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Frank Bowden Matthews was born November 9, 1875. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba circa (ca.) 1908 when he became district manager of R.G. Dun & Company (Co.). In April 1911 he married Vieva May Kelly, daughter of Mary Louise Bremner and Andrew Kelly, prominent businessman and former mayor of Brandon, Manitoba. Frank and Vieva moved to Edmonton, Alberta, ca. 1913, when Frank joined Allan, Killam & MacKay Limited (Ltd.) to establish the firm's Edmonton branch. Frank was later manager of the United Coal Co. Ltd. and Matthews Co. Ltd. Frank and Vieva had one son, Andrew Kelly, who was born September 7, 1913; he died on September 19, 1931 from polio. Frank died November 29, 1955 and Vieva on May 11, 1976.

The Hodgson family were homesteaders in the area of Hay Lakes and New Sarepta, Alberta during the beginning of the twentieth century. Frank Hodgson, born on April 24, 1881 was the first member of the family to arrive in Canada. He was a carpenter by trade in Yorkshire, England and left for Canada in 1905. He arrived in Strathcona, Alberta in May of that year and worked as a carpenter for some time before homesteading in the area of Hay Lakes. Two years later he was joined by two of his brothers who left Glaisdale, Yorkshire, England on April 25, 1907. George Henry Hodgson, born July 25, 1883 and James (Jim) Hodgson, born September 10, 1889, arrived in Canada in May 1907. A year later on May 22, 1908, the brothers were joined by their parents, their brother Walter and their sisters, Sarah and Ellice. In addition to homesteading, George Hodgson, who was a tailor by trade, also worked for Robinson Tailoring in Edmonton.

Denny May married Melva Robbins in 1960 and they had a son, David, in 1963. They divorced in 1974 and Denny married Margaret Anne Reid in 1978. After studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Alberta, Denny became the Executive Director of the Boy Scouts in Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Denny and Margaret visit schools and museums talking to people interested in Wop May’s life, career, and legacy. They also attend events as representatives of Wop May’s family, and Denny has a significant role in the website www.wopmay.com.

Alex and Joe Viszmeg were brothers from Baltimore, Ontario. In the 1970s Alex and Joe studied filmmaking at Ryerson University in Toronto and moved to Edmonton separately after graduating. Joe built a career as a documentary filmmaker, making such films as NFB documentaries In My Own Time: Diary of a Cancer Patient and My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer. Joe died in 1999.

Lucien Henri Lorieau, born in 1918 in Legal, married Marie-Claire Desrosiers on June 28, 1948 in Lamoureux, Alberta. Marie-Claire was born in 1924. She was the daughter of Maxime Desrosiers and Aurelia Lamoureux, and granddaughter of Joseph Lamoureux, who was one of the founding pioneers of Lamoureux in Alberta. Lucien and Marie-Claire had nine children: Paulette (1949), Deni (1951), Henri (1953), André (dead at birth in 1955), Guy (1956), Carmen (1958), Jacqueline (1960), Monique (1961) and Pierre (born in 1964 and dead 10 days after birth). Lucien passed away in Edmonton on April 4, 2011. Marie-Claire passed away on September 10, 2000.

Lucien was a founder of Mutual Realty Co. Ltd. and member of the real estate community in Edmonton for over 50 years. He was a pioneer of opera in Edmonton in the late 1950s; he was a founding member of the Alberta Opera Theatre, a predecessor of the Edmonton Opera Association. He was a singer with Edmonton Opera for 10 years and a choirmaster at Immaculé Conception Church for over 50 years.

Lucien and Paul were the sons of Henri and Alexandrine Lorieau who had a family of six children. Both their parents had musical backgrounds.

Victor von Berg was born on July 30, 1912 in Sangaste, Estonia and was the third son of Graf Ermes Friedrich von Berg and Ernestine (von Ettilinger) von Berg. He attended primary and secondary school in St. Petersburg; Boscome, England; Bournemouth, England; and Tartu, Estonia where he graduated in 1932. He then spent one year in the Finnish military and continued his education at Berlin University in 1934, returning to Estonia in 1937.

In 1939, von Berg and his family were re-located to Germany as part of land agreements between Germany and the Soviet Union. He was then drafted into the German air force and served as an instructor and code-breaker on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. He married Erika Gehlert on March 11, 1941 in Lodz, Poland. The couple had a daughter, Karin, in 1942 but she died shortly after.</p>;<p>After the war, Victor and Erika von Berg lived in Weissenfels-Sachsen-Anhalt, East Germany from 1945 to 1950. They had two sons during this period, Reinhard (1945) and Wolfgang (1947). The von Berg family managed to immigrate to Finland in 1950 with the assistance of Victor's brother, Markus, who lived in Helsinki. However, living conditions in Finland were not much better than in East Germany at the time, so the von Berg family immigrated to Canada in 1951 after Canadian immigration restrictions related to the war were lifted in 1950.

