Settler of township lots: Lot 30, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Link to the Packard family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 96 acre lot at the east end of Tulip Lane

Land acquisition: 1942 from James Begg by son George Packard. Ontario Land Parcel Register Index - Stanhope Concession 1 (Image 281).

Dates of residency:

• 1893 Stanhope Directory: Wm Packard, Maple Lake
• 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List William Packard, farmer
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Wm Packard, farmer, Lot 30, Conc. 1
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Wm Packard, Maple Lake
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: John Packard, farmer, Lot 30, Conc. 1
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Widow Isabella (Sisson) Packard
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: John Packard, farmer, Isabella's son
• 1911 Stanhope Post Office List: Andrew, George, Isabella & John are listed at this lot
• 1911 Stanhope Township Post Office List: Widow Isabella

Interesting facts: William Henry Packard never registered a title on this land. It was owned by James Begg until Packard's son George bought it in 1942 in a tax sale. He died in Toronto General Hospital in 1907 and is buried in a "poor" lot in the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery.

Preceding landowner: 1886 James Begg from The Crown

1942 George Packard from the Warden and Treasurer.