The family of Mr. and Mrs. P. Hershorn lived on Belvedere Road, Westmount, Quebec, in 1983.

Gerard Edgar Herring was born in 1835 in Cromer, Norfolk, England.

He was a civil servant. He arrived in New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 20, and in 1874, he entered the newly-established Department of Mines as chief clerk. He later served in the position of Assistant Under-Secretary for Mines until his retirement in 1894. He was prominently connected with the municipal affairs of Ryde and Gladesville for many years.

In 1862, he married Jane Wiseman (1836-1873) and in 1879, he married Caroline Estella DeLange (1852-1935). He died on February 9, 1915, in Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia.