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Born in Ottawa, Arthur S. (Stanley) Bourinot (1893-1969) was well known in literary circles as a poet, editor and publisher. Professionally, he worked with the Department of Indian Affairs as a clerk from 1914-1919, the law firm (Ewart, Kelley and Kelley), and Metro Life Insurance Company from 1921-1926. He became a barrister in the 1920's and worked at the Metro Life Insurance Company (1930-1953). Mr. Bourinot was a member of the Canadian Authors' Association and a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Writers' Foundation. A poet himself, Mr. Bourinot also edited and published correspondence or 'letters' of other poets including Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) and Bourinot's nephew, Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947).

A. Ernest Stitt was a noted Ottawa paddler and hockey player. He competed for the Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club and was a member of the crew that won the War Canoe Championship of Canada at Lachine in 1928. Active in City League hockey, Mr. Stitt was a member of the 1931/32 Ottawa All Star Hockey Club. The team played a 34-game schedule throughout Europe in 1931 finishing with a record of 32 wins and 2 ties. He also worked for the Ottawa Transportation Commission and by 1965, was the treasury officer for the OTC. He continued as such until the 1970's and retired by 1974 with his wife, Margaret.

Guy R.L. Potter (1893-1977) was employed with the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior. He held various positions in the Ottawa Branch of the National Film Society of Canada. Guy Potter married Dulcibella Cranston who was the granddaughter of William Pittman Lett, the first City Clerk of the City of Ottawa (1855-1891).

Percy Walker Nelles (1892-1951) was a Naval Officer and the Chief of the Naval Staff during 1934-1944. Born in Brantford, Ontario, he entered the Navy in 1908. He was one of the first Canadian naval cadets to receive basic training in Canada. He completed his midshipman's training aboard HMS Niobe, and served with the Royal Navy from 1914 to 1917. During his term as flag lieutenant during 1917-1922, he attended Admiralty Staff College in England. After a further period of training at the Admiralty, he was appointed executive officer of HMS Dragon. In 1929, Nelles became the first RCN captain of a British ship. He was promoted captain in 1931, and attended Imperial Defence College in 1933. In 1934, he became Chief of the Naval Staff in Ottawa with the rank of commodore. He held this appointment until 1944. In January 1944, he was appointed to the United Kingdom as Senior Canadian Flag Officer Overseas and in May, he became head of the new Canadian Naval Mission Overseas. He was promoted to: Rear-Admiral in 1938; Vice-Admiral in 1941; and Admiral in 1945. Nelles was the first Canadian-trained naval officer to become an admiral and the first to be in command of the service. He retired in 1945, and died in Victoria, B.C.

R.S. (Bill) Grandy (1894-1965) served as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during the First World War and with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)during the Second World War. Born at Bay L?Argent (Fortune Bay), Newfoundland, he enlisted in 1915 and went overseas as a private with the Newfoundland Regiment, serving at Gallipoli. He returned to the United Kingdom and was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the RFC in July of 1916. The following year, he fought in France with No. 43 Squadron (Camels). Between 1920 and 1923, Grandy served at Camp Borden as flying instructor and an operational pilot. In 1925, he served as the Officer Commanding (OC) Cormorant Lake, and in 1926 he was posted as the Commanding Officer (C.O.) of No. 3 Squadron in Ottawa. During 1932, he served as the OC of the flying training wing at Camp Borden and as second in command at Trenton. That same year, he also pioneered the air mail routes with the Belle-Isle/Montreal Experimental Air Mail Service, and for this he was recommended for the Trans Canada Trophy. In 1935, he was the C.O. at the RCAF Station Winnipeg and was awarded the Order of the British Empire. Grandy retired ca. 1946, having attained the rank of Group Captain.

William Avery "Billy" Bishop (1894-1956) was the top scoring Canadian and Imperial ace of the First World War, credited with 72 victories. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, he was the first Canadian airman to win the Victoria Cross, awarded him for a single-handed dawn attack on a German airfield on 2 June 1917. His last victory came on 19 June 1918 when he claimed 5 enemy aircraft. In August he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and sent to England to help organize an abortive 2-squadron Canadian Air Force. After the war Bishop and W.G. Barker operated a commercial flying enterprise before Bishop went into sales promotion in England and Canada. During the Second World War he was an honorary air marshal in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Bishop died in Palm Beach, Florida.

