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Robert Woolsey was a Quebec City merchant born in Portadown, Ireland. He migrated to Lower Canada with his brother, John William Woolsey in the 1760s. By the 1770s, Robert had partnered with George Gregory as Gregory & Woolsey, specializing in importing and distributing dry goods. He also partnered with Edward O'Hara as Woolsey & O'Hara between 1780 and 1790, a business which specialized in clothing, fabric, and shoes.
Woolsey & O'Hara was a Quebec City business that specialized in fabrics, shoes, and clothing. It was a partnership between merchants Robert Woolsey and Edward O'Hara.
George Grant Woolmer was born ca. 1926 in Quebec, Canada. He was a Montreal antiquarian book dealer specializing in Canadiana (1954 -1998).
In 1957, he married Helen Wilson (-1999). He died in 1998 in Montreal, Quebec.