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John Hooper was the Keeper of the Provincial Penitentiary in Kingston. He and his family emigrated to Kingston from Great Britain.

William McAdam (W.M.) Nickle (January 4, 1897 – December 10, 1968) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1963 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of William Folger Nickle, and educated there and at Osgoode Hall. In 1925, he married Grace Dunlop. He served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and was wounded in World War I. Nickle served in the provincial cabinet as Provincial Secretary and Registrar in 1955, Minister of Planning and Development from 1955 to 1961 and Minister Without Portfolio from 1961 to 1962. He died at his home after a long illness in 1986.

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Christine Webber (née Stock) was born in Cologne, Prussia on 13 July 1871 to Johann Nikolaus Stock and Gertrude Karoline Ernst. She emigrated to Canada and married Ernest Webber.

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Alice King was Registrar of Queen's University. The daughter of Joseph George King, Alice would first gain part-time employment with the University in 1902, and obtained a permanent appointment in 1907 as assistant to the registrar. She would become assistant registrar in 1912, deputy registrar in 1920, and registrar in 1930. She passed away suddenly in April 1933.

Joan McGrath, an artist and festival organizer, was born in the UK to Roderick Watson and Joan Cameron (Teasie) and educated at the University of Cambridge. She was the organizer of community art and crafts shows including Multi-Media Artists (1967-1973), Creativity (1976-1992) and Fanfayr (1983-2011). She married Gerald McGrath in 1957, and had three children.

The Thursday Travel Club appears to have been a ladies club, organized as a forum for formal talks on history, art and culture from around the globe.