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The Steacy Family were dry goods and carpet merchants in Kingston, Ontario.

To date, little is known about the Code family aside from the knowledge that they resided in Smith Falls, Ontario at the end of the 19th century. Samuel Barber and T.F. Code both, attended the University of Toronto's School of Practical Science to study civil engineering. Samuel Barber Code graduated from the program in 1907. There is no further mention of T.F. Code. The material attributed to Thomas Singleton contains deeds of land and a record of financial transactions both of which suggest he was a wealthy resident of Smith Falls. It is assumed Samuel Barber Code and T.F. Code were related, but from the existing material no connection has been made to Thomas Singleton.

William Clow was born in the town of Dunblane, Scotland in the 1750's and died in Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Ontario on October 22nd, 1814. According to tradition he emigrated to the colony of New York just before the American Revolution. In the Revolutionary War he served in McCalpin's, later Jessup's, Corps of King's Loyal Rangers. In 1784 he was among the original settlers in Elizabethtown Township where he received numerous grants of land. He was married to Sophia daughter of Simon Strader another Loyalist from Old Johnstown, New York. The Clows had eight sons and five daughters all but one of whom reached adulthood. William and some of his sons served in the War of 1812, William's death in 1814 being attributed to war service. Mrs. Clow survived until 1851 at which time she was living with her second son, William Jr. and his wife. She was eighty-five at the time of her death. Nine of her children had been minors at the time of her husband's death.

Walter E. Shipman (1895-1974) was the eldest child and only son, together with three daughters, Wilma Belle (Williams), Edna Marie (Pettem), and Macy Eva (Neville), born to Joel Arthur Shipman (b.30 August 1861) and Macy Elizabeth Johnson (1866-1950). Following their marriage, Macy Elizabeth took up residence with Joel A. Shipman. Walter's father, Joel, died in 1917, at the age of 56, leaving a young family for Macy Elizabeth to raise, and a son forced into early manhood to run the mixed farming operation. Later he married, Oreta Morrison (b.13 September 1900, and they lived separately in an adjacent house at Elm Ridge until his sisters were married, when they took up residence in the old Shipman family home to support his aging Mother. Walter and Oreta had no issue. A brief perspective of this Shipman family would not be adequate without some mention of the background of the mother of Walter Ellis Shipman. Macy Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1866 near Hoasic in Williamsburg Twp., Dundas Co., one of a U.E. family of 4 daughters and 4 sons of Charles Johnson and Charlotta Ann Redick. Her father, Charles Johnson, had been adopted from an impoverished family into the family of Nicholas Freymire, U.E. The Johnsons first settled in the vicinity of Hoasic, Dundas Co., and later they moved to the farm known as Twin Elms at Glen Elbe near Athens in Leeds Co. When Nicholas Freymire died in 1867, aged 59 years, he willed the Twin Elms farm to his adopted son, Charles Johnson. Macy Elizabeth claimed she was seven years old when she moved with her parents to occupy the inherited farm at Twin Elms. Charles had married Charlotta Ann Redick, daughter of George Nelson Redick and Catherine Diana Pillar, on 26 February 1855. The Redick family (probably of Dutch origin, just like the original Shipman orphan who entered the New England Colonies) at one time had owned a large track of land where the city of New York forced by the attitudes of the American Rebellion and mob rule to forfeit their lot and become U.E. Loyalists.

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell took an active part in the American Revolution and at its end was granted land in the Townships of Elizabethtown, Edwardsburg, Kitley, Oxford, Augusta, and Landsdowne. The Campbell Family's connection to the Clow Family has not been determined but there is an Indenture of Estate between Alexander Campbell and Silas Judson dated 23 June 1808.

Silas Judson was granted 100 acres of land on Lot 33, in the Third Concession of Elizabethtown on 6 March, 1798. Lyman Judson, son of Silas, settled in the Township of Yonge on Lot 4 in the Eighth Concession. The Judson Family connection to the Clow's has been made through an indenture between the two families on the 4th of January 1863.

Alexander McLean was granted land in the Townships of Elizabethtown and Kitley. Alexander and Ann McLean participated as witnesses to an indenture between William and Rebecca Clow dated 25 November, 1790; and in 1812 on the 15th of February, Robert McLean signed as a witness in an indenture between William and Peter Clow.

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.

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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.

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George William Henry Comer was born the third son of John F.R. Comer and Elizabeth Barbara Comer on October 21, 1840 in Niagara, Upper Canada. The Comer family moved to a number of different places in Upper Canada including Port Robinson, Chippewa and Kingston. While in Kingston, George Comer attended grammar school from 1850 to 1854.

After leaving school Comer studied the business of printing, working at the Commercial Advertiser office in Kingston. George Comer continued to work in printing over the next ten years though not exclusively in Kingston. He worked for The Constitutional in St. Catherines, The Times in Hamilton, The Herald in Cleveland, Ohio and The Lorain County News in Oberlin, Ohio.

Comer returned to Kingston, Canada in 1861where he continued working at a variety of printing and accounting jobs. In 1868 George Comer was granted a Purser's position with the Canadian Navigation Company. His first appointment was on the Steamer Corinthian, and throughout the next twenty seasons worked on that ship as well as the Algerian and Spartan. During the winters Comer worked as a bookkeeper for a variety of companies and businesses in the area.

On April 1, 1891 George Comer was personally appointed to the Customs Department as a Preventative Officer by Sir John A. Macdonald. He worked for the Department for over 25 years and in 1919 received the Long Service Medal from King George IV.

George W. H. Comer died on January 5th, 1929. He had been predeceased by his wife Ellen Elizabeth Charles, of Garden Island and was survived by three of his seven children, Jessie Comer, Bessie Comer and Elizabeth Cassa White.