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Robert Frazer Kingsmill was the brother of Thomas Frazer Kingsmill. He immigrated with his mother Mary (Frazer) Kingsmill to Toronto in 1852. He married Mary E. Centrillion and together they had 5 children: James William, Thomas Frazer, Robert, Arthur Henry and Frank J. He operated a dry goods store on Dundas St, a couple of doors away from his brother Thomas Frazer.

Thomas Frazer Kingsmill Jr. was born September 1, 1865. He was the son of Thomas Frazer Kingsmill and Anne Ardagh Burris Kingsmill. He married Kate Isobel Ford (1861-1940) of England on June 18, 1890 in a double wedding along with his sister Alice Maud and her husband Edgar Bray. It was the last wedding at St Jerome's Church, Old London. The reception was held at Bellevue Farm. Together, they had three children: Thomas Ford, George Frederick and Alice Ruth.

Thomas Frazer Kingsmill Jr. started working at Kingsmill's in 1878 and ran the company from 1915 - 1939. He rebuilt the store from the ground up twice, after fires in 1911 and 1932. He was a life member of St. John's Lodge 209A of the Masonic Order, and Mocha Temple. He was also active in the local Anglican community at St. George's Church and St. Paul's Cathedral, and was an ordained Anglican Minister.

He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1939 at the age of 74.

Alice Ruth was born August 22, 1900 and was the daughter of Thomas Frazer Kingsmill Jr. and Kate Isabel (Ford) Kingsmill. She was sister of Thomas Ford Kingsmill and George Frederick Kingsmill.

She married Dr. Emerson Leroy Hodgins (April 28, 1878 -August 26, 1971) on September 26, 1926. They had two children: Thomas Emerson and Arthur Frazer.

Nancy Poole was born Nancy Geddes in London, Ontario, on May 10, 1930. She was educated at public schools in London, Branksome Hall in Toronto, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Western Ontario in 1955.

In 1969, she founded Nancy Poole's Studio, through which she represented, promoted and helped to establish the reputations of a number of artists, including Herb Ariss, Rudolf Bikkers, Jack Chambers, Charles Comfort, Kim Ondaatje and Tony Urquhart. From 1971 to 1974, Nancy Poole served as member and then chair of the governing council of the Ontario Council of Art. She served as committee member, Interim Director and Director of the London Regional Art Gallery (LRAG) from 1977 to 1989, then as Director of its successor organization the London Regional Art and Historical Museums (LRAHM) from 1989 to 1995. During her tenure as director of LRAG/LRAHM, Poole played a key role in the controversies surrounding the construction of a new gallery and museum storage area.

Throughout her life, Nancy Poole has been involved in numerous cultural, educational and social activities. In the early 1950s, she hosted television programs on the London art scene; served as consultant to the London Free Press and Huron County Playhouse, and as advisor to Canadian Artists Representation (CAR); was a member of the boards of the John Howard Society of London, the London Health Association, the United Community Service (United Way); founded Hardy Geddes House, named in honour of her father, to provide services to young males; served on the Board of Governors of The University of Western Ontario; and was active, along with her husband, in Duff Roblin's 1967 campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. She wrote "The Art of London: 1839-1980", the principal reference work on the history of art in the city; and edited "Jack Chambers", an autobiography of her client and friend. In recognition of her community service, Nancy Poole received the first London YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Award in 1984, and was named to the Mayor's New Year's Honours List in 1985. Awards from the University of Western Ontario include an Award of Merit in 1985 and an honourary Doctor of Laws in 1990. Nancy Poole is a Fellow of the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD).

Nancy Geddes married William Poole (1918-2014), a London attorney, in 1952. The Pooles have one daughter, Andrea Mary.

Mary McKim was born June 6, 1926, in Jinan, Shandong, China to Dr Ernest Struthers and Margaret Walks Struthers. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in medicine in 1949, and was certified in psychiatry in 1969. During her professional career, she was involved in clinical work and teaching at the Christian Medical College in India, served as Consultant Psychiatrist at Victoria Hospital, practiced at St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, and maintained a private psychotherapy practice from 1982 until her retirement in 1995.

As well as membership in a number of professional associations, Mary served on the national board of the Canadian Association for Repeal of the Abortion Law (later the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League) and as president of the London chapter, was a charter member of the London Status of Women Action Group, assisted in fund-raising campaigns for Women's Community House, was a founding board member of London Battered Women's Advocacy Clinic, and has been a board member of the London Women's History Group since 1999.

In 1950 Mary married pediatrician Dr John McKim, and together they had five sons. Mary divorced John McKim in 1976, and married Douglas MacKenzie later that year.