Dorothy Rhynas Coles was born in Ontario in 1892 and moved to Montreal the same year. She was active from 1919 to 1922 and was a Montreal artist. She participated in art and short-story competitions in her teens; was an art student in her early 20s. She was a part of the Art Association of Montreal's spring exhibition from 1916 through 1937.

Edward Martin Colie was born on October 27, 1852, in Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey.

He was a prominent Newark, New Jersey attorney, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, former president of the Alumni Association of the College of the City of New York, and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Science.

In 1878, he married Caroline Matilda Runyon (1857–1925). He died on May 6, 1931, in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

Edgar Andrew Collard, CM (6 September 1911-9 September 2000); Canadian journalist and historian, best known for his Montreal Gazette column; born in Montreal, Quebec; received his M.A. in history from McGill University in 1937; first issue of his column "All Our Yesterdays" appeared in The Montreal Gazette on August 14, 1944, and appeared every weekend until August 2000, with each column addressing an episode or aspect of Montreal history; editor-in-chief of The Gazette from 1953 to 1971; married the historian Elizabeth Collard; won the National Newspaper Award for editorial writing four times; made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1976