Biography of the Day
Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.
FRAME, ELIZABETH MURDOCH – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 17 Nov. 2019
d. unmarried 17 Nov. 1904 in Shubenacadie, N.S.
SLOCUM, JOSHUA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 14 Nov. 2019
d. on or shortly after 14 Nov. 1909 in the Atlantic Ocean
b. 11 Nov. 1754 in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
b. 7 Nov. 1796 in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis
BROWN, ADA MARY (Courtice) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 4 Nov. 2019
b. 4 Nov. 1860 near Bloomfield, Upper Canada
d. 28 Oct. 1887 in Montreal, Que.
JOHNSON, LULU MAE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 25 Oct. 2019
d. 25 Oct. 1918 at sea in Lynn Canal, Alaska
d. 24 Oct. 1728 at New Orleans
CHIPMAN, ELIZA ANN – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 23 Oct. 2019
d. 23 Oct. 1853 in Pleasant Valley (Berwick North), N.S.
MOODIE, JOHN WEDDERBURN DUNBAR – Volume IX (1861-1870), 22 Oct. 2019
d. 22 Oct. 1869 at Belleville, Ont.
CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD GLENLYON – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 21 Oct. 2019
d. 21 Oct. 1917 in Camiers, France
GENDRON, PHILOMÈNE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 20 Oct. 2019
d. 20 Oct. 1921 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal
d. 19 Oct. 1921 in Montreal
b. 18 Oct. 1743 at Quebec
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord) – Volume IX (1861-1870), 17 Oct. 2019
d. 17 Oct. 1868, at Chippawa (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
b. 15 Oct. 1701 at Varennes (Que.)
b. 6 Oct. 1811 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada; d. 6 Oct. 1849 in Longueuil, Lower Canada.
d. 2 Oct. 1898 in New York City
HONEY, SAMUEL LEWIS – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 30 Sept. 2019
d. 30 Sept. 1918 in Bois de Bourlon, France
RIDOUT, MATILDA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 29 Sept. 2019
b. 29 Sept. 1844 in Toronto, d. 29 Sept. 1910 in London, England
STEWART, CHARLES JAMES TOWNSHEND – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 28 Sept. 2019
d. 28 Sept. 1918 near Raillencourt, France
MANTLE, ALFRED FRANK – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 26 Sept. 2019
d. 26 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
BARBER, POLLY – Volume XII (1891-1900), 25 Sept. 2019
b. 25 Sept. 1803 in Saint-Armand, Lower Canada
CAMERON, GEORGE FREDERICK – Volume XI (1881-1890), 24 Sept. 2019
b. 24 Sept. 1854 in New Glasgow, N.S.
GERVAIS, GUALBERT – Volume XI (1881-1890), 23 Sept. 2019
b. 23 Sept. 1844 at Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville), Canada East
ANGWIN, MARIA LOUISA – Volume XII (1891-1900), 21 Sept. 2019
b. 21 Sept. 1849 in Blackhead, Conception Bay, Nfld
ODELL, ROBERTA ELIZABETH (Tilton) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 20 Sept. 2019
b. 20 Sept. 1837 in Whiting, Maine
LAFLAMME, JOSEPH-CLOVIS-KEMNER – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 19 Sept. 2019
b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada
MERCER, MALCOLM SMITH – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 17 Sept. 2019
b. 17 Sept. 1859 in Etobicoke Township, Upper Canada
BEST, CHARLES HERBERT – Volume XX (1971-1980), 16 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
SIROIS, JOSEPH – Volume XVII (1941-1950), 15 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET – Volume XVIII (1951-1960), 14 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
HOWE, CLARENCE DECATUR – Volume XVIII (1951-1960), 13 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
CRERAR, HENRY DUNCAN GRAHAM – Volume XIX (1961-1970), 12 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
LAPOINTE, ERNEST – Volume XVII (1941-1950), 11 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE – Volume XVII (1941-1950), 10 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
HAYWORTH, MARGARET JANET – Volume XVI (1931-1940), 9 Sept. 2019
80th anniversary of the start of World War II
BERNARD, SUSAN AGNES – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 5 Sept. 2019
d. 5 Sept. 1920 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England
BUISSON, EDWIGE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 Sept. 2019
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
POUTRÉ, FÉLIX – Volume XI (1881-1890), 3 Sept. 2019
b. 3 Sept. 1814 at Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie), Lower Canada
SIMPSON, ÆMILIUS – Volume VI (1821-1835), 2 Sept. 2019
d. unmarried 2 Sept. 1831 in Fort Simpson, on the Nass River (B.C.)
d. 1 Sept. 1951 in Saanich, B.C.
STRICKLAND, CATHARINE PARR – Volume XII (1891-1900), 29 Aug. 2019
d. 29 Aug. 1899 at Lakefield, Ont.
WILLIAMS, ELEAZER – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 28 Aug. 2019
d. 28 Aug. 1858 on the Saint-Régis reserve
DURELL, PHILIP – Volume III (1741-1770), 26 Aug. 2019
d. 26 Aug. 1766 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, “from eating dolphins.”
b. 24 Aug. 1826 in Montreal
HARTT, CHARLES FREDERICK – Volume X (1871-1880), 23 Aug. 2019
d. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 March 1878
d. 21 Aug. 1829 in Sandwich (Windsor), Upper Canada
FARIBAULT, JEAN-BAPTISTE – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 20 Aug. 2019
d. 20 Aug. 1860 in Faribault, Minn.
ONISTA’POKA – Volume XII (1891-1900), 19 Aug. 2019
d. 19 Aug. 1897 on the Blood Indian Reserve (Alta)
LORANGER, LOUIS-ONÉSIME – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 18 Aug. 2019
d. 18 Aug. 1917 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.
d. in Montreal (Que.) 16 Aug. 1785
d. 15 Aug. 1928 in Vancouver
d. accidentally in Canada 12 Aug. 1756
MERNER, SAMUEL – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 11 Aug. 2019
d. 11 Aug. 1908 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.
STEPHANSSON, STEPHAN GUDMUNDUR – Volume XV (1921-1930), 10 Aug. 2019
d. 10 Aug. 1927 near Markerville, Alta.
SHIRREFF, JENNIE GRAHL HUNTER (baptized Jane Campbell Hunter) (Eddy) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 9 Aug. 2019
d. 9 Aug. 1921 in Hull, Que.
d. 4 Aug. 1928 in Winnipeg
d. 1 Aug. 1866 at Montreal
SCADDING, HENRY – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 29 July 2019
b. 29 July 1813 in Dunkeswell parish, England
O’KEEFE, CORNELIUS – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 26 July 2019
b. 26 July 1838 near present-day Fallowfield, Ont.
d. 25 July 1973 at Quebec, and was buried in Compton, Que.
MORRISON, THOMAS FLETCHER – Volume XI (1881-1890), 23 July 2019
d. 23 July 1886 at Folly Village, Colchester County, N. S.
d. 16 July 1925 in St Andrews, N.B.
d. 15 July 1855 in St John’s
HUTTON, SAMUEL – Volume XII (1891-1900), 10 July 2019
b. 10 July 1845 in Coleraine (Northern Ireland)
BARBER, CHARLES ARNOLD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 July 2019
b. 9 July 1848 in Irish Creek (Jasper), Upper Canada
d. 4 July 1846 at Quebec
DUNCAN, NORMAN McLEAN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 3 July 2019
b. 3 July 1871 in North Norwich Township, Ont.
LANG, GEORGE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 2 July 2019
d. 2 July 1881 at Shubenacadie, Hants County, N.S.
PEYASIW-AWASIS (Thunderchild, also known as Kapitikow, meaning “the one who makes the sound”) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 29 June 2019
d. 29 June 1927 on the Thunderchild Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan
GLIONNA, FRANCESCO – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 28 June 2019
b. 18 June 1825 or 28 June 1828 in Laurenzana (Italy)
LOGAN, Sir WILLIAM EDMOND – Volume X (1871-1880), 22 June 2019
d. 22 June 1875 at Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales
PELLETIER, WILFRID – Volume XXI (1981-1990), 20 June 2019
b. 20 June 1896 in the parish of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Montreal
WILLMOTT, JAMES BRANSTON – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 15 June 2019
b. 15 June 1837 near Milton, Upper Canada
b. 12 June 1826 at Bideford, England
QUINLAN, ANNE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 7 June 2019
b. 7 June 1839 in County Tipperary (Republic of Ireland)
d. 4 June 1788 at Saint-Pierre, Île d’Orléans (Que.)
d. 3 June 1844 in Neusalz (Nowa Sól, Poland)
MURRAY, ALEXANDER (1810-84) – Volume XI (1881-1890), 2 June 2019
b. 2 June 1810 in Dollerie House, Crieff, Scotland
PHELPS, LILLIAN MARIETTA – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 1 June 2019
b. 1 June 1859 in Merritton (St Catharines), Upper Canada
LARTIGUE, JOSEPH – Volume III (1741-1770), 28 May 2019
d. 28 May 1743 at Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
PENHALLOW, DAVID PEARCE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 25 May 2019
b. 25 May 1854 in Kittery Point, Maine
b. 21 May 1834 in Colchester, England
BENOÎT, PIERRE – Volume IV (1771-1800), 20 May 2019
d. 20 May 1786 in Queensbury parish, York County, New Brunswick
BLANCHET, JEAN – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 17 May 2019
b. 17 May 1795 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
HAYS, CHARLES MELVILLE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 16 May 2019
b. 16 May 1856 in Rock Island, Illinois
d. 15 May 1784 at Trois-Rivières
DOBBS, HARRIET – Volume XI (1881-1890), 14 May 2019
d. 14 May 1887 at Portsmouth (now part of Kingston)
BUTLER, JOHN (d. 1796) – Volume IV (1771-1800), 13 May 2019
d. 13 May 1796 at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)
VANCOUVER, GEORGE – Volume IV (1771-1800), 12 May 2019
d. 12 May 1798 at Petersham (Greater London), England
MEDCALF, FRANCIS HENRY – Volume X (1871-1880), 10 May 2019
b. 10 May 1803 at Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland
d. 8 May 1906 in Arthabaska, Que.
b. 4 May 1820 at Naas (Republic of Ireland)
d. 2 May 1928 in Montreal
d. 1 May 1902 at his home near Irvine, Nfld
BRADFORD, WILLIAM – Volume XII (1891-1900), 30 Apr. 2019
b. 30 April 1823 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts
ROSEVEAR, STANLEY WALLACE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 25 Apr. 2019
d. unmarried 25 April 1918 near Arras, France
TATE, HENRY WELLINGTON – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 24 Apr. 2019
d. 24 April 1914 in Port Simpson, B.C.
