Annie Linda Jack, née Hayr was born on January 1, 1839, in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England.

She was a teacher, author, horticulturist, and horticultural columnist. In 1852, she moved to Troy, New York where she attended Troy Female Seminary. Here her interest in writing became evident. She became a schoolteacher in Châteauguay, Quebec, and married the Scottish-born local fruit farmer, Robert Jack, and settled at his farm, Hillside. An acre of this farm was set aside for her, which she cultivated into an extensive garden of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for pocket money and experimentation. Over the next fifty years, Annie Jack raised 11 children while also developing and maintaining her garden and contributing gardening articles to the American Horticulturalist, Canadian Horticulturalist, Farmer’s Advocate, and the Rural New Yorker. Her popular book "The Canadian Garden: A Pocket Help for the Amateur" (1903) was the only Canadian gardening manual available until the end of World War I. She published a series of articles on social topics in the Montreal Daily Witness, written under the pen name “Loyal Janet”. In 1897, she was made an honorary member of the Montreal Women’s Club. She also published a collection of short stories "The Little Organist of St. Jerome", (1902) and a small book of poetry "Rhyme-Thoughts for a Canadian Year"(1904).

In 1860, she married Robert Jack (1821–1900). She died on February 15, 1912, in Châteauguay, Quebec.

Artimus Jackson was a merchant who lived in Quebec City. He was the second husband of Louisa (Loisa) Harrison Hall, and the step-father of Erle Henry Hall (son of Henry Hall). He died on 4 March 1847.

Benjamin Daydon Jackson was born on April 3, 1846, in London England.

He was a British botanist, taxonomer, and author. He was educated at private schools. In 1868, he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1880, he was elected its secretary. He is best known as the compiler of “Index Kewensis”, a reference book that appeared from 1893 to 1895, and which was at once accepted as an authority throughout the world for names of flowering plants. He also wrote, "Guide to the Literature of Botany" (1881), "Vegetable Technology" (1882), and "Glossary of Botanical Terms" (1900). Dr. Jackson, who was an honorary Ph.D. of Upsala was created a Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star in 1907, on the occasion of the Linnean bicentenary celebrations.

He died on October 12, 1927, in London, England.