THOMAS EDWARD MERRETT and KATHERINE STUART CAMPBELL were married in Kingston, Ontario, on September 9, 1891. Both came from military families and each was born in officers' quarters in a British Army garrison in the Province of Quebec: ``Ned'' at Ile aux Noix, in 1866; ``Katie'' at St. Jean in 1867. Their family backgrounds, along with their siblings, are tabulated in Appendix .1.