Rear Admiral Kenneth Frederick Adams (b. 1903) served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1928 until 1958, was responsible for the establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve (RCN(R)) Headquarters in Hamilton, and was in command of the RCN(R) for five years. Born in Victoria, BC, Adams graduated from the Royal Naval College of Canada in 1922. He joined the RCN(R) in 1928 and a few months later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) as a Lieutenant. He served on the destroyer HMCS Vancouver and saw service overseas in ships and establishments of the Royal Navy until 1931, when Adams returned to Canada for two years' service on the destroyer HMCS Skeena. In December 1935, he was appointed First Lieutenant of the destroyer HMCS St. Laurent. Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, he was appointed to HMCS Stadacona (the RCN barracks at Halifax). He was serving as Executive Officer of the barracks when he was promoted to the acting rank of Commander in July 1940, and then was confirmed in rank in January, 1941. From April until December 1941, Adams was in command of the auxiliary cruiser HMCS David. He then returned to Halifax as Commanding Officer of the RCN barracks. Between February and December, 1943, he commanded the HMC ships Assiniboine, Ottawa, and Prince Henry, then took up an appointment as Director of Warfare and Training at Naval Headquarters, Ottawa. In August of the following year, he was named Commanding Officer of the HMCS Somers Isles (the RCN's sea training base in Bermuda). Early in 1945, he commanded the HMCS Iroquois, and in July of that year, became the Commanding Officer of the HMCS Stadacona for the second time. In 1946, Adams assumed command of the HMCS Uganda, but in June 1949, he undertook the dual appointment of Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel and Director of Naval Reserves at Naval Headquarters. In September 1949, Adams was appointed command of the HMCS Magnificent, then in November 1951, he assumed command of the RCN Barracks at Esquimalt. In April 1953, when new headquarters were formed in Hamilton for the Naval Divisions and the RCN(R), Adams became the first Commanding Officer Naval Divisions (COND). He retired in 1958.

Philip Chaplin was a Senior Research Officer in the Directorate of History during the 1960s. He served as a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. In 1950, he entered the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve (RCNR) in the University Training Division and was commissioned in the reserve. He retired as a lieutenant in 1963. Chaplin joined the public service and began writing historical narratives as Senior Research Officer in the Directorate of History. Philip Chaplin was born in Montreal on 22 November 1919 and died in Ottawa 18 May 1992.

Frederick George Mackenzie Fraser (fl. 1878-1889) was Fisheries Overseer in Simcoe County and the Muskoka District, in the employ of the Federal Department of Fisheries, based at Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County, Ontario.

Thomas Lymer (1853-1936) emigrated to Canada fom England in 1874, and was employed at Government House in Toronto as a butler until he became Steward in 1880.

William Herbert Cornell Cranston (1914-1978) was a reporter and publisher who was involved in community affairs in the Midland area and across Ontario.

H.A. Callighen (b. 1877) was a Park Ranger for Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario between 1908 and 1922, and a Chief Ranger between 1922 and 1925.

Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski (1813-1898) was an engineer in Ontario who also made contributions in the areas of defense and education.

Thomas Patrick Murray (b. 1880) was the president of Murray Brothers Lumber Company near Barry's Bay, Ontario and was a Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Renfrew South from 1929-1945.

Murray was born in Barry's Bay, Ontario, and married Hannah Kiely in 1910, the couple subsequently having nine children. Murray first was elected as a Liberal MPP in 1929, and was re-elected in 1937 and 1939. He remained in office until 1945.

Benjamin Burdwood Toye (1836-1893) was an early operator and innovator in the telegraphy field in Canada.

William Kirby (1817-1906), best known as the author of the Golden Dog, was a newspaper editor and local politician in the Niagara area of Ontario in the nineteenth century.

Caroline Hayward (fl. 1855) was an author and poet in Canada, and wrote "The Battles of The Crimea" which was published in 1855.

Alexander Herbert Douglas Ross (fl. 1827-1945) was an M.A., M.F., surveyor, forester and author in Ontario.

Mary Bourchier Sanford (fl. 1868-1925) was an author who lived in Ontario and the United States, contributing to magazines and publishing historical novels.

William Osborn (d. 1857) was a poet and editor in Ontario, as well as a member of the International Order of Oddfellows.