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES – Volume XX (1971-1980), 23 Apr. 2019
b. 23 April 1897 in Newton Brook (Toronto)
PIUZE, LIVERIGHT – Volume V (1801-1820), 22 Apr. 2019
d. 22 April 1813 at Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin – Volume XVI (1931-1940), 13 Apr. 2019
d. 13 April 1938 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
b. 12 April 1674 at Groton, Massachusetts
HOLLINGER, BENJAMIN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 10 Apr. 2019
b. 10 April 1885 in Point Alexander, Ont.
CAMERON, JOHN (1827-1910) – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 6 Apr. 2019
d. 6 April 1910 in Antigonish, N.S.
MASSEY, WALTER EDWARD HART – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 Apr. 2019
b. 4 April 1864 in Newcastle, Upper Canada
CHARTRAND, JOSEPH-DAMASE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 2 Apr. 2019
d. 2 April 1905 in Kingston, Ontario
RHO, ADOLPHE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 30 Mar. 2019
b. 30 March 1839 in Gentilly (Bécancour), Lower Canada
MERCER, ALEXANDER CAVALIÉ – Volume IX (1861-1870), 28 Mar. 2019
b. 28 March 1783 at Hull, Yorkshire, England
d. 26 March 1794 in Mexico City
NG MON HING – Volume XV (1921-1930), 25 Mar. 2019
b. 25 March 1858 in Chung-lau, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
RYERSON, EGERTON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 24 Mar. 2019
b. 24 March 1803 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada
d. 23 March 1802 at Quebec, Lower Canada
VALLÉE, CHARLES-AMÉDÉE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 19 Mar. 2019
d. 19 March 1924 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Que.
HOWARD, LEONORA ANNETTA (King) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 17 Mar. 2019
b. 17 March 1851 near Farmersville (Athens), Upper Canada
SI’K-OKSKITSIS – Volume XII (1891-1900), 16 Mar. 2019
d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)
PASKWĀW – Volume XI (1881-1890), 15 Mar. 2019
d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)
b. 1 March 1818 in Montenay, France
b. 28 Feb. 1824 in Saint-Omer, France
BARRY, ROBERTINE, Françoise – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 26 Feb. 2019
b. 26 Feb. 1863 in L’Île-Verte, Lower Canada
ANCIENT, WILLIAM JOHNSON – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 25 Feb. 2019
b. 25 Feb. 1836 in Croft, Lincolnshire, England
COX, CHARLOTTE SELINA (Bompas) – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 24 Feb. 2019
b. 24 Feb. 1830, likely in England
MILLS, THOMAS WESLEY – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 22 Feb. 2019
b. 22 Feb. 1847 in Brockville, Upper Canada
DARLING, FRANK – Volume XV (1921-1930), 17 Feb. 2019
b. 17 Feb. 1850 in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada
DRIARD, SOSTHENES MAXIMILIAN – Volume X (1871-1880), 15 Feb. 2019
d., probably a bachelor, on 15 Feb. 1873 at Victoria, B.C.
WALLIS, Sir PROVO WILLIAM PARRY – Volume XII (1891-1900), 13 Feb. 2019
d. 13 Feb. 1892 in Funtington, England
DIZY, Montplaisir, MARGUERITE – Volume II (1701-1740), 11 Feb. 2019
baptized 11 Feb. 1663 at Trois-Rivières
BLACK, SAMUEL – Volume VII (1836-1850), 8 Feb. 2019
d. 8 Feb. 1841 at Thompson’s River Post (Kamloops, B.C.)
COOK, MICHAEL URIAS – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 7 Feb. 2019
b. 7 Feb. 1824 in Williamsburgh Township, Upper Canada
d. 4 Feb. 1927 in Toronto
b. at Trois-Rivières, Province of Quebec, 1 Feb. 1782
BEAUBIEN, MARGUERITE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 29 Jan. 2019
b. 29 Jan. 1797 in Nicolet, Lower Canada
b. 28 Jan. 1747 in Montreal (Que.)
b. 27 Jan. 1723, probably at Angers, France
NATOS-API – Volume XII (1891-1900), 26 Jan. 2019
d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)
KURIKKA, MATTI – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 24 Jan. 2019
b. 24 Jan. 1863 in the parish of Tuutari, Russia
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON – Volume XV (1921-1930), 23 Jan. 2019
d. 23 Jan. 1924 at the military hospital in Tunis, Tunisia
RIEL, LOUIS (1817-64) – Volume IX (1861-1870), 21 Jan. 2019
d. 21 Jan. 1864 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
NATTE, Marseille, JEAN-SÉBASTIEN – Volume V (1801-1820), 20 Jan. 2019
b. 20 Jan. 1734 in Marseilles, France
GWILLIM, ELIZABETH POSTHUMA – Volume VII (1836-1850), 17 Jan. 2019
d. 17 Jan. 1850 at Wolford Lodge, near Honiton, England
d. 16 Jan. 1766 at Trois-Rivières
d. 13 Jan. 1811 in Nicolet (Que.)
MUNRO, JESSIE KNOX – Volume XV (1921-1930), 9 Jan. 2019
b. 9 Jan. 1861 in Peterborough, Upper Canada
d. 8 Jan. 1874 at Nice, France
d. 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria
JONES, PETER – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 1 Jan. 2019
b. 1 Jan. 1802 at Burlington Heights (Hamilton), Upper Canada
STEINHAUER, HENRY BIRD – Volume XI (1881-1890), 29 Dec. 2018
d. 29 Dec. 1884 at Whitefish Lake (Alta)
ANCTIL, JEANNE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 27 Dec. 2018
b. 27 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (La Pocatière), Quebec
d. 26 Dec. 1922 in Winnipeg and was buried in Hamilton
RUTHERFORD, JOHN GUNION – Volume XV (1921-1930), 25 Dec. 2018
b. 25 Dec. 1857 in Mountain Cross, Scotland
b. 24 Dec. 1844 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada
b. 20 Dec. 1856 at Childhay Farm, Broadwindsor, England
b. 19 Dec. 1679 at Trois-Rivières
HAMOND, Sir ANDREW SNAPE – Volume VI (1821-1835), 17 Dec. 2018
b. 17 Dec. 1738 in Blackheath (London), England
WOOLVERTON, LINUS – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 12 Dec. 2018
b. 12 Dec. 1846 in Grimsby Township, Upper Canada
CROOKS, ADAM – Volume XI (1881-1890), 11 Dec. 2018
LABATT, JOHN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 11 Dec. 2018
b. 11 Dec. 1838 in Westminster Township, Upper Canada
ROWELL, SARAH ALICE (Wright) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 4 Dec. 2018
b. 4 Dec. 1862 in London Township, Upper Canada
d. 2 Dec. 1859 in Montreux, Switzerland
b. 30 Nov. 1826 in Acton (London), England
d. 29 Nov. 1820 in Halifax, N.S.
b. 27 Nov. 1811 at Sainte-Anne-d’Yamachiche, Lower Canada
MOUNTCASTLE, CLARA H – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 26 Nov. 2018
b. 26 Nov. 1837 in the Huron Tract, near the site of Clinton, Upper Canada
Canada History Week 2018
KIROUAC, CONRAD (baptized Joseph-Cyrille-Conrad), named Brother Marie-Victorin – Volume XVII (1941-1950), 21 Nov. 2018
Canada History Week 2018
HIND, WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARDSON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 18 Nov. 2018
d. 18 Nov. 1889 at Sussex, N.B.
d. 16 Nov. 1753 in Quebec
d. 15 Nov. 1767 in Quebec
RENAUD, LOUIS – Volume X (1871-1880), 13 Nov. 2018
d. 13 Nov 1878 at Sainte-Martine (Châteauguay County), Que.
RYE, MARIA SUSAN – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 12 Nov. 2018
d. 12 Nov. 1903 in Hemel Hempstead, England
d. 6 Nov. 1813 in jail in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
FLOYD, HENRY, Black Harry – Volume VI (1821-1835), 5 Nov. 2018
d. 5 Nov. 1830 in Brockville, Upper Canada
HOERNER, OLYMPE – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 4 Nov. 2018
d. 4 Nov. 1854 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
ASSIGINACK, JEAN-BAPTISTE – Volume IX (1861-1870), 3 Nov. 2018
d. 3 Nov. 1866 at Manitowaning on Manitoulin Island, Canada West
b. 30 Oct. 1822 in Coullemelle, diocese of Amiens, France
b. 28 Oct. 1599 at Tours (France)
McLEAN, WILLIAM JAMES – Volume XV (1921-1930), 27 Oct. 2018
b. 27 Oct. 1841 on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
COMINGO, BRUIN ROMKES – Volume V (1801-1820), 21 Oct. 2018
b. 21 Oct. 1723, probably in Groningen, Netherlands
DAVIN, NICHOLAS FLOOD – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 18 Oct. 2018
d. 18 Oct. 1901 in Winnipeg and was buried on 22 October in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa
PLAMONDON, MARC-AURÈLE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 16 Oct. 2018
b. 16 Oct. 1823 in Saint-Roch ward at Quebec
FAIRWEATHER, MARION (Stirling) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 14 Oct. 2018
b. 14 Oct. 1846 in Bowmanville, Upper Canada
KIRBY, WILLIAM – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 13 Oct. 2018
b. 13 Oct. 1817 in Kingston upon Hull, England
b. 10 Oct. 1839 in Ennistymon (Republic of Ireland)
WHITE, EDWARD (1811-86) – Volume XI (1881-1890), 9 Oct. 2018
b. 9 Oct. 1811 at Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay, Nfld
CANNON, MARY – Volume VI (1821-1835), 7 Oct. 2018
d. 7 Oct. 1827 at her residence, Castle Frederick, in Falmouth, N.S.
b. 3 Oct. 1719 in Paris, France
ALLEN, Sir JOHN CAMPBELL – Volume XII (1891-1900), 1 Oct. 2018
b. 1 Oct. 1817 in Kingsclear Parish, N.B.
