Biography of the Day

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

 

PEMBERTON, JOSEPH DESPARD  
11 Nov. 2025  

d. 11 Nov. 1893 in Oak Bay, B.C.

 
ADAMS, MARY ELECTA  
10 Nov. 2025  

b. 10 Nov. 1823 in Westbury, Lower Canada

 
SAMPSON, JAMES  
9 Nov. 2025  

d. 9 Nov. 1861 at Kingston, Canada West

 
VOLANT DE SAINT-CLAUDE, PIERRE and CLAUDE  
8 Nov. 2025  

twin brothers, b. 8 Nov. 1654 at Trois-Rivières

 
McSHANE, JAMES  
7 Nov. 2025  

b. 7 Nov. 1833 in Montreal

 
CHESLEY, ANNIE AMELIA  
6 Nov. 2025  

d. unmarried 6 Nov. 1910 in Ottawa

 
HEISE, CHARLOTTE (baptized Johanne Louise Charlotte) (Führer)  
5 Nov. 2025  

d. 5 Nov. 1907 in Montreal

 
MOODY, SEWELL PRESCOTT  
4 Nov. 2025  

drowned in the sinking of the steamer Pacific near Cape Flattery, 4 Nov. 1875

 
UPHAM, JOSHUA  
3 Nov. 2025  

b. 3 Nov. 1741 in Brookfield, Mass.

 
CAIRNS, HUGH  
2 Nov. 2025  

d. unmarried 2 Nov. 1918 near Valenciennes, France

 
LACOSTE, MARIE (baptized Marie-Thaïs-Élodie-Coralie) (Gérin-Lajoie)  
1 Nov. 2025  

d. 1 Nov. 1945 in Montreal

 
BURKE, EDMUND (1850-1919)  
31 Oct. 2025  

b. 31 Oct. 1850 in Toronto