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Archibald (Archie) Jamieson was born in Valleyfield, Quebec on July 8, 1888 to John and Agnes (McFarlane) Jamieson. His family had emigrated from Paisley, Renfrew County, Scotland in 1886 or 1887. Jamieson had five siblings: Agnes, John, Malcolm, William, and Annie.

Jamieson lived in Rhode Island from 1906 to 1910 and studied mechanical engineering at university in Providence. Following graduation, he moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island and then to Baltimore, Maryland. On September 12, 1912, he married Rosamond Ihley of Milltown, New Jersey. After briefly living in Baltimore, the Jamiesons moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1913. From 1913 to 1918, Jamieson worked for Consolidated Steel Company. The Jamiesons had two children: John (born 1920) and Malcolm (Mack) (born 1922). Rosamond Jamieson died in 1923.

In May 1923, Jamieson moved to Fort Frances, Ontario to be closer to his brother, John. Archie Jamieson remained in the area briefly and worked in the local lumber industry. By 1925, Jamieson had returned to Toronto and taken a position with Central Scientific Company. In 1927, Jamieson attended and graduated from the Ontario College for Technical Teachers in Hamilton, Ontario. He was then employed as a mechanical engineer and foreman at the Victory Gold Mine in Goldboro, Nova Scotia.

On June 26, 1929, Archie Jamieson married Edna Georgina Peitzsche in the Goldboro Baptist Church. They had their first child, William Archibald (Archie Jr.) on January 22, 1933 while in Goldboro. The family remained in Goldboro while Jamieson pursued other career opportunities in the mining industry by first moving to Quebec and then to Lee Lake, Ontario. The family joined him in Lee Lake in June 1934, but when the mine in Lee Lake closed the following year, Edna and Archie Jr. returned to Goldboro and Jamieson went on to Goldfields, Saskatchewan to set up a gold mine (Althona). The family would not join him in Goldfields until 1937. While living in Goldfields, the Jamiesons had two more children: David, born on December 29, 1937, and Bernice, born in 1939. When the Goldfields mine closed in 1939, the family returned to Goldboro. Jamieson then moved to Outpost Island on Great Slave Lake in the North West Territories to rebuild the gold mine there in 1940, but returned to Goldboro in 1941. The Jamiesons' fourth child, Sheila Anne, was born on May 5, 1942 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. In the fall of 1946, the family moved to Walton, Nova Scotia and remained there until Archie Jamieson's death on March 1, 1960. Edna Jamieson died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 21, 1998.

David Jamieson, son of Archie and Edna Jamieson, attended high school in Nova Scotia and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. In 1958, he moved to Tempe, Arizona to study at Arizona State College/University and while there he met and married Carol Warner. David and Carol had two sons: David Jr. (born 1961) and Derek (born 1963). In 1962, the family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where David Jamieson worked for various insurance companies. The family moved to Western Canada in 1970 and settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta in 1980. David and Carol Jamieson divorced in 1982. In 1985, David Jamieson began working in the real estate industry and married Patricia (Pat) Ann Gilroy. The Jamiesons currently (2015) reside near Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Lived in Weyburn and Fielding, Saskatchewan.

David Nathaniel (Andy) Anderson was born on September 4, 1895, in Traverse County, Minnesota, to Axel and Anna Anderson. He had nine brothers and one sister. Upon completion of the eighth grade, Anderson left home to live with a brother at White Rock, South Dakota. There he worked as a carpenter and for the local railway. In June 1917, he emigrated to Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and was hired as an accountant with the Weyburn Security Bank. He worked in branches of the Bank located in Midale and Halbrite.

Anderson returned to South Dakota in 1918 while ill from influenza. He received treatment there and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and returned to Weyburn in January 1919. He was re-employed by the Weyburn Security Bank and took the position of accountant at its branch in Vantage. He met Ruth Woodworth while they were Sunday School teachers at the Methodist church in Vantage.

Ruth Woodworth was born on February 6, 1898, at Bear River, Nova Scotia, to Capt. John Edwin and Bertha Louise (Baxter) Woodworth. She had three brothers and nine sisters. Woodworth attended school in Bear River, including Oakdene High School, and completed her eleventh grade studies in July 1918. She also received her teachers' minimum professional qualification in July 1916. In August 1918, Woodworth moved to Regina to attend Normal School. She completed her studies in the spring of 1919, and was immediately hired to teach in a one-room school near Vantage for the Friendship Hill School District #3137. She taught there until December 1920.

