Biography of the Day

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

 

BRUNET, WILFRID-ÉTIENNE (baptized Étienne-Wilfrid)  
21 Oct. 2021  

b. 21 Oct. 1832 at Quebec

 
PENHALLOW, DAVID PEARCE  
20 Oct. 2021  

d. 20 Oct. 1910 aboard the Lake Manitoba when travelling from Montreal to Liverpool

 
NEWCOMBE, CHARLES FREDERIC  
19 Oct. 2021  

d. 19 Oct. 1924 in Victoria

 
OLESKÓW, JÓSEF (Osyp Oleskiv, Joseph Oleskiw)  
18 Oct. 2021  

d. 18 Oct. 1903 in Sokal (Ukraine)

 
WARD, SAMUEL RINGGOLD  
17 Oct. 2021  

b. 17 Oct. 1817 in Maryland

 
BISHOP, MINNIE BLANCHE  
16 Oct. 2021  

d. 16 Oct. 1917 in Greenwich, N.S.

 
HARDISTY, RICHARD CHARLES  
15 Oct. 2021  

d. 15 Oct. 1889 at Winnipeg, Man.

 
DUBUC, SOPHIE-LOUISE, named Saint-Jean de la Croix  
14 Oct. 2021  

d. 14 Oct. 1908 in Montreal

 
WALKER, WILLIAM (d. 1792)  
13 Oct. 2021  

d. 13 Oct. 1792 at South Branch House (near Duck Lake, Sask.)

 
LAWSON, GEORGE  
12 Oct. 2021  

b. 12 Oct. 1827 in Scotland

 
FLETCHER, JOHN (d. 1844)  
11 Oct. 2021  

d. 11 Oct. 1844 in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada

 
THOMAS, SOPHIA (Mason)  
10 Oct. 2021  

d. 10 Oct. 1861 in London, England