Mabel Welma Fox was born in 1903 in Grand Rapids (Michigan) to Cornelius Fox and Jennie Gertrude Fox (nee Fisher). Fox attended Grand Rapids Junior College for her freshman and sophomore years. In 1921, Fox enrolled in the School of Education at the College of Literature Science and Arts at the University of Michigan from where she graduated in 1923 with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. During her time at the University of Michigan, Fox lived at the Betsy Barbour Women’s Residence Hall and the Martha Cook Building and worked as a botany assistant. After graduation, Fox worked as a teacher. In 1938, she became a teacher at Chelsea High School (Michigan).
During her life, Fox was an active member of the Michigan Education Association and a member of Chelsea Methodist Church, as well as president of the Church board.
Mabel Welma Fox died at 57 on December 23, 1960, in Chelsea (Michigan).

"Aaron is s a PhD Candidate in the Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, who is pursuing a specialization in global political economy.

Aaron’s research examines the political economy of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the Caribbean with specific reference to extractive industry development in the aluminum and oil sectors of Jamaica and Guyana, respectively.

Prior to joining the Balsillie School, Aaron spent several years directing political relations at the University of Waterloo as the stakeholder relations manager for the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association. As a founder and curator, Aaron has exhibited works from his Vintage Black Canada initiative at the BAND Gallery Toronto, the Gladstone Hotel, and the Contact Photography Festival as well at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Most recently in June, Aaron co-organized and marshaled the KW Solidarity March for Black Lives that saw an estimated 30,000 attendees." - Excerpt taken directly from Aaron T. Francis - Balsillie School of International Affairs.

Samuel Franklin French was born to Coffin Moore French and Dolly Pillsbury December 22, 1835 in Candia,New Hapmshire, United States of America. Samuel worked as a reverend and traveled to preach in cities including Hamilton, Massachusetts; Tewksbury, Massachusetts; Wallingford, Vermont and Londonderry, New Hampshire. On December 22, 1864 Samuel married Martha Jane Upton in Andover, Massachusetts. The couple lived in New England for the remained of their lives until Samuel's death in 1911.

Robert S. Frew was a professor of architecture and a graduate of the University of Waterloo. Few was born March 2, 1940 in Chapelton, Scotland to James G. Few, a blacksmith, and Hannah Morrow Simpson, a weaver. Frew gradated from the Mackintosh School of Architecture (Glasgow) in 1963 and obtained a B.Arch from the Manitoba School of Architecture in 1965. He completed an M.A.S.C. Engineering in 1967 and a PhD. Engineering from in 1973 from the University of Waterloo, where he was involved with building the Kaleidoscope Pavilion at Expo 67.

Frew taught Yale School of Architecture, where he worked from 1969 to 1999, Along with Bob Workman, Frew founded the Computer Science Department at Southern Connecticut State University, where he served as chair of the department from 1981 to 1984 and taught from 1978 to 2003. Outside of his professional career, Frew served as president of Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven, and taught dance with the New Haven Branch of Royal Country Scottish Dancers.

Frew died September 22, 2023 in New Haven and was interred in Grove Street Cemetery.

Samuel Fried was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania in 1804. In 1825 he and Abraham Moyer walked to Canada and settled in Roseville, Waterloo County where he worked as a farmer. He married Nancy Ziegler, also an immigrant from Pennsylvania, and the pair had 7 children together.

John Garden was born August 30 or 31, 1811 in Inverurie, Scotland, to Robert Garden (1785-1832) and Jean Davidson (1783-1821). He was one of six children, the others being Margaret, born Aug. 30 or 31, 1811 (who married George Davidson, first sheriff of Waterloo County, Ontario), James (1812-), Jane (1814-), Janet (1817-) and Robert (1821-). John died in 1836.

Robert Garden was born in 1821 in Aberdeen, Scotland to Robert Garden (1785-1832) and Jean Davidson (1783-1821). He was one of six children, the others being John, (August 30 or 31, 1811), Margaret (born Aug. 30 or 31 1811, who married George Davidson, first sheriff of Waterloo County, Ontario), James (1812-), Jane (1814-), and Janet (1817-).

