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The Takiteeze Club was a hunting camp formed 11 September 1914 by PCR Travers, CD Schnebly, at Lot 23 on Isle Plate, Lake St. Louis, Quebec. Its objective was "to be a means of giving a good time to members and friends, especially during Duck Shooting Season."

Born in 1869 in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, Rev. Robert Bruce Taylor was Queen's 9th principal (1917-1930) and the last clergyman to hold the position. He was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland and educated at the Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow in Scotland and the Universities of Marburg and Gottingen in Germany. Taylor served as a minister in various parishes in Scotland and England from 1896 until 1911, when he came to Canada to take charge of St Paul's Church in Montreal, where he quickly gained a reputation as one of the country's foremost preachers and public speakers. Taylor had been granted an honorary degree from Queen's a year before his appointment. It was largely on the strength of this reputation that he was appointed Principal of Queen's in 1917. On top of being an effective fundraiser, Taylor also had good relations with faculty and students for most of his term. But he did not enjoy the administrative aspects of the job and left that work to others wherever possible.

The main achievements of his term were the building of Douglas Library in 1924, the founding of the Alumni Association, and the expansion of professional and scientific education at the university, including the first commerce courses in Canada. George Richardson Memorial Stadium, Jock Harty Arena, the Students' Memorial Union (see John Deutsch University Centre), and Ban Righ Hall were all also built in the 1920s.

Taylor's great difficulty while at Queen's was dealing with student government. He made criticisms of the Alma Mater Society's court system which, though valid, were presented with an attitude that was disagreeable to the students, who came into conflict with him a number of times.

His term ended on a low note after students went on a brief strike in March 1928 to protest the suspension of three students who had organized an unsanctioned dance in downtown Kingston.

The students were adamant that the University had no business regulating their behavior off campus. Queen's Trustees were displeased with how Taylor handled the situation and when he
learned of this, he chose to resign.

After his retirement, Taylor was minister for a time at the Church of Scotland in Rome. He later bought a house in Cannes, France, where he lived a quiet life and published a four volume work entitled Ancient Hebrew Literature. Taylor and his wife left France in 1940 and stayed in British Colombia until after WWII. They then returned to France, where Taylor died in 1955. He's buried in Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston.

The founder of the family, Benjamin Tett (1798-1878) was born at Hinton-St. George, Somerset, England, and came to Canada in 1818 settling first at Perth and later at Isthmus (now Newboro). Benjamin Tett was contracted to apprentice with James O'Hare, Surgeon and Apothocary of Perth for four years from 1818 to 1822; it is not likely that he fulfilled the contract. He also had a teaching position with Reverend Harris during his time in Perth. He had business dealings with Samuel Chaffey at Chaffey's Locks and opened a sawmill at Buttermilk Falls (now Bedford Mills). When he moved to Isthmus he held a variety of positions including postmaster, justice of the peace, coroner and government land agent. He was a member of the district council for Johnstown and later for Leeds-Grenville. He became reeve in 1855 and a member of the Assembly of the united provinces in 1858. In 1867 he was a member of the Ontario Legislature. Besides the sawmill at Bedford Mills, Benjamin Tett was engaged in buying timber, having it transported along the Rideau Canal and was the owner of timber limits. He was official lumbering agent for the Crown and Clergy Reserves Land in South Crosby. He also operated stores at Bedford Mills and at Newboro. In 1833 Benjamin Tett married Julyanna Poole and they had two sons, John Poole Tett and Benjamin Tett, Junior; and three daughters. The sons continued their father's enterprises and formed a partnership, J.P. Tett and Brother. Their business activities included a grist mill, flour mill, sawmill, stores and a boarding house.They also owned several barges and tugs which plied the Rideau to Ottawa or Kingston. Later, they established an electric plant which provided the area with electricity and at one period operated a canning factory. The electrical plant, until it was taken over by the Ontario Hydro Commission, was run by Edmund J. Tett, grandson of Benjamin Tett.

The Tribune (or Deseronto Tribune) was a weekly newspaper publication in operation from 1883-1907.

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Colonel Charles Walkem was a royal surveyor with the Royal Engineers, and later part of the Militia Department in Upper Canada. In the middle of the 19th century, he set about enquiring as to what amount of property belonging to the British War Office still existed in Upper Canada. As part of his enquiry, he obtained statements and conducted interviews with elderly Kingston engineers on their recollections of structural details and costs of Kingston fortifications and buildings back in the 18th century.