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Samuel Sydney Thompson Macadam was born on December 26, 1845 in Packenham, Ontario. In 1873, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario. Macadam practiced medicine in Ottawa and Pembroke before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1881. Macadam was registered as a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba in 1882. He served with the Winnipeg Light Infantry as an assistant physician to Surgeon-Major Pennyfather at Fort Pitt during the North-West Rebellion in 1885. After the Rebellion, he returned to Winnipeg and practiced medicine until February 1889, when he moved to Battleford, North-West Territories to serve as a medical officer with the Battleford Agency of the Department of Indian Affairs. In 1891, he was registered as a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the North-West Territories. In 1903, Macadam applied for a homestead on SE12-44-16-W3, but he later cancelled his application. Macadam remained with the Department of Indian Affairs until his retirement.

Mary Amelia Hands was born on June 21, 1855 in Wales. She immigrated to Canada in 1872 and married Samuel Macadam on August 5, 1880 in Ottawa, Ontario. The Macadams had seven children: Arthur (1881); Grant (1888-?); Geddes (1894-?); Evadne (1886-1945); Minota (1892-1968); Lennox (1896-1970); and Forbes (1890-?). Samuel Macadam died in Battleford on August 23, 1918. Mary Macadam died in 1943. Samuel, Mary, Evadne, Minota and Lennox Macadam are buried in the Battleford Community Cemetery.

Samuel Slater was born in 1823 in Derbyshire, England. He married Alice Rowley in 1850. They had eleven children, including a son, John, born in 1854.

Daniel and Sarah (Sharp) Rowland of Deptford, Kent, England had ten children, including Anne "Annie" Elizabeth, born in 1853.

John Slater and Annie Rowland were married in England in 1877. They had ten children: Albert; Samuel; Edward "Ted"; William "Will"; Ernest "Art"; Walter; Joseph; Florence; Ellen and Vernon. The Slater family emigrated from Derbyshire, England to the United States around 1883 and settled in South Dakota. In 1906, the family moved to the Weyburn, Saskatchewan district. Annie and John Slater both died at their farm in the Weyburn district, in 1924 and 1929 respectively.

Joseph Alec Slater, son of John and Annie Slater, was born on February 28, 1892 at Onida, South Dakota. He married Matilda "Tillie" Gertrude Blackwell in 1921. They had six children: Dorothy; Leonard; Norman; Irene; Melvin and Albert. Joseph Slater homesteaded on SW 14-6-17-W2 and continued to farm in the Weyburn district until his retirement in 1962. Matilda Slater died in 1950. Joseph Slater died in Weyburn in 1977.

Maurice William Sharon was born in St. Thomas, Ontario on November 1, 1875 to Sturgeon and Ellen (nee Smith) Sharon. He received his primary and secondary education in St. Thomas and graduated from the School of Practical Science (currently known as the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto). After graduation, Sharon apprenticed as an architect in St. Thomas and did geographical work with the Department of the Interior in Ottawa. While in Ottawa, Sharon served as a lieutenant with the 5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. Sharon married Florence Edna Freek in St. Thomas in 1905.

Maurice and Florence Sharon moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1906. They had two children: Helen (Elson Potts), born in 1907, and a daughter who was born and died in 1909. Sharon worked as a draughtsman with the Department of Public Works (1906-1909) before establishing a private architectural firm in 1910. After Florence Sharon's death in 1910, Sharon married Sadie Campbell, a nurse, with whom he had three children: Betty Campbell; George Dugdale and Maurice William (Bill).

Sharon remained in private practice until 1916, when he was appointed Provincial Architect with the Department of Public Works. Sharon prepared plans and specifications and supervised the construction of many of Saskatchewan's public buildings, including the Provincial Normal School in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Hospital at Weyburn, and the court houses in Weyburn, Yorkton and Assiniboia. Sharon retired in 1930 and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia and later to Chilliwack, where he died on September 8, 1940.

Sadie Campbell Sharon died on January 8, 1943 in Chilliwack. George Dugdale Sharon, who served with the 16th Canadian Scottish during the Second World War, died on August 24, 1972 in Vancouver. Betty Campbell Sharon died on October 19, 1980 in Chilliwack.

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.

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.