BARNARD, ÉDOUARD-ANDRÉ – Volume XII (1891-1900), 30 Sept. 2018
b. 30 Sept. 1835 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
PIERPOINT, RICHARD – Volume VII (1836-1850), 27 Sept. 2018
d. before 27 Sept. 1838 near Fergus, Upper Canada
NAHNEBAHWEQUAY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 26 Sept. 2018
d. 26 Sept. 1865 in Sarawak Township, Canada West
CRESSWELL, SAMUEL GURNEY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 25 Sept. 2018
b. 25 Sept. 1827 at King’s Lynn, England
MELANSON, NATHALIE (Bourgeois) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 24 Sept. 2018
d. 24 Sept. 1923 in Scoudouc, N.B.
DEBARTZCH, PIERRE-DOMINIQUE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 22 Sept. 2018
b. 22 Sept. 1782 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Que.
d. unmarried 19 Sept. 1841 in Kingston, Upper Canada
JOHNSTON, JAMES FINLAY WEIR – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 18 Sept. 2018
b. 13 Sept. 1796 in Paisley, Scotland
b. 17 Sept. 1841 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
FERGUSON, THOMAS ROBERTS – Volume X (1871-1880), 15 Sept. 2018
d. 15 Sept. 1879, in Innisfil Township, Ont.
d. 14 Sept. 1759 at Quebec
HAMOND, Sir ANDREW SNAPE – Volume VI (1821-1835), 12 Sept. 2018
d. 12 Sept. 1828 in Terrington Clement, England
SEYMOUR, FREDERICK – Volume IX (1861-1870), 6 Sept. 2018
b. 6 Sept. 1820 at Belfast (Northern Ireland)
MORTON, JAMES – Volume IX (1861-1870), 29 Aug. 2018
b. 29 Aug. 1808, probably at Killylea, County Armagh (Northern Ireland)
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON – Volume IX (1861-1870), 28 Aug. 2018
d. 28 Aug. 1861 at Toronto, Canada West
PÉAN, MICHEL-JEAN-HUGUES – Volume IV (1771-1800), 21 Aug. 2018
d. 21 Aug. 1782 at Cangey (dept of Indre-et-Loire), France
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
BALDWIN, WILLIAM WARREN – Volume VII (1836-1850), 19 Aug. 2018
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
LAVERDIÈRE, CHARLES-HONORÉ – Volume X (1871-1880), 16 Aug. 2018
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
RICHARD, MARIE-LOUISE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 15 Aug. 2018
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
d. 12 Aug. 1924 in Toronto
MARRYAT, FREDERICK – Volume VII (1836-1850), 9 Aug. 2018
d. 9 Aug. 1848 in Langham, Norfolk, England
STEELE, ELMES YELVERTON – Volume IX (1861-1870), 6 Aug. 2018
d. 6 Aug. 1865 in Medonte Township, Canada West
CASGRAIN, HENRI-EDMOND – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 5 Aug. 2018
b. 5 Aug. 1846 in L’Islet, Lower Canada
d. 4 Aug. 1928 in Winnipeg and was buried in the cemetery of the cathedral of St Boniface, Manitoba
b. 1 Aug. 1828 in Blantyre, Scotland
JOHNSON, THERESA MARY – Volume XII (1891-1900), 29 July 2018
b. probably 29 July 1863 in Tintern (Lincoln), Upper Canada
MAURÈS DE MALARTIC, ANNE-JOSEPH-HIPPOLYTE DE, Comte de MALARTIC – Volume IV (1771-1800), 28 July 2018
d. unmarried 28 July 1800 at Port-Louis, Île de France (Mauritius)
b. 27 July 1696 in Montreal
ROBINSON, Sir JOHN BEVERLEY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 26 July 2018
b. 26 July 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada
d. 21 July 1898 at the mission of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Que.
YIP SANG ((Ye Sheng in Mandarin), also known as Yip Chun Tien (Ye Chuntian) and Yip Lin Sang (Ye Lin – Volume XV (1921-1930), 20 July 2018
d. 20 July 1927 in Vancouver
BECKWITH, JOHN CHARLES – Volume IX (1861-1870), 19 July 2018
d. 19 July 1862 at his home, La Torre, near Turin (Italy)
b. 10 Oct. 1839 in Ennistymon (Republic of Ireland)
COUTLÉE, THÉRÈSE-GENEVIÈVE – Volume VI (1821-1835), 17 July 2018
d. there 17 July 1821 at the Hôpital Général
LABILLOIS, CHARLES-MARIE – Volume IX (1861-1870), 8 July 2018
b. 8 July 1793 at Ploërmel (dept of Morbihan, France)
HAYNES, JOHN CARMICHAEL – Volume XI (1881-1890), 6 July 2018
b. 6 July 1831 at Landscape, County Cork (Republic of Ireland); d. 6 July 1888 at Princeton, B.C.
DICKIE, MARGARET – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 July 2018
b. 4 July 1827 in Half-Way River (Hantsport), N.S.
b. 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Hill, N.B.
MELANSON, OLIVIER-MAXIMIN – Volume XV (1921-1930), 2 July 2018
b. 2 July 1854 in Haute-Aboujagane, N.B.
EVANS, EPHRAIM – Volume XII (1891-1900), 30 June 2018
b. 30 June 1803 in Kingston upon Hull, England
SABINE, Sir EDWARD – Volume XI (1881-1890), 26 June 2018
d. 26 June 1883 in Richmond (now part of Greater London), England
HART, AARON EZEKIEL – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 24 June 2018
b. 24 June 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
RENAUD, JEAN-BAPTISTE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 22 June 2018
b. 22 June 1816 at Lachine, Lower Canada
FARAUD, HENRI – Volume XI (1881-1890), 17 June 2018
b. 17 June 1823 at Gigondas, dept of Vaucluse, France
d. 16 June 1749 in Montreal
HIND, WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARDSON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 12 June 2018
b. 12 June 1833 at Nottingham, England
NELSON, WILLIAM – Volume VI (1821-1835), 10 June 2018
d. 10 June 1834 in William Henry (Sorel, Que.)
d. 7 June 1729 at Montreal
b. 6 June 1821 in Le Puy, France
d. 4 June 1765 at the chateau of Mollien near Brest
CÔTÉ, JEAN-BAPTISTE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 30 May 2018
b. 30 May 1832 in Saint-Roch parish, at Quebec
PARSONS, GERTRUDE ISABELLA – Volume XV (1921-1930), 27 May 2018
d. 27 May 1924 at St John's, Newfoundland
TRASK, CATHERINE (Brown) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 26 May 2018
d. 26 May 1925 in Peel Township, Ontario
d. 25 May 1898 in Duncan, B.C.
b. 22 May 1767 at Fort St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.)
d. 19 May 1825 in Demerara (Guyana)
b. 17 May 1848 in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
CHANG TOY (Chen Cai) (Chan Doe Gee (Chen Daozhi); Chan Chang-Jin; Sam Kee (San Ji)) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 16 May 2018
b. 16 May 1857 in Cheong Pan village, Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
WALSH, AQUILA – Volume XI (1881-1890), 15 May 2018
b. 15 May 1823 in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada
LEMAIRE, MARIE-MARGUERITE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 14 May 2018
b. 14 May 1769 in Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Que.
b. 13 May 1814 in Dover, England
b. 11 May 1871 in Revel, France
d. 7 May 1915 at sea off the Irish coast
b. 30 April 1897 at Quebec
KENNEDY, WILLIAM NASSAU – Volume XI (1881-1890), 28 Apr. 2018
b. 28 April 1839 at Newcastle, Upper Canada
DULONGPRÉ, LOUIS – Volume VII (1836-1850), 26 Apr. 2018
d. 26 April 1843 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
GIRARD, MARC-AMABLE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 25 Apr. 2018
b. 25 April 1822 in Varennes, Lower Canada
HARMON, DANIEL WILLIAMS – Volume VII (1836-1850), 23 Apr. 2018
d. 23 April 1843 in Sault-au-Récollet (Montreal North), Lower Canada
GOWANLOCK, JENNY KIDD (Trout) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 21 Apr. 2018
b. 21 April 1841 in Kelso, Scotland
BOURGEAUX, EUGÈNE – Volume X (1871-1880), 20 Apr. 2018
b. 20 April 1813 at Brizon, France (department of Hautes-Alpes)
d. 19 April 1922 in Vancouver
d. 29 May 1899 in Montreal
GLOBENSKY, MAXIMILIEN – Volume IX (1861-1870), 15 Apr. 2018
b. 15 April 1793 at Verchères, Lower Canada
NAFZIGER, CHRISTIAN – Volume VII (1836-1850), 13 Apr. 2018
d. 13 April 1836 in Wilmot Township, Upper Canada
b. 10 April 1854 in Reading, Pa.
BREAKEY, JOHN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 Apr. 2018
b. 9 April 1846 in Chaudière Mills (Breakeyville), Lower Canada
COCKBURN, ALEXANDER PETER – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 7 Apr. 2018
b. 7 April 1837 in Finch Township, Upper Canada
d. 4 April 1846 on Mackinac Island, Mich.
CARNOCHAN, JANET – Volume XV (1921-1930), 31 Mar. 2018
d. unmarried 31 March 1926 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
MIERTSCHING, JOHANN AUGUST – Volume X (1871-1880), 30 Mar. 2018
d. 30 March 1875 at Kleinwelke, Saxony
FLETCHER, JAMES – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 28 Mar. 2018
b. 28 March 1852 in Ash, near Rochester, Kent, England
d. 27 March 1926 in Chicoutimi, Que.
d. 26 March 1926 in Hamilton, Ont.
d. 25 March 1913 in Menton, France, and was buried in St Paul’s Cathedral in London
SCOTT, THOMAS CHARLES HESLOP – Volume V (1801-1820), 21 Mar. 2018
d. 21 March 1813 at Quebec, Lower Canada
SANGUINET, SIMON – Volume IV (1771-1800), 16 Mar. 2018
b. 16 March 1733 at Varennes (Que.); d. 16 March 1790 in Montreal
SOULARD, AUGUSTE – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 13 Mar. 2018
b. 13 March 1819 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
BLACK, JOHN (1817-79) – Volume X (1871-1880), 11 Mar. 2018
b. 11 March 1817 at Edinburgh or St Andrews, county of Fife, Scotland
SU-Á-PU-LUCK – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 10 Mar. 2018
d. 10 March 1910 in Capilano Indian Reserve, B.C.
