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Dr. Thomas Robinson Dupuis was a school teacher and medical doctor in Kingston. He was also an Alderman in the City of Kingston as well as a professor at Queen's University in Anatomy and Botany. His first wife, Elizabeth Emery Lake (b.1841-d.1886) whom he married on the 23rd of April, 1861, was the daughter of prosperous farmer Dennis Lake. Thomas and Elizabeth had five children; two daughters who died in infancy, and three sons.

After the death of Elizabeth, Thomas remarried Anne Jane Crawford (b.1857-d.1924), also a school teacher. They had a daughter Ethel Maude (1889-1950). After the death of Thomas Robinson Dupuis, Anne Jane became mentally ill and was institutionalized.

James Godfrey was born in Ireland in 1824 and likely came to Canada in, or around, 1841. He moved to Kingston in 1884, taking up residence at Napier Cottage. He owned and lived in a number of houses in Kingston, including 156 Bagot Street and 216 Gordon Street. James Godfrey was a clerk in holy orders of the Church of England. He was ordained deacon in 1851 by Bishop Strachan. In 1878 he was living in the community of Marysville on Wolfe Island, probably as the rector of the Church of England there.

Godfrey's wife, Sara, died on July 12, 1874. They had four children: Elizabeth Eleanor (b. July 20, 1856 - d. January 14, 1883); William (b. May 19, 1858); Frances Henrietta (b.May 28, 1860); and Josiah James (b.May 13, 1863-d. 1907)

Dr. Edward H. Horsey was a medical doctor. He was married to Frances (Haven) Horsey. The Horsey residence in Kingston, known as the Craig property, was situated on the corner of King and Union Streets. Edward died in Chicago in 1890. Frances returned to Kingston, where she managed the estates of both her former husband and her mother (Theresa Isaac Haven). She remarried Dr. Chester Loomis Curtis of Kingston in 1894, and died in 1899.

Dennis Lake (1808-1874) was a farmer who owned extensive lands in the County of Frontenac and district. Dennis was born in Ernestown July 25, 1808. He had a brother Stephen and a sister, Margaret, who married Christopher Cavenell. In 1831 Dennis bought the north half of lot 12 in the second concession of the Township of Portland, from his father and settled on this lot until his retirement in 1873. Dennis married Jane Shibley and had six children, five daughters and a son who died in infancy. The family is listed as Wesleyan Methodists, though later in life Dennis seemed to favour the Church of England. Dennis Lake was hard-working and able in business. He bought many tracts of land which he managed to good advantage. He became a model farmer and his homestead was one of the finest in the Province. He loaned and invested his money, and held many mortgages. He took an active part in the building of the Kingston and Portland Macadamized Road, in which he owned stock. He was a Councillor for the Township of Portalnd, and for the County of Frontenac. In 1873, in ailing health, Dennis moved to Kingston to a home at the corner of Queen and Sydenham Streets. He died an extremely wealthy man in February of 1874.

First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, at Inchlaggan in Glengarry, Scotland; d. 14 January, 1840, at Dumfries, Scotland. Bishop Macdonell then became the first Bishop of Upper Canada with his see at Kingston. His zeal for the formation of a native priesthood is abundantly shown in the establishment of the Seminary of Iona at St. Raphael's, in 1826, and of Regiopolis College at Kingston, in 1838, not to speak of the many priests educated at his own expense. In the year 1840 he died in his native Scotland, whither he had gone with the hope of interesting Irish and Scotch bishops in a scheme of emigration. In 1861 his remains were brought to Kingston by Bishop Horan and were interred beneath the cathedral.

Angus Joseph Macdonnell was born May 23, 1859 in Hamilton, Ontario. He attended St. Mary's College in Montreal. He served with the Ontario Bank from 1877 unitl it closed in 1906. He was the manager of the Bank of Montreal, Kingston Branch from October 1906 until his death in November, 1920.

John Maitland was born at Kirkcudbright, Scotland ion July 3, 1807. In 1841 he was commissioned a surgeon in the 8th Foot Regiment, and in 1843, as a surgeon major in the Royal Canadian Rifles, at which time he likely came to Canada. During his stay in Canada, Maitland invested heavily in bank stocks and mortgages. He also acquired property and large tracts of land in the Sherbrooke, Ottawa, Port Credit, Toronto, Chatham, Niagara, Peterborough and Orillia areas.

Maitland eventually proceeded to Anglesea, Gosport, England in late 1858 where he died, January 23, 1865. The heirs to his estate were his wife Madeline, sons James Sampson and Ernest, and daughter Margaret.

William Robert Sanders of Deer Park, Charleville, County Cork, Ireland came to Canada and was articled as clerk to Thomas Kirkpatrick in 1832. Kirkpatrick had been a former neighbour and family friend in Ireland. Sanders remained in Kingston until 1842, investing in several properties in Kingston , and in the steamboat, William IV. When Sanders returned to Ireland, he appointed James Burrowes, another clerk in Kirkpatrick's firm, to mangage his property in Canada. Sanders died in Ireland in August of 1850. He left no immediate family.

The son of William and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Shiels, John Shiels was born in Prescott, Canada, April 29, 1835, and until he was about fourteen years of age he received educational advantages provided by private schools in the vicinity of his home. It was about this time, 1849, that the home of the family was transferred to Maitland, Ontario, and there he worked on a farm for about a year and half. During this time he decided to learn the tinsmith's trade, and for that purpose went to Kingston and apprenticed himself under a reliable instructor. Having completed his apprenticeship he worked at his trade independently at Kingston for about nine years. Shiels operated a store at 32 King Street from 1862 to1873, and lived at the same address. While in Kingaton John Shiels married Emily Woods, and five children were born to them. In 1873 there is notice of a Bankrupt Stock Sale by tender under the Insolvency Act of 1869. After the failure of his business Shiels appears to have worked around town as a tinsmith up until 1883 when he leaves for Riverside, California.
Shiels' identification with the city of Riverside began on March 1, 1883, where, with limited capital, he established the nucleus of the business which was carried on under his name for over a quarter of a century. His shop was first located on Main street near Ninth, his attention then being confined almost exclusively to the tinsmith's trade, but gradually he added plumbing to his original business. Since 1891 business has been located at Tenth and Market streets. From 1888 until the death of John Shiels, October 25, 1911, the business was carried on under the name of John Shiels & Sons, but the firm name is now Shiels Brothers. Emily Woods Shiels passed away June 16, 1904.

Robert Sproul (1808-1860) emigrated to Upper Canada from County Fermanagh, Ireland; his wife Sarah, from County Down. Prior to her marriage to Sproul, Sarah was married to Edward Savage, innkeeper at Kingston. Sproul and his family resided in the village of Clark Mills, now called Camden East, from the early 1840's until 1858. His occupation at this time is documented as farmer and innkeeper. In 1857 or 1858 he moved to Kingston where he leased properties for business and residential purposes on Princess Street near Clergy. Most notable of these were Storrington House and Addinton House, both likely used as hotels. Sproul died on August 21, 1860 and was buried at Clark Mills. He was survived by his wife and seven children