12519 Treffer anzeigen

No information available on this creator.

The law firm was begun in Kingston by Thomas Kirkpatrick in 1828. The firm continued under various names and with various partners until 1968. Thomas Kirkpatrick's sons, George Airey and James Stafford, followed in their father's profession and the firm became known as Kirkpatrick and Sons. George Kirkpatrick later had Mr. R. Vahon Rogers as his partner. After that partnership, the Honourable W. F. Nickle was associated with Mr. Rogers. Rogers death brought about another change in partnership when James Farrell joined the firm. The firm became Nickle and Nickle when W. M. Nickle became a partner with his father W. F. Nickle. W. M. Nickle died in 1968, and his death marked the end of the law firm.

No information available on this creator.

The firm of Browne & Harty, wholesale grocers of Kingston, was formed by the partnership of James Browne and James Harty sometime before 1851. The business is first listed on the corner of King and Clarence Streets and indicates that they were also importers. In 1857 they are listed as "wholesale and retail dry goods, grocery and spirit merchants" with establishments on Ontario Street and Market Square. The business was in operation until 1872.

Patrick Devlin was originally from Ireland. He made his first appearance in the Kingston area as a land holder on Wolfe Island in 1845 with the lease of the west half of lot eight in the ninth concession from the Kirkpatrick family. By 1885 Devlin had purchased the entirety of lot eight. In 1861 he purchased the south west quarter of lot five in the tenth concession, as well, Devlin purchased two lots in the village of Marysville in 1867 and 1869.
Devlin and his wife Elizabeth had two daughters: Mary Jane and Rosella. Both girls received their education at St. Mary's of the Lake and later at the Loretto Convent in Belleville. Mary Jane became a sister at the Convent, Sister Mary Lucretia (Leocrita?), and Rosella died, unmarried, in 1890.
Patrick Devlin died January 9, 1885.

Francis (Frank) Hardy Fraser was born July 8th, 1863. According to his Queen's University registration card he was born in Kingston to Francis Fraser, a merchant from Montreal, and Sarah Hardy. He attended Dr. Tossies School in Toronto and entered Queen's University in 1883, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1887.
Fraser's parents appear to have died sometime prior to 1877 for it is at this time that his grandparents, Edward Hor Hardy and Anne Hardy, left him a sizeable part of their estate. At his point Frank is in the care of his guardian Professor John Bower Mowat (who may have been a relative). Richard Porter Stephens also seems to have been involved in managing Fraser's inheritance.
When Fraser reached the age of majority he had considerable property to administer, in particular he owned buildings on the north west corner of of Ontario and William (128-136 Ontario Street and 6 William Street).
There is no evidence that Frank Fraser engaged in any business or profession, but he appears to have been a young man of means. In 1890 Fraser spent 12 weeks in Kingston General Hospital and was then readmitted in January of 1891. There were several medical consultations but he died January 17, 1891 with no cause given. He is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery.

In 1817 Lieutenant Governor Frances Gore granted to the Reverend George O'Kill Stuart, Rector of Kingston, and his Churchwardens, Charles Short and Hugh Thompson, Block G in Kingston, a wedge-shaped piece of land bounded by present streets King, Clarence, Wellington and Brock. The grantees were to serve as trustees to use lands and rents for the erection of a new enlarged Anglican Church (St. George's) and support of its Rector. The enlarged St. George's, construction on which started in 1825, was not built on this land but on the site of the current Cathedral on lots that were granted to Stuart and his Churchwardens in 1825.

The grant of Block G allowed rental of the land by leases up to 21 years with the rents to be used first to retire the debt and secondly to support the "clergyman who shall be resident and doing duty in the church about to be erected"(Archives of Ontario, Crown Land Special Grants, Liber D, folio 127).

It was not until 1836 that Block G achieved a new status. Faced with declining government support for the colonial church, Lieutenant Governor Sir John Colborne decided to activate the unused provision of clause 38 of the Constitutional Act of 1792 that allowed the governor to constitute and endow with land rectories within every parish. In February 1836, 44 rectories were created, including one for Kingston. The Reverend George O'Kill Stuart received as endowment Block C, adjoining the town and containing 18 acres, parts of lots 12, 13 and 14 in the 4th concession, Kingston Township containing 500 acres and lot 42 in the 3rd concession, Ernestown containing 200 acres. In 1837 when Stuart was inducted as Rector his Churchwardens conveyed their interest in Block G to him.

Thus were assembled the Kingston Rectory lands which were to provide financial support for the Kingston parish. Management of the fund varied but generally the Rector (later Dean) of St. George's and a committee administered the Fund.

Robert McIntyre (fl.1850-1871) advertised as a dealer in goceries, wines, liquors, provisions and country produce. He carried out this business in Port Hope, Ontario in the 1850's and in Kingston, Ontario in the 1860's. He was married to Annie Smart. His death date in unknown.

Issac Simpson, private banker, died at Kingston 2 September, 1901.While in business Simpson's premises were at the office of the Frontenac Loan and Investment Society on Clarence street. He appears to have retired from active business in, or around, 1895. Simpson was the President of the Cataraqui Bridge Company from 1881-1900 amd a shareholder in the Kingston Hoisery Company. Simpson dealt in property largely in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington counties, but he held property all across Ontario and in Western Canada. He also held mining leases and chattel mortgages. He was survived by his wife and daughter (Annie Maude Stokes).

Sir Charles James Stuart (Baronet) was born at Quebec, in 1824 or 1825 and died in February of 1901. He succeeded to his title upon the death of his father, Sir James Stuart, on July 14th, 1853. Stuart also became heir to the property of Sheriff Charles Stuart of Kingston.