SCHUYLER, PETER (1710-62) – Volume III (1741-1770), 7 Mar. 2018
d. 7 March 1762 after a long illness at his home near Newark, New Jersey
WESTLAKE, KATE EVA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 Mar. 2018
d. in Toronto 4 March 1906 and was buried in London, Ont.
LACOMBE, ALBERT – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 28 Feb. 2018
b. 28 Feb. 1827 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
d. 27 Feb. 1857 and was buried in Admiral’s Cove (Port Kirwan), Nfld.
CAUCHON, JOSEPH-ÉDOUARD – Volume XI (1881-1890), 23 Feb. 2018
d. 23 Feb. 1885 in the Qu’Appelle valley (Sask.)
b. 20 Feb. 1856 at Castleblakeney (Republic of Ireland)
RUSSELL, ELIZABETH – Volume VI (1821-1835), 19 Feb. 2018
d. 19 Feb. 1822 in York (Toronto), Upper Canada
TASCHEREAU, ELZÉAR-ALEXANDRE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 17 Feb. 2018
b. 17 Feb. 1820 in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Lower Canada
HAYR, ANNIE LINDA – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 15 Feb. 2018
d. 15 Feb. 1912 in Châteauguay Basin (Châteauguay), Que.
d. 11 Feb. 1923 in Richmond Hill, Ont.
FORTES, JOSEPH SERAPHIM – Volume XV (1921-1930), 9 Feb. 2018
b. 9 Feb. 1863 in Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
MONTMINY, THÉOPHILE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 4 Feb. 2018
b. 4 Feb. 1842 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lower Canada
LOFT, FREDERICK OGILVIE – Volume XVI (1931-1940), 3 Feb. 2018
b. 3 Feb. 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
PALLISER, JOHN – Volume XI (1881-1890), 29 Jan. 2018
b. 29 Jan. 1817 in Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
KURIKKA, MATTI – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 24 Jan. 2018
b. 24 Jan. 1863 in the parish of Tuutari, Russia
MAYERHOFFER, VINCENT PHILIP – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 22 Jan. 2018
b. 22 Jan. 1784 in Raab (Györ, Hungary)
RIEL, LOUIS (1817-64) – Volume IX (1861-1870), 21 Jan. 2018
d. 21 Jan. 1864 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y.
BOYD, MOSSOM MARTIN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 19 Jan. 2018
b. 19 Jan. 1855 in Bobcaygeon, Upper Canada
MARLATT, WENONAH – Volume XV (1921-1930), 18 Jan. 2018
b. 18 Jan. 1883 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
PARTRIDGE, HENRY OSCAR – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 17 Jan. 2018
d. 17 Jan. 1916 in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
MacGHILLEATHAIN, IAIN – Volume VII (1836-1850), 8 Jan. 2018
b. 8 Jan. 1787 in Caolas, on the island of Tiree, Scotland
d. unmarried 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria
d. 3 Jan. 1929 in London, Ont.
b. 2 Jan. 1843 in Turin (Italy)
VENNOR, HENRY GEORGE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 30 Dec. 2017
b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada
DAVIS, JOHN (d. 1605) – Volume I (1000-1700), 27 Dec. 2017
d. 27 Dec. 1605 off Bintang Island, East Indies
b. 24 Dec. 1813 at Bas-en-Basset, France
b. 23 Dec. 1728 at Tulle, France
DUNCAN, SARA JEANNETTE (Cotes) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 22 Dec. 2017
b. 22 Dec. 1861 in Brantford, Upper Canada
d. 21 Dec. 1910 in Nicolet, Que.
PAMBRUN, PIERRE-CHRYSOLOGUE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 19 Dec. 2017
b. 19 Dec. 1792 in L’Islet, Lower Canada
GIROD, AMURY – Volume VII (1836-1850), 18 Dec. 2017
d. 18 Dec. 1837 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
MILLER, JOHN CLASSON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 16 Dec. 2017
b. 16 Dec. 1836 in Yonge Township, Leeds County, Upper Canada
d. 13 Dec. 1827 near Hammersmith (London), England
MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD – Volume X (1871-1880), 12 Dec. 2017
b. 12 Dec. 1812 at St Raphael West, Glengarry County, U.C.
b. 11 Dec. 1722 at Quebec
VIAU, CHARLES-THÉODORE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 10 Dec. 2017
d. 10 Dec. 1898 in Longue-Pointe (Montreal)
b. 9 Dec. 1828 in Charlottetown
b. 4 Dec. 1800 in Annapolis Royal, N. S.
b. 3 Dec. 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
LEE MONG KOW – Volume XV (1921-1930), 2 Dec. 2017
b. 2 Dec. 1861 in Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
MASSICOTTE, EDMOND-JOSEPH – Volume XV (1921-1930), 1 Dec. 2017
b. 1 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Cunégonde (Montreal)
YUILL, JOSEPH – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 27 Nov. 2017
d. 27 Nov. 1905 in Ramsay Township, Upper Canada
Canada History Week 2017
MOSTOS – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 19 Nov. 2017
d. 19 Nov. 1918 at the Sucker Creek Indian Reserve (Alta)
MORRIS, CHARLES (1759-1831) – Volume VI (1821-1835), 18 Nov. 2017
b. 18 Nov. 1759 in Hopkinton, Mass.
d. 17 Nov. 1764 in Paris, France
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85) – Volume XI (1881-1890), 16 Nov. 2017
d. 16 Nov. 1885 by hanging at Regina (Sask.)
d. 15 Nov. 1767 in Quebec
KEZHEGOWINNINNE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 11 Nov. 2017
d. 11 Nov. 1889 at the New Credit Reserve, Tuscarora Township, Ont.
b. 10 Nov. 1740 at Quebec
ESTEN, JAMES CHRISTIE PALMER – Volume IX (1861-1870), 7 Nov. 2017
b. 7 Nov. 1805 at St George, Bermuda
MALASPINA, ALEJANDRO – Volume V (1801-1820), 5 Nov. 2017
b. 5 Nov. 1754 in Mulazzo, in the duchy of Parma (Italy)
ASSIGINACK, JEAN-BAPTISTE – Volume IX (1861-1870), 3 Nov. 2017
d. 3 Nov. 1866 at Manitowaning on Manitoulin Island, Canada West
KELLETT, Sir HENRY – Volume X (1871-1880), 2 Nov. 2017
b. 2 Nov. 1806 at Clonabody, Tipperary, Ireland
PAPINEAU, TALBOT MERCER – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 30 Oct. 2017
d. unmarried 30 Oct. 1917 in Passchendaele (Passendale), Belgium
STORM, WILLIAM GEORGE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 29 Oct. 2017
b. 29 Oct. 1826 in Burton-upon-Stather, England
JOHNSON, LULU MAE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 25 Oct. 2017
d. 25 Oct. 1918 at sea in Lynn Canal, Alaska
BIBAUD, FRANÇOIS-MAXIMILIEN – Volume XI (1881-1890), 23 Oct. 2017
b. 23 Oct. 1823 at Montreal, Lower Canada
b. 22 Oct. 1770 at Dalhousie Castle, Scotland
CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD GLENLYON – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 21 Oct. 2017
d. 21 Oct. 1917 in Camiers, France
b. 15 Oct. 1701 at Varennes (Que.)
MAUNSELL, EDWARD HERBERT – Volume XV (1921-1930), 14 Oct. 2017
b. 14 Oct. 1855 in Ballywilliam, County Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
BLAKE, EDWARD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 13 Oct. 2017
b. 13 Oct. 1833 in Adelaide Township, Upper Canada
b. 12 Oct. 1642 at Quebec
DEMERS, MODESTE – Volume X (1871-1880), 11 Oct. 2017
b. 11 Oct. 1809 at Saint-Nicholas-de-Lévis, L.C.
LEGAL, ÉMILE-JOSEPH – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 Oct. 2017
b. 9 Oct. 1849 in Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
ZHAUWUNO-GEEZHIGO-GAUBOW – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 30 Sept. 2017
d. 30 Sept. 1907 at Norway House (Man.)
RIDOUT, MATILDA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 29 Sept. 2017
b. 29 Sept. 1844 in Toronto; d. 29 Sept. 1910 in London, England, and was buried in Toronto
NAHNEBAHWEQUAY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 26 Sept. 2017
d. 26 Sept. 1865 in Sarawak Township, Canada West
MACLEOD, JAMES FARQUHARSON – Volume XII (1891-1900), 25 Sept. 2017
b. probably 25 Sept. 1836 in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland
ULOQSAQ – Volume XV (1921-1930), 24 Sept. 2017
d. 24 Sept. 1929 at the settlement of Coppermine (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)
DINAN, ELLEN, Sister Mary Bernard – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 20 Sept. 2017
d. 20 Sept. 1901 in Toronto
LAFLAMME, JOSEPH-CLOVIS-KEMNER – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 19 Sept. 2017
b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri) – Volume I (1000-1700), 18 Sept. 2017
d. 18 Sept. 1611 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)
McGEE, FRANCIS CLARENCE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 16 Sept. 2017
d. 16 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 15 Sept. 1873 in Covington, Kentucky
LUCAS, FLORENCE DAVY (Thompson) – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 13 Sept. 2017
b. 13 Sept. 1865 in Hitchin, England
LOCKERBY, ELIZABETH NEWELL – Volume XI (1881-1890), 12 Sept. 2017
b. 12 Sept. 1831 at Cavendish, Queens County, P.E.I.
b. 10 Sept. 1821 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
STINSON, MARION ELIZABETH – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 8 Sept. 2017
b. 8 Sept. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
TATLOW, ROBERT GARNETT – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 6 Sept. 2017
b. 6 Sept. 1855 in Scarva (Northern Ireland)
BUISSON, EDWIGE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 Sept. 2017
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
LARUE, PRAXÈDE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 2 Sept. 2017
b. 2 Sept. 1823 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
CAMERON, JOHN (1820-88) – Volume XI (1881-1890), 1 Sept. 2017
b. 1 Sept. 1820 in Charlottenburg Township, Glengarry County, Upper Canada
VIGNEAU, PLACIDE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 29 Aug. 2017
b. 29 Aug. 1842 in Havre-aux-Maisons, Lower Canada
WILLIAMS, ELEAZER – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 28 Aug. 2017
d. 28 Aug. 1858 on the Saint-Régis reserve
ALLARD, JOSEPH-THÉOPHILE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 27 Aug. 2017
b. 27 Aug. 1842 in Carleton, Lower Canada
BERNARD, SUSAN AGNES – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 24 Aug. 2017
b. 24 Aug. 1836 at Bernard Lodge, south of Spanish Town, Jamaica
b. 20 Aug. 1823 at Ince Castle, near Plymouth, England
b. 19 Aug. 1676 at Boucherville, Quebec
RUCKLE, BARBARA – Volume V (1801-1820), 17 Aug. 2017
d. 17 Aug. 1804 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada
b. 14 Aug. 1721 in Pézenas, France
HALDIMAND, Sir FREDERICK – Volume V (1801-1820), 11 Aug. 2017
b. 11 Aug. 1718 in Yverdon, Switzerland
ORONHYATEKHA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 10 Aug. 2017
b. 10 Aug. 1841 on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Upper Canada
GÉRIN-LAJOIE, ANTOINE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 4 Aug. 2017
b. 4 Aug. 1824 at Yamachiche, Lower Canada; d. 4 Aug. 1882 in Ottawa, Ont.
