James Gill Gardner was born on May 31, 1876, in Port Hope, Ontario.

He was one of the industrial leaders of Ontario, President of the Brockville Trust and Savings Company Ltd., and a former director and Vice-President of the Canadian National Railways. He organized and built the Canadian Billings & Spencer Comp., Ltd. in Welland, of which he was Managing Director until 1912. He was also president of Brockville Country Club.

In 1904, he married Rhea Grasby Bowie. He died on January 28, 1958, in Brockville, Ontario.

John Starkie Gardner was born on October 14, 1844 or 1845, in London, England.

He was a botanist, geologist, metallurgist, and sculptor of decorative ironwork. He was a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and contributed many articles on geology and botany to various journals, e.g., Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society and Nature. He wrote the book "A Monograph of the British Eocene Flora" (1879). He also collected fossils. As an art metal worker, he owned the company J. Starkie Gardner & Co. (c. 1884-c.1930), famous at its time, with a portfolio of new designs executed in wrought iron, bronze, lead, silver, and gold as well as carrying out restoration projects. Among its many commissions, was making of the gates he designed for the Victoria and Albert Museum Mews, now the V&A Science entrance on Exhibition Road. He held a royal warrant from King Edward VII as “Workers in Iron, Brass and Bronze”. He published many books on ironwork, e.g., "Ironwork…” (2 v., 1893), "Foreign Armour in England" (1898), and "English Ironwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" (1911).

In 1883, he married Caroline Cubitt (1851-1912) but got divorced in 1900. In 1914, he married Alice Mary Dring ( -1924). He died about 1830 in Brentford, Middlesex, England.

A graduate of McGill University (M.D.,C.M., 1866), William Gardner was born at St. Louis de Gonzague, Québec. He joined the staff of the Bishop's College School of Medicine in 1871. In 1881 he began his work in gynaecology at the Montreal General Hospital and in 1883 he became Professor of gynaecology at McGill. He joined the staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1893. He retired in 1910.

Rev. George Vallis Garland was born on March 10, 1824, in Poole, Dorset, England.

He was a clergyman and author. He was educated at Trinity College of Cambridge University (B.A., 1847; M.A., 1851). In 1850, he was ordained a deacon and served as a curate of the church at Crowle, Lincolnshire (1850-1852). In 1854, he was ordained a priest and became rector at Langton Matravers, Dorset (1852-1869). He served as a vicar at Aslacton Church, Norfolk (1869-1875) and at Binstead, Isle of Wight (1881-1994). He was also a Justice of the Peace for Dorset. He wrote the books "Plain Possible Solutions of the Objections of John William Colenso" (1863), “The Practical Teaching of the Apocalypse” (1891), “Problems in Job” (1898), and “God Dwelling in Man” (1900).

In 1857, he married Frances Archer (1831- ). He died on December 24, 1902, in Christchurch, Hampshire, England.

François-Xavier Garneau was a historian, notary and poet born in Quebec City, Lower Canada, on 15 June 1809. Garneau left school at the age of 14, and did not have access to the wealth required to continue his education in a Seminary school. He worked first as a clerk, and then for a notary, becoming a notary himself in 1830. On 25 August 1835, Garneau married Marie-Esther Bilodeau. They had ten children together. Garneau wrote both poetry and history, though he is best known for his three volume "Histoire du Canada" published between 1845 and 1848. He was also active in local politics, becoming translator to the legislative assembly of Quebec in 1843 and the city clerk of Quebec in 1844. He held the position of clerk until his death in February 1866.