Settler of township lots: Lot 29, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running north from the east end of Tulip Road.

Land acquisition: 1917 from Edward Noice. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 274).

Dates of residency:

• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: Lot 26, Conc. 7 living with parents and siblings (south shore of Soyers Lake)
• 1917 Marriage: Margaret Agnes Packard (1897–) Stanhope
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Rbt McKnight, Maple Lake
• 1938 Death of born dead son at Lot 22, Conc. 3, Guilford

Interesting facts:

Mr. R. McKnight was the superintendent of the Allsaw Sunday school in 1892. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 280

First landowner: ? James Begg from The Crown

Preceding landowner: 1903 Edward Noice $2,000 with other lands

Succeeding landowner: 1917 George Packard (brother-in-law)

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Robert McKnight, b. 01 Jan 1887, Minden (born at home in Allsaw) d. 1989
  Parents:
  • Samuel McKnight
  • Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Bateson,   b. Abt 1863, Ontario,
• Margaret Agnes Packard, b. 28 Nov 1897, Stanhope
  Parents:
  • William Henry Packard, b. 15 Apr 1857, Ontario,  d. 16 Aug 1907, York, (Age 50 years)
  • Isabella Sisson, b. 25 Aug 1860, Durham, d. 24 May 1914, Stanhope,  (Age 53 years)
• Family:
  1. Basil McKnight, b. Abt 1919, Ontario
  2. Living
  3. Eileen Teresa McKnight, b. Abt 1921, Minden
  4. Baby McKnight, b./d. 13 Feb 1938, Haliburton, (Age 0 years). COD: Born dead