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Charlotte Smithers Learmont was born on August 25, 1847, in Ireland.

Charlotte immigrated to Montreal with her family in 1847. Her father, Charles Francis Smithers, was an accountant with the Bank of British North America, providing a comfortable life for his wife and children. Charlotte attended Hannah Willard Lyman’s young ladies’ academy in Montreal. Her education was completed in New York City during 1862–63 when her father managed the bank’s agency there. In 1882, at the age of 37, Charlotte married widower Joseph Bowles Learmont (1839–1914), who had an 8-year-old son named Holton Hamilton. A native of Montreal, Learmont was a partner in Caverhill, Learmont and Company Limited, a large and profitable wholesale hardware business. As Learmont's wealth and status grew through successful business ventures and his marriage, he became involved in numerous charitable endeavours. He served as a director for several organizations that benefited the community, including the Montreal General Hospital. Charlotte and Joseph Learmont had no children, which allowed them freedom from many parental responsibilities. This, combined with their elevated social standing, enabled Charlotte to dedicate her time and financial resources to a variety of philanthropic activities. She was actively involved in Montreal's Young Women’s Christian Association, where she held positions as treasurer, vice-president, and president.

By the late 1890s, she and her husband had taken on significant roles in the Montreal branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. In 1900, they both became incorporators of the Charity Organization Society and served on its board of directors. In 1904, Charlotte founded the Montreal branch of the Needlework Guild of Canada, which provided clothing for those in need. That same year, she was among the prominent citizens who helped secure the incorporation of the Parks and Playgrounds Association of Montreal. Her quest for a healthy and beautiful city led her to accept the vice-presidency of the City Improvement League, which was founded in 1909. She was also a member of the Themis Club, one of the first women's social clubs in Canada, as well as the Royal Montreal Golf Club. Learmont played a significant role in both the conceptualization and realization of two major exhibitions in Montreal: the Montreal Tuberculosis Exhibition in 1908 and the Child Welfare Exhibit in 1912.

With her husband, she attended Emmanuel Congregational Church, where he served as the superintendent of the Sunday school for two decades. After living on Mackay Street during the early years of their marriage, the couple commissioned the prominent Montreal architect Edward Maxwell to design a home for them in 1892. Completed in 1893–94 on McGregor Street (now Dr. Penfield Avenue), their home was notable for Joseph's library, which was considered one of the most sophisticated and diverse personal collections in Canada.

She died on July 2, 1934, in Montreal, Quebec.

Dr. William A. De Wolf Smith graduated in medicine from McGill in 1884 with a M.D.,C.M. degree. He was a surgeon at the B.C. Penitentiary, New Westminster, British Columbia.

Smith was a Montreal publisher.

William Osborne Smith was born about 1833 in West Glamorgan, Wales.

He was an army officer and police commissioner. He received a military education and was commissioned into the British Army's 39th Foot Regiment in 1855. He served in the Crimean War and came to Canada with his regiment in 1856. In Montreal, he organized the Victoria Rifles in 1861 and became Lieutenant-Colonel. When his unit was transferred to Bermuda in 1859, Smith sold his commission and became a merchant in Montreal. He later became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Militia. After some years of military service, Smith came to Manitoba in 1872 and became Deputy Adjutant General for Manitoba and North-West Territories. From September 25 to October 17, 1873, he served as the first Acting Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police. He resigned from his post in 1881 and moved to Winnipeg, where he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1882 and a seat in the provincial legislature in 1886. During the North West Rebellion in 1885, he raised the Winnipeg Light Infantry Battalion, later known as the 91st Battalion. In 1874, he was founding President of the Manitoba Club and, in 1879, a founding member of the Manitoba Historical Society.

In 1858, he married Janet Colquhoun. He died on May 11, 1887, while visiting Swansea, Wales.