Settler of township lots: Lot 5, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within Lot 3, Conc. 4 on Kushog Lake bordered by Switchback Dr, Walkers Line and Northern Lights Dr. and including Twin Rocks Lane

Land acquisition: 1873 from John Fee for $1,000. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 31).

Other land:

• Lot 4, Conc. 3, Stanhope: 1874 patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 16). Note: this lot does not exist in the Haliburton GIS - it would be in the middle of Kushog Lake.
• Lot 3, Conc. 4, Stanhope:
  - 1874 This 60 acre lot was registered as a Free Grant through the Free Grant and Homestead Act of 1868 under the locatee name Joseph Pritchard.
  - 1874 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 60 acres to Joseph Pritchard.
  - patented on illegible date. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 13).
• Lot 4, Conc. 4, Stanhope: 1889 from John Fee for $1,000. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 23).

Dates of residency:

• 1877 Birth of Daughter Jane 'Jennie' Pritchard (1877–1963) Stanhope
• 1879 Birth of Daughter Rosa Anna "Annie" Pritchard (1879–1961) Boskug
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Joseph & Eliz Pritchard with 2 children; also Richd T, labourer & Mary Ann Baillin?
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Pritchard, owner, Lots 3, 4, 5, 4, Conc. 4, 4, 4, 3
• 1883 got mail at Beattys (Boskung Post Office)
• 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Pritchard, owner, Lots 3, 4, 5, 4, Conc. 4, 4, 4, 3
• 1891 Stanhope Voters List: at these locations
• 1891 Census of Canada: Lots 3 to 5, Conc. 4
• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Maple Lake Lot 5, Conc. 4
• 1898 Death of Son James Stewart Pritchard at Lot 5, Conc. 4, Stanhope - kicked by a horse
• 1899 Stanhope Directory: Joseph Pritchard, Boskung Lot 4, Conc. 3
• 1900 Death of Son Harold Clayton Pritchard at Lot 5, Conc. 4, Stanhope
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Joseph & Elizabeth Pritchard with 9 children at Lot 5, Conc. 4
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: at these locations
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Joseph Pritchard, Boskung, Lot 4, Conc. 4
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Joseph Pritchard, farmer, Lots 5, 3, 3, 4, Conc. 4, 3, 4, 4
• 1921 Death: Minden Twp

Interesting facts:

There are least half a dozen Indian graves on this farm according to Nila Reynolds. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 p. 14

Joseph Pritchard was the Reeve of Stanhope from 1877-79, 1890-91, and 1894-96.

Joseph and his wife Elizabeth had 11 children: See photo below
     - Stewart (b. 1861) was kicked by a horse in September of 1898 at the Minden Fair and died at the age of 17. Image source: Canadian Post (Lindsay, ONT), 7 Oct 1898

     - Harold (b. 1897) shown in his mother's arms in the photo below, was killed by a log that rolled over him in 1900 at the age of 18 months. Source: and Watchman Warder (1899), 26 Apr 1900

Preceding landowner:

• Lot 4, Conc. 3 & Lot 3, Conc. 4 - The Crown
• Lots 4 & 5, Conc. 4 - 1872 & 1874 John Fee

Succeeding landowner:

• 1904 Alexander McConnell B&S for $1,200 total for all 3 lots.
• 1920 William John Walker for $1,500
• 1922 William Howard Walker for $1,000

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Joseph Pritchard, b. 26 Aug 1845, Cavan, Ontario,  d. 12 May 1921, Haliburton, (Age 75 years) COD: Arterial Schlerosis. Buried: Minden Cemetery
• Elizabeth Hobden, b.14 May 1858, Ontario, d. 27 Jan 1941, Minden, (Age ~ 83 years)
• Children:
  1. Jane 'Jennie' Pritchard, b. 27 Feb 1877, Stanhope, d. 23 Aug 1963 (Age 86 years)
  2. Rose Anna 'Annie' Pritchard, b. 23 Mar 1879, Stanhope, d. 15 Jul 1961, Maple Lake,  Age 82 years)
     1904 Married Duncan Buchanan Prentice in Haliburton
  3. James Stewart Pritchard, b. 21 Aug 1881, Stanhope, d. 30 Sep 1898, Stanhope, (Age 17 years) COD: Kicked by a horse
  4. Alfred Pritchard, b. 11 Sep 1883, Stanhope, d. 28 Jan 1957 (Age 73 years) 
  5. Ethel Maud Pritchard, b. 12 Jul 1885, Stanhope, d. 1939 (Age 53 years)
  6. Joseph Earl Pritchard, b. 12 Aug 1887, Stanhope, d. 1 May 1930, Lindsay, (Age 42 years)
  7. Lewis Cecil Pritchard  b. 21 Mar 1890, Stanhope, d. 01 Sep 1966 (Age 76 years)
  8. Nellie Eileen Pritchard, b. 10 Feb 1893  d. 1979 (Age 85 years)
  9. Lawrence Pritchard, b. 30 May 1895, Stanhope, d. 21 Jan 1978 (Age 82 years)
  10. Harold Clayton Pritchard, b. 21 Oct 1897, Stanhope, d. 17 Apr 1900, Stanhope, (Age 2 years). COD: Accident, sudden death
  11. Bertha Noreen Pritchard, b. 13 May 1900, Stanhope, d. 04 Aug 1989 (Age 89 years)

Photo 1. Photo of the Joseph Pritchard family taken in 1898 from Pic of the Past in the Haliburton County Echo, October 29, 1975

2. Pritchard Homestead, c. 1902: