Settler of township lots: Lot 28, Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running south from Tulip Road east of 25th Line Road

Land acquisition: 1908 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 437).

Other land:

• Lot 28, Conc. 12, Minden - 1988 from The Crown; 1991 to Thomas Ervin Thompson; 1921 to Charles Barry. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 161).
• Lot 15, Conc. 13, Minden - part from Alfred Thomas in 1912. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 317). Downtown Carnarvon

Dates of residency:

• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: Wm Thompson, Blairhampton, Lot 28, Conc. 13, Minden.
• 1911 Census of Canada, Minden: Lot 15, Conc. 13 with wife Eliza b.1857 and son John Alfred b. 1871.

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• 1908 Thomas Ervin Thompson, his son.
• 1921 Charles Barry
• 1940 William Henry Cowen

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• William Thompson, b. 5 Sep 1854, Hamilton, d. 4 Feb 1935, East York, (Age 80 years) Buried: Kirkfield Cemetery
• Eliza Thomas, b. 15 Jun 1857, Birmingham,  England 
  1. Euphemia Thompson, b. 19 Jul 1879, Minden, d. 12 Dec 1963, Peterborough, (Age 84 years)
  2. Thomas Ervin Thompson, b. 13 Jan 1882, Haliburton
  3. Sarah Ester Thompson, b. 17 Dec 1887, Ontario
  4. John Alfred Thompson  b. 23 May 1894, Ontario