Born in Littlehampton, England, in 1826, Peter married Margaret Fletcher (1822-1885), with whom he had five children. He joined his father's watchmaking business in 1844.

Rev. John Wood graduated from theological college in England in 1851, returning to Canada in 1852. He married Sarah Jane Livingston in October of 1853.

Born in 1793 in Clerkenwell, a district of London, John Wood emigrated from England to Canada with his family in 1832. He was the son of Peter Wood (1760-1824) and Sarah Cromwell (1760-1839). John Wood apprenticed to a watchmaker at the age of 14. He married to Anna Wood (née Wentworth). John Wood worked as a watchmaker and jeweller in Montreal from 1835-1867, setting up an independent shop at 130 St. Paul Street in 1839. His son Charles became a partner in his business in 1845, but it was his younger son Peter who eventually took over his father's business affairs towards the end of the 1840s. John Wood was partnered with Thomas Allan from 1866-1867.

Joseph Thomas Wood was a printer and publisher based in London. He was a leading maker of lace paper from the 1840s to 1870s as well a greeting cards and memorial cards. He began ‘cameo embossing’ on his cards that featured large figurative scenes embossed directly on the paper. He was also known for using a special type of glazed card which was shiny on one side, a product he called the ‘enameled card’. At one point, Wood was the largest wholesale manufacturer of plain and fancy stationery in the country as well as the ‘largest Valentine manufactory in the world’ in 1873. After Wood died, the company lost momentum and was handed over to various relations.

Numaticist and collector Howland Wood was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1877 and graduated from Brown University in 1900. Wood became a member of the American Numismatical Society in 1909. By 1913 he had been appointed Curator, remaining in this position until his death in 1938.