HARRISS, CHARLES ALBERT EDWIN – Volume XV (1921-1930), 31 July 2017
d. 31 July 1929 in Ottawa and was buried in Cobourg
McGUCKIN, JAMES MARIA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 30 July 2017
b. 30 July 1835 in Cooleystown (Sixmilecross, Northern Ireland)
BARR, ANNIE GARDNER (Brown) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 29 July 2017
b. 29 July 1864 in Norwich, Upper Canada and d. 29 June 1921 in Regina
b. 27 July 1845 in Boucherville, Lower Canada
ROBINSON, Sir JOHN BEVERLEY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 26 July 2017
b. 26 July 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE – Volume XVII (1941-1950), 22 July 2017
d. 22 July 1950 at Kingsmere, Que.
ALLAN, WILLIAM MUNDEN – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 21 July 2017
d. 21 July 1910 in Harbour Grace, Nfld.
CLARKE, LIONEL HERBERT – Volume XV (1921-1930), 20 July 2017
b. 20 July 1859 in Guelph, Upper Canada
CROFTON, FRANCIS BLAKE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 17 July 2017
b. 17 July 1842 in Crossboyne (Republic of Ireland)
b. 13 July 1793 in Nicolet, Lower Canada
b. 10 July 1837 in Halifax
b. 6 July 1845 at Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Canada East, d. 6 July 1887 at Sainte-Marie
The first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada.
HOWARD, LEONORA ANNETTA (King) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 30 June 2017
d. 30 June 1925 in Peitaiho (Beidaihe, People's Republic of China)
RICHARDSON, ROBERT LORNE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 28 June 2017
b. 28 June 1860 near Balderson, Upper Canada
b. 25 June 1880 in Shediac, N.B.
MALEPART DE BEAUCOURT, FRANÇOIS – Volume IV (1771-1800), 24 June 2017
d. 24 June 1794 in Montreal (Que.)
b. 17 June 1700 in Montreal
CROZIER, LIEF NEWRY FITZROY – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 11 June 2017
b. 11 June 1846, probably in Newry (Northern Ireland)
BRANT-SERO, JOHN OJIJATEKHA – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 10 June 2017
b. 10 June 1867 on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Upper Canada
McGILLIVRAY, SIMON – Volume VII (1836-1850), 9 June 2017
d. 9 June 1840 in Blackheath (London), England
MORRIS, CHARLES (1711-81) – Volume IV (1771-1800), 8 June 2017
b. 8 June 1711 in Boston, Massachusetts
BOURASSA, FRANÇOIS – Volume XII (1891-1900), 5 June 2017
b. 5 June 1813 in Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie), Lower Canada
QUETTON ST GEORGE, LAURENT – Volume VI (1821-1835), 4 June 2017
b. 4 June 1771 in Vérargues, near Montpellier, France
BELL, ROBERT (1841-1917) – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 3 June 2017
b. 3 June 1841 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada
WARBURTON, GEORGE DROUGHT – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 2 June 2017
b. 2 June 1816 in Wicklow (Republic of Ireland)
BOSTOCK, HEWITT – Volume XV (1921-1930), 31 May 2017
b. 31 May 1864 in Walton on the Hill, Surrey, England
KINTON, ADA FLORENCE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 27 May 2017
d. unmarried 27 May 1905 in Huntsville, Ont.
PENHALLOW, DAVID PEARCE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 25 May 2017
b. 25 May 1854 in Kittery Point, Maine
STEEVES, WILLIAM HENRY – Volume X (1871-1880), 20 May 2017
b. 20 May 1814 at Hillsborough, Westmorland County (Albert County), N.B.
SULLY, JACK – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 16 May 2017
d. 16 May 1904 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, S.Dak.
THÉRIAULT, LÉVITE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 14 May 2017
b. 14 May 1837 in the parish of Saint-Basile, N.B.
d. 13 May 1861 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
GRANGER, FLAVIEN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 May 2017
b. 9 May 1856 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
CHARRON, AMABLE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 8 May 2017
d. 8 May 1844 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
RICH, HARRY – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 6 May 2017
d. 6 May 1914 at the Toronto Free Hospital for Consumptives in Weston
TRENHOLME, CLEMENTINA – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 4 May 2017
b. 4 May 1843 in Kingsey Township, Lower Canada
d. 25 April 1901 in Batoche (Sask.)
KERR, WILLIAM JOHNSON – Volume VII (1836-1850), 23 Apr. 2017
d. 23 April 1845 at Wellington Square (Burlington), Upper Canada
GORDON, GEORGE NICOL – Volume IX (1861-1870), 21 Apr. 2017
b. 21 April 1822 at Cascumpeque (Alberton), P.E.I.
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET – Volume XVIII (1951-1960), 20 Apr. 2017
b. 20 April 1890 in Trois-Rivières, Que.
BOULTON, WILLIAM HENRY – Volume X (1871-1880), 19 Apr. 2017
b. 19 April 1812 at York (Toronto), U.C.
b. 18 April 1809 at Terrebonne, Lower Canada
BOULTON, CHARLES ARKOLL – Volume XII (1891-1900), 17 Apr. 2017
b. 17 April 1841 in Cobourg, Upper Canada
TEIT, JAMES ALEXANDER (Tait) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 15 Apr. 2017
b. 15 April 1864 in Lerwick, Scotland
MAKOYI-OPISTOKI – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 14 Apr. 2017
d. 14 April 1913 on the Blood Indian Reserve, Alta.
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 13 Apr. 2017
b. 13 April 1825 in Carlingford, County Louth (Republic of Ireland)
EATON, DANIEL ISAAC VERNON – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 11 Apr. 2017
d. 11 April 1917 near Vimy Ridge, France
LAMBERT, AUGUSTINE EMMANUEL – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 10 Apr. 2017
d. unmarried 9 or 10 April 1917 near Vimy, France
SIFTON, ELLIS WELLWOOD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 Apr. 2017
d. unmarried 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France
d. 7 April 1898 in Charleston, W.Va.
KENNEDY, Sir ARTHUR EDWARD – Volume XI (1881-1890), 5 Apr. 2017
b. 5 April 1809 in County Down (Northern Ireland)
b. 2 April 1738 in the seigneury of Soulanges (Que.)
KLOTZ, OTTO JULIUS – Volume XV (1921-1930), 31 Mar. 2017
b. 31 March 1852 in Preston (Cambridge), Upper Canada
BURWASH, NATHANAEL – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 30 Mar. 2017
d. 30 March 1918 in Toronto and was buried in Baltimore, Ont.
PILOTTE, ANGELIQUE – Volume V (1801-1820), 27 Mar. 2017
In 1818, her sentence of execution was changed to one year’s imprisonment.
ROGERS, LUCY ANNE HARRINGTON – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 24 Mar. 2017
b. 24 March 1841 in Yarmouth, N.S.
DAVIE, THEODORE – Volume XII (1891-1900), 22 Mar. 2017
b. 22 March 1852 in Brixton (London), England
DUNDAS, GEORGE – Volume X (1871-1880), 18 Mar. 2017
d. 18 March 1880 on St Vincent in the Windward Islands
ADAMS, JOHN GENNINGS CURTIS – Volume XV (1921-1930), 16 Mar. 2017
b. 16 March 1839 in Adamsville (Acton), Upper Canada
EATON, EDITH MAUD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 15 Mar. 2017
b. 15 March 1865 in Prestbury, Cheshire, England
b. 6 March 1755 in Mortagne-au-Perche, France
BENOIT, ZÉPHIRIN – Volume XV (1921-1930), 5 Mar. 2017
b. 5 March 1850 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome (Saint-Chrysostome), near Châteauguay, Lower Canada
BLACKBURN, VICTORIA GRACE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 4 Mar. 2017
d. unmarried 4 March 1928 in London, Ont.
MASSEY, LILLIAN FRANCES – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 2 Mar. 2017
b. 2 March 1854 in Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 1 March 1921 in London, Ont.
HUNTER, ADELAIDE SOPHIA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 27 Feb. 2017
b. 27 Feb. 1858 on a farm near St George in Brant County, Upper Canada
LONGLEY, AVARD – Volume XI (1881-1890), 22 Feb. 2017
b. 22 Feb. 1823 at Paradise, Annapolis County, N.S.; d. 22 Feb. 1884 in Paradise
McDOWELL, EUGENE ADDISON – Volume XII (1891-1900), 21 Feb. 2017
d. 21 Feb. 1893 in Bloomingdale, N.Y.
LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL, MARIE-CHARLES-JOSEPH, Baronne de LONGUEUIL – Volume VII (1836-1850), 17 Feb. 2017
d. 17 Feb. 1841 in Montreal
McINERNEY, GEORGE VALENTINE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 14 Feb. 2017
b. 14 Feb. 1857 in Kingston (Rexton), N.B.
OUIMET, ANDRÉ – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 10 Feb. 2017
b. 10 Feb. 1808 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada; d. there 10 Feb. 1853
FORTES, JOSEPH SERAPHIM – Volume XV (1921-1930), 9 Feb. 2017
b. 9 Feb. 1863 in Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
LYNCH, JOHN JOSEPH – Volume XI (1881-1890), 6 Feb. 2017
b. 6 Feb. 1816, probably in County Fermanagh (district of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland)
CLUT, ISIDORE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 Feb. 2017
b. 4 Feb. 1832 in Saint-Rambert-d’Albon, France
b. 1 Feb. 1882 in Compton, Que.
