Biography of the Day

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

 

McGEE, FRANCIS CLARENCE  
4 Nov. 2015  

b. 4 Nov. 1882 in Ottawa

 
FORBIN-JANSON, CHARLES-AUGUSTE-MARIE-JOSEPH DE  
3 Nov. 2015  

b. 3 Nov. 1785 in Paris

 
CAIRNS, HUGH  
2 Nov. 2015  

d. 2 Nov. 1918 near Valenciennes, France

 
BORDUAS, PAUL-ÉMILE (baptized Paul-Émile-Charles)  
1 Nov. 2015  

b. 1 Nov. 1905 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.

 
MARTIN, CLARA BRETT  
31 Oct. 2015  

d. unmarried 31 Oct. 1923

 
DeCOTEAU (Decouteau), ALEXANDER  
30 Oct. 2015  

d. unmarried 30 Oct. 1917 in Belgium

 
DESMARTEAU, ÉTIENNE (baptized Joseph-Étienne Birtz)  
29 Oct. 2015  

d. unmarried 29 Oct. 1905 in Montreal, and was buried on 31 October in Boucherville

 
GRIER, SARAH HANNAH ROBERTA (Coome)  
28 Oct. 2015  

b. 28 Oct. 1837 in Carrying Place, Upper Canada

 
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN  
27 Oct. 2015  

drowned 27 Oct. 1642 at Sillery

 
JOBIN, LOUIS (baptized Louis-Jean-Baptiste)  
26 Oct. 2015  

b. 26 Oct. 1845 in Saint-Raymond, Lower Canada

 
WARREN, GEORGE STEPHENS (baptized Georges-Étienne)  
25 Oct. 2015  

b. 25 Oct. 1846 in Montreal

 
CHARLEVOIX, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER DE  
24 Oct. 2015  

b. 24 (al. 29) Oct. 1682 at Saint-Quentin, France