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Robert Hillier is a collector from Kingston, Ontario.

Thomas Briggs was born in 1812 at Armley near Leeds, England, the son of Thomas (known as Thomas the Elder) and Sarah Briggs. In 1827 the family moved to the United States and in 1832 they came to Canada. Thomas the younger appears to have had three sisters: Emily, who married a Mr. Bettes and moved to Texas; Sarah, who married a Mr. Latimore and lived in northern New York State; and a third who married a Mr. Hill and resided in Montreal. There was also a brother James, who, with his wife Anne, made his home in Napanee, Ontario.After James' death in 1892, Anne's niece, Fanny Hurst, nursed her aunt until her death and lived at their home, Hazelbeck, until it was sold to Mr. McCabe in 1903.
Thomas married his first wife, Cynthia Eliza, sometime in the 1830's and in 1840 their first son, Thomas Lasher, was born. Albert James was born seven years later and in 1853, Alfred Penner arrived. The birth date of their daughter Louise is unknown. The family were members of the Church of England and worshipped at St. George's Church in Kingston. By 1857, the family was living at Hedge Lawn in Williamsville and by 1865, Thomas was the Manager of the Frontenac Loan and Investment Company, a post he was to retain until his death. Thomas' first wife died and he remarried Emma Florence.
Thomas appeared to have taken some interest and played a minor role in local politics, he appears to have stood for elected office in 1872 though the outcome of the election in unkown. He also had an active interest in the stock market and his holdings, particularly in mining, were quite extensive. In addition to these activities he appears to have had a sizeable real estate portfolio, besides his Kingston properties he owned a large area of land which was subdivided and annexed to Napanee. At some point in the 1870's the family moved to a King Street property and it was there, at 167 King Street, that Thomas died in March of 1900.

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Dr. Thomas Robinson Dupuis was a school teacher and medical doctor in Kingston. He was also an Alderman in the City of Kingston as well as a professor at Queen's University in Anatomy and Botany. His first wife, Elizabeth Emery Lake (b.1841-d.1886) whom he married on the 23rd of April, 1861, was the daughter of prosperous farmer Dennis Lake. Thomas and Elizabeth had five children; two daughters who died in infancy, and three sons.

After the death of Elizabeth, Thomas remarried Anne Jane Crawford (b.1857-d.1924), also a school teacher. They had a daughter Ethel Maude (1889-1950). After the death of Thomas Robinson Dupuis, Anne Jane became mentally ill and was institutionalized.

James Godfrey was born in Ireland in 1824 and likely came to Canada in, or around, 1841. He moved to Kingston in 1884, taking up residence at Napier Cottage. He owned and lived in a number of houses in Kingston, including 156 Bagot Street and 216 Gordon Street. James Godfrey was a clerk in holy orders of the Church of England. He was ordained deacon in 1851 by Bishop Strachan. In 1878 he was living in the community of Marysville on Wolfe Island, probably as the rector of the Church of England there.

Godfrey's wife, Sara, died on July 12, 1874. They had four children: Elizabeth Eleanor (b. July 20, 1856 - d. January 14, 1883); William (b. May 19, 1858); Frances Henrietta (b.May 28, 1860); and Josiah James (b.May 13, 1863-d. 1907)

Dr. Edward H. Horsey was a medical doctor. He was married to Frances (Haven) Horsey. The Horsey residence in Kingston, known as the Craig property, was situated on the corner of King and Union Streets. Edward died in Chicago in 1890. Frances returned to Kingston, where she managed the estates of both her former husband and her mother (Theresa Isaac Haven). She remarried Dr. Chester Loomis Curtis of Kingston in 1894, and died in 1899.

Dennis Lake (1808-1874) was a farmer who owned extensive lands in the County of Frontenac and district. Dennis was born in Ernestown July 25, 1808. He had a brother Stephen and a sister, Margaret, who married Christopher Cavenell. In 1831 Dennis bought the north half of lot 12 in the second concession of the Township of Portland, from his father and settled on this lot until his retirement in 1873. Dennis married Jane Shibley and had six children, five daughters and a son who died in infancy. The family is listed as Wesleyan Methodists, though later in life Dennis seemed to favour the Church of England. Dennis Lake was hard-working and able in business. He bought many tracts of land which he managed to good advantage. He became a model farmer and his homestead was one of the finest in the Province. He loaned and invested his money, and held many mortgages. He took an active part in the building of the Kingston and Portland Macadamized Road, in which he owned stock. He was a Councillor for the Township of Portalnd, and for the County of Frontenac. In 1873, in ailing health, Dennis moved to Kingston to a home at the corner of Queen and Sydenham Streets. He died an extremely wealthy man in February of 1874.

First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, b. 17 July 1760, at Inchlaggan in Glengarry, Scotland; d. 14 January, 1840, at Dumfries, Scotland. Bishop Macdonell then became the first Bishop of Upper Canada with his see at Kingston. His zeal for the formation of a native priesthood is abundantly shown in the establishment of the Seminary of Iona at St. Raphael's, in 1826, and of Regiopolis College at Kingston, in 1838, not to speak of the many priests educated at his own expense. In the year 1840 he died in his native Scotland, whither he had gone with the hope of interesting Irish and Scotch bishops in a scheme of emigration. In 1861 his remains were brought to Kingston by Bishop Horan and were interred beneath the cathedral.