ZOUBERBUHLER, SEBASTIAN – Volume IV (1771-1800), 31 Jan. 2017
d. 31 Jan. 1773 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
STEELE, Sir SAMUEL BENFIELD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 30 Jan. 2017
d. 30 Jan. 1919 in Putney (London), England
VINCENT, ZACHARIE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 28 Jan. 2017
b. 28 Jan. 1815 at the Village-des-Hurons, Lower Canada
NEWHOUSE, SETH (Dayodekane) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 27 Jan. 2017
b. 27 Jan. 1842 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
NATOS-API – Volume XII (1891-1900), 26 Jan. 2017
d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON – Volume XV (1921-1930), 23 Jan. 2017
d. unmarried 23 Jan. 1924 in Tunis, Tunisia
NORDHEIMER, ABRAHAM – Volume IX (1861-1870), 18 Jan. 2017
d. 18 Jan. 1862 in Bamberg (Federal Republic of Germany)
d. 16 Jan. 1766 at Trois-Rivières
NOËL, MARIE-GENEVIÈVE – Volume VI (1821-1835), 13 Jan. 2017
b. 13 Jan. 1766 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que.
WIKASKOKISEYIN, ABRAHAM – Volume X (1871-1880), 11 Jan. 2017
d. c. 11 Jan. 1877, presumably at Saint-Paul-des-Cris (Alberta)
McINTOSH, JOHN – Volume VII (1836-1850), 10 Jan. 2017
d. between 19 Sept. 1845 and 10 Jan. 1846 near McIntosh’s Corners (Dundela), Upper Canada
STRICKLAND, CATHARINE PARR – Volume XII (1891-1900), 9 Jan. 2017
b. 9 Jan. 1802 in Rotherhithe (London), England
WHITEFORD, ISABELLA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 3 Jan. 2017
b. 3 Jan. 1835 in Fair Head, County Antrim (Northern Ireland)
b. 2 Jan. 1843 in Turin (Italy)
OPPENHEIMER, DAVID – Volume XII (1891-1900), 1 Jan. 2017
b. 1 Jan. 1834 in Blieskastel (Federal Republic of Germany)
BAKER, LORAN ELLIS – Volume XII (1891-1900), 31 Dec. 2016
d. 31 Dec. 1899 on a train between New York and Boston
HERIOT, FREDERICK GEORGE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 30 Dec. 2016
d. 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada
GOULD, JOSEPH – Volume XI (1881-1890), 29 Dec. 2016
b. 29 Dec. 1808 in Uxbridge Township, Upper Canada
DAVIS, JOHN (d. 1605) – Volume I (1000-1700), 27 Dec. 2016
d. 27 Dec. 1605 off Bintang Island, East Indies
RITCHOT, NOËL-JOSEPH – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 25 Dec. 2016
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
HARVEY, ELIZA MARIA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 24 Dec. 2016
b. 24 Dec. 1838 in Maitland, Upper Canada
PAQUET, ZÉPHIRIN – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 20 Dec. 2016
b. 20 Dec. 1818 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada
b. at Quebec, 16 Dec. 1663
LUXTON, WILLIAM FISHER – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 12 Dec. 2016
b. 12 Dec. 1844 in Bampton, Devon, England
LANDRY, AMAND – Volume X (1871-1880), 8 Dec. 2016
b. 8 Dec. 1805 at Memramcook, Westmorland County, N.B.
b. 5 Dec. 1861 in Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada
ESTIMAUVILLE, ROBERT-ANNE D’ – Volume VI (1821-1835), 3 Dec. 2016
b. 2 or 3 Dec. 1754 in Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
MONTGOMERY, RICHARD – Volume IV (1771-1800), 2 Dec. 2016
b. 2 Dec. 1736 near Swords (Republic of Ireland)
b. 1 Dec. 1802 at Château du Flachat, near Monistrol-sur-Loire, France
ISBISTER, JAMES – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 29 Nov. 2016
b. 29 Nov. 1833, probably at Oxford House (Man.)
b. 28 Nov. 1851 in London, England
HYMAS, SARAH (Bates; Daines) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 27 Nov. 2016
d. 27 Nov. 1929 in Cardston, Alta.
LAPORTE, MARIE-ANNE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 26 Nov. 2016
d. unmarried 26 Nov. 1929 in Montreal, Que.
DAVIE, ALEXANDER EDMUND BATSON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 24 Nov. 2016
b. 24 Nov. 1847 in the parish of St Cuthbert, Wells (Somerset), England
b. 23 Nov. 1694 at Boucherville (Que.)
SHIWAK, JOHN – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 21 Nov. 2016
d. unmarried 20 or 21 Nov. 1917 near Masnières, France
DUNLOP, WILLIAM, Tiger Dunlop – Volume VII (1836-1850), 19 Nov. 2016
b. 19 Nov. 1792 in Greenock, Scotland
ROLLO, ANDREW, 5th Baron ROLLO – Volume III (1741-1770), 18 Nov. 2016
b. 18 Nov. 1703 at Duncrub, Perthshire, Scotland
FRAME, ELIZABETH MURDOCH – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 17 Nov. 2016
d. unmarried in Shubenacadie, N.S., 17 Nov. 1904
HERRING, FRANCES ELIZABETH – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 16 Nov. 2016
d. in New Westminster, B.C. 16 Nov. 1916
SLOCUM, JOSHUA – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 14 Nov. 2016
d. on or shortly after 14 Nov. 1909 in the Atlantic Ocean
GOWANLOCK, JENNY KIDD (Trout) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 10 Nov. 2016
d. 10 Nov. 1921 in Hollywood (Los Angeles)
b. 7 Nov. 1796 in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis
d. 4 Nov. 1714 at the post of Kaskaskia, in the Illinois country
d. 3 Nov. 1657 at Quebec
d. 1 Nov. 1930 in Toronto
b. 31 Oct. 1829 on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands
COOK, JAMES – Volume IV (1771-1800), 27 Oct. 2016
b. 27 Oct. 1728 in Marton-in-Cleveland (Marton, North Yorkshire)
GIROUARD, GILBERT-ANSELME – Volume XI (1881-1890), 26 Oct. 2016
b. 26 Oct. 1846 in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, N.B.
ALCALÁ-GALIANO, DIONISIO – Volume V (1801-1820), 21 Oct. 2016
d. 21 Oct. 1805 in the battle of Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain
b. 20 Oct. 1873 near Chatsworth, Ont.
NELLES, SAMUEL SOBIESKI – Volume XI (1881-1890), 17 Oct. 2016
b. 17 Oct. 1823 at Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada; d. 17 Oct. 1887 at Cobourg, Ont.
b. 16 Oct. 1866 in what is now Urbainville, P.E.I.
MERCIER, HONORÉ – Volume XII (1891-1900), 15 Oct. 2016
b. 15 Oct. 1840 in Saint-Athanase (lberville), Lower Canada
MAUNSELL, EDWARD HERBERT – Volume XV (1921-1930), 14 Oct. 2016
b. 14 Oct. 1855 in Ballywilliam, County Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
WALKER, WILLIAM (d. 1792) – Volume IV (1771-1800), 13 Oct. 2016
d. 13 Oct. 1792 at South Branch House (near Duck Lake, Sask.)
JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE – Volume IX (1861-1870), 10 Oct. 2016
b. 10 Oct. 1811 at Summerhill, near Birmingham, England
BRUCE, WILLIAM BLAIR – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 8 Oct. 2016
b. 8 Oct. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
b. 6 Oct. 1811 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada; d. 6 Oct. 1849 in Longueuil, Lower Canada
b. 4 Oct. 1796 probably at Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
HOERNER, OLYMPE – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 3 Oct. 2016
d. 4 Nov. 1854 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
BLISS, JONATHAN – Volume VI (1821-1835), 1 Oct. 2016
b. 1 Oct. 1742 in Springfield, Mass.; d. 1 Oct. 1822 in Fredericton
SULLIVAN, Sir WILLIAM WILFRED – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 30 Sept. 2016
d. 30 Sept. 1920 in Memramcook, N.B.
McVICAR, VICTORIA – Volume XII (1891-1900), 29 Sept. 2016
d. unmarried 29 Sept. 1899 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay). Ont.
BELL-SMITH, FREDERIC MARLETT – Volume XV (1921-1930), 26 Sept. 2016
b. 26 Sept. 1846 in London, England
CRESSWELL, SAMUEL GURNEY – Volume IX (1861-1870), 25 Sept. 2016
b. 25 Sept. 1827 at King’s Lynn, England
HUBBARD, HESTER ANN – Volume VI (1821-1835), 24 Sept. 2016
d. 24 Sept. 1831 in Belleville, Upper Canada
GERVAIS, GUALBERT – Volume XI (1881-1890), 23 Sept. 2016
b. 23 Sept. 1844 at Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville), Canada East
HARRIS, MICHAEL SPURR – Volume IX (1861-1870), 22 Sept. 2016
b. 22 Sept. 1804 in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
MacCOLL, EVAN – Volume XII (1891-1900), 21 Sept. 2016
b. 21 Sept. 1808 in Kenmore (Strathclyde), Scotland
WILLIAMS, EUNICE – Volume IV (1771-1800), 17 Sept. 2016
b. 17 Sept. 1696 in Deerfield, Massachusetts
SMART, WILLIAM – Volume X (1871-1880), 14 Sept. 2016
b. 14 Sept. 1788 at Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
JOHNSTON, JAMES FINLAY WEIR – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 13 Sept. 2016
b. 13 Sept. 1796 in Paisley, Scotland
JOHNSON, THERESA MARY – Volume XII (1891-1900), 12 Sept. 2016
d. in Tintern (Lincoln), Upper Canada 12 Sept. 1899
d. 8 Sept. 1664 at Quebec
d. 4 Sept. 1929 at the Couvent Jésus-Marie in Sillery, Que.
WARREN, Sir JOHN BORLASE – Volume VI (1821-1835), 2 Sept. 2016
b. 2 Sept. 1753 in Stapleford (Nottinghamshire), England
WEBSTER, ELLA HOBDAY (Bronson) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 1 Sept. 2016
b. 1 Sept. 1846 in Portsmouth, Va
DUNSMUIR, ROBERT – Volume XI (1881-1890), 31 Aug. 2016
b. 31 Aug. 1825 near Kilmarnock (Strathclyde), Scotland
HOLLOWAY, ROBERT EDWARDS – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 30 Aug. 2016
b. 30 Aug. 1850 in Barton-upon-Humber, England
d. 28 Aug. 1819 near Richmond, Upper Canada
L’HERMITTE, JACQUES – Volume II (1701-1740), 27 Aug. 2016
died in the wreck of the Chameau 27 Aug. 1725
JOHNSON, JOHN – Volume XI (1881-1890), 26 Aug. 2016
d. 26 Aug. 1886 on the Grand River Reserve, near Brantford, Ont.
