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Maureen Duffus is a well-known local historian and author of several books and numerous articles about the history of Vancouver Island from the 1840s to the mid-20th Century. Maureen grew up on the waterfront on View Royal Avenue, born to two lawyers. She attended Craigflower elementary, but in the newer school, across the street from where her grandmother attended classes. Maureen was married to the late Dr. John Duffus, professor emeritus, former Dean of Science and Engineering, Royal Roads Military College. She has two sons, two grandchildren, and a great-grandaughter.

After graduating from the University of British Columbia she was a journalist at the Victoria Daily Times and the Ottawa Citizen. She spent several years in England where her occupations included secretary and driver for the touring Oxford and Cambridge Players theatrical company, a vibrant and eclectic group that foundered soon after its short run as a fringe show at the Edinburgh Festival. She returned to Victoria as a newspaper reporter, columnist and section editor, and produced an illustrated history of Victoria fashions for the Centennial Edition of the Daily Colonist. She later served as communications officer for the Institute of Ocean Science where she specialized in "translating science into English for non-scientists." In 2012, she was presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Town of View Royal for her community work as an archivist and notable citizen. Some of the organizations she has volunteered at include the Victoria Music Festival, Esquimalt Silver Threads Society, and the View Royal Community Archives committee.

Maureen is also related so several early families of the area. Her great-grandparents, James and Mary Yates, after whom Yates Street is named, arrived in Fort Victoria in 1849. Another great grandfather, Philip Austin, was an Esquimalt Councillor in 1916.

Sherri Robinson is a fifth-generation Esquimalt resident, the great-great granddaughter of pioneers James and Elizabeth Bland who established the Halfway House on the old Esquimalt Road in 1859. An Esquimalt High School grad, she is a researcher, writer, genealogist, storyteller and historian. Sherri is the Volunteer Archivist for the township and has more than 40,000 hours of volunteer time spanning over thirty years to her credit. She conceived and wrote seven Township Walking Tours. She is the author of "Esquimalt Street and Roads: a History" published in 1995 and "Esquimalt Centennial 1912-2012". She also wrote and performed a one woman play, Passion and Intrigue in Old Esquimalt Village. She is a member of the Old Cemeteries Society and participates as a tour guide at Ross Bay Cemetery. Sherri chaired the Esquimalt Heritage Advisory Committee for at least 10 years. She is the recipient of two Hallmark Society communication awards and in 2010 she received the Esquimalt Medal of Merit for service to the community. Sherri and her husband Darwin, have four adult children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, and live in a 1911 heritage home on historic Old Esquimalt Road.

Betty Beckett was a resident of Victoria, B.C. Her grandparents, William and Annie Monteith, lived at 712 Lampson St. Her father, Roger, was also raised here.

Tom Bown is a member of the Takata Gardens Society and collects images of the gardens as they were prior to World War II. Canadian Forest Service; British Columbia Museum 2 years; past 6 years Entomology Technician, Safer Ltd. Lived in Esquimalt 1968-1977, Esquimalt High School Grades 11 & 12. Served on Executive of Takata Japanese Garden Society. Married Linda Bown (nee Corbett), who was born in Victoria in 1954 and was educated in Esquimalt. She has been a teacher and worked in forestry and computers. She was a founding member of the Esquimalt Arts and Crafts Scholarship Foundation.

(Elsie) Josephine Briggs was born in England in 1907 and came to Esquimalt in 1912. Her father, Joe Knight, was a deep sea diver and they lived in Dockyard. She married in Earl in 1927 and had three daughters. Josephine moved to Medicine Hat in 1994. The Knight and Ockenden families had came to Esquimalt together from England and lived nearby in Dockyard.

Alice is the daughter of Mrs. W. H. Booth who lived at 923 Esquimalt Rd. from ca. 1920-1935, renting the house that belonged to the Wolfenden family. Mrs. Booth married a Canadian soldier in England during WWI. Mrs. Booth started the "Mothers Welcome" group.

Millicent Buckley (nee Hughes) was born in Victoria in 1925 and moved to Esquimalt the same year. Her parents operated Hughes Confectionery Store. Millie attended Lampson St. and Esquimalt High School. She worked at V.M.D. #2 yard, Ogden Point, and Yarrows #2. She married Ken Buckley in 1945 and had two sons.

Claude is the son of Peter Jr. and Myrtle Bugslag. He and his wife, Sheila, had three children. Claude's grandfather, Peter Sr., moved to Victoria from San Francisco in 1881.