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Olive Ellen Burley, 1898-1982, was born in Leicester, England, the daughter of Albert Burley and Ellen Moore Burley, ?-1941. The family moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1907, where her father worked for Great West Saddlery. Olive attended McDougall School and Garbutt Business College, and then in 1918 married Peter Bertram. Peter, 1889-1979, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and came to Calgary in 1910. He was well known in the building trade. The Bertrams had two sons, Allan Bertram, 1919-?, and George Robert Bertram, 1920-1986. The family lived at 1839 Bowness Road, moving there in about 1924. Olive continued to live there until 1972. George Bertram, 1920-1986, attended Western Canada High School and Calgary Technical High School. He was a runner and as a teenager participated in the YMCA Boys’ Fair and School Exhibitions. He later worked for the Northwest Mortgage Company. He and his wife, Margaret Green, had four sons, including Ronald Bertram.

John Victor Bodington, 1887-?, was born in Norfolk, England. His wife Gladys Muriel Griffith, 1886-?, was born in London, England. Both came to Canada to work. In 1912 they met in Vermilion, Alberta and were married in Winnipeg. In 1913 they homesteaded at Wellsdale, Alberta. They had two children, Deryk, 1914-2007, and Joan, ca. 1915-?. Deryk moved to Calgary where he was a freelance writer and photographer.

Herman Otto Bowe established the Alkali Lake Ranch near Williams Lake, British Columbia in the 1860s. Bowe and his partner John Koster, married local First Nations women and the families operated the ranch for several years. The Kirkpatrick family worked on the ranch for several years and intermarried with the Bowe family. They sold the ranch in 1909 to C. N. Wynn Johnson. James D. Kirkpatrick, 1867-1933, moved to Vancouver abut 1903, to Redcliff, Alberta in 1917, and finally to Calgary in 1923. He and his wife had eleven children including Samuel T., 1914-1979.

The Briggs family moved to Medicine Hat January 11, 1919 after running a restaurant in Millet, Alberta. In Medicine Hat the Briggs family ran the Greyhound Bus Lines. James was the manager of the bus depot, he was also a known businessman in the community of Medicine Hat.

James Briggs was a First World War veteran, he married Christina Hansen. Their children were Ruby and James Arthur. James Arthur was killed in action during the Second World War. Ruby married Bill Popplewell.

James Briggs served as the President of the Medicine Hat Senior Citizens Club, as well as the Canadian Legion, and was generally very active in community affairs.

James Briggs died on June 22, 1956, at 71 years of age.

George William Charles Brinkhurst and his family, including wife Nora Jean (nee Hatley) and children, resided at 827 a 4th St. Medicine Hat. The earliest recording of his residence at this address dates to 1924, and by 1955 they had moved to 406 13 St. SE. George Brinkhurst served with the South Alberta Regiment in WWII and was decorated with multiple medals as a result. During his career, he was employed by the CPR as a train postal clerk. By the early 1950s George Brinkhurst held the title of clerk, railway mechanical special and primary reserve officer, military engineering services, Canadian Army Reserve, Department of National Defense (clk RyMS and pres offrs Mess CanArmy Reserve DND).

Sidney Brook, 1871-1957, was born in Brighton, England. He came to Canada in 1891 and settled for several years near Morden, Manitoba. In 1907 he married Christena Isabelle McFadden, 1886-1966, of Manitou, Manitoba. They had seven children, Gordon S., 1908-?, Arnott, 1910-1917, Lorne V., [ca. 1912]- , Glen L., [ca. 1914 or 1915]- , Alice May (Carmichael), 1916- , Mabel (Lewis), 1920- , and Roy Eustace, 1924- . The Brooks moved to Alberta in 1910 and farmed at Craigmyle. Sidney served during the First World War and was wounded in France. The Brooks retired from farming in 1939 and moved into Craigmyle, where Sidney worked as the Alberta Treasury Branch agent for 15 years. In 1963 Isabelle moved into Calgary.

Frederick J. Brown, 1858-1923, was born in England and as an adult was employed as a plumber, gas fitter and interior decorator. He emigrated to Canada ca. 1906 and settled in Calgary with his family. He worked as a sign maker with the Alberta Sign Company. He and his wife, Clara, ?-1940, had six children, Grace Winifred, Joan, Gertrude M., Percy, James H. and Frank G. Grace was a photographer's assistant and worked for W.B. Young, Marcell, and Courtland's studios. In 1941 she married Walter Charles Dennis.

Douglas Harold Brown was born on January 27th, 1944 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to parents James William Brown and Nellie Marguerite Brown (nee Smith). Doug Brown was employed as a crane operator, though he expressed a personal interest in photography throughout his entire life. This interest may have been sparked by his father James.

James, or Bill as he was also known, had been a travelling salesman dealing in photographic supplies. Bill decided to leave the business and Saskatoon in order to purchase his own in Medicine Hat. In August of 1958, Bill bought Gainsboro Studio. The first time business owner was self-taught in the art of photography and trained himself in processing and portraiture. His wife Nellie also worked in the Studio, having had taken many courses on the subject, she became well versed in refinishing and retouching. The pair would operate successfully out of their new studio, relocated to the ground floor of 267-2nd Street SE (the house serving the dual purpose of studio and family home), until 1979 when the business was sold to Janet Bunney. James William Brown passed away on March 10, 1988 followed by his son Doug Brown on January 27th 1944.

Thomas Byron, ?-1940 and Cecil Byron, ?-1911, grew up in Surrey, England. Thomas immigrated to Olds, Alberta in 1898 and established the Eagle Hill Ranch. He eventually moved to Cowichan Station on Vancouver Island. His brother Cecil moved to St. John, New Brunswick where he was married. Later he establishment a ranch in the Jumping Pound district west of Calgary, Alberta.

The Cadenhead brothers, Douglas & Hasard, travelled from Wolf Creek, Alberta north to the Half Way Flats in Peace River Block in British Columbia in 1912.