Arthur Eben Lewis (1866-1947) was born in Hasting, Ontario. He married Silena Hull (1873-1957) in in Cardston, Alberta in 1895, before coming to live at 1145 Rock St, Saanich. Silena and Arthur had five children together: Mary Louisa (1896-1978), Ethel Kathleen (1897-1899), Frederick Roberts (1899-1924), Arthur Eben Jr. (1900-1984) and Ella Elizabeth (1905-1993). Arthur Eben Jr. attended Queen's university, where he studied medicine and was an avid football and rugby player. Frederick was a teacher at Princeton, but died young in a train incident in 1924. Mary Louisa was a teacher who taught in England between 1935-1940, before coming back and marrying William H. Muncy of James Bay. Ella Elizabeth (donor's mother) was a teacher who taught at Lansdowne and Richmond Ave Elementary.
Thomas Arthur (d. 1939) and Catherine Ellen (Bernard) Nicholson (d. 1947) were immigrants from England. By 1912 they were living in the Royal Oak area of Saanich with their daughter Nellie Muriel Nicholson (d. 1979), and they later moved to Sidney. Their son and daughter-in-law, Arthur Nevil and Molly Nicholson, lived in Saskatchewn where Nevil served as a Sergeant Major in the RNWMP. Molly died in 1916, and Nevil was killed in a Mounted Police training exercise in 1917. Their other son, Thomas Gordon Nicholson, served with the 231st Battalion C.E.F. during WW1, and eventually moved to Australia.
John Baran operated the Glanford Avenue Nurseries at Glanford and Carey Roads. Walter Baran (1916-1997) lived at 3945 Carey Road, which was subdivided in 1958. Walter Baran and his brother Alex operated the Tillicum Service Station from 1936 to 1976.
Martin Mallett was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire, England and Sara Brooks was from Earlestown, England. They were married in St. Aidan's Church in Saanich in 1910. They lived at the corner of Gordon Head Road and Ruby Road. Martin Mallett worked for the District of Saanich with the road crews. Sara Mallettt worked as a seamstress at the University School on Richmond Road.
Aubrey Fitz Gerald Bell (1881-1950) was an author who wrote about and translated Portuguese and Spanish literature, travel, and history. Originally from England, Aubrey Fitz Gerald Bell lived on Cedar Hill Road in Saanich in his later years.