Thomas Calder Prentice

Settler of township lots: Lot  2, Conc. 10, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre Lot 1 Conc. 10 running from Swan Road east of Queens Line Road.

Land acquisition: 1926 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 7).

Other land:

  • Lot 26, Conc. A, Minden - ? from Freeman Trumbull. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 388).
  • Lot 1, Conc. 10, Minden - 1909 from Oscar Stamp; 1920 to Walter McKelvey; 1949 to Wilfred Ackerblade; 1955 to Swan Ackerblade. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 2).
  • Lot 1, Conc. 11, Minden - 1902 from John Prentice; 1920 to Walter McKelvey. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 245).
  • Lot 2, Conc. 11, Minden - >1920 from The Crown; 1920 to Walter McKelvey. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 249).

Dates of residency:

  • 1900 Marriage to Jennie Pritchard, teacher, Haliburton
  • 1905 Birth of Daughter Alice Marion Prentice( 1905–1985) Minden
  • 1911 Census of Canada - Thomas Collander & Jane Prentice at Lots 1 and 2, Conc. 10 and 11, Minden.

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

  • 1926 Walter McKelvie
  • 1949 Wilfred Ackerblade

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

  • Thomas Calder Prentice, b. 06 Apr 1874, Ancaster, d. 23 Dec 1953, Canada (Age 79 years)
    Parents: John Prentice (1835-1909); Christine McColl (1836-1912)
  • Jennie Jane Pritchard, b. 27 Feb 1877, Stanhope, d. 23 Aug 1963, Minden (Age 86 years)
    Parents:
    • Joseph Pritchard, b. 26 Aug 1845, Cavan, 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. Alice Marian Prentice, b. 27 Sep 1905, Minden, d. 14 Jun 1985, Minden (Age 79 years)
    2. Lisle Muriel Prentice, b. 23 Aug 1907, Minden,  d. 1 May 2000  (Age 92 years)
    3. Thomas Leslie Prentice, b. 07 Jul 1910, Minden,  d. Feb 1989, Canada (Age 78 years) see Photo 2 below
    4. Mable Isobel Prentice, b. 08 Aug 1915, Minden,  d. 27 Apr 1995, Minden (Age 79 years). Married: Magnus Sinclair Russell 1934

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

Photo 2: Thomas Leslie Prentice Mailman. Source: Ancestry. ca Barbara Moore originally shared this on 09 Nov 2016

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