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Otto Nordling was born in Lulea, Sweden and came to Dawson, Yukon in 1914. After working for the Bank of Montreal, he joined the Canadian Army in 1940. He later became active in Yukon Organizations, senior citizens' groups, and Swedish Associations.

Pacific Survey Corporation was a mapping firm based in Vancouver. Its operations ceased prior to 1989.

Percy Bartlett came to Vancouver in 1909 and joined the real estate partnership of Bartlett and Barber. Later he set up his own agency.

Architect Paul B. Ohannesian worked in Vancouver as of 1972. He served as staff architect in several firms until 1986, when he established his own, specializing in residential housing. In 1987 he was hired as a consultant on the City's RS-1 Regulations Review. His role was to examine the implications of proposed new-house single family residential zoning regulations upon renovations/additions to existing single family housing stock.

Phoebe Smith (1890-1981) was well known in B.C. as an actress, director and adjudicator. She worked in the Little Theatre, the Totem Theatre, and with the Frederick Wood Theatre and the University of British Columbia Players. She also published plays, and worked in both radio and television.

Placer Development Limited, a Vancouver-based mining company, was established in 1926 by Charles Arthur Banks and William Addison Freeman. Initially interested in gold dredging operations, the company expanded into other metals in the 1940s. In the 1960s and 1970s, Placer opened large copper and molybdenum mines in B.C.

The Playhouse Theatre Company was formed to meet the growing demand for live theatre in Vancouver. In 1962 the Vancouver Theatre Centre, was incorporated. Its mandate was to operate a professional repertory theatre, to create a regional theatre centre for B.C., and to provide professional theatre training. In 1969, the Vancouver Theatre Centre and Holiday Theatre, a Vancouver children's theatre group, amalgamated to become the British Columbia Theatre Centre. The children's wing of the theatre, known as Playhouse Holiday, toured extensively throughout the province with programs for elementary and secondary schools. From 1973 to 1979 the Playhouse was reorganized to include a Mainstage Series, a Second Stage for smaller productions, Theatre-in-Education and other education outreach programs for schools, seniors and various special interest and community groups.

Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built and set in operation in 1875 within the jurisdiction of the Department of Marine, Ottawa, under the terms of the B.N.A. Act, section 91. Walter Erwin was the light-keeper 1880-1910; in 1910 Thomas D. Grafton took charge of the Lighthouse and Fog alarm.

The Point Grey Road (North Side) and Cameron Avenue Ratepayers' Association and its predecessor, the Point Grey Waterfront Property Owners' Association, were established to oppose attempts by the City to expropriate the properties along the south side of English Bay for use as park land. The homeowners were organized by George Cran and Neville Beaton. The Point Grey Waterfront Property Owners' Association was founded in 1957. Interest in the issue subsided in the early 1960s, but was revived in 1966 with the creation of the Ratepayers' Association. Both groups tried to obtain public support for the issue through submissions and letters to City Council and the newspapers, as well as campaigns to enlist all the property owners affected.

The Primrose League of British Columbia was organised in 1920: "A) to promote by all honourable means the welfare of the Conservative Party in British Columbia and throughout Canada, and B) to strengthen the ties existing between the various nations of the British Empire and Canada and to develop or promote sentiments of Imperial Unity and to create within British Columbia and Canada an increased fellowship for and attachment to the other portions of the Empire". The Primrose League had only a brief existence.

Prince of Wales Secondary School is a high school containing grades eight to twelve, originally located at 25th and Marguerite Streets, and later moved to 2250 Eddington Drive.
Construction on the school began in 1919, when His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales laid the cornerstone for the school. Construction was completed in 1922, and both elementary and secondary students used the school until 1960. At this time, the secondary school was moved to a new building at 2250 Eddington Drive, and the old building was used as an elementary school.

The Queen Charlotte Apartments, located at 1101 Nicola Street, were built in 1927 by the Dominion Construction Company. Although the Property Tax Assessments do not exist for 1927 it does appear from water connection records that the property was then owned by the Hon. H. H. Stevens (who had resided in a house at 1101 Nicola Street before construction). As of 1929, or shortly thereafter, the owners are listed as Independent Investments Co. and Karl P. Fletcher (during this period, approximately 1927 to 1942, the building address was 1105 Nicola Street). In 1941 the building was purchased by Niels Anthon Larsen (1874-1960), who had been born in Denmark, had moved to Alberta in 1914, where, by 1916 he established his own creamery in Alix, Alberta, then retired to a farm in Cloverdale in 1935. In 1941 he purchased the property as an investment. Larsen owned the building until his death; the estate sold it in 1983.

