Elden Whynot was born at Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia ca. 1905, the son of Abram and Catherine (Cunningham) Whynot. He was educated in Shelburne and later New York, where he was employed at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Throughout his life he was an amateur photographer and in the mid 1930s he attended the Pace Institute in New York City. In 1943 he returned to Nova Scotia and settled in Shelburne where he established a photography studio which specialized in portrait and wedding photos. He also served as a civilian photographer for HMCS Shelburne. Whynot married (1) Edith E. Monroe and (2) Rhoda (Noni) Lenora Ryder. Whynot died 7 October 1997.

Louis Whitman was born 27 August 1872. He married Florence A. Snider and they had two children, Margaret Frances and Kaherine Hazel. Whitman was a civil engineer and lived in numerous places including Sault St. Marie and Torono Ont. Whitman was the manager of the Annapolis branch of Collas, Whitman & Co. He died in 1953 at Toronto.

Arthur H. Whitman was a merchant based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He appears to have been involved in the apple trade.

Marjory Whitelaw, broadcaster and author, was born in Moncton, N.B., ca. 1919. From 1939-1944, she was employed by the federal Department of Fisheries and the Children's Hospital in Halifax, N.S. She spent the next five years as administrative and editorial assistant with the International Labour Office [ILO] in Montreal and later, Geneva. From 1955-1973, Whitelaw was a writer and broadcaster for CBC and BBC, and lived in London, England, Halifax, N.S., and Toronto. She received two Ohio Awards in the early 1960s for documentaries, CBC Radio Soundings: Phoenix Halifax and CBC Radio Soundings: Tree of Peace. Her publications include a re-writing of Helen Joseph's Tomorrow's Sun: a Smuggled Journey from South Africa (1966), The Life and Times of Thomas McCulloch (1985), and First Impressions: Early Printing in Nova Scotia (1987).

Fred White is a strong promoter of the Celtic Music of Cape Breton, and actively volunteers for the Celtic Colors Concert Series. He generously donated a portion of his reel to reel collection to the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre.

Albert White was born in England on December 31, 1874 in Frome, England to parents Charles and Charlotte. He came to Canada as a “home child” when he was about ten years old, possibly in 1884 on the Caspian. He was adopted by John Martin Prest of Mooseland (then called Arlington), Nova Scotia, but retained the surname “White.” He would have been about twenty-three years old at the time he wrote this diary. He married Nellie Crossland Morris on December 12, 1900 in Tangier. At the time he was working as a lumberman. He died in Mooseland, Nova Scotia in 1965 and is buried at St. Thomas, Mooseland. His children were Lee, Ella Ann May (1903-1973), Guy Morris (1904-1980), Ray Murray White (1908-1972), Rex White (1912-1912), and Marguerite A (1915- ).

Albert White was born in England on December 31, 1874 in Frome, England to parents Charles and Charlotte. He came to Canada as a “home child” when he was about ten years old, possibly in 1884 on the Caspian. He was adopted by John Martin Prest of Mooseland (then called Arlington), Nova Scotia, but retained the surname “White.” He would have been about twenty-three years old at the time he wrote this diary. He married Nellie Crossland Morris on December 12, 1900 in Tangier. At the time he was working as a lumberman. He died in Mooseland, Nova Scotia in 1965 and is buried at St. Thomas, Mooseland. His children were Lee, Ella Ann May (1903-1973), Guy Morris (1904-1980), Ray Murray White (1908-1972), Rex White (1912-1912), and Marguerite A (1915- ).