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Mabel Schneider was born on February 22, 1904 to parents Albert Carl and Emma Schneider. She was the third out of four children. She died at the age of 24 from pulmonary tuberculosis. She was still single at the time of death on July 27, 1928.

Norman Christoph Schneider was born in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) on December 9, 1888, the third son of John Metz and Helena Ahrens. He was an engineer and worked from 1905-1910 at Tuerk Tool and Engine company, before joining J.M. Schneider Inc. as a stationary engineer. Over the course of his time with the company he served as company vice-president, president, chairman of the board and as a director, retiring in 1976. He was married to Ethel May Lapsley with whom he had three children: Herbert John, Howard George and Brita.

Beyond his work at Schneider's he served with the 118th Battalion, during the First World War, and served as a Member of Parliament for the riding of North Waterloo from 1952-1958. He won a by-election in 1952, was re-elected in 1953 and 1956, but was defeated in 1958 by Conservative O.W. Weichel. He participated actively in community affairs, serving with the Kitchener Young Men's Club, the Red Cross, the Kitchener Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Federated Charities, Salvation Army, Children's Aid, YWCA, University of Waterloo, St. Mary's Hospital, Doon Pioneer Village, K-W High School Board, Kitchener Citizen's Fire Prevention Committee, Waterloo Township Plowman's Association, Grand River Valley Conservation Commission, Kitchener Downtown Urban Renewal Development Committee, the Schneider Male Choir, and as a director of the Economical Mutual Insurance Co. He was a lifelong member of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Swedenborgian) and served for twenty-five years as Sunday school superintendent and member of the Board of Directors.

Schneider was an aviation enthusiast influencing the development of related amenities in the Region of Waterloo. He was involved in establishing the Kitchener-Waterloo Airport on Lexington Road in Waterloo in 1930 and assisted with the selection of the site of the Waterloo-Wellington Airport in Breslau, Ontario. He served on the airport commission from its founding in 1946 until 1971 and in 1973 the new terminal building was named in his honour. Schneider became an avid skier in his 40's and was a founding member of the Chicopee Ski Club. He also had an interest in motorcycles and automobiles resulting in the 1956 of a LeRoy car built in Kitchener in 1899, which he subsequently donated to Doon Pioneer Village. Finally, an active amateur photographer, he covered the Olympics in Berlin for The Record and in 1929 was the official movie photographer for Kitchener when the King and Queen visited the city.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University) in 1966 and a Centennial medal in 1967 on the occasion of Canada's 100th birthday.

Schneider died August 26, 1985 at his home in Kitchener and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.

Pearl Wing was born April 1898 in Shipka, Ontario, near Grand Bend. She married Emil John Henry Schneider and together they had three children: John, Ruth and Anne. She attended the Church of the Good Shepherd and was a one time member of the Women's Auxiliary. She died December 2, 1987 in St. Jacobs, Ontario and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Wilhelm Christoph Schneider was born on September 30, 1867 to parents Johann Christoph and Anna Schneider. He married Emma Kennedy, with whom he had nine children: Edwin, Alvin, Walter, Alfred, Carl, Lenore, Edna, Eva, and Isabelle. In 1901 he was a farmer and then in 1911 he went into the business of tannery. He died at his Kitchener home on February 10, 1952.

Jemima Bray Schofield was born September 7, 1816 in Deighton, Yorkshire, England to George and Ann (nee Preston) Bray. She married John Schofield, a tailor, on March 4, 1843 in Leeds, England. Jemima died in the same city in 1866, where she was buried on February 8, 1866.

Margaret Schreiter was "Camp Mother" at Camp Tinawatawa on Paradise Lake near Waterloo, Ontario between 1952 and 1959.

Dr. John Schroeder began teaching at the University of Waterloo in May 1966 and retired as a Professor of Civil Engineering in April 1988.

Jules Schwerin was a film director.

Dr. Donald (Don) Scott was a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo between 1964 and 1989. He served as chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1964 to 1970, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering from 1969 to 1970, and Associate Dean, Graduate Affairs in Engineering from 1980 to 1983. In addition, he served as a member of the Senate from 1971 to 1977 and the Board of Governors from 1975 to 1978.

During his tenure, Scott made a substantial contribution to the growth and development of the Chemical Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. In 1994, he was appointed Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Following his retirement, Scott continued as a research professor with a major research program in energy until 2004.

Dr. Scott’s research specialties included bioenergy, the design of chemical reactors, air pollution, and mixed gas-liquid flow.

He served as Vice-President and President of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering from 1971 to 1972 and was a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada. He was also one of the first Canadians to be named a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 1973.[1]

Duncan Campbell Scott was born on August 2, 1862. He was a Canadian bureaucrat, poet and prose writer. He served as the deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs from 1913 to 1932. In this position, Scott advocated for the assimilation of Indigenous peoples of Canada. In the 21st century, Scott's work in the Department of Indian Affairs has been high scrutinized and classed as cultural genocide.

Scott died on December 19, 1947.

Octavius Augustus Seagram and his wife, Amelia Stiles, immigrated to Canada from Wiltshire, England in 1837. They purchased two farms and a tavern in Fisher's Mills, near Galt (now Cambridge, Ontario). The couple had two sons, Joseph Emm, born in 1841, and Edward Frowde, born in 1842. These boys were orphaned in their teens, and lived for six years at Dr. Tassie's boarding school in Galt.

After spending a year at business college in Buffalo, New York, Joseph Seagram returned to Canada, where he worked as a bookkeeper and manager at various mills in Galt and Stratford. In 1864 he went to work for William Hespeler at the Granite Mills in Waterloo, which was to be the foundation of his career as a distiller. In 1869 he married Stephanie Urbs, daughter of Jacob Hespeler's sister Maria, thus connecting himself with some of the most prominent families in the area, such as the Warnocks and Hespelers. In 1850 Adam Warnock, a merchant in Galt, had married Joseph Seagram's wife's aunt, Stephanie Hespeler. His wife's sister Marie had married Canon Bland. Joseph Emm Seagram and his wife Stephanie had five children who lived past infancy. Their four sons were Edward Frowde, 1873-1937, Joseph Hamilton, 1875-195-?, Norman, 1879-1963, and Thomas William, 1887-1965. Their only daughter was Blanche Alexandrine (Adine), 1871-1919, who married G.H. Bowlby, M.D. in 1894.

Joseph Emm Seagram's passion was horse racing. A wealthy man, Seagram advanced horse racing in Canada, establishing it as a popular hobby among the wealthy elite. He imported high-quality breeding stock from the United States and Britain. Horses from the Seagram stables were Queen's Plate Winners for eight consecutive years, beginning in 1891. His horses achieved fifteen plate wins in all. His enthusiasm was shared by his son Edward Frowde and grandson Joseph Edward Frowde who continued the family tradition to the 1970's.

Also active in politics, Joseph Emm Seagram was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Waterloo North during the Liberal years of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He participated in a variety of local organizations, becoming an influential and respected member of the community. His sons and grandsons continued the tradition of strong local participation in business and civic life, as well as displaying a keen interest in and support of sports, ranging from golf to football to cycling.

Stephanie Urbs was born in 1847. She was the daughter of Marie Hespler, who was the sister of Jacob Hespler. Urbs was married to Joseph Emm Seagram in 1869. She died in 1909.

Benjamin Shantz was a farmer and mill operator born September 21, 1811 to Christian Schantz and Hannah Paul. He married Lydia Kolb on November 5, 1833 and together the couple had eleven children; Josiah K. Shantz (1834-1913), Catharine Shantz (May 17, 1836-February 28, 1917), Hannah Shantz (April 1, 1838-August 20, 1841), Christian Shantz (January 20, 1840-?), Tobias Kolb Schantz, Abraham K. Shantz (September 20, 1844-?), Benjamin K. Shantz (December 5, 1846), Menno K. Shantz (January 31, 1849-July 6, 1888), Lydia Kolb Shantz (1851-1900), Sarah K. Shantz (April 1, 1854-April 10, 1878), and Enoch K. Shantz (October 7, 1856-May 25, 1888).

After Benjamin married Lydia he worked on his father's farm in Freeport, Ontario. In 1853, Benjamin and his family moved to Saugeen, Bruce County, Ontario. At some point, Benjamin owned a gristmill in Port Elgin, Ontario.

Lydia died on November 9, 1862.

Following the death of his wife Lydia, Benjamin remarried. He married Margaret Swinton on March 9, 1863. The couple had four children; Jacob S. Shantz (December 23, 1863-July 16, 1865), Israel S. Shantz (July 8, 1865-?), Isaac S. Shantz (February 17, 1867-?), and Rebecca S. Shantz (October 9, 1868-?).

Around 1864 or 1865 Benjamin and his family moved to Montgomery County, Missouri, and later to Dallas County, Missouri.

Benjamin died on November 9, 1868.

Christian Shantz was a white settler who, along with his wife and children, was the first of the Schantz Russel family ancestors to make a home in what is now the Region of Waterloo. He was born July 11, 1769 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to Jacob Shanz, originally from Switzerland, and Catherine Beary. Shantz married Hannah Paul, also from Montgomery County, in 1791 and together they had ten children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Jacob, David, Heinrich, Susannah, Hannah, Benjamin and Rebecca. In 1810 the family emigrated to Canada, settling at Freeport on the Grand River. Shantz died April 7, 1857 in what is now Kitchener, Ontario and was buried in the First Mennonite Cemetery.

Hannah Shantz was a white settler who, along with her husband and children, was the first of the Schantz Russell family members to make a home in what is today the Region of Waterloo. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1772 to Friedrich and Maria Sophia (nee Bauer) Paul. She married Christian Shantz, also of Montgomery County, in 1791 and together they had ten children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Magdalena, Jacob, David, Heinrich, Susannah, Hannah, Benjamin and Rebecca. In 1810 the family emigrated to Canada, settling at Freeport on the Grand River. Shantz died July 10, 1845 in what is now Kitchener, Ontario and was buried in the First Mennonite Cemetery.