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William Gerrard Dow was born on September 21, 1849 in Whitby, Ontario to John and Catherine Isabella (Ball) Dow. He served in the militia during the Fenian Raids around 1865 and then travelled west with Colonel Stoughton Dennis in 1869 as part of the surveying party at Red River. Dow farmed at Whitby until around 1889, when he moved near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to take up farming. In 1903, he moved to the Ruddell, North-West Territories (now known as Saskatchewan) district, where he farmed until his death on January 8, 1937.

William Dow married Annie McAllan on September 24, 1873 in Whitby. William and Annie Dow had six children: Isabella; Marion; Margaret; Annie; John and James. Isabella Dow, born on June 15, 1875, died in 1948. Marion Kathleen, born on February 23, 1877, was a teacher and married Thomas Pain, with whom she had three children: Harold, Thomas and Arthur. Marion died in 1960. Margaret Josephine, born on September 17, 1878, was a teacher and married Carney Ferry, with whom she had two children: Marion and William. Margaret Josephine died in 1922. Annie Jardine, born on March 23, 1880, died on December 10, 1974. James, born on March 15, 1882, is believed to have died in infancy.

John Dow was born on March 15, 1882. Around 1904, he homesteaded in the Ruddell, Saskatchewan district. He served in World War I and married Marjorie Rake in 1918 while overseas. The Dows returned to the Ruddell district in 1919 and resided on the farm until 1938, when they moved to Saskatoon. The Dows had four children: Herbert J. (born 1920); Nora; David and Marjorie Elizabeth. John Dow died in September 1969 and Marjorie Dow died on December 30, 1974. Herbert Dow worked in the insurance and financial management industries in Regina until the mid 1990s, when he and his wife, Frances, moved to Saskatoon. Herbert J. Dow and his sisters, Nora and Marjorie (Delahey), currently (2018) continue to reside in Saskatoon.

John Thomas Gallaway was born on September 30, 1846 and died on March 18, 1921. He and his wife, Elizabeth Ann Davis (1855-1918) were married in 1875 and had six children: John Hillard; Jane (1881-1964); Herbert “Gordon”; Elizabeth “Ann” Esther Gallaway (1888-1956); Percival William Henry (1892-1926); and Elsie Adelaide Gallaway Torgeson (1895-1980). John T. Gallaway and family settled in the Estevan, North-West Territories district in 1893. The family farm, called Galadale Farm, is located four miles northwest of Estevan on Highway No. 39.

Percival Gallaway served in World War I and died in Alberta in July 1926. Gordon Gallaway was born in Ontario in March 1885. He married Fannie Louise Clendenan on February 3, 1920. Fannie was born in Lindsay, Ontario on January 9, 1889 and came west with her parents to Arcola in 1908. She worked as a teacher in rural schools in southern Saskatchewan before her marriage. Gordon Gallaway carried on the family farm and served as reeve of the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5 (1927-1940); and secretary-treasurer of the Hildahl Rural Telephone Company. Gordon Gallaway died on May 2, 1964. Fannie Gallaway died in 1960. They had two children: Ronald John (born April 26, 1925) and Marjorie. Ronald graduated from the School of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948 and married Marguerite Cameron of Birsay, Saskatchewan in 1951. He took over Gallaway family farm near Estevan and resided there until his death on November 23, 2012.

Elsie Adelaide Gallaway (1895-1980) married Theodore (Torge) Andrew Torgeson in 1923.

Joseph John Fuchs was born on October 18, 1881 in Perham, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. He was married to Mary Scolastica Kirchner, with whom he had at least two children (Joseph Norbert Fuchs and Clarence John Fuchs).

Elizabeth Sophia Spittle was born October 2, 1863 in England and David Grieve Tuckwell was born on January 8, 1865 to David and Mary Ann Tuckwell (nee Palmer) in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. In 1887, the marriage of David Grieve Tuckwell and Elizabeth Sophia Spittle was registered in Buckinghamshire County, England and within five years the two were sailing to Australia with two children (Elsie [born ca. 1888] and Ronald [born October 17, 1890]). While in Australia, Tuckwell served as editor of a newspaper (the Daily Free Press) in Bathurst, New South Wales. In 1903, the couple moved to Canada with Elsie and two new children (Alan Wesley [born September 25, 1895] and Margaret J. [born ca. 1902]), while their son Ronald Wesley went to England to further his education. The family would settle in Winnipeg, Manitoba where D. G. Tuckwell served on the editorial staff of the Manitoba Free Pres and later took up ownership of the Rainy River Gazette and of the Yorkton Times. By 1911, the family was living in Lloydminster and son Ronald had rejoined the family where together with his father they would purchase the Lloydminster Times. The D. G. Tuckwell also entered politics, joined Lloydminster town council in 1913, and served as mayor in 1914 and 1915 before moving to Regina in 1916 to assist the provincial government with the implementation of municipal union hospital approach to health care delivery province-wide. He then proceeded to move to Victoria, British Columbia where died on June 6, 1941. Elizabeth Sophia Spittle Tuckwell died on December 16, 1951 in Victoria.

