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Thomas Darling (1814-1883) was born in Berwick, Scotland and came to Canada in the 1830s. In 1845 he established a business as a merchant in Lansdowne, Ontario and supplying wood to steamers at Darlingside, on the St.Lawrence River. A second store was established in 1871, staffed by Darling's oldest son, John. In 1883 Thomas Darling died and was survived by three sons - John David William, Thomas John and George Henry - who carried on the family business with some diversification. Thomas and John continued in the store while George specialized in imported teas he sold through travelling agents. There are no records of the sale of wood after 1883. Beside their commerce, the family owned and managed considerable property in the St. Lawrence and in the early twentieth century purchased and mortgaged property in Alberta.

William Rupert Davies was born on September 12, 1879, at Welshpool, Mongomeryshire, Wales and emigrated to Canada in 1894. Shortly after his arrival he became an apprentice in the printing trade with the Brantford Expositor. He entered the newspaer field as publisher and editor in 1908 when he leased The Herald, a weekly paper printed in Thamesville, Ontario. Successful as a publisher, he purchased The Herald in 1908. Ten years later he sold it and bought The Renfrew Mercury, a larger weekly, which he published until 1925. Later that year he purchased The Daily British Whig of Kingston and, in December, 1926, merged with The Daily Standard of Kingston, becoming vice-president and editor and later the president (1931) of the newly formed Whig-Standard. Davies entered the broadcasting business in 1941 when he formed Allied Broadcasting Corporation to build and operate a radio station in Kingston.. In August, 1942, Radio Station CKWS was established. In November 1942 Davies was appointed to the Senate of Canada, a position he held until his death in 1967.

Arthur Llewellyn Davies, the son of William Rupert and Florence (Mackay) Davies was born August 18, 1903, at Brantford, Ontario. In 1926 he became City Editor for the Daily British Whig, newly purchased by his father. He continued in the family business and in 1951 became the Publisher of Canada's oldest daily newpaper. He held this position until succeeded by his son, Michael.

A. Davis and Son was established by Andrew Davis in 1872. The third generation of the Davis family to be involved in the tanning industry, the company was not officially incorporated under this name until 1903. E. J. Davis took over the company from Andrew Davis in 1884. In April of that year the building burned down and was rebuilt at Kinghorn, north of Toronto. In 1903 the tannery burned again and it was at this point that the company relocated to Kingston, Ontario purchasing the Cannington plant already in operation.The tannery itself had been very successful in its day but was closed in November 1973 when C.S. Riley, president of Dominion Tanners of Winnipeg, and Mr. Davis, president of A. Davis and Son Ltd., announced the merger of the Kingston firm with the much larger Winnipeg one.

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Dr. De Naut appears to have lived in both Delta, Ontario and Hamlet, Indiana.

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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.

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.

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.

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