Settler of township lots: Lot 3, Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 92 acre lot running east from Queens Line Road at Hwy 118

Land acquisition: 1913 from William Dewalt. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 194).

Other land:

• Lot 2, Conc. 12, Minden - 1903 from William Gainer; 1925 Rodney Harold Walker, 1927 back to Johnston Walker; 1950 to Chas & Dorothy Walker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 8)
• Lot 4, Conc. 12, Minden - 1949 from The Crown, broken lot; 1950 to Chas & Dorothy Walker. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 8)

Dates of residency:

• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Johnston Walker, Minden, Lot 3, Conc. 12
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: Johnstone & Maud Ethel Walker at Lots 2 and 3, Conc. 12
• 1913 Death of new born Daughter Mildred Walker at Lot 2, Conc. 12, Minden

Interesting facts:

Among the early settlers [of Hindon Hill] were William John Walker and his wife Rebecca who came from Ireland to the neighourhood of Peterson's Corners in 1863. Their son, Thomas, born there in 1866, lived his entire life in the vicinity; his brother Johnson lived in Minden while James Walker resided in Gelert. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 283

Preceding landowner:

• 1866 George Peacock from The Crown
• 1866 Robert Bailey
• 1873 Elizabeth Bailey
• 1979 William Dewalt

Succeeding landowner: 1925 Rodney Harold Walker

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Johnson Walker, b. 1874, Ontario, d. 17 Sep 1957  (Age 83 years). Buried: Minden Village Cemetery
  Parents:
  • William Walker, b. Abt 1832, d. 11 Jun 1911  (Age ~ 79 years)
  • Rebecca Coulter, b. Abt 1846,  d. 27 Mar 1899  (Age ~ 53 years)
• Ethel Maud Pritchard, b. 12 Jul 1885, Stanhope,d. 1939  (Age 53 years) Buried: Minden Cemetery
  Parents:
  • Joseph Pritchard, b. 26 Aug 1845, Cavan, Durham, Ontario, d. 12 May 1921, Haliburton, (Age 75 years)
  • Elizabeth Hobden, b. 13 May 1857, Ontario, d. 27 Jan 1941, Minden, (Age 83 years)
• Children:
  1. Eileen Elizabeth Walker, b. 10 Feb 1909, Minden
  2. Wallace Wesley Walker, b. 2 Nov 1910, Minden, d. 19 Jun 1970 (Age 59 years)
  3. Mildred Walker, b. 24 Feb 1913, Minden, d. 1 Mar 1913, Minden, (Age 0 years) COD: Spontaneous haemorrhage of new born.
  4. Lloyd Walker, b. 4 Apr 1914, Ontario, d. 20 Jun 1985 (Age 71 years)
  5. Elna Walker, b. Abt 1918, Ontario
  6. Clare A Walker, b. 16 Feb 1920, Ontario, d. 22 Sep 1984 (Age 64 years)