Settler of township lots: Lots 20 & 21, Conc. 5, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within Lot 21, Conc. 5 running along the east side of  McPhail Rd. where it turns west and goes north.

Land acquisition: No record of ownership. 1885 Owen Wessels (his grandfather) from the Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Images 142 & 145).

Date of residency:

• 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 10, Family 100.
  Living with grandparents Owen & Sarah Wessels.
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List - Whitney McIntyre is listed as farmer, owner at Lots 20 & 21, Conc. 5.
• 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Year: 1906; Census Place: 18A, Marquette, Manitoba; Page: 7; Family No: 61.

Interesting facts:

The last residence for Owen Wessels is 1901 Stanhope Voters List then his death in 1904 in North Dakota.

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 20, Conc. 5: 1910 Sarah Wessels (widow) to Fred McPhail for $200; 1937 Gordon Roy McPhail.
• Lot 21, Conc. 5: 1910 Sarah Wessels (widow) to Percival McPhail for $200; 1914 Charles McPhail for $200.

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Whitney McIntyre, b. 03 Jan 1882, Stanhope
  Parents:
  • Daniel McIntyre, b. 1848, Brighton, Northumberland, d. 11 Nov 1904, Dysart,  (Age 56 years)
  • Sarah Wessels, b. Abt 1855, Murray, Northumberland, d. 19 Jul 1891, Stanhope,   (Age ~ 36 years)