FARIBAULT, JEAN-BAPTISTE – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 20 Aug. 2016
d. 20 Aug. 1860 in Faribault, Minn.
BEEMER, SARA GALBRAITH – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 19 Aug. 2016
b. 19 Aug. 1846 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
BELLOT, JOSEPH-RENÉ – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 18 Aug. 2016
d. 18 Aug. 1853 in Wellington Channel (N.W.T.)
OSBORN, MARY – Volume V (1801-1820), 17 Aug. 2016
d. 17 Aug. 1801 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
b. 15 Aug. 1750 in Trois-Rivières (Que.)
McCOLL, EBENEZER – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 13 Aug. 2016
b. 13 Aug. 1835 in Aldborough Township, Upper Canada
JUNEAU, LAURENT-SALOMON – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 9 Aug. 2016
b. 9 Aug. 1793 in Repentigny, Lower Canada
b. 6 Aug. 1845 in London, England
BECK, Sir ADAM – Volume XV (1921-1930), 5 Aug. 2016
Of the many fine biographies in Volume XV of the DCB, Ramsay Cook always considered this one of the best.
POWELL, WILLIAM DUMMER – Volume VI (1821-1835), 4 Aug. 2016
Ramsay Cook called this biography “an especially fine piece of historical recreation.”
MISTAHIMASKWA – Volume XI (1881-1890), 3 Aug. 2016
Ramsay Cook found this entry part of “a set of particularly brilliant biographies” that reveal the “destruction of the native culture on the prairies.”
WILSON, MARY ANN – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 2 Aug. 2016
In an office discussion of this briefest of biographies, Ramsay Cook called it “a gem.”
“sketched in brilliantly and with emotion… [this] exemplifies one of the finest qualities of the DCB: it is not a biographical boneyard”. (Ramsay Cook)
BATES, EDWARD JACK – Volume XVI (1931-1940), 31 July 2016
As General Editor, Ramsay read every biography. About this one he wrote “This is what makes the DCB so special! R.”
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85) – Volume XI (1881-1890), 30 July 2016
“[Thomas’ Riel] is perhaps the finest contribution to this volume [XI].” (Ramsay Cook)
MONTFERRAND, Favre, JOSEPH – Volume IX (1861-1870), 29 July 2016
“[Y]ou can search out your favourite character. Mine, without question, is Joseph Montferrand.” (Ramsay Cook)
“This a wonderful biography … It exemplifies what makes the DCB/DBC the extraordinary historical dictionary that it is.” (Ramsay Cook)
FRYE, HERMAN NORTHROP – Volume XXII (1991-2000), 27 July 2016
When this biography was assigned to his wife, Ramsay said, “Eleanor’s the real scholar in the Cook family, you’ll see.”
HUYGHUE, SAMUEL DOUGLASS SMITH – Volume XII (1891-1900), 24 July 2016
d. 24 July 1891 in Melbourne (Australia)
LAWLER, ELIZABETH GERTRUDE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 21 July 2016
d. unmarried 21 July 1929 in Toronto
b. 20 July 1811 in London, England
DAWES, JAMES PAWLEY – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 17 July 2016
b. 17 July 1843 in Lachine, Lower Canada
BORDEN, HAROLD LOTHROP – Volume XII (1891-1900), 16 July 2016
d. unmarried 16 July 1900 in the action at Witpoort
McLEAN, AMELIA ANNE (Paget) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 15 July 2016
b. 15 July 1867 at Fort Simpson (N.W.T.)
FALARDEAU, ANTOINE-SÉBASTIEN – Volume XI (1881-1890), 14 July 2016
drowned 14 July 1889 at Florence, Italy
MACMILLAN, ISABELLA HENDRY – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 12 July 2016
b. 12 July 1859 in Stewarton, Scotland
STEELE, OWEN WILLIAM – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 8 July 2016
d. unmarried 8 July 1916 near Englebelmer, France
BOURDAGES, LOUIS – Volume VI (1821-1835), 6 July 2016
b. 6 July 1764 in Jeune-Lorette (Loretteville), Que.
d. 4 July 1886 at Blackfoot Crossing (Alta)
b. 3 July 1793 at Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y.
DAY, BARNABAS W – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 2 July 2016
b. 2 July 1833 in Kingston Township, Upper Canada
lawyer, author, judge, and professor
died at Fort Niagara, 29 June 1739
CADDY, JOHN HERBERT – Volume XI (1881-1890), 28 June 2016
b. 28 June 1801, in Quebec City, Lower Canada
MONK, MARIA – Volume VII (1836-1850), 27 June 2016
b. 27 June 1816 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada
DRACHART, CHRISTIAN LARSEN – Volume IV (1771-1800), 23 June 2016
b. 23 June 1711 at Skaelskpr, Zealand, Denmark
STEWART, JOHN (d. 1834) – Volume VI (1821-1835), 22 June 2016
d. 22 June 1834 at Mount Stewart, P.E.I.
GOWER, Sir ERASMUS – Volume V (1801-1820), 21 June 2016
d. 21 June 1814 in Hambledon, Hampshire, England
DUSSAUS, MARIE-ANGÉLIQUE – Volume V (1801-1820), 20 June 2016
b. 20 June 1737 in the parish of Saint-Joseph (Lauzon, Que.)
OGER, PIERRE, Dom Marie-Antoine – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 17 June 2016
b. 17 June 1852 in La Jumellière, France
b. 16 June 1711 at Grenoble
HIND, WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARDSON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 12 June 2016
b. 12 June 1833 at Nottingham, England
FRANKLIN, Sir JOHN – Volume VII (1836-1850), 11 June 2016
d. 11 June 1847 off King William Island (N.W.T.)
d. 8 June 1785 at Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue (Hispaniola)
WORTS, JAMES GOODERHAM – Volume XI (1881-1890), 4 June 2016
b. 4 June 1818 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
OUIMET, GÉDÉON – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 2 June 2016
b. 2 June 1823 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada
KITCHI-MANITO-WAYA – Volume XII (1891-1900), 30 May 2016
d. 30 May 1897 in the Minichinas Hills near Batoche (Sask.)
d. 27 May 2000 in Montreal
O’NEILL, JAMES EDWARD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 25 May 2016
b. 25 May 1858 in Woodstock, Upper Canada
GANONG, GILBERT WHITE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 22 May 2016
b. 22 May 1851 in Springfield, Kings County, N.B.
b. 21 May 1834 in Colchester, England
b. 19 May 1860 at Little Sutton House, Chiswick (London), England
MacLEAN, ALEXANDER – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 15 May 2016
b. 15 May 1858 in East Bay, Cape Breton County, N.S.
d. 8 May 1884 at Saanich, near Victoria, B.C.
McKINNON, HUGH – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 4 May 2016
b. 4 May 1843 in Vaughan Township, Upper Canada
d. 2 May 1923 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE – Volume II (1701-1740), 30 Apr. 2016
b. 30 April 1623 at Montigny-sur-Avre (department of Eure-et-Loir)
KENNEDY, WILLIAM NASSAU – Volume XI (1881-1890), 28 Apr. 2016
b. 28 April 1839 at Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 26 April 1925 in New York City
GAUTRON, Larochelle, SIMÉON – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 24 Apr. 2016
b. 24 April 1808 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
COLE, JOHN – Volume IV (1771-1800), 22 Apr. 2016
killed 22 April 1779 in the Eagle Hills (south of Battleford, Sask.)
WIMAN, ERASTUS – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 21 Apr. 2016
b. 21 April 1834 in Churchville, Toronto Township, Upper Canada
BOURGEAUX, EUGÈNE – Volume X (1871-1880), 20 Apr. 2016
b. 20 April 1813 at Brizon, France (department of Hautes-Alpes)
GOURLIE, JESSIE WINNIFRED – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 18 Apr. 2016
b. 18 April 1861 in Summerside, P.E.I.
AYOTTE, PIERRE-LÉON – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 17 Apr. 2016
b. 17 April 1845 in Saint-Stanislas-de-la-Rivière-des-Envies (Saint-Stanislas)
ALLAMAND, JEANNE-CHARLOTTE – Volume VII (1836-1850), 16 Apr. 2016
b. 16 April 1760 in Lausanne, Switzerland
McBEATH, ROBERT – Volume XI (1881-1890), 14 Apr. 2016
b. 14 April 1805 in Kildonan (Highland), Scotland
DRUMMOND, WILLIAM HENRY – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 13 Apr. 2016
b. 13 April 1854 near Mohill (Republic of Ireland)
b. 12 April 1792 in London
ZEISBERGER, DAVID – Volume V (1801-1820), 11 Apr. 2016
b. 11 April 1721 in Zauchtenthal, Moravia (near Ostrava, Czechoslovakia)
KEESEEKOOWENIN – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 10 Apr. 2016
d. 10 April 1906 on Keeseekoowenin Reserve, Man.
SIFTON, ELLIS WELLWOOD – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 Apr. 2016
d. 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France
THRESHER, GEORGE GODSELL – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 6 Apr. 2016
b. 6 April 1780 in Salisbury, England
d. 4 April 1846 on Mackinac Island, Mich.
b. 1 April 1828 at Buckyett, in Devon, England
FLOWERDEW, GORDON MURIEL – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 31 Mar. 2016
d. 31 March 1918 near Moreuil, France
PICHON, THOMAS, Thomas Tyrell – Volume IV (1771-1800), 30 Mar. 2016
b. 30 March 1700 at Vire (dept of Calvados)
DROGUE-LAJOIE, PASCAL – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 29 Mar. 2016
b. 29 March 1826 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Lower Canada
SOUTHACK, CYPRIAN – Volume III (1741-1770), 27 Mar. 2016
d. 27 March 1745 (o.s.) in Boston, Massachusetts
CAIRNS, JAMES FREDERICK – Volume XV (1921-1930), 23 Mar. 2016
b. 23 March 1870 in Lawrenceville, Que.