Greg Gatenby (1950-) was born in Toronto. Gatenby was an editor with McClelland & Stewart between 1973 and 1975. He later worked as the artistic director of the Harbourfront Reading Series and the International Festival of Authors. He holds a B.A. in English from York University, graduating 1972.

Sofie Andersen was born in Denmark in 1903. Sofie sailed from Copenhagen to Halifax in May of 1928. On May 14, 1928 Sofie married Niels Peter Jensen at St. John's Lutheran Church in Montréal. The couple were granted a divorce on January 17, 1936 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sofie married Eugene Gauthier on October 23, 1940 at St. Ansgar's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Montréal. Eugene passed away in 1951.
Sofie practiced spiritualism in Montréal and later Kitchener-Waterloo. She was ordained as a Spiritualist minister on June 25, 1967 at the Brantford Spiritual Temple in Brantford, Ontario. Reverend Fred Maynell, President of the National Spiritualist Association of Canada, officiated and conferred the degree of Minister upon Mrs. Gauthier. Sofie passed away in Cambridge, Ontario on February 10, 1996 at the age of 93.

Alan George is a computer scientist and university administrator.

Arthur Clark Gilbey was born April 17, 1893 in England. He lived in Fonthill and in the late 1930's was Nursery Sales Manager, Nursery Stock, at E.D. Smith and Sons, Winona, Ontario. He died in 1949.

Colleen O'Hara Gildner was a translator, homemaker and volunteer born October 18, 1925 in St. Catharines to Minnie and Frederick Maines. She majored in languages at Victoria College in Toronto, graduating in 1947, and worked for several years as a translator for Sunshine Waterloo Company. Together with husband Earl Gildner, she stayed at home to raise their children and volunteered with the Cancer Society and the Heart and Stroke Association. Gildner died November 20, 2023 and was interred at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener.

Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882-17 November 1940) was born in Steyning, Sussex, England. He attended the Chichester Technical and Art School and later moved to London to study to become an architect. While there he took courses in stonemasonry and calligraphy with the Westminster Technical Institute and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. In 1903 he left the architectural profession to focus on calligraphy, letter-cutting and monumental masonry.
Gill's first success as a sculptor came in 1912 while he was living at Sopers in Ditchling, Sussex with his wife Ethel Hester Moore (1878-1961). Gill and Moore had married in 1904 and moved to Sopers in 1907. In 1913 Gill moved to Hopkin's Crank at Ditchling Common and later that year Gill was commissioned to sculpt the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral.
After the First World War, Gill along with Hilary Pepler and Desmond Chute established The Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, an artist's commune at Ditchling. Over the next ten years over forty people would come to live and work on the Common, which was grounded in Roman Catholic beliefs. During this time Gill and Mary had three girls, Petra, Joan and Betty and adopted one son, Gordian.
By 1924 Gill had moved to Capel-y-ffin, Wales where he established a new workshop. It was here that his work in typeface began, and in 1927 he cut Gill Sans, his most famous typeface.
In 1928 Gill wanted to move closer to London to be near his clients and moved to Pigotts at Speen in Buckinghamshire. From here he carved sculptures for the London Electric Railway, Marlborough College, Queen Mary College and the BBC's Broadcasting House.
Gill's other works include designing the first George VI stamp series for the Post Office and producing a bas relief for the League of Nations building in Geneva. He was also made Royal Designer for Industry and was a founding member of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry.
Throughout his career Gill also worked in woodblock cuts and created commissions for a number of personal clients as well as for private press editions.
Gill also founded or partnered in a number of presses, including Hague and Gill with his son-in-law Rene Hague and Saint Dominic's Press with others at The Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic. He was also heavily involved with Nonesuch Press and Golden Cockerel Press, providing prints for many of their works.
Gill died of lung cancer in 1940.