 Jan 1977, Stanhope, (Age 82 years)
    8. Annie Elveta McPhail, b. 27 Oct 1897, Stanhope, d. 23 Nov 1968, Dysart, (Age 71 years)

Photo 1: Left to Right - Olive (Demill) McPhail and James, Luella and Mary Elizabeth (Demill) Sawyer. Source: Ancestry.ca courtesy of Dorothy Rivers johnmar131 originally shared this on 31 Jan 2013

Photo 2: John and Olive McPhail children - back: Annie, Violet, Sarah; front: Daniel, James, Delbert. Source: Ancestry.ca johnmar131 originally shared this on 16 Jan 2014

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