The Parrot family were United Empire Loyalists who settled in the Bay of Quinte district. The family included John Parrot, a mariner who owned property in Beverly and New Boston at the time of the American Revolution, and his sons James and John. The two sons came to Canada, where James became a farmer and a colonel in the militia and John became a school teacher.
Edith Chown, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Chown of Kingston, was born on September 13, 1890. Her mother died in 1896 and Edith and her three brothers were brought up in Kingston by their maternal grandmother and by their aunt, Charlotte Conley.
Edtih graduated from Queen's University in 1912 and attended normal school in Regina. For several years she taught school in the West. While at Queen's University she met Lorne Pierce. They graduated in the same year, and met again when both were in the West, where Lorne was serving as a Minister. On September 9, 1916, they were married. They had two children, Beth (Mrs. J. D. Robinson) and Bruce.
Edith Pierce died on April 23, 1954.
Dr. John M. Platt graduated in medicine from Victoria College, Cobourg, in 1869. From 1899 until at least 1912 he was warden of the Kingston penitentiary. His son, Dr. G.A. Platt,was a Kingston physician.
John Power (1816-1882) came to Kingston from England in 1846. Given the lack of formal training facilities, it might be assumed that John Power's early architectural training and experience was gained under his father, an architect/builder in Devonshire. In Kingston, it is thought that John Power first assisted in architectural work in the offices of Edward Horsey, a fellow emigrant from Devonshire and probably the brother of John Horsey, with whom Power travelled to Canada. The first professional mention of Power working on his own is an 1850 item in the Kingston Daily News (March 22). Throughout the 1850s, '60s and '70s, Power's practice diversified including designs for houses, both single and multiple, several churches and schoolhouses. In 1862 he began what was to become a series of associations with governmental clients by assuming responsibility as joint architect with William Coverdale for the Watkins Wing of the Kingston General Hospital.
In 1873 Joseph Power (1849-1925) became a partner in his father's architectural firm, which then became known as Power & Son. This name was continued until 1919, in spite of John Power's death in 1882. Around 1880 a younger son, Thomas R.P. Power (1859-1930) also joined the practice although the name of the firm was never changed to reflect this addition to the practice. Colin Drever (1887-1975), educated at Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh and emigrated to Canada in 1911, worked for Power & Son from 1912 to 1915 and again in 1818. He was taken in as a partner in 1919, at which time drawings in the Power Collection began to be signed Power Son & Drever. Powers retired in 1923 leaving Drever on his own until 1945 when he was joined by Harry P. Smith (1905-1983), a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Architecture degree (1929). Drever retired in 1967.
George Pringle was the son of James Pringle, a Justice of the Peace of Cornwall. He attended Queen's University in Arts from 1849 to 1850 and obtained a medical degree later from McGill. He took further medical training in England during 1857 and 1858.
The Pritchard family established their business at Wyman, Quebec in the 19th century. Originally the small village was known as Billerica until the C.P.R. arrived and the name was changed to Wyman. Mr. James M. Pritchard (1847-1889) established the family business, a general store, which became the centre of the village. When Mr. Pritchard died suddenly, his wife, pregnant with her fourth child, took over management of the family business, now officially know as E.A. Pritchard. Eventually her son, William Frederick Pritchard (1879- 1953) took over. William Frederick was also the local postmaster and stationmaster.He was assisted periodically at the store by his sister Abbie Stewart Pritchard (1887-1960). Abbie's main interest, however, was the Women's Institute in which movement she became quite prominent. The business was taken over by the Dodds family in 1944 when Fred Pritchard became ill. In 1969 the modernized store was destroyed by fire.
Andrew Rankin was a carter at Kingston, Ontario. He had two sons: Charles, a carpenter and James W., a tinsmith.