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Louis-Joseph-Amédée Papineau, or Amédée Papineau, was born on July 26, 1819, in Montreal, Quebec.

He was a writer and Québecois patriot. He was educated at the College of Saint-Hyacinthe. Since childhood, he was immersed in politics because his father Hon. Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871), was the speaker in the House of Assembly and a leader in the Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada. On September 5, 1837, Amédée attended the founding meeting of the Sons of Liberty (Les Fils de la Liberté) at the Nelson Hotel in Montreal. On November 6, 1837, he took part in the battle of the Doric Club against the Sons of Liberty. Shortly after he fled to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and met up with his father who had fled earlier. In the late 1840s, he fought with his father for the annexation of Lower Canada to the United States. Between 1837 and 1842, he drew up the first four books of his personal journal as “Journal d'un Fils de la Liberté” in which he chronicled the events of the 1837 rebellion and his life in exile. He completed his legal training during his stay in the United States.

In 1846, he married Mary Eleanor Westcott (-1890), and in 1896, he married Martha Jane Iona Curren. He died on November 23, 1909, in Montebello, Quebec.

The Papineau Family preserved within this fonds were extremely connected and influential in the political, legal, social and civil environment of Quebec and Ontario starting from the early nineteenth century. Papineau family members are responsible for civil constructions such as the Montreal Polytechnique School and the Lachine Canal. The Papineau Family was connected by marriage to many other influential families in French Canada, most notably the Trudeaus, Mackays, Cherriers and Bourassas.
The Papineau Family settled in Lower Canada in the 17th century. Joseph Papineau (1752-1841) was born in Montreal and was granted a seigneury in nearby Montebello. Two of Joseph’s sons, Louis-Joseph (1786-1871) and Denis-Benjamin (1789-1854), would become important political figures: Louis-Joseph led the Patriote movement, while Denis-Benjamin served as the joint premier of the Province of Canada after the unification of Upper and Lower Canada. This fonds comprises personal and professional papers of Louis-Joseph and Denis-Benjamin Papineau, their children, and their grandchildren, as well as related family members. Conspicuous persons include Louis-Joseph-Amédée (1819-1903), Auguste-Cyrille (1828-1915), Casimir-Fidèle (1826-1892), and Louis-Gustave (1855-1931, son of Auguste-Cyrille).

James Hoyes Panton was born on May 7, 1847, in Scotland.

He was an educator and author. He attended the University of Toronto (B.A., 1877; M.A., 1878). He moved to Winnipeg in the early 1880s, where he was the Principal of the Collegiate Department of the Central School in 1884. He was a member of the Manitoba Historical Society, collecting geological specimens around the province and adding substantially to the society’s fossil collections. In early 1884, he offered a series of public lectures on geology in the MHS offices, some of which were published. He returned to Ontario in late 1884 to become Professor of Geology and Natural History at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph (now Guelph University), where he remained until 1897.

In 1880, he married Mary Jemima Drummond Cattanach (c.1849–1886), and in 1891, he married Fannie B. Harrison (1854–1915). He died on February 2, 1898, in Guelph, Ontario.

George Ann Panton was born on April 24, 1842, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

He was a Scottish merchant, actuary, and amateur botanist and geologist. His father, William Panton (1806–1871), was a partner in Panton & Young, hatters and clothiers. Panton was a hop merchant. In 1863, he became a member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and later its president. In the 1870s, he served as Director of the English and Scottish Life Assurance Association and Secretary of the Edinburgh Geological Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1877.

In 1882, he married Eleanor Gertrude Lowe (1857–1934). He died on January 28, 1903, in Birmingham, England.