Andy Anderson and Ruth Woodworth were married in Regina on January 6, 1921. They remained in Vantage until 1922 when they moved to Tribune as a result of Andy's transfer with the Bank. Ruth Anderson taught on a casual basis for the Salisbury School District #2746 between 1923 and 1924. On June 11, 1925, their son David John was born in Estevan. The family resided in Tribune until early 1928 when they moved to Assiniboia.

While in Assiniboia, Andy was employed as the accountant for the J.B. Smith Auto Clinic, the local General Motors dealership. As the Depression set in, he lost his job and subsequently operated a British American Oil bulk dealership, worked at a flour mill, and established a tannery - all of which closed due to lack of business. Anderson worked odd jobs and made an unsuccessful application for relief work. The lack of employment prompted Ruth and David to move to Bear River in July 1936, where David lived with Ruth's sisters and Ruth secured work as a housekeeper and later a floral arranger in Saint John, New Brunswick. Meanwhile, Andy moved to Regina in search of work and was hired to sell washing machines door-to-door. He was hired by the provincial Department of Agriculture in 1937. In November 1938, Ruth and David returned to Regina. Months after reuniting, the family purchased a home in Regina.

In 1940, Andy Anderson enlisted in the Canadian Army and was hired as a medical accountant with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps at its recruiting depot in Regina. He served there until his discharge in 1945, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was awarded the British Empire Medal on May 22, 1948, in recognition of his exemplary service during the Second World War. After his service in the Army, he was employed by the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health until his retirement in 1958. Ruth Anderson was hired by DeLuxe Florists in Regina and worked there on a casual basis until the mid-1970s. The Andersons were also active in their church and belonged to various community organizations.

The family purchased a farm on the outskirts of Regina in 1947 where they lived and operated a greenhouse, growing bedding plants and vegetables for sale to merchants and residents in Regina. They sold a portion of their land to the Wascana Centre Authority in 1957 and the remainder, including their farmhouse, in 1965. They then purchased another home in Regina and enjoyed travelling throughout the United States and Canada in their retirement.

Ruth Anderson died in Regina on January 23, 1978. Andy Anderson remained in Regina until 1986 when he moved to Victoria, British Columbia, to live near his son. He died there on May 17, 1994.

David John (Dave) Anderson was born on June 11, 1925, in Estevan. He received his education in Assiniboia, Bear River and Regina where he graduated from Central Collegiate in 1943. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1944. He was posted to Gaspé, Quebec, and served until his discharge in 1945. Upon his return to Saskatchewan, he worked in Regina before attending the University of Saskatchewan for one year. He then helped operate his parents' greenhouse and produce farming business.

In 1951, David Anderson was hired by the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. He was employed there until 1976 when he accepted a position with the New Brunswick Power Corporation. Anderson returned to Regina in 1980 and was re-employed with Saskatchewan Power Corporation, retiring ca. 1983 as vice-president of public affairs. Upon his retirement, he moved to Victoria. He died in Victoria on August 10, 2010.

David John Anderson married Jean Isabelle Reid on September 22, 1951; they divorced in 1978. They had six children: David; Patricia; Mark; Guy; Nancy and Lisa. He married Betty Elizabeth (Tunnicliffe) MacIntyre on October 29, 1983.

David Reid Anderson was born on June 25, 1952, in Regina Saskatchewan, to David John and Jean Isabelle (Reid) Anderson. He attended school in Regina. David Anderson married Mary Haywood on June 30, 1978; they divorced in 1985. They had two children: Sarah and Simon. He married Donnie Parker on September 12, 1987. Anderson currently (2011) resides in Regina.

Members include: Alexander Richard Graham; Muriel (Graham) Torrie; Alice Maude (Bambrick) Graham; Myrtle (Graham) Herman; Fen Graham; Laurie Graham; and Roy Graham.

