Settler of township lots: Lot 27, Conc. A, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot which runs between Bobcaygeon Road and Queens Line Road, 5 lots south of Hwy 118

Land acquisition: 1864 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 388).

Dates of residency:

• 1869 Death of Father William Corbett (1821–1869) Buried: Minden Cemetery
• 1871 Minden Directory: Mrs. Ellen Corbet, a half 27
• 1889 Marriage: Haliburton
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Wm Corbitt, Minden, Lot 27, Conc. A
• 1909 Birth of Son Clayton Johnston Corbett (1909–1985) Haliburton
• 1911 Census of Canada: William & Elizabeth Corbitt. Lots 25 & 27, Conc. A, Minden
• 1916 Death of Daughter, Minnie May Corbett, age 15, at Lot 25, Conc. A, Minden

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1910 Freeman Trumbull
• ? Thomas Calder Prentice

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree for Margaret Ann Walker

• William Corbett b. 27 Mar 1859, St. Marys d. 31 July 1933, Lindsay
• Margaret Ann Walker, b. Abt 1861, Mariposa, Victoria, Ontario, d. 22 Jun 1887, Ontario, (Age ~ 26 years). Buried: Minden Cemetery
  Parents:
  • William Walker, b. Abt 1832, d. 11 Jun 1911  (Age ~ 79 years)
  • Rebecca Coulter, b. Abt 1846, d. 27 Mar 1899  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Second Husband: George R Ross, b. Abt 1841, Scotland d. 21 Apr 1908  (Age ~ 67 years)
• Children with William Corbett: They had 17 children