In the table below you'll find a list of some of the more common family names in the Kingston-Frontenac area.
Sources
The list was compiled from indexes and tables of contents to the books listed below, and from selected articles that appeared in the Kingston Whig-Standard (approx. 1970 - 1995) and Profile Kingston magazine (approx. 1985 - 2006). It also includes names from some of the family histories in the OGS Kingston Branch collection, and from some public websites created by individuals sharing their own research about Kingston / Frontenac family histories.
Resources
Books
Buckskin To Broadloom: Kingston Grows Up
Stories first appeared in Kingston's Whig-standard.
Community Spotlight: Leeds, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward Counties
Heritage Kingston
"Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 3 to October 28,1973", exhibition book.
Kingston 300: A Social Snapshot
Kingston Heritage: Historical Buildings, Plaques, And Monuments
Kingston, The King's Town
Kingston: Building On The Past
Kingston; Cataraqui, Fort Frontenac, Kingstown
The City Of Kingston Portrait Collection: Historical Sketches & Portrait Views
The book is chiefly concerned with the mayors of the city of Kingston and tells about prominent Kingston residents and their families.
The Old Stones of Kingston: Its Buildings Before 1867
Lists
Kingston-Frontenac Family Names
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| Name | Reference |
|---|---|
| Wallace family | Ancestral index of Barnes, Soden, Herron : Brown, Carroll, Cockell, Cassells, Dewitt, Farr, Ham, Keddie, Somerville, Thomas, Wallace, [no author given]. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 BARN |
| Wallbridge family | Wallbridge, by Loral and Mildred Wanamaker. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WALL |
| Walpole, Lt. J. | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. |
| Walsh family | The descendants of William and Robert Walsh of Lancashire England who emigrated to Canada in September 1875 to work in a new cotton mill at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Quebec, by Marshal Walsh Ney. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WALS |
| Wanamaker family | Wannamacher Wanamaker, 6 brothers to U. Canada 1791 : Henry P. Wanamaker of the Gore 1815, Andrew P. Wanamaker of Massassauga 1812, by Mildred Wanamaker and C. Loral R. Wanamaker. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WANA |
| Wanless, Greg | Profile Kingston, magazine, May 13, 1987 portrait. |
| Wannamacher family | Wannamacher Wanamaker, 6 brothers to U. Canada 1791 : Henry P. Wanamaker of the Gore 1815, Andrew P. Wanamaker of Massassauga 1812, by Mildred Wanamaker and C. Loral R. Wanamaker. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WANA |
| Ward, Eric step-son of John L Whiting | Simmons, Marjorie. The City of Kingston Portrait Collection: Historical Sketches and Portrait Views. |
| Ward, John | Simmons, Marjorie. The City of Kingston Portrait Collection: Historical Sketches and Portrait Views. |
| Ward, Roy | Kingston Whig Standard. Dec. 4, 1989 portrait. |
| Warmington, Bruce | Kingston Whig Standard. Apr. 3, 1992 portrait. |
| Warner, William | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. |
| Warren, John | Kingston Whig Standard. Mar. 13, 1991 portrait. obituary. |
| Warren, Rev. Dr. R. Barclay | Kingston Whig Standard. 20/02/79 portrait. |
| Warren, Sir John Borlase | Roy, James. Kingston: The Kings Town. |
| Warren family | The Barker and Warren families from Ireland and allied families, Butler, Burke, Crawford, Dodson, Doxey, Hildy, Kinch, Rath, Singleton, Smith, Tompkins, Webster, et al., by Grace Hildy Croft. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 BARK |
| Warren family | History of the Warren family, by Everett and Beulah Livingstone. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WARR |
| Wartman family | The Wartman family, by Amy Goble. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WART |
| Wartman family | Abraham Wartman, Loyalist : his background, biography and posterity, by John Wilkins Sigsworth. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WART |
| Wartman family | Family names F to W, [no author given]. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.208 MCIL |
| Warwick, Earl of | Heritage Kingston, published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. |
| Washburn, Daniel | Buckskin to Broadloom : Kingston Grows Up, p. 154 |
| Wass, Captain | Buckskin to Broadloom : Kingston Grows Up, p. 330 |
| Watkins, John | Mika, Nick & Helma. Kingston Heritage: Historical Buildings, Plaques and Monuments, p. 70 |
| Watson, Dr. Edmond | Kingston Whig Standard. 20/11/73 portrait. |
| Watson, John | Buckskin to Broadloom : Kingston Grows Up, p. 346, 355 |
| Watson, John | Kingston Whig Standard. June 21, 1999 p. 6 |
| Watson family | The Watson-Gray family, by Dawn Broughton. In-library use only. The call number is GENEAL 929.2 WATS |
| Watts, Albert S. | Kingston Whig Standard. Sept. 11, 1984 obituary. |
| Watts, Bill | Kingston Whig Standard. 17/10/78 p. 34 portrait. |