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The Orphans' Home and Widows' Friend Society was organized in 1857 to provide for the care and education of orphans. Initially these children came from the House of Industry, an institution established by the Female Benevolent Society for the poor of the area. By 1857 the House of Industry was well established and receiving aid so the women who had been involved in organizing that agency now turned their attention to the children. In March, 1857, thirteen children were admitted from the House of Industry into a house on Earl street where they were cared for and taught by a Mrs. Harold. Other destitute children attended the classes. In 1862 the Orphans' Home and Widows' Friend Society was granted a charter. In 1862 the Orphanage and school moved to larger quarters. In 1927 the building housing the Orphanage was bought by Queen's University and Sunnyside, the home of Mrs. G.Y. Chown, was bought for use as an orphanage (formerly 241 Union St, now 50 Vandalay Crescent). As conditions changed and orphan children were adopted or placed in foster homes the orphanage had fewer and fewer inmates. By 1947 the role of Sunnyside had changed. It was formally closed in 1998 and the house "Sunnyside" was sold.

Donald Matheson Sutherland was born at Norwich, Ontario, in 1879. He graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto. He enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces on the first day of WWI and went overseas with the First Division. Sutherland was wounded at the second battle of Ypres and was invalided home, but returned to France as a commanding officer of the 52nd Battalion. He rose to the rank of Colonel and was awarded a D.S.O.
After the War, Sutherland was elected to parliament for North Oxford at the general election of 1925, but was defeated in the following year. In the 1930 election, he was returned to Parliament, and on August 7th, he joined Bennett's government as Minister of National Defence. He served in that portfolio until 1934 when he moved to Pensions and National Health, continuing to head the latter department until the defeat of the government and of himself in the general election of 1935. He lived out his retirement in Embro, Ontario. He died on June 4th, 1970.

Captain James Sutherland was a steamboat owner and captain in Hamilton, Ontario.

Robert Oliver Sweezey, BSc., M.E.I.C., M.C.I.M.M. was born December 8, 1883 at Three Rivers, Quebec. After graduation from Queen's University, Kingston, with the BSc degree, he established himself as a Consulting Engineer, specializing in water, power, pulp and paper, timber lands, and financial reports. He was employed by a number of banking, investment, and public institutions before establishing his own business in 1921. R. O. Sweezey married Harriet Watson, daughter of Professor John Watson, Kingston, on April 27, 1911, and he continued to maintain close ties to Kingston although he resided in the Montreal suburb of Westmount for much of his life. He was a Trustee of Queen's University, and was on the staff of the Royal Military College in Kingston. He became involved in the investment dealership business and was a member of the Board of Directors of several companies. Sweezey was a pricipal in Beauharois scandal involving hydro power in Quebec. After Beauharnois, Sweezey was involved with several mining and power schemes, mainly in western Canada. The principal ones were the Ford-Highwood coal property in Alberta, and the Livingstone Range Syndicate. In 1968 R.O.Sweezey passed away at the age of 85.

Arthur William Symons (1865-1945) was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales the second child of a Wesleyan Methodisit minister, Reverend Mark Symons (1824-1898) and his wife Lydia Pascoe (1828-1896). Credited with familiarizing the English with French and Italian writing, he produced a several translations and an extensive collection of personal writing and poetry.

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Charles Platt Treadwell was the son of Nathaniel Treadwell and Margaret Platt. He returned to Canada in 1823 and after prolonged negotiation repossessed his father's property in Longueil. He made his home at L'Orignal, married Helen Macdonnell, and raised a family of four daughters. A strong Presbyterian, he donated land for a church, built of stone of which he was a trustee.
In 1834, Mr. Treadwell was appointed High Sheriff of Prescott and Russelllife. He was a pioneer in agricultural improvements, religious reform and in railway projects. He is said to have been the first Canadian to advocate for a Pacific Railway. He died at 71 years of age in 1873.

Charles Andrew Tupper is an author based in Foxboro, Ontario.

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The United Empire Loyalist Butter and Cheese Company, Limted was founded in Adolphustown, Ontario, in 1897.