Julius (Joe) Teodore Geisler was born on March 25, 1866 in Rimmer Farm Tversted, Denmark, to Friedrich Wilhelm Geisler and Kirsten Marie Jensen. Throughout his life, Julius worked as a miner, being employed at various mining camps in Utah, and Alaska. He married Magdalene Catherine Jensen on July 3, 1906, in Ogden, Utah. He died in Bingham Canyon, Utah on January 26, 1914.

Maggie Geisler was born Magdalene Catherine Jensen on April 25, 1882 in Hjorring, Denmark to Jens Andreas Christian Jensen and Maren Catherine Christensen. She worked at the age of 18 in the homes of wealthy families in Ogden, Utah. She married Julius (Joe) Geisler in Ogden, Utah on July 3, 1906. She became the housekeeper at Miles Hotel after Joe's death, and stayed at this job until she was 70 years old. She died in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 13, 1969.

Joseph Theodore Frederick Geisler was born on February 1, 1914 in Bingham Canyon, Utah to Julius Teodore Geisler and Magdalene Catherine Jensen. He married his first wife, Virginia Kimball on May 15, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He began to work for the Union Pacific Railroad on April 23, 1942 as a fireman, and eventually became an engineer. Joseph and Virginia got a divorce, and he remarried in 1939 to Gladys Pearl Mecham. He also became excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1950. He died on May 31, 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ruth G. Snarr was born Virginia Ruth Geisler on July 31, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Joseph T. Geisler and Virginia Kimball. She married Wade Robinson, whom she later divorced, and then remarried in the Salt Lake City temple to Lloyd Dee Snarr. Ruth worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 21 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also served in various Relief Society presidencies. She enjoyed singing and also served on various community committees. She was raised in Salt Lake City, but she also lived in Newfoundland, Riverside, California, Hawaii and St. George, Utah.