Padraig O Broin was born in Clontarf, Ireland in 1908. He emigrated with his family to Toronto, Ontario as a child. O Broin was the founding editor of Teangadoir. As a writer and poet he published numerous works including the collections Than any Star (1962) and No Casual Trespass (1967). He was also the editor and publisher of the Gaelic literary magazine Teangadoir worked contributed "Feargus Rua Cecinit" to a historical anthology of Gaelic lyrics.

William Henry Bartlett was an artist and author born in Kentish Town, England on March 26, 1809. Throughout his life, Bartlett travelled Europe, America, and the Middle East collecting sketches for his engraving illustrations. Bartlett spent many months visiting Canada in 1838, where he drew sketches of major landmarks such as Niagara Falls, markets in Toronto, landscapes in Montreal, as well as scenes of daily living conditions throughout Western Canada. He died at sea, off the coast of Malta, on September 13, 1854.

David H. Snyder was a a farmer in the New Dundee area of Ontario.

Milton Acorn was a Canadian poet born on March 30, 1923 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He mainly worked as a carpenter by trade, but also wrote poetry influenced by Marxist ideas as well as experiences from the working-class. Acorn published various collections of his writing and gained recognition from fellow poets for his nationalism and activism. Throughout his life, Acorn lived in various cities across Canada including Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver before moving back to Charlottetown, where he died on August 20, 1986.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record began with the publication of the Daily News of Berlin on February 9, 1878 and was the first daily paper in the area. It was published by Peter Moyer. Over the years it had several names and publishers: in January of 1897 it was purchased by the German Printing and Publishing Company and was amalgamated with that company's Berlin Daily Record to become the Berlin News Record, and later still the News Record, all published by William (Ben) V. Uttley. In 1918 the publishers of the German-language paper the Berliner Journal, William D. Euler (later Senator for North Waterloo) and William J. Motz, purchased the News Record and changed the name to the Kitchener Daily Record. On July 17, 1922 the Record absorbed the other daily, the Daily Telegraph. With that event, the original three daily papers (the News Record, the Berlin Daily Record, and the Daily Telegraph) became one.

The Berliner Journal began in December 29, 1859 by Frederick Rittinger and John Motz, and was located on Queen Street south, Kitchener. Motz remained editor until his death in 1899, at which time his son William acquired his father's interest. When Rittinger died in 1915 his share was acquired by William D. Euler. The weekly Journal ended on May 10, 1924. The Record’s first staff photographer was Harry Huehnergard, who worked for the paper for 49 years before retiring in 1986 as Manager of the Photographic Department.

In 1948 the Kitchener Daily Record was re-named the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, which name it retained until 1994, when it became simply The Record. In 1928 the paper moved from its home at 49 King Street west to a new building at 30 Queen Street north where it was to stay for 44 years until moving in May 1973 to 225 Fairway Road. When William J. Motz died in 1946 his son John E. Motz took over as publisher. The by-then Senator Euler sold his interest to Southam Press in 1953. John E. Motz died in 1975 and the Motz Family continued to own a controlling interest in the paper until 1990, when it was sold to Southam. In 1998, The Record was sold to Sun Media Corporation, and then in March 1999, to Torstar Corporation. In January 2005, the paper moved its offices to Market Square on King Street east in Kitchener's downtown core, and on March 11, 2008, the name was changed to the Waterloo Region Record.

Dion Calthrop was born May 2, 1878 in London, England, the son of actors. He was introduced to the stage while still a young child. He wrote a number of books, but he is also known for his paintings. He died in England, March 1937.

William E. Dyer was born around 1878 in Ontario. According to a 1921 Census of Canada, Dyer lived in the Toronto North District. He was married to Vestina G. Dyer ([1877?]-[19-?]) and they had a son, Victoria N. Dyer ([1910?-[19-?]). The federal voters list for 1938 indicates that Dyer was a builder and resided on Howland Avenue in the electoral district of Spadina in Toronto.

Flora Josephine Green was born on October 3, 1890, in Ingersoll, Ontario, to William Collis Green and Ellen Bateman. She married George Elmore Reaman on July 22, 1914, in York, Ontario. They had one child during their marriage, Elaine Reaman. She died on December 25, 1981, at the age of 91.

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.

Frances Jeanette Clark was born in Kitchener and began her teaching career in Bloomingdale, Ontario. She then taught in Borden, Saskatchewan before returning to Kitchener for 34 years of her 40 year long teaching career. Jeanette was also involved in a number of professional and volunteer organizations including helping to organize the local Women Teachers Federation, the Kitchener-Waterloo Retired Teachers Association and various organizations of Glen Acres Baptist Church.

Gordon Wagner is the great grandson of Jacob Hailer and grandson of Louis Henry Wagner, who was a first cousin of Louis Jacob Breithaupt.

The Petworth Project was a genealogical research project begun in 1989 and funded by Father Edward Jackman and the Jackman Foundation. Its object was the Petworth Emigration Scheme, one of a number of assisted emigration schemes in southern England in the 1830's. The Petworth Emigration Committee, organized by the Rev. Thomas Sockett and sponsored by the Earl of Egremont, chartered ships and sent emigrants from England to Upper Canada between 1832 and 1837.

Sir Percival Hartley was born December 2, 1867. He was educated at Marlborough College and St. John's College in Cambridge, England. Hartley later studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, as well as other hospitals in Paris and Vienna. He was a physician at the London General Hospital and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Hartley also worked at the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest in Brompton, London, and Daneswood Sanatorium in Bedfordshire, England. He wrote a number of medical books and articles for journals. In 1900, he was given the honour of Goulsonian Lecturer at the Royal College of Physician. Throughout his career as a physician, Hartley specialized in diseases of the chest, particularly tuberculosis. He died on June 30, 1952.