Biography of the Day

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

 

DOUGLAS, FRANÇOIS-PROSPER, Chevalier de DOUGLAS  
26 Apr. 2024  

d. 26 April 1781 at Nantua, France

 
MIGISI (Michel d’Aigle Dokis)  
25 Apr. 2024  

d. 25 April 1906 on the Dokis Indian Reserve, Ont

 
ARMOUR, REBECCA AGATHA (Thompson)  
24 Apr. 2024  

d. 24 April 1891 in Fredericton

 
HARMON, DANIEL WILLIAMS  
23 Apr. 2024  

d. 23 April 1843 in Sault-au-Récollet (Montreal North), Lower Canada

 
ODIN, HENRIETTE (Feller)  
22 Apr. 2024  

b. 22 April 1800 at Montagny, canton of Vaud, Switzerland

 
WHITE, THOMAS (1830-88)  
21 Apr. 2024  

d. 21 April 1888 at Ottawa, Ont.

 
THOMSON (Thompson), EDWARD WILLIAM  
20 Apr. 2024  

d. 20 April 1865 in York Township, Canada West

 
PAINE, WILLIAM  
19 Apr. 2024  

d. 19 April 1833 in Worcester

 
SYME, JAMES  
18 Apr. 2024  

d. 18 April 1881 at Victoria, B.C.

 
McDONELL (Macdonell), JOHN, known as Le Prêtre  
17 Apr. 2024  

d. 17 April 1850 in Pointe-Fortune, Upper Canada

 
ALLAMAND, JEANNE-CHARLOTTE (Berczy)  
16 Apr. 2024  

b. 16 April 1760 in Lausanne, Switzerland

 
BOISVERT, EDMOND (baptized Abraham-Edmond), known as Edmond de Nevers  
15 Apr. 2024  

d. 15 April 1906 in Central Falls, R.I.