Biography of the Day

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

 

ZHAUWUNO-GEEZHIGO-GAUBOW (Maisaninnine, Mesnawetheno) (Jack Fiddler)  
30 Sept. 2017  

d. 30 Sept. 1907 at Norway House (Man.)

 
RIDOUT, MATILDA (Edgar) (Lady Edgar)  
29 Sept. 2017  

b. 29 Sept. 1844 in Toronto; d. 29 Sept. 1910 in London, England, and was buried in Toronto

 
BAILEY, LORING WOART  
28 Sept. 2017  

b. 28 Sept. 1839 in West Point, N.Y.

 
GREENAWAY, MINERVA MARGARET  
27 Sept. 2017  

d. 27 Sept. 1906 in Toronto

 
NAHNEBAHWEQUAY (Nahneebahweequa) (Catherine Sutton, Catherine Bunch Sonego)  
26 Sept. 2017  

d. 26 Sept. 1865 in Sarawak Township, Canada West

 
MACLEOD, JAMES FARQUHARSON (James Alexander Farquharson)  
25 Sept. 2017  

b. probably 25 Sept. 1836 in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland

 
ULOQSAQ (Uluksuk)  
24 Sept. 2017  

d. 24 Sept. 1929 at the settlement of Coppermine (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)

 
TAVERNIER, ÉMILIE (baptized Marie-Émilie-Eugène) (Amélie) (Gamelin)  
23 Sept. 2017  

d. 23 Sept. 1851 in Montreal

 
ARMSTRONG, GEORGE  
22 Sept. 2017  

d. 22 Sept. 1888 in Montreal, Quebec

 
HUSTON, JAMES (baptized Jacques)  
21 Sept. 2017  

d. 21 Sept. 1854 at Quebec

 
DINAN, ELLEN, named Sister Mary Bernard  
20 Sept. 2017  

d. 20 Sept. 1901 in Toronto

 
LAFLAMME, JOSEPH-CLOVIS-KEMNER  
19 Sept. 2017  

b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada