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The Drummond family is the line of Capt. Peter Drummond of Jessup's Loyal Rangers.

The Rev. George Douglas was born in Scotland in 1825 to John and Mary (Hood) Douglas. He emigrated with his family to Canada seven years later, settling in Montreal. Ordained in 1850, his first post was in the West Indies, however, ill-health forced him to return to Montreal in 1852 where he eventually became the first Principal of the newly established Wesleyan Theological College at McGill University. He remained in this position until his death in 1894. In 1854, George Douglas had married Maria Bolton Pearson, much against her father's wishes. Together they had four daughters. Allie, the youngest daughter of George and Maria Douglas, travelled widely throughout Canada and the United States on an evangelical mission with her husband John Arthur Vibert. Mina, the second daughter of George and Maria, helped establish the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal in 1892.

George Vibert Douglas, son of John and Allie (Douglas) Vibert, was born 2 July 1892. He attended McGill University, receiving a B.Sc. in 1920 and an M.Sc. the following year. Upon leaving University, George Douglas served as geologist on Sir Ernest Shackelton's "Quest" expedition (1921-1922) to Antarctica. He returned to Canada in 1932 as the first incumbent in the newly established Carnegie Chair of Geology at Dalhousie University; a position he held until his retirement in 1957. He died on 8 October 1958.

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Archibald W. Dingman (b.1850, Prince Edward Co., d.1936, Alberta), came to Alberta ca. 1900, 1905 founded Calgary Natural Gas, 1914 drilled Dingman well, Turner Valley.

The Dickey Family, as documented by these records, begins with John Dickey, 1795-1851, who emmigrated from Ireland to Canada in the late 1820's. He became a school teacher and later a Presbyterian clergyman. His son, James Dickey, became a prosperous farmer and politician in the Williamsburg area. John Sutherland Dickey, the son of James Dickey, became a school teacher and later a medical doctor.

Joseph Deacon was born in in Perth, Ontario, in 1830. Deciding on law as a profession he entered the office of his brother, John Deacon, late senior judge of the County of Renfrew. He was sworn in as solicitor in 1854, admitted as an attorney in 1857, and called to the bar in 1860 and in the fall of that year moved to Brockville. After practising for eleven years he was appointed police magistrate of Brockville and he held the position from 1871 to 1918. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1884 by the Federal Government. He practiced law in Brockville until his death in 1918.
Charles Rufus Deacon, son of Joseph Deacon and Amanda (Teskey) Deacon, graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in 1902. He practised with his father until his father's death. In 1924 the family moved to Toronto where, until his retirement, he was Master of Titles for the Province of Ontario. In 1933 he was appointed a Kinf's Counsel and he died in 1955.
John Albert Deacon, son of Charles Rufus and Anna (McConachie) Deacon, graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1939. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery and the Judge Advocate - General's Staff during World War II. After the war he practisec in Toronto and was appointed a Provincial Court Judge in 1965.

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