Generations of the Proctor family have made great contributions to the popularization of astronomy.

Samuel Edward Peal passed away in Assam, India, on July 29, 1897. He was born December 31, 1834. Originally an artist, he went to India in 1862 as a tea-planter. In 1873 he discovered that tea blight was caused by an Aphis, whose life history he investigated. He did useful work in exploring the Naga Hills to show the practicability of a direct route from India to China. He completed a work on the grasses and trees of Assam, but the MS. was destroyed through the burning of his bungalow. Latterly, he gave much attention to astronomy.

Mr. T.S.H. Shearmen, of Brantford, Ontario was elected a corresponding member of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto on 1890-05-06. 

During the 1880s, a Mr. H. Petit of Belmont, Ontario had a large telescope and corresponded with A.F. Miller and other members of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto. He may or may not have contributed to the unsuccessful efforts of Mr. Charles Clark to start a corresponding society in London at that time. Mr. H. Pettit of Belmont was elected a corresponding member of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto on 1890-06-17. His name was not included in the list of corresponding members in 1891.

Mr. John Goldie, of Galt, was elected a corresponding member of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto on 1890-06-17. In 1891, his membership was recategorized to the "Life" category in consideration of his sponsorship of the Society's Library, and in 1892 his membership was recategorized as "Active".

During the American civil war, Andrew Elvins came in contact with Daniel K. Winder, who was an enthusiastic student of science. He had been a professor in an Ohio college (at or near Cleveland, likely Hygeia Female Athenaeum, part of a mid-century Utopian community near Cincinnati), but was a pacifist, being opposed to war under all circumstances, and also holding the view that the Bible tolerated slavery. Consequently, he found it very uncomfortable in Ohio and so came to Toronto, where he settled and obtained a living as a printer.