Albert William Bannister was born on December 25, 1861 to Edwin and Caroline Bannister (neé Hill) in Hill Ridware, Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. In 1879, he was indentured to Henry and George Brown to apprentice as a carpenter and builder. After completion of his apprenticeship, in 1883 he moved from Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, England to the North-West Territories. Bannister initially settled in Long Lake and then Pense, North-West Territories. During the 1885 Rebellion, Bannister drove a transport from Swift Current to Battleford via boat. By 1887, Bannister had visited England and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan to help construct Government House. Bannister also worked as caretaker at the Receiver-General's office from 1919 until his retirement in 1933.

On August 24, 1890, Bannister married Ellen Maria Evans in Regina, North-West Territories. Ellen Maria Evans was born February 9, 1866 to William and Emano Evans (neé Blackwall Cantrell) in Hulme Walfield, Cheshire, England. Prior to 1890, the family moved to the North-West Territories, Canada. Together, Albert William and Ellen Bannister had six children: Percy, (Walter) Harvey, Hettie Priscilla, (Albert) William, Nellie Marion, and Edwin. Albert William Bannister, Sr. died in 1947.

A. William Bannister, also known as William Bannister, Albert Bannister, and Bill Bannister, was born on March 21, 1898. He was educated at Victoria School and Central Collegiate in Regina. In 1917, Bannister joined the 77th Battery and went to England as a signaler. Following the war, Bannister played with the Regina Roughriders Rugby Club. He then worked as a salesman for Hudson's Bay Wholesale and McNull and Co. for 45 years. Bannister continued to reside in Regina as of 1981. Bannister married Jean Green of Medicine Hat, Alberta in May 1924. They had three children: Mildred Lockwood (married name), William Edwin Bannister, and Jean Matchett (married name).

William John (W.J.) James was born on December 23, 1870 to William, Sr. and Maria James of the Fordwich area, Howick Township, Huron County, Ontario. His father was a blacksmith and carriage maker in Ontario, and first travelled west with the Wolseley Red River Expedition in 1870.

W. J. James came to Prince Albert, Northwest Territories ca.1890. His family followed around 1893. Both James and his father were employed by the James Sanderson sawmill as labourers. W.J. James became a barber while also establishing a photography business briefly with W.J. Jackson in 1894. James continued in barbering while also working as an itinerant photographer in the 1890s. He hired Theodore Charmbury as a photographer in his studio between 1901 and 1903, and operated a branch studio at Indian Head in 1904-1906. James operated the City Art Studio (1909-1919) and W.J. James & Co. (est.1927) in Prince Alberta until his retirement in the mid-1930s. James' professional career as an itinerant, commercial and portrait photographer spanned over forty years during which he travelled extensively in the Prince Albert district and northern parkland regions of Saskatchewan documenting settlement, local industry and everyday life.

W.J. James married Maude Rebecca Courtney, daughter of local rancher, Thomas W. and Matilda Courtney, on April 27, 1904 in Prince Albert. Maude Courtney was born in Bobcaygeon, Ontario on December 31, 1882 and came to the Prince Albert area with her family as a child.

W. J. and Maude James had four daughters: Mossie (b. 1904; died at 8 months); 'Eva' Eunice (b. 1906, married (1) Charles Musk; (2) William Bramwell McKenzie); Norma (b. 1908, married Nelson Thurson) and Murl (b. 1914, married W.B. Smith). Both Maude James and daughter Norma worked at the family studio, becoming proprietors of W.J. James & Co. following James' death in 1944. Norma James is listed in commercial directories as a photographer in the mid-1940s. W. J. James & Co. ceased operation in 1957.

William John James died on September 9, 1944 in Prince Albert. Maude James died in December 1956. Both are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Prince Albert.

Shirley Collins, daughter of Eunice McKenzie and granddaughter of W.J. James currently (2007) resides in Saskatoon.

Alfred William Smith Hipperson was born in England on September 7, 1884 to Alfred K. Hipperson and Mary Elizabeth Smith. He had four sisters: Lois; Lily; Irene and Anna. William emigrated from Norwich, England to the Peterborough, Ontario district around 1901 and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1906. Around the same time, William began to drop the Alfred and Smith from his name and signed legal and business documents as simply William Hipperson.

