Richard Redwell Fenn Sewell was born in 1883 in Yarmouth, England. He came to Canada in 1889 with his father, E.B. Sewell, a sail maker. They initially rented a home on Catherine Street until E.B. Sewell built a house at 3236 Alder Street in 1900. R.R.F. Sewell married Harriett Eva Towne in 1913 at the First Congregational Church in Victoria. They lived on Alder Street until ca. 1920 when they moved to Obed Avenue where they would stay for the remainder of their lives. At the time of marriage R.R.F. Sewell was a bookkeeper; he began to work as Assessor for the District of Saanich in 1917, and remained on staff until 1938. After leaving Saanich he held a number of roles including Secretary of the Union of BC Municipalities. Richard Redwell Fenn Sewell died on September 10, 1961 at Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Victoria. He and his wife Harriett had three children: Richard Benjamin Hollis, Ernest Howard Lyle, and Vincent Norman Rockwell. The Sewell home at 576 Obed would remain in the family until approximately 1991.
Heather Greenhill Shield and Herbert Shield lived in England and were married ca. 1945. They moved to Canada ca. 1957, first to Vancouver and then to the Victoria area where they lived in various homes on the Saanich Peninsula (Lands End Road, North Saanich; Brentwood Bay; and Wain Road, North Saanich). During this time, they travelled extensively and took numerous photographs. Herbert Shield died in 2003.
The South Vancouver Island District Women's Institute included the following local Women's Institutes: Alberni, Brentwood (West Saanich), Cedar, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Cowichan, Craigflower, Deerholme, Esquimalt, Ganges, Garden City, Gordon Head, Granby, James Bay, Koksilah, The Lake (Lake Cowichan), Lakehill, Langford, Luxton and Happy Valley, Mayne Island, Metchosin, Mt. Maguire, North Saanich, Otter Point, Oyster District, Pender Island, Royal Oak, Saltair, Saturna Island, Shawnigan Lake, Shirley, Sidney, Somenos,Sooke, South Saanich, South Saltspring Island, Strawberry Vale, Tillicum, Victoria and Vimy.
Robert Charles "Bud" Squair was born on September 18, 1932. In his early years, he lived in Vancouver with his adoptive mother Agnes Ethelyn Wilson and her parents Charles and Belle (nee Henderson) Wilson. Agnes Ethelyn had married Robert James Squair in Washington State, but the relationship had ended. Mother and son moved to 2836 Austin Avenue in Saanich ca. 1937. Bud's grandfather, Charles James Wilson, had a bungalow and garage built next door at 2830 Austin. Agnes Ethelyn later married Robert McRae Mackay and the family moved to 906 Empress in Victoria. Bud attended Craigflower, Tillicum, Central Junior High, and Victoria High schools, graduating in 1950. Robert Mackay died while working for the City of Victoria cemetery. Later, Agnes Ethelyn married Harry Anderson, an elevator operator at a hotel in downtown Victoria. The family then moved back to Saanich, to 530 Davida. Harry Anderson became a career fire fighter with the Victoria Fire Department and had served overseas in WWI in the 62nd Battery, Canadian Artillery. Bud joined the RCMP in 1951 and left Saanich. He married Betty Blanchett.
Charles Staples came to Victoria from England in 1913 at the age of nine. He attended Tolmie School, and later began his association with cycling by getting a job at Peden Bros., a bicycle shop owned by Bob and Tom Peden. Mr. Staples was a competitive cyclist and a founder of the Colonist Bicycle Road Race. He was a Saanich employee for a number of years in the Public Works Department and the Fire Department.