Biography of the Day

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

 

HOWE, CLARENCE DECATUR  
31 Dec. 2025  

d. 31 Dec. 1960 in Montreal

 
HERIOT, FREDERICK GEORGE  
30 Dec. 2025  

d. 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada

 
DEBLOIS, SARAH (Deblois)  
29 Dec. 2025  

b. 29 Dec. 1753 in Boston

 
MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836) (John Molson Sr)  
28 Dec. 2025  

b. 28 Dec. 1763 in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England

 
TOUPIN-FAFARD, MATHILDE (baptized Marie-Célina-Mathilde) (Mathilda)  
27 Dec. 2025  

b. 27 Dec. 1875 in Saint-Cuthbert, Que.

 
RUSSELL, ELIZABETH  
26 Dec. 2025  

b. 26 Dec. 1754 in Gibraltar

 
RITCHOT, NOËL-JOSEPH (baptized Joseph-Noël)  
25 Dec. 2025  

b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada

 
ANGER, MARIE-ELMINA (baptized Marie-Mélina), named Marie de Jésus  
24 Dec. 2025  

b. 24 Dec. 1844 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada

 
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)  
23 Dec. 2025  

b. probably some time between 7 June and 23 Dec. 1491 at Saint-Malo (Brittany)

 
PARENT, MARIE-GENEVIÈVE, named de Saint-François d’Assise  
22 Dec. 2025  

d. 22 Dec. 1804 at Quebec

 
DUNCANSON, ROBERT STUART  
21 Dec. 2025  

d. on 21 Dec. 1872 in Detroit, Mich.

 
TRIPLETT, JAMES OSCAR (James Oscar, Oscar James)  
20 Dec. 2025  

d. 13 Dec. 1918 about 20 miles northwest of Rocky Mountain House, Alta.