The von Bergs moved to Edmonton and temporarily stayed with Victor's older brother, René, and his wife, Ellinor. Victor initially worked in construction and the trucking industry until taking a job as a salesman with the Dominion Life Assurance Company in 1952. This was followed by the birth of Victor and Erika's third son, Fred, in 1954.

Victor opened his own insurance company in 1960, Victor Berg Insurance, and eventually retired to Comox, British Columbia in 1976. Erika von Berg died in 1974. Victor re-married to Hildegard Abermeth von der Ropp in 1977.

In addition to his career in insurance, Victor was also active with the Edmonton Soaring Club (an aviation group) and the Phoenix Club (a German cultural association). Victor was an amateur pilot, flight instructor, and tow-pilot for gliders in the Edmonton Soaring Club and the president of the Phoenix Club. Victor was instrumental in the creation of campgrounds and summer cottages at Lake Isle for the Phoenix Club.

Christian C. Younge was born in Ringkobing, Jutland, Denmark to Johann Junge, a tanner. In the early 1890s he married Elna Ruder who was born in Laaland, an island in southern Denmark. Christian Younge immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1910. He secured a homestead near Mannville, Alberta and his family joined him in the fall of 1911. The Younges had at least eight children, Oskar, Eva, Margaret, Agnete, George, Rikard (Rex), Otto, and Johannes. Oskar married Ruby Gates in 1945 and they had a son, Rudy. Oskar died in 1964 and Ruby died in 1980. Margaret married Bill Bailey and they had a son, Phillip. Margaret Bailey died in 1971. Eva Younge was born in Denmark in 1898. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Arts degree and then received a Masters degree in Sociology from McGill University in Ontario. She moved to Vancouver in 1965 and died in Mannville, Alberta on June 11, 1977. Otto Younge attended university and moved to the United States working in soil conservation. Otto and his wife, Myrtle, retired to live in Hawaii. Agnete married Bliss Dickson of Innisfree, Alberta and they had three children, Marquis, Rita, and John. Agnete was widowed in 1945 and moved to Edmonton, Alberta. George attended Normal School and taught for several years. He married Marion Swanson and they had three children, Dale, Sherrie and Laraine. They took over the family farm and George died in April 1966. Rex married Jean McCaulay and they had four children, Brian, Derek, Kristi, and Shelly Ann. Rex did his residency at Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton and opened a practice in Ponoka. He died in 1953. Johannes married Doris and they had two children, Gail and Wayne.

Emily Young (Mayes) and William L. Young lived in Edmonton, Alberta at the beginning of the 20th century. William worked for the Revillon Brothers Company. Emily and William had a son, Norman L. Young.

In 1913, William Wood and Mrs. R.J. Woodhill, both of Derbyshire, England, moved to Sedgewick, Alberta, to homestead. Upon arriving, William worked for Carl Colvin in the Merna district for the first year. In the following year, Mrs. Woodhill purchased 349 acres of land, and William agreed to work the land for her. The home and farm buildings were located at located at the Northeast Section 36, Township 42, Range 13, West of the 4th Meridian (NE 36- 42- 13- W4). The remainder of the farm was located across the road as Section 35, Township 42, Range 14, West of the 4th Meridian (35- 42-13-W4). In 1921, William returned to England for several months. While there, he asked Elizabeth Swinscoe, also of Derbyshire, to join him in Sedgewick. Elizabeth arrived in 1922. They were married the same year, and had a child, Rosa, in 1923. Shortly thereafter, William and Elizabeth purchased the land from Mrs. Woodhill. William grew seed grain, -- primarily oats --, to farmers in the area. He eventually began transporting seed grain to Quebec. In 1948, the family sold the farm and moved to Victoria, BC. While is Victoria, William worked for the City Parks Department, then the Public Works Department, until he retired. William passed away in 1962, and Elizabeth passed away in 1972.

Thomas and Ann (Holden) Wood and their children, Ethel Ann (born 1896), Horace Holden (born 1898) and Thomas (Tom) Noel (born 1904) emigrated from England and arrived in Medicine Hat, Alberta on March 27, 1907. Thomas worked for the municipal government for four years before moving to the homestead he had filed for the previous year, the northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 12, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian (18-12-1-W4), as well as a pre-emption on the southwest quarter of Section 19, Township 12, Range 1, West of the 4th Meridian (19-12-1-W4). Thomas died in June of 1954 and Ann in January of 1958. Ethel never married. Horace married Lillian Rowley and they had six children: Alvin, Kenneth, Audry, Wayne, Gerald and Patricia. Tom married Ida Bechtold in 1938 and they had two children: Charmaine and Carol.