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Herbert Bernard Sturgess was born in the north end of Kinsgton (a fact he is very proud of), in his home at 37 Dufferin Street (now the sight of a large grocery store), 17 June 1936. As the house was directly across the street from Robert Meek School, he did not have far to go to attend classes. With the untimely death of his father, Herbert Georege Sturgess, at age forty-four, Herb Sturgess at fourteen, was forced to look for work in order to help support his mother and siblings. Herb Sturgess passed away 17 June 2011.

A group, not a guild, Kingston Heirloom Quilters (KHQ) was established in 1979 by graduate students of quilting classes, taught jointly by Margaret Rhodes and Diane Berry. This two-level program endorsed the principles of traditional quiltmaking, every stitch by hand, every aspect of the craft executed with care and accuracy. It was a learning and sharing experience that the students did not want to end. Directed by their former teachers, they worked together on group quilts, learning to build them one step at a time, and being ever open to that unpredictable effect that would lift them a little above the ordinary. They try the latest trends and techniques, then return to their greatest joy, the making of Masterpiece Quilts.

Currently numbering about 60 members, they gather twice each month in rented space in Calvin Park Library. To begin with, much of the quilting was done in the main part of the Library, where they we were allowed to set up their frame as a working display, and quilted at it during Library hours. This opportunity contributed greatly to the development of the group. Originally, membership was restricted to former students of the Rhodes/Berry quilting course, but after a few years these classes were disbanded as directing the group took up most of their leaders' time. On KHQ's Fifth Anniversary, that membership restriction was lifted so that the group could continue to grow and thrive.

Their quiltmaking skills have developed through working together on more than twenty group quilts during the past two decades. Each one provided them with a valuable learning experience. All are unique, and most simply evolved as they were worked on, one stage at a time. They learned from the shared experiences of members working on their own quilts. Much of this was acquired during lunch hour 'critiques' when all would participate in the solution of one another's quiltmaking dilemmas. But, it was the group quilts that taught them the most. They strove always to do what was best for the quilt without being swayed by personal preference.

Although their status is 'not for profit', and fundraising not a mandate, six of these quilts have been raffled, raising in excess of $30,000 for local charities. A few are housed in the Heritage Quilt Collection, of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, located on the campus of Queen's University. This Collection, which represents 150 years of Quiltmaking, was established by three of members who despaired of seeing antique quilts from the Kingston area being sold off and taken out of country. The gallery was at first hesitant to accept these quilts, but they have proven to be one of it's most popular attractions. Kingston Heirloom Quilters raised $15,000 towards the production of a catalogue, published in 1990, that documents this collection. The proceeds from the sale of these books are used to support the Collection. They also produce an ongoing supply of baby quilts for local hospital to pass on to the needy.

Several of their group quilts, as well as those of different members have been juried into major shows and featured in magazines, both in Canada and the USA. The Kingston Heirloom Quilters, mount a major quilt show every three or four years.

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Hartwell W.B. Illsey was born in Castor Alberta, but was raised in Montreal, following his family's removal to that city. He attended school in St. Lambert, and at Westmount High School, and Montreal High School, from where he graduated in 1935. For the next four years, he worked for The Steel Compnay of Canada and Dominion Rubber Company Limited. In 1939, he moved to Hull, Quebec, where he was employed with the E.B. Eddy Paper Company. During the pre-war years Hartwell Illsey served in the N.P.A.M. with the 3rd Field Royal Canadian Engineers. In June 1941, he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force, at Ottawa. After receiving his pilot's wings at Moncton in April 1942, he married Elizabeth Mitchell in Montreal the same month. They have three children. H.W.B. Illsey served as Staff Pilot in the Bombing and Gunnery School, located in Jarvis, Ontario. In 1944, he went overseas, flying at Advanced Flying and Operational Training Units in England. In 1945, he returned to Canada. H.W.B. Illsey felt the call to the Christian Ministry during his flying service and upon receiving his discharge, he enrolled at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario. He graduated with his B.A. in 1949, and from Queen's Theological College two years later, when he was ordained into the United Church of Canada. Padre Illsey has served in many parts of Western Canada (Empress, Brooks, Calgary, Alberta; and Esquimalt and Victoria, Birtish Columbia), and undertook Chaplaincy duties at a number of RCAF Stations across Canada. Hartwell W.B. Illsey, who also held a B.D. degree from St. Mary's Theological College in Scotland, and an Masters of Divinity from Queen's University at Kingston (1965), died in 2002.

Tommy Riedel was a blacksmith at Willowbank Forge in Bath, Ontario. He was married to Isabelle Palmer.