John Fraser Torrance was born on October 29, 1852, in Montreal, Quebec.

He was a mining engineer. He graduated from McGill University (B.A., 1872; B.Sc. in Mining and Assaying, 1873). He was a member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. In 1889, Torrance became a corporate member and one of the directors of the Dominion Safety Boiler Company Ltd. He published several papers, e.g., "Notes on Gold and Silver Mining in the Province of Quebec" (1887?) and "Plumbago and Some of Its Uses" (1892?).

In 1888, he married Elizabeth May Jack (1860-1940). He died on April 6, 1908, in Montreal, Quebec.

Frederick William Torrance was born in Montréal in 1823 and was educated at Nicolet College in Québec and at Edinburgh University. He studied law in Montréal and was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1848. He received his B.C.L. from McGill in 1856. Torrance practised in Montréal for twenty years and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1867 and judge in 1868. He was one of the founders of the Lower Canada Jurist in 1857 and was its managing editor during the first four years of its existence. From 1854 to 1870 he was Lecturer and Professor of Roman law at McGill University and was a Governor of the University from 1870 until his death. In 1865 Torrance was appointed a commissioner to inquire into the St. Alban's raid.

Rev. Edward Fraser Torrance was born on September 12, 1852, in Montreal, Quebec.

He was a clergyman. He graduated from McGill University (M.A., 1874). He was ordained in 1876 and served as Minister of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Peterborough from 1876 to 1907. He also served on the Board of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.

In 1899, he married Helen Grant Dennistoun (1873–1964). He died on July 12, 1925, in Kingston, Ontario.