Hipperson married Wilhelmina Gumpricht on December 15, 1911 in Peterborough, Ontario. Wilhelmina passed away on May 19, 1920. William and his second wife, Margaret, raised three children: William Lloyd (born around 1916), Evelyn Margaret Wilhelmina (born August 4, 1925), and Donald Kemp Hipperson (born August 8, 1928). Donald Kemp Hipperson and his wife Nancy had four children: Karen Jane (born ca. 1953), Donald Ramsay (born June 2, 1955), Douglas John (born November 11, 1957), and Gordon Kemp (born April 6, 1960).

William worked as a carpenter and a general contractor in Peterborough and in Saskatchewan, and by 1927 had established Hipperson Construction Ltd. in Regina. William also entered into several related business enterprises, including Regina Sash and Door Limited; Hy-Grade Millwork Limited; Qu'Appelle Apartments Ltd.; Somerset Properties Ltd.; and Southfields Investments Ltd.. The family also owned three farming operations in the Cymric, Duval and Cupar areas of Saskatchewan that included grain farming, livestock (Southfields Hereford Farm), and fur farming (Hygrade Silverfox Company).

The family's participation in these businesses ranged from acting as the principle shareholders to actively managing and administering their operations as directors and executive office holders. The family's involvement in additional business operations continued after Donald Hipperson took primary control of the businesses in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Donald further established companies such as Hipperson Investments Ltd., Hipperson Holdings Ltd., and D.K.H. Enterprises Ltd., but the family has subsequently divested itself of its involvement in the farming and fur operations and Regina Sash and Door and Hy-Grade Millwork. Gordon Hipperson has continued many of the family businesses, including restructuring Hipperson Construction as a new corporation, Hipperson Construction Company (1996) Ltd.

William Hipperson died in Regina on April 2, 1966. Margaret Hipperson died on January 20, 1990. Donald K. and Nancy E. Hipperson currently (2010) live in Regina.

William Henry Reed was born in Bruce County, Ontario on October 4, 1869. He later moved with his parents to the Brandon, Manitoba district, where the family engaged in farming. Reed then worked as a grain buyer and salesman for the Sylvester Farm Machinery Company. As a salesman, he traveled to South Africa and various points in Western Canada to introduce machinery.

Reed married Eliza Nelles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lonsdale Nelles, on April 5, 1893. Annie Elizabeth (Eliza) Nelles was born in Cayuga, Ontario on May 3, 1873. The Reeds settled in Wapella, Saskatchewan, where W.H. Reed worked as a salesman for Kidd and Clements. Reed also farmed in the Rosa Glen district. In 1908, the Reeds moved into Wapella, where W.H. Reed operated a flour and feed business, shipped livestock and worked as an auctioneer.

William and Eliza Reed had four children: Eva; Henrietta; Marion and Nelles. William Reed died in 1936. Eliza Reed died around 1950.

William Cronyn McCheane was born in Birmingham, England on January 26, 1841. He was a member of the Fritchley Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers). William McCheane married Caroline Mettam in Birmingham on April 2, 1869. Caroline Mettam was born in Taddington, Derbyshire, England on September 18, 1841 to James and Mary Mettam. William and Caroline McCheane had six children: Lydia, Catherine (died 1894), Hannah Mary, John, William, and Edward Cronyn.

William McCheane and his son John immigrated to Canada in 1903 and settled in a district near Borden, Saskatchewan. William named the district Halcyonia. He was granted patent to a homestead at NW14-40-8-W3. He returned to England, bringing the rest of the family to Halcyonia in 1904. William McCheane operated the first post office in the district. He established the Halcyonia Meeting of the Society of Friends, and held meetings in his house until a meeting house was built around 1915. William McCheane remained in the Halcyonia district until his death in Borden on December 6, 1923.

Edward Cronyn McCheane was born in England on January 16, 1883 to William Cronyn and Caroline (Mettam) McCheane. He was accepted as a member of the Fritchley Meeting of the Society of Friends in 1883. He immigrated to Canada with his family and settled in the Halcyonia district near Borden. Edward McCheane married Edith Mary Hinde in Borden on September 1, 1920. Edward and Edith McCheane resided in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where Edward ran a commercial art studio. They had one son, Gordon Edward. Edward McCheane died in Saskatoon on June 12, 1946. Edith McCheane returned to her family's ranch where she lived until her death in Borden on October 22, 1961.