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Alexander Kirkpatrick (1749-1818) and Marianne Sutton (1767-1833) of Coolmine, Consilla, near Dublin had 13 children: Elizabeth, Margaret, Anne, Alexander, George, Catherine, Marg, Francis, Lydia, Thomas, William, Joseph, and Stafford Frederick. Three of the children settled in Canada. Thomas came to Canada from Ireland in 1823. Stafford Frederick followed soon after and Elizabeth married Colonel Colley Foster, aide-de-camp of Sir H. Drummond, in Quebec.

Thomas Kirkpatrick (1805-1870) came from Ireland in 1823. He settled in Kingston and became a lawyer. In 1828 he founded the law firm that eventually became Nickle and Nickle. He erected a building at 194 Ontario Street which was used for legal purposes for over 75 years. He lived alongside his business on the site of the Frontenac Hotel but later moved to the house known as St. Helen's on King Street West. He was the first Mayor of Kingston in 1838, and served a second term in 1847 when Kingston was a city. He was also a member of parliament for the County of Frontenac. In 1829, he married Helen Fisher, daughter of Alexander Fisher, judge of the Midland District, and had five sons and four daughters.

Stafford Frederick Kirkpatrick (1809-1858) also became a lawyer and settled in Peterborough, Ontario where he eventually became district judge in 1845. In 1835 Stafford married Henrietta Fisher, sister of Helen Fisher Kirkpatrick. They had two sons and four daughters.

Thomas' son, George Airey Kirkpatrick (1841-1899), succeeded his father in the law and had as his partner Mr. R. Vashon Rogers. He obtained his B.A. and LLB from Trinity College, Dublin in 1861. He was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1865, and became a member of the Queen's Counsel in 1880. In 1870 he was elected representative for the County of Frontenac succeeding his father. He retained the seat until 1892 when he became Lieutenant-Governor fo Ontario, a position he held until 1897.

Born on October 29, 1921 in Perth, Ontario, Emma Campbell was the daughter of James and Jenny Acheson, and sister of Annie (Acheson) Fournier. Emma Campbell graduated as a registered nurse in 1943 from the Brockville General Hospital and spent much of her career as an operating room nurse. She passed away July 28, 2011.

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The parents of Solomon Jones (1756-1822) emigrated from Wales to New Jersey around 1750 and later removed to Fort Edward, New York. Solomon attended medical school in Albany and in 1776-77 served as surgeon's mate with Sir John Johnson's corps. After the British surrender at Saratoga, Jones escaped to Canada where he served with the army, chiefly at Three Rivers and Montreal, until 1783. He then settled with his mother, sister and his brothers, Daniel, David, and John in the Township of Augusta, Grenville County. Here he farmed and practiced medicine (as one of the first doctors in Upper Canada). From 1796 to 1800 he sat in the Legislative Assembly as member for Grenville County. In 1800 he was appointed a judge of the Johnstown District Court and later served as Commissioner of Highways and member of the Land Board. Solomon Jones and his descendants were, and remained, influential members of the community: doctors, lawyers, farmers, businessmen.

The Hurst family came to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from Yorkshire, England in 1905-1906.

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Jugh and Madaline Engheimer came to America in 1721 from tha Palatinate of Alsace and the lower Rhine. They has a patent for a tract of land on the Mohawk River near Herkimer, New York. They had thirteen children. One of the children, Johan Jost Herkimer or Herchmer, the father of the Kingston branch of the family, had served in Butlers rangers during the border warfare. He left his family in the new republic and in 1784 or 1785, or perhaps as early as 1783, with his wife Mary Van Allan settled at Cataraqui (named, in 1788, Kingston). He and his wife had seven children, four boys and three girls. Lawrence, the second son, was a merchant, first at Port Hope and later at Kingston. He married Elizabeth Kirby and together they had 7 children. Charles Lawrence, the fourth son, carried on his father's business after Lawrence's death in 1819. The third son, William Macaulay, became an Anglican clergyman. Two of his sons had careers in the Royal Canadian North West Mounted Police.

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Family of Aaron Hart.