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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.

Frank Stevens Hall was an American naturalist and museum curator. From 1902 to 1909, he was at the University of Michigan, first as a student and later as an assistant in the University Museum, preparing himself for what he had selected as his lifework, museum curatorship. He became a pivotal figure in early 20th-century Pacific Northwest natural history. In 1909, Mr. Hall was appointed curator of the Washington State Museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He was one of the founders of the Pacific Northwest Bird and Mammal Society and served as its President from 1920 to 1937. He was instrumental in establishing and editing The Murrelet, the society’s academic journal. In 1935, he became Director of the Spokane Public Museum of the Eastern Washington State Historical Association. In 1934, Mr. Hall was involved in a serious automobile accident near Vancouver, B.C., from which he never fully recovered. Returning to Spokane from a trip to Yellowstone Park, he became ill and died on the train on July 8, 1940.

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.

James Hall was an American geologist. He became the Director of the New York State Museum of Natural History in 1871.