Settler of township lots: Lot 19, Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 97 acre lot running south from Tulip Road (the old Peterson Colonization Road) between Hwy 118 and Voicey Road.

Land acquisition: 1884 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 399).

Other land:

• Lot 18, Conc. 12, Minden - 1886 from Henry Howell; 1916 to John & William Chambers. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 120)
• Lot 22, Conc. 13, Minden - 1868 from Henry Barnham; 1884 to David James Chambers. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 406).
• Lot 23, Conc. 13, Minden - 1868 from Andrew Barnham; 1875 to James Chambers. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 412).

Dates of residency:

• 1871 Minden Directory: Wiliam Chambers, 13 pt 22
• 1881 Birth of Daughter Margaret Chambers (1881–) Carnarvon
• 1893 Minden Township Directory: Wm Chambers, Carnarvon
• 1896 Birth of Daughter Ruth Beatrice Chambers (1896–1960): Lot 19 Conc. 12, Minden
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Wm Chambers, Carnarvon, Lot 19, Conc. 12
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: William & Alice Chambers Lots 18 & 19, Conc. 12, Minden
• 1923 Death of Wife Alice Howell (1859–1923) Carnarvon

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1915 Allan Brown
• 1922 William Chambers

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• William Chambers, b. 14 Dec 1847, Scotland d. 24 Jan 1928, Toronto, (Age 80 years). COD: Endocarditis, anemia
  Parents:
  • James Chambers, b. 16 May 1817, Scotland d. 29 Mar 1890, Haliburton, (Age 72 years)
  • Margaret Sidey, b. 27 Feb 1827, Scotland d. 19 May 1892, Haliburton, (Age 65 years)
• Alice Howell, b. 21 Mar 1858, Hamilton, d. 12 Jul 1923, Carnarvon. (Age 65 years). COD: Cerebral degeneration. Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
• Children:
  1. James Edward Chambers, b. 12 Jul 1876, Carnarvon, d. 08 Jan 1965, Carnarvon, (Age 88 years) 
  2. Ann Chambers, b. 25 Dec 1878, Carnarvon, d. 15 May 1947, Toronto, (Age 68 years)  
  3. Margaret Chambers, b. 01 Apr 1881, Carnarvon, d. 28 Aug 1970, Toronto, (Age 89 years)  
  4. Alice Isabella Chambers, b. 19 Oct 1883, Haliburton,  d. 15 Jul 1973, Toronto,(Age 89 years)
  5. Margery Margaret Chambers, b. 01 Nov 1885, Carnarvon, d. 06 Aug 1945, Toronto, (Age 59 years)
  6. Charlotte Chambers, b. 10 Dec 1887, Carnarvon,  d. 11 Nov 1964, Toronto, (Age 76 years)
  7. John Chambers, b. 12 May 1890, Carnarvon, d. 08 Mar 1974, Lindsay, (Age 83 years)
  8. Ruth Beatrice Chambers, b. 03 Mar 1896, Carnarvon, d. 04 Oct 1960, Toronto, Age 64 years)
  9. Muriel Grace Chambers, b. 30 Jul 1901, Carnarvon, d. 30 Aug 1983, Toronto, (Age 82 years)

Image: Howell Alice. Courtesy of Bob Chambers. Source:  Eunice_Matresky originally shared this on 31 jul 2014