Biography of the Day

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

 

BARTHE, ÉMILIE (baptized Marie-Louise-Émilie) (Lavergne)  
BARTHE, ÉMILIE (baptized Marie-Louise-Émilie) (Lavergne)  
10 May 2014  

d. 10 May 1930 in Montreal

 
BROWN, GEORGE  
BROWN, GEORGE  
9 May 2014  

d. at Toronto, Ont., 9 May 1880

 
ROUTHIER, Sir ADOLPHE-BASILE  
ROUTHIER, Sir ADOLPHE-BASILE  
8 May 2014  

b. 8 May 1839 in Saint-Benoît (Saint-Placide), Lower Canada

 
TODD, ROBERT CLOW  
TODD, ROBERT CLOW  
7 May 2014  

d. 7 May 1866 at Toronto, Canada West

 
BRESSANI, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH (Francesco-Giuseppe)  
BRESSANI, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH (Francesco-Giuseppe)  
6 May 2014  

b. 6 May 1612 in Rome

 
HENSON, JOSIAH  
HENSON, JOSIAH  
5 May 2014  

d. 5 May 1883 at Dresden, Ont.

 
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, Sir CHARLES (baptized Charles-Eugêne-Napoléon; C. B. de Boucherville)  
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, Sir CHARLES (baptized Charles-Eugêne-Napoléon; C. B. de Boucherville)  
4 May 2014  

b. 4 May 1822 in Montreal

 
DELEZENNE, MARIE-CATHERINE (Pélissier; Sales Laterrière)  
DELEZENNE, MARIE-CATHERINE (Pélissier; Sales Laterrière)  
3 May 2014  

d. 3 May 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

 
BENDIXEN, FANNY  
BENDIXEN, FANNY  
2 May 2014  

d. 2 May 1899 in Barkerville, B.C.

 
JUCHEREAU DE LA FERTÉ, JEANNE-FRANÇOISE, <em>dite</em> de Saint-Ignace  
JUCHEREAU DE LA FERTÉ, JEANNE-FRANÇOISE, dite de Saint-Ignace  
1 May 2014  

b. at Quebec on 1 May 1650

 
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE  
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE  
30 Apr. 2014  

b. 30 April 1623 at Montigny-sur-Avre (department of Eure-et-Loir), in the diocese of Chartres (France)

 
GESNER, ABRAHAM  
GESNER, ABRAHAM  
29 Apr. 2014  

d. 29 April 1864 at Halifax, N.S.