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The Reverend Theodore Ross was born in North Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, on 6 May 1876, to farmers Murdoch and Margaret Ross. He received his education at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, Dalhousie University (BA, 1899), and the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. He taught at Prince of Wales College and worked ca. 1919-1921 at Pine Hill, Halifax Presbyterian Theological College, which also served as a residence for Dalhousie students. During this time he worked as the provincial organizer for Dalhousie's Million Dollar Campaign committee.

Ross served as Secretary of Agriculture with the PEI government ca. 1913-, during which time he wrote numerous reports and papers on agricultural matters. He was ordained to the ministry in 1921 and served the United Church in Nova Scotia until his retirement in 1952. Ross died in Summerside, PEI, in 1959. He was married to Florence Annear of Lower Montaque, PEI, with whom he had one son and two daughters.

William Roué was a naval architect and the designer of Nova Scotia's famous Bluenose schooner. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 27 April 1879 to James and Grace (Penaligan) Roué, he married Winnifred Conrod in 1908, with whom he had four children: James, Harry, William and Frances. Roué developed a passion for boating at early age, built toy boats as a child and designed his first mathematically calculated yacht for his mentor Frank H. Bell in 1907. He studied mechanical drafting at the Victoria School of Art and Design and in 1920 he was contracted to design a fishing schooner to compete for the International Fisherman’s Trophy. His design, the Bluenose, was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, on 26 March 1921, and went on to win many other awards.

Roué also worked for his father’s firm, Roué Carbonated Waters. After the sale of the firm in 1929, Roué became a full-time naval architect. In 1934 he moved to City Island, New York, to join the naval architecture firm Ford and Payne, which became Ford, Payne, and W.J. Roué. He returned to Nova Scotia in 1936 and in 1942 he invented the sectional barge. Roué worked as a naval architect until his death on 27 February 1970.

Nigel Francis Scott Rusted was a 1933 graduate of Dalhousie Medical School. Born on 1 July 1907 in Salvage, Newfoundland, he was raised in Upper Island Cove and Carbonear and attended high school at St. Peters High School in St. John’s. He studied at Bishop Fields College and Memorial College, earning a Diploma in Arts and Sciences in 1927, one of Memorial's first graduating class. In 1927 he earned a BSc from Dalhousie University, then entered Dalhousie Medical School and graduated in 1933.

Dr. Rusted practised as a physician and reconstructive surgeon in Newfoundland, which included travelling to remote outports to provide services. He retired from general practice in 1987, at the age of 80. In 2007 he received the Order of Newfoundland, and in 2011 the Order of Canada, for his contributions in the field of medicine. He was married to Florence Anderson, with whom he had three children. Nigel Rusted died on 19 March 2012, aged 104.

John Rutherford was born in Shincliffe, England. He emigrated to Albion Mines in Pictou County and served as Inspector of Mines for Nova Scotia from 1865-1872, when he was appointed General Manager and Mining Engineer for the General Mining Association, later the Halifax Company. He had extensive dealings with Albion Mines, Blight Area, Caledonia Coal Mines, and the Style Mining Area. Beginning in the late 1890s, Rutherford sold Styles Mining Company options; his goal was to sell the entirety of the property to a worthy buyer.

Robert Rutherford was John’s only surviving son (George Rutherford died in 1903), and was left in charge of his father's estate in 1913. He continued his father's efforts to sell off the Cumberland Coal Areas until at least 1932.