Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

COY (Coye), AMASA (Amassa, Amasy)  
31 July 2019  

b. 31 July 1757 in Pomfret, Connecticut

 
McCHESNEY, SARAH (Hayward)  
30 July 2019  

d. 30 July 1901 in Victoria

 
SCADDING, HENRY  
29 July 2019  

b. 29 July 1813 in Dunkeswell parish, England

 
STUDHOLME, ALLAN  
28 July 2019  

d. 28 July 1919 in Hamilton, Ont.

 
LA PALME, BÉATRICE (baptized Marie-Anne-Béatrice-Alice) (Issaurel)  
27 July 2019  

b. 27 July 1878 in Belœil, Que.

 
O’KEEFE, CORNELIUS  
26 July 2019  

b. 26 July 1838 near present-day Fallowfield, Ont.

 
ST-LAURENT, LOUIS-STEPHEN (baptized Louis-Étienne)  
25 July 2019  

d. 25 July 1973 at Quebec, and was buried in Compton, Que.

 
McKENZIE, NANCY (McTavish; Le Blanc) (Matooskie)  
24 July 2019  

d. 24 July 1851 at Fort Victoria (Victoria)

 
MORRISON, THOMAS FLETCHER  
23 July 2019  

d. 23 July 1886 at Folly Village, Colchester County, N. S.

 
BEEMER, HORACE JANSEN  
22 July 2019  

d. 22 July 1912 in London, England

 
BUCHANAN, ISAAC  
21 July 2019  

b. 21 July 1810 at Glasgow, Scotland

 
LYNN, WASHINGTON FRANK  
20 July 2019  

d. in Winnipeg 20 July 1906