In 1912 Lord Strathcona set up a $100,000 trust fund to establish the Hostel for "Gentlewomen born in the United Kingdom seeking employment in British Columbia." A house at 2412 Alder, built ca. 1891 by C. Gardener Johnson, was purchased and opened for this purpose in 1913 under the patronage of Lady Minto. In 1914 a working arrangement was reached between the Hostel and the Colonial Intelligence League for Educated Women, the object of which was to provide the women with preliminary training for life in Canada and to provide suitable living accommodation on their arrival. The last director was appointed in 1948, and in 1954 the property was sold. The proceeds were turned over to the Vancouver Foundation, as the Lord Strathcona Fund, to assist well-educated young women and girls from the United Kingdom to further their education in B.C.

R.C. Harris is a professional engineer who possesses a particular interest in the mapwork of the Royal Engineers.

Marion Ray was a long-time worker for the Progressive Conservative Party. After her death, the Primrose Club was renamed the Marion Ray Conservative Club.

R.M. Martin, who was connected with the City Engineer's Department, was responsible for planning traffic regulations for Stanley Park during the Golden Jubilee.

Richard B. Gilman was the son of Ellis Philip Gilman, a mining engineer and real estate developer. Between 1906 and 1909, Philip Gilman purchased a block of land on the south side of English Bay known as Thorley Park. Upon this site, Gilman decided to build his family home. The Victoria architect, Samuel Maclure, was commissioned to design the home, which was built between 1910 and 1912. The family resided there until they returned to England in 1922. The next owner, Reginald Brock, named the mansion "Brockholm", which he retained until 1938. In 1975, "Brock House" was developed as a recreation centre for Vancouver senior citizens. Richard Gilman, who moved to England with his family, returned to Ontario after World War II. He worked as a County Education Superintendent.

Richard Cousins was a baker in Vancouver.

Richard Steele is the Vancouver author of "The Stanley Park Explorer."

Following his discharge from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945, Richard Kennett worked at a meteorological officer and voluntary weather observer at various locations throughout British Columbia.

Robert Fuhland Donley (1915- ) is a native of Pender Harbour, B.C. He spent the majority of his adult life as a fisherman on the British Columbia coast. In 1964 he emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, where he operated a fish shop. In the course of his business he met a number of Fijian university students who convinced him to go to Fiji in order to help the Fijians set up a modern fishing industry. He went to Fiji in 1969 to carry out this project and has remained there since that time.

Robert Henry immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1954 and began work for the City of Vancouver in the Voters Office in 1959. He was appointed City Clerk in 1978 and retired in 1987.

Robert McNair and his brother opened a shingle mill and logging camp at Hastings, B.C. in 1891. The Robert McNair Shingle Company was opened in 1904 and incorporated in 1918. By 1914, the company had built a second mill in Port Moody and was logging on Coquitlam Mountain and at Deep Cove. It later purchased timber rights around Howe Sound and the Gulf Islands. In 1937 the company purchased Stave Falls Lumber Company Limited, primarily for the timber the latter company owned. In 1954, the company was closed down.

The Robert Kerr was built in 1866 in Quebec and was wrecked in 1911 in Porlier Pass.

Robert Lyon is the manager of the Hotel Grosvenor.

Robertson and Company, an early Vancouver real estate firm, was formed in ca.1887 by Gideon Robertson (1834-1919). Robertson's principal partner was R.C. Tatlow. The company appears to have functioned until 1905, although Robertson remained in the real estate business after that date.

The Robertson Presbyterian Church was founded in 1908. The first minister, Reverend David James, served the church for eleven years. He was replaced by Dr. Alexander Esler in 1919. It was under Esler's ministry that the congregation voted against union with the Methodist Church. He remained the moderator until 1939 and then returned as interim moderator for two years during the war. The church was closed in 1977.

The Rosemary Club, established in 1931, was a women's social club organized to promote interest in the city's history. Only persons who had resided in British Columbia at least 40 years were invited to join. The Club met sporadically until 1966. Irma Gordon was the last secretary to the Club.