Biography of the Day

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

 

STRICKLAND, CATHARINE PARR (Traill)  
29 Aug. 2014  

d. 29 Aug. 1899 at Lakefield, Ont.

 
LAJUS, FRANÇOIS (baptized Louis-François) (François-Xavier)  
28 Aug. 2014  

b. 28 Aug. 1721 in Quebec

 
TEKARIHOGEN (Dekarihokenh, Ahyonwaeghs, Ahyouwaeghs) (John Brant) (1794-1832)  
27 Aug. 2014  

d. near present-day Brantford, Ont. 27 Aug. 1832

 
BAIRD, NICOL HUGH  
26 Aug. 2014  

b. 26 Aug. 1796 in Glasgow, Scotland

 
McMICKING, THOMAS  
25 Aug. 2014  

d. 25 Aug. 1866 near New Westminster, B.C.

 
BERNARD, SUSAN AGNES (Macdonald) (Baroness Macdonald, Lady Macdonald)  
24 Aug. 2014  

b. 24 Aug. 1836 at Bernard Lodge, south of Spanish Town, Jamaica

 
HARTT, CHARLES FREDERICK  
23 Aug. 2014  

b. 23 Aug. 1840 at Fredericton, N.B.

 
MORRIS, PATRICK  
22 Aug. 2014  

d. 22 Aug. 1849 in St John’s

 
YEO, Sir JAMES LUCAS  
21 Aug. 2014  

d. unmarried 21 Aug. 1818 at sea

 
ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES  
20 Aug. 2014  

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES, businessman, politician, banker, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1852 in The Derries (Republic of Ireland), son of Arthur William Alloway, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Frances Johnson; m. 3 Sept. 1878 Elizabeth MacLaren (d. 1926), daughter of James Maclaren*, in Buckingham, Que., and they had one son who died in infancy; d. 2 Feb. 1930 in Winnipeg.

 
ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES  
20 Aug. 2014  

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES, businessman, politician, banker, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1852 in The Derries (Republic of Ireland), son of Arthur William Alloway, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Frances Johnson; m. 3 Sept. 1878 Elizabeth MacLaren (d. 1926), daughter of James Maclaren*, in Buckingham, Que., and they had one son who died in infancy; d. 2 Feb. 1930 in Winnipeg.

 
ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES  
20 Aug. 2014  

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES, businessman, politician, banker, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1852 in The Derries (Republic of Ireland), son of Arthur William Alloway, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Frances Johnson; m. 3 Sept. 1878 Elizabeth MacLaren (d. 1926), daughter of James Maclaren*, in Buckingham, Que., and they had one son who died in infancy; d. 2 Feb. 1930 in Winnipeg.