Settler of township lots: Lot 25, Conc. 6, Stanhope
Link to the Thompson family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree website
Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 97 acre north of Hawk Lake Road one lot east of Dawson Road
Land acquisition: 1910 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 6 ( Image 128).
Dates of residency:
- 1883 Stanhope Voters List: William Thompson, owner, Lots 25, 26, 25, Conc. 5, 5, 6
- 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Wm. Thompson, owner, Lot 25, Conc. 6
- 1893 Stanhope Directory: Wm Thompson, Maple Lake
- 1899 Stanhope Directory: Wm Thompson, Maple Lake
- 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: William & Harriet Thompson with 4 children and Edward Pettrick, her father, at Lot 26, Conc. 6, Stanhope, owned by George Thompson, his father.
- 1901 Stanhope Voters List
- 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Wm Thompson, Maple Lake
- 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Wm Thompson, farmer, Lot 25, Conc. 6; also Thomas Thompson, farmer
- 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: William & Harriet Thompson, father George Thompson and 5 children
- 1911 Stanhope Township Post Office List
- 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 26, Conc. 7 (formerly his father, George's property)
- 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Lots "np26, 25, 19, 25, Conc. 7,6
- 1931 Death: Maple Lake
Other residents:
- 1911 and 1918 Stanhope Township Post Office Lists: Howard Thompson (son) is listed at Lot 25, Conc. 6 (Qualification: f s). on the 1911 Stanhope Voters List and at this lot
- 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Roland Thompson (son) was listed at Lot 25, Conc. 6
- 1928 Stanhope Voters List.: Howard Thompson (son) and his wife Katie are listed at Lots, 25 & 26, Conc. 6
Interesting facts:
Preceding landowner: The Crown
Succeeding landowner: 1943 Warden & Treasurer (Tax Sale). to Leslie James Coulter with part Lot 24, Conc. 6.
Photo: From Ancestry.ca Edward Pethick, Harriet Jane Pethick, William James Thompson