Ronald Tuckwell attempted to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916, leading the family to sell their interest in the Lloydminster Tmes, however after denied enlistment due to medical concerns, he proceeded to move to Pilot Mound, Manitoba where he purchased and began operating the Pilot Mound Sentinel newspaper. Like his father, Ronald entered politics, serving eight years on the town council of Pilot Mound as well as three years as mayor, but he also remained in the publishing field until his retirement in 1949 when he moved to Winnipeg. Ronald married [C.] Marietta Taylor (1895-1972) in 1914 and together they had one son and three daughters; he died in Winnipeg on November 29, 1991.

Alan Tuckwell volunteered for duty in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and served with the 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse Regiment and later the Winnipeg Grenadiers Militia Unit. He would marry Florinda Mary Wade (1895-1965) and have (at least) two children - James Alan [1920-1990] and Joan Florinda [1921-1978]) before he died on March 20, 1962 in Victoria.

The history of the daughters of Elizabeth Sophia Spittle and David Grieve Tuckwell has not yet been ascertained.

William Gerrard Dow was born on September 21, 1849 in Whitby, Ontario to John and Catherine Isabella (Ball) Dow. He served in the militia during the Fenian Raids around 1865 and then travelled west with Colonel Stoughton Dennis in 1869 as part of the surveying party at Red River. Dow farmed at Whitby until around 1889, when he moved near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to take up farming. In 1903, he moved to the Ruddell, North-West Territories (now known as Saskatchewan) district, where he farmed until his death on January 8, 1937.

William Dow married Annie McAllan on September 24, 1873 in Whitby. William and Annie Dow had six children: Isabella; Marion; Margaret; Annie; John and James. Isabella Dow, born on June 15, 1875, died in 1948. Marion Kathleen, born on February 23, 1877, was a teacher and married Thomas Pain, with whom she had three children: Harold, Thomas and Arthur. Marion died in 1960. Margaret Josephine, born on September 17, 1878, was a teacher and married Carney Ferry, with whom she had two children: Marion and William. Margaret Josephine died in 1922. Annie Jardine, born on March 23, 1880, died on December 10, 1974. James, born on March 15, 1882, is believed to have died in infancy.

John Dow was born on March 15, 1882. Around 1904, he homesteaded in the Ruddell, Saskatchewan district. He served in World War I and married Marjorie Rake in 1918 while overseas. The Dows returned to the Ruddell district in 1919 and resided on the farm until 1938, when they moved to Saskatoon. The Dows had four children: Herbert J. (born 1920); Nora; David and Marjorie Elizabeth (married name Delahey). John Dow died in September 1969 and Marjorie Dow died on December 30, 1974. Herbert Dow worked in the insurance and financial management industries in Regina until the mid 1990s, when he and his wife, Frances, moved to Saskatoon. In 2018, David was deceased and Herbert, Nora and Marjorie were residing in Saskatoon.

Lawrence Francis (Larry) Easton was born on the family farm near Wawota, Saskatchewan, on August 24, 1938, to Francis Russell and Leah Isabel (Griffin) Easton. He received his early education at Wawota, graduating from Wawota High School in 1958. He later attended the School of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan (1958-1960) and completed the Electronics Engineering Technologist course at Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Moose Jaw, in 1964. He was employed as an engineering manager with SaskTel in Regina until his retirement in 1997.

Dorothy May Bird was born at Wawota on May 3, 1941, to Francis Carlton and Mable Irene (Myers) Bird. She received her early education in Wawota and later attended Success Business College in Regina. She was employed by SaskTel, the Salvation Army, the federal government, and the provincial Department of Labour and Employment, Apprenticeship and Trade Certification. Dorothy Bird married Larry Easton on April 22, 1961 in Wawota. Together, they have two children: Mark and Michelle.

Since the 1970s, Larry Easton has been an active photographer. He has been a member of the Regina Photo Club for thirty years and in that time has held various positions on its executive. He is the only member of the Club to receive its Prestige Award for photographic achievement. Easton is also a member of the Prairie Region of Photographic Arts, and is a director for the prairies on the Canadian Association for Photographic Art. He has received numerous competition awards and recognitions for his photographic works. As well, his works have appeared in Prairies North and West World magazines, in projects for Saskatchewan Tourism and the Regina Chamber of Commerce, and in educational books.

Larry and Dorothy Easton collaborated to provide the photographic works for the 2008 publication, Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings, written by Margaret Hryniuk and Frank Korvemaker. The publication received the Saskatchewan Book of the Year award from the Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2009.

Larry and Dorothy Easton currently (2011) reside in Regina.