Richard Vaux Chadwick was born on May 20, 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. In 1936, he moved to Canada. In 1942, he joined the Canadian Army for the next 4 years. He worked as an architect in the Montreal architectural firm of Bolton, Chadwick, Ellwood, and Aimers. In 1941, he married Elizabeth Ann Vedder, but they divorced in 1957. Then he married Nancy Ryrie Birks. He died on November 11, 2004, in Montreal, Quebec.

Azro Buck Chaffee was born on April 4, 1830, in Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont.

He was a railway agent. He studied and practiced law but later got commercial training and filled an important position in the United States Customs Service at Burlington, Vermont, under Judge Smalley. In 1861, he moved to Canada and entered the insurance business. Later he was connected with the South Eastern Railway in Montreal, as its secretary-treasurer and manager. He was associated with the Canadian Pacific Railroad in its early history. Chaffee was a director of the Ontario & Quebec Railroad and a vice-president of the Atlantic & Northwestern Railroad.

In 1854, he married Miriam Jane Foster (1835–1912). He died on November 1, 1891, in Montreal, Quebec.