Christina Barbara Juncken was born on 7 March 1739 in Durlach, Germany to Johann Ernst Juncken and Christina Dorothea Juncken. In 1753, she migrated with her family to Philadelphia, where they settled. She married William Hall on 16 May 1761 in Philadelphia, and they moved together to Andover, Massachusetts. They had eight children together: a daughter who died in childhood and seven sons (Joseph, David, William, John, Benjamin, Henry, and Jacob). After the death of her husband in 1795, Christina Barbara's children began moving to Quebec City and Montreal. She joined them in Montreal in 1804 and she lived there until her death on 23 August 1817.

David Hall was born in approximately 1764 in Andover, Massachusetts, to William Hall and Christina Barbara Juncken Hall. He was a farmer who worked on his grandmother, Sarah Barker's, land. He married Lydia Holt on 25 December 1787 in Andover. They did not have any children. In 1796, David Hall went to help fight a fire at a neighbour's property and was killed in an explosion when the fire reached a store of gunpower.

Douglas John Hall was born in 1928 in Ingersoll, Ontario, to John Darius Hall and Louisa Irene Sandick. He was schooled in Innerkip and Woodstock, Ontario. He married Rhoda Catherine Palfrey in New York City in 1960, and between 1961 and 1967 had four children.

Dr. Hall attended Woodstock Business College and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from 1948 to 1949 before attending to the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Hall received his Bachelors of Arts from the University of Western Ontario in 1953. From 1953 to 1960 he attended the Union Theological Seminary in residence in New York City where he took graduate studies in Systemic Theology, earning a Masters of Divinity in 1956, a Masters of Sacred Theology in 1957, and a Doctor of Theology in 1963. He was Ordained in Stratford, Ontario in 1956 and was the minister of St. Andrew’s United Church in Blind River, Ontario from 1960 to 1962. Following this he was made Principal of St. Paul’s United College at the University of Waterloo from 1962 to 1965. From 1965 to 1975 he was appointed the McDougald Professor of Systemic Theology at St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon.

Dr. Hall joined the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University in 1975, teaching Christian Theology. He was promoted from Associate Professor to Full Professor in 1977. After his retirement in 1995, he was granted the status of Professor Emeritus in 1996 and remains a faculty lecturer at McGill University. During his time at St. Andrew’s College and McGill University, Dr. Hall also taught as a guest lecturer from the 1970s through the early 2000s in Germany, France, Japan and the United States.

Dr. Hall has received numerous honorary degrees, including an L.L.D. from the University of Waterloo in 1992, an S.T.D. from the Montreal Diocesan Theological College, and five D.D.s, awarded by Queen’s University in 1988, Presbyterian College, Montreal in 1995, Victoria University at the University of Toronto in 2003, Huron University College in 2008 and the United Theological College, Montreal. Dr. Hall also received the Order of Canada in 2003, honouring his contributions to the field of theology and his unique Canadian approach.

Dr. Hall has published over thirty books since 1972, as well as journal articles, booklets and many contributions to edited works. A number of his works have been reprinted and translated into both French and German. His most famous work is his Christian Theology in a North American Context trilogy, which includes Thinking the Faith (1989), Professing the Faith (1993), and Confessing the Faith (1996). Professing the Faith, Confessing the Faith, and his 2003 book The Cross in Our Context: Jesus and the Suffering World have all won the Academy of Parish Clergy award for the Book of the Year.

Dr. Hall is a member of the United Church, and his research is focused on Missiology, the study of mission work and missionaries, and Systematics, the orderly and rational study of religion and religious texts.

Captain Errol Hall, was born in Montmorency Falls, Quebec. Listing his occupation as “bank clerk,” he left for France in 1916 as a lieutenant in the 87th Battalion of the Canadian Grenadier Guards and was severely wounded that November in the fighting at the Somme. He then served as aide-de-camp to General James Harold Elmsley (GOC) and later went to Siberia as a captain with the Canadian Siberian Force. There he was appointed secretary to the High Commissioner of Britain. Shortly after the war, he joined the 65th Irish-Canadian Rangers.

Fairman Hall was born on March 6, 1840, in Dudswell, Quebec.

He was a farmer, prospector, public servant, and poet. There is a Hall Creek in Dudswell Township named after him. He spent hours exploring the creek and surrounding hills in search of gold nuggets. One day, he discovered some and informed the government. Since the government wanted to take it, he refused to reveal the exact location and took his secret to the grave. The Hall Creek gold deposits were identified in 1851 and extensive exploration work was carried out during the 1890s. Hall also served as a city councilor for many years. He published his poetry in The Sherbrooke Gazette. One of his poems written on the occasion of the unveiling of a monument to the pioneers in 1900 was entitled "Historic Sketch in Verse". His poems earned him the name "Spirit of the Peak".

In 1863, he married Martha Sophia Gilbert (1841–1912). He died on January 23, 1925, in Dudswell, Quebec.

Henry Hall was a merchant born on 29 July 1772 in Andover, Massachusetts, the son of William Hall and Christina Barbara Juncken Hall. Henry moved to Quebec City in approximately 1792. He married Loisa Harrison on 7 November 1802, and they had a son, Erle Henry Hall, in 1803. Henry died in Quebec City on 16 May 1804.

Jacob Hall was a hat maker and merchant born who lived in Montreal. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1777 to William Hall and Christina Barbara Juncken Hall. He moved to Montreal in approximately 1797. He married Rebecca Ferguson on 1 November 1811, and they had three children together, Archibald, Jacob, and Rebecca Christina (who died during childhood). Jacob died on 27 April 1819.