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Charles Richard Tuttle was born on March 14, 1848, in Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

He was a journalist, editor, author, and educator. After being a schoolteacher in Nova Scotia and a journalist in Boston, he came to Winnipeg in 1879 and founded the Winnipeg Daily Times, a newspaper that continued until 1885. He served as its editor until 1880. In 1881, he served as census commissioner for Manitoba, and, in 1883, he served on the Winnipeg School Board. In 1884, he accompanied an expedition to Hudson Bay under the command of Lieutenant Gordon. A candidate in an 1881 provincial by-election and the 1883 provincial general election, he was defeated each time. While in Manitoba, he assisted Donald Gunn with the publication of “A History of Manitoba from the Earliest Times” (1880). He also wrote, “Tuttle’s Popular History of the Dominion of Canada” (1877), “Royalty in Canada” (1878), and “Our North Land” (1885). He moved to Chicago around 1885, and there he wrote extensively on American local history.

In 1868, he married Margaret Elenor Bigney (1846–1941). He died on April 19, 1918, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Mary Minta Turnor was the sister of Elizabeth (Mrs. Wyatt Galt) Johnston. She was raised in Lennoxville, but lived most of her life with her sister in Montréal.

Albert Turnip lived in Toronto, Ontario in 1843.

Born in Stowmarket, England, Philip John Turner (1876-1943) studied at the Architectural Association in London and received an Associateship from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1901. By 1907 Turner had emigrated to Canada and set up his architectural practice in Montreal. During his career Turner designed houses, banks, commercial buildings, churches and libraries in Montreal, including alterations to the Westmount Public Library. From 1908 until 1941 Turner lectured on building construction at the McGill University School of Architecture where he held the post of director from 1939 until 1941. In 1933 Turner served as president of the Province of Quebec Association of Architects.

Né à Stowmarket (Angleterre), Philip John Turner (1876-1943) a étudié au Architectural Association de Londres et est devenu associé du Royal Institute of British Architects en 1901. En 1907, Turner a émigré au Canada et a ouvert un cabinet d'architectes à Montréal. Au cours de sa carrière, il a dessiné des maisons, des banques, des immeubles commerciaux, des églises et des bibliothèques à Montréal et notamment des modifications à la Bibliothèque municipale de Westmount. De 1908 à 1941, Turner a donné des cours sur la construction d'immeubles à l'École d'architecture de l'Université McGill dont il a été directeur de 1939 à 1941. En 1933, Turner a été président de l'Association des architectes de la province de Québec.