BURNS, NELSON – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 22 Mar. 2016
b. 22 March 1834 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
BARNABY, THOMAS – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 17 Mar. 2016
b. 17 March 1841 along the Miramichi River near Newcastle, N.B.
SI’K-OKSKITSIS – Volume XII (1891-1900), 16 Mar. 2016
d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)
ATKINSON, GEORGE (1777-1830) – Volume VI (1821-1835), 15 Mar. 2016
b. 15 March 1777 at Eastmain House (Eastmain, Que.)
RICHARD, ÉDOUARD – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 14 Mar. 2016
b. 14 March 1844 in Stanfold (Princeville), Lower Canada
TUYLL VAN SEROOSKERKEN, VINCENT GILDEMEESTER VAN, Baron van TUYLL VAN SEROOSKERKEN – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 13 Mar. 2016
b. 13 March 1812 in Bath, England
LEBLANC, Le Maigre, JOSEPH – Volume III (1741-1770), 12 Mar. 2016
b. 12 March 1697 at Les Mines (near Wolfville, N. S.)
CREIGHTON, ELIZA JANE (Harvie) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 11 Mar. 2016
b. 11 March 1840 near Peterborough, Upper Canada
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 10 Mar. 2016
b. 10 March 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
b. 7 March 1811 in Windsor, N.S.
KALM, PEHR – Volume IV (1771-1800), 6 Mar. 2016
b. 6 March 1716 (n.s.) in Ångermanland province, Sweden
b. 5 March 1813 in St Petersburg, Russia
JARRET DE VERCHÈRES, MARIE-MADELEINE (Madeleine, Madelon) (Tarieu de La Pérade) – Volume III (1741-1770), 3 Mar. 2016
b. 3 March 1678 at Verchères (Que.)
GIBSON, JOHN ARTHUR – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 1 Mar. 2016
b. 1 March 1850 in Tuscarora Township on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
MONTGOMERY, JOHN (d. 1879) – Volume X (1871-1880), 29 Feb. 2016
b. probably 29 Feb. 1788, at Gagetown, N.B.
b. 28 Feb. 1824 in Saint-Omer, France
d. 23 Feb. 1850 in London
JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY MARTIN – Volume XI (1881-1890), 19 Feb. 2016
d. 19 Feb. 1884 at Chiefswood, near Brantford, Ont.
MOODY, RICHARD CLEMENT – Volume XI (1881-1890), 13 Feb. 2016
b. 13 Feb. 1813 at St Ann’s Garrison, Barbados, West Indies
d. 11 Feb. 1923 in Richmond Hill, Ont.
RICHARDSON, GEORGE TAYLOR – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 9 Feb. 2016
d. unmarried 9 Feb. 1916 near Wulvergem, Belgium
GREEN, GEORGE EVERITT – Volume XII (1891-1900), 8 Feb. 2016
b. 8 Feb. 1880 in Tottenham (London), England
FARRELL, ARTHUR – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 7 Feb. 2016
d. 7 Feb. 1909 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que.
TONGE, WINCKWORTH – Volume IV (1771-1800), 4 Feb. 2016
b. 4 Feb. 1727/28 in County Wexford (Republic of Ireland)
HOWARD, JOHN GEORGE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 3 Feb. 2016
d. 3 Feb. 1890 at Colborne Lodge, Toronto, Ont.
ÞORSTEINSDÓTTIR, TORFHILDUR – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 2 Feb. 2016
b. 2 Feb. 1845 in Kálfafellsstaīur, Austur-Skaftafellsstsla, Iceland
DOYLE, LAWRENCE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 31 Jan. 2016
d. 31 Jan. 1907 in Farmington and was buried in St Peters
MIDDLETON, Sir FREDERICK DOBSON – Volume XII (1891-1900), 25 Jan. 2016
d. 25 Jan. 1898 in London, England
MOORE, FRANCES – Volume IV (1771-1800), 23 Jan. 2016
d. 23 Jan. 1789 at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
b. 22 Jan. 1837 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
BAYFIELD, HENRY WOLSEY – Volume XI (1881-1890), 21 Jan. 2016
b. 21 Jan. 1795 in Kingston upon Hull, England
d. 20 Jan. 1877 at Rouen, France
MISTAHIMASKWA – Volume XI (1881-1890), 17 Jan. 2016
d. 17 Jan. 1888 on the Poundmaker Reserve (Sask.)
WILLSON, DAVID – Volume IX (1861-1870), 16 Jan. 2016
d. 16 Jan. 1866 in Sharon, East Gwillimbury Township, Canada West
McKIERNAN, CHARLES, Joe Beef – Volume XI (1881-1890), 15 Jan. 2016
d. 15 Jan. 1889 in Montreal, Que.
PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY CHARLES KEITH, 5th Marquess of LANSDOWNE – Volume XV (1921-1930), 14 Jan. 2016
b. 14 Jan. 1845 in London, England
SMALL, AMBROSE JOSEPH – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 11 Jan. 2016
b. 11 Jan. 1866 in Bradford, Upper Canada
BOSCAWEN, EDWARD – Volume III (1741-1770), 10 Jan. 2016
d. 10 Jan. 1761 at Hatchland’s Park, Surrey, England
b. 9 Jan. 1845 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
HUGHES, Sir SAMUEL – Volume XV (1921-1930), 8 Jan. 2016
b. 8 Jan. 1853 in Darlington Township, Upper Canada
d. unmarried 7 Jan. 1910 in Montreal
STEVENSON, FREDERICK JOSEPH – Volume XV (1921-1930), 3 Jan. 2016
d. unmarried 3 Jan. 1928 in The Pas, Man.
LEE, FITZROY HENRY – Volume III (1741-1770), 2 Jan. 2016
b. 2 Jan. 1698/99, probably at Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England
McLENNAN, RODERICK – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 1 Jan. 2016
b. 1 Jan. 1842 in Glen Donald, Charlottenburgh Township, Upper Canada
CONROY, GEORGE – Volume X (1871-1880), 31 Dec. 2015
b. 31 Dec. 1832 at Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
VENNOR, HENRY GEORGE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 30 Dec. 2015
b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada
RITCHOT, NOËL-JOSEPH – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 25 Dec. 2015
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
COTTER, JAMES LAURENCE – Volume XI (1881-1890), 24 Dec. 2015
b. 24 Dec. 1839 at Jaulna (Jalna), India
b. 23 Dec. 1728 at Tulle, France
DUNCAN, SARA JEANNETTE (Cotes) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 22 Dec. 2015
b. 22 Dec. 1861 in Brantford, Upper Canada
BRADSTREET, JOHN – Volume IV (1771-1800), 21 Dec. 2015
b. 21 Dec. 1714 at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
EDSON, ALLAN AARON – Volume XI (1881-1890), 18 Dec. 2015
b. 18 Dec. 1846 in Stanbridge Township, Canada East
b. 16 Dec. 1840 in Caughnawaga (Kahnawake), Lower Canada
ROSS, ALEXANDER MILTON – Volume XII (1891-1900), 13 Dec. 2015
b. 13 Dec. 1832 in Belleville, Upper Canada
MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD – Volume X (1871-1880), 12 Dec. 2015
b. 12 Dec. 1812 at St Raphael West, Glengarry County, U.C.
BIRD, JAMES (d. 1892) – Volume XII (1891-1900), 11 Dec. 2015
d. 11 Dec. 1892 on the Blackfeet Reservation, Mont.
SAYWARD, WILLIAM PARSONS – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 9 Dec. 2015
b. 9 Dec. 1818 in or near Thomaston, Maine
b. 5 Dec. 1829 in Épernay, France
LANDRY, ISRAËL-J.-D. – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 1 Dec. 2015
b. 1 Dec. 1843 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada
BALL, RICHARD AMOS – Volume XV (1921-1930), 30 Nov. 2015
b. 30 Nov. 1845 in St Catharines, Upper Canada
d. 28 Nov. 1780 at Quebec
BONAMI, Lespérance, ALEXIS – Volume XI (1881-1890), 27 Nov. 2015
b. 27 Nov. 1796 at Saint-Michel d’Yamaska (Yamaska, Que.)
HUBBARD, MABEL GARDINER (Bell) – Volume XV (1921-1930), 25 Nov. 2015
b. 25 Nov. 1857 in Cambridge, Mass.
ANGERS, FRANÇOIS-RÉAL – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 20 Nov. 2015
b. 20 Nov. 1812 at Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada
b. 17 Nov. 1685 at Trois-Rivières
b. 12 Nov. 1729 in Paris, France
d. 9 Nov. 1818 at Quebec
GAUKEL, FRIEDRICH – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 8 Nov. 2015
d. 8 Nov. 1853 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada
b. 3 Nov. 1785 in Paris
BORDUAS, PAUL-ÉMILE – Volume XVIII (1951-1960), 1 Nov. 2015
b. 1 Nov. 1905 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.
DESMARTEAU, ÉTIENNE – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 29 Oct. 2015
d. unmarried 29 Oct. 1905 in Montreal, and was buried on 31 October in Boucherville
b. 28 Oct. 1837 in Carrying Place, Upper Canada
b. 26 Oct. 1845 in Saint-Raymond, Lower Canada
b. 24 (al. 29) Oct. 1682 at Saint-Quentin, France
CHIPMAN, ELIZA ANN – Volume VIII (1851-1860), 23 Oct. 2015
d. 23 Oct. 1853 in Pleasant Valley (Berwick North), N.S.
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85) – Volume XI (1881-1890), 22 Oct. 2015
b. 22 Oct. 1844 in the Red River Settlement (Man.)
HÉBERT, JOSEPH (1830-1919) – Volume XIV (1911-1920), 19 Oct. 2015
d. October 1919 in the hospital at Harrington Harbour, Que., and was buried 19 October in the cemetery at Tête-à-la-Baleine
b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
FULFORD, GEORGE TAYLOR – Volume XIII (1901-1910), 15 Oct. 2015
d. 15 Oct. 1905 in Newton, Mass., and was buried in Brockville
QUÉVILLON, LOUIS – Volume VI (1821-1835), 14 Oct. 2015
b. 14 Oct. 1749 at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval, Que.)
WEBER, ANNA – Volume XI (1881-1890), 12 Oct. 2015
d. 12 Oct. 1888 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ont.
DEMERS, MODESTE – Volume X (1871-1880), 11 Oct. 2015
b. 11 Oct. 1809 at Saint-Nicