George Barnston was born about 1800 in Edinburg, Scotland.

He was an HBC fur-trader and naturalist. He was educated as a surveyor and army engineer. He joined the North West Company in 1820 and was retained by the Hudson’s Bay Company after the 1821 amalgamation. He began his HBC career at York Factory (Manitoba) and from there, he helped outfit two forts in the south; Lower Fort Garry and Fort du Bas de la Rivière at the mouth of the Winnipeg River. From 1826-1832, his postings took him to various posts on the Pacific coast and subsequently to Fort Albany, Ontario. During his time with the HBC, Barnston was a student of the natural history of the various areas and his specimens are in the Smithsonian Institution, the British Museum, and the Redpath Museum at McGill University. He wrote regularly for the Canadian Naturalist and for the Ibis. In 1882, he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

He died on March 14, 1883, in Montreal, Quebec.

John George Barnston was born on April 17, 1835, in Red River, British Columbia.

He was a lawyer and a politician who represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1872 to 1875. He studied law at McGill University and completed his articles under Sir John Rose, being called to the Lower Canada Bar in 1856. In 1858, he moved to British Columbia. Barnston was elected to the assembly in a by-election in 1872 that followed Cornelius Booth’s appointment to the bench. He chose not to seek a second term in the 1875 provincial election. Later in life, he resided in Nanaimo.

He died on December 22, 1883, in Victoria, British Columbia.

William McTavish Stuart Barnston was born c. 1856 in North West Territories, Canada, where his father George Barnston (c.1800-1883) was an HBC fur-trader and naturalist. His brother James Barnston (1831-1858) was a physician and botanist.

He married in 1875 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, and had three daughters and three sons. He died on November 25, 1891. in New York, New York, and is buried in Montreal, Quebec.

French lyricist and composer Gaston Theophile Baron was born in 1874 in Armentierès in northern France. In 1908 he wrote a one-act vaudeville piece entitled “Un constat qui finit bien.” Throughout the early decades of the 20th century he was based in Montmartre, the artists’ neighborhood in Paris, where he both composed and wrote lyrics for songs. During World War I, Marianne, as the feminine symbol of the French motherland, became popular in French art and literature, and Baron wrote a nationalist song “Marianne, Marianne” in 1919. He wrote many other patriotic songs and contributed songs for the booklet "Songs of the Republic of Montmartre.” (The “Republic of Montmartre” was a charitable and cultural organization founded by a group of artists from that neighborhood in 1921.) The Bibliothèque Nationale de France holds 94 entries linked to Baron.

Barott established the architectural firm Barott, Blackader & Webster with associates Gordon Home Blackader (1885-1916) and Daniel T. Webster (1870-1939) in 1912. From 1917 to 1935, the firm operated under the name Barott & Blackader.

Ernest Isbell Barott (1884-1966) was born in Canastota, NY, and studied architecture from 1902 to 1905 at Syracuse University. Later he apprenticed at the New York office of McKim, Mead and White. In 1912 Barott formed a partnership with Gordon Blackader and Daniel T. Webster.

Hugh C. Barr was an employee of Henry Watts and Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between 1911 and 1915. Along with Henry Watts, he was the company's primary salesman, making contact with potential buyers, accompanying them on excursions to Alberta, and gathering information about land for sale in Canada. During his time with the company, Barr moved to Alberta and settled on a farm there with his family.

Murray Llewellyn Barr was born on June 20, 1908, in Belmont, Ontario.

He was a Canadian physician, medical researcher, and anatomist renowned for his co-discovery of sex chromatin, now known as the Barr body. This discovery was a cornerstone of human cytogenetics and led to major advancements in diagnosing genetic disorders. He studied at the University of Western Ontario (B.A, 1930; M.D., 1933; M.Sc.,1938). From 1939 to 1945, he was an RCAF wing commander. From 1936 to 1977, he served as a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario. He was also a member of the American Association for Anatomy and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1959, Barr received the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1962, he won the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Award for his contributions to understanding the causes of mental retardation. In 1963, he received the Gairdner Foundation International Award, and in 1972, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 1998, he was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

In 1934, he married Ruth Vivian King (1908–1995). He died on May 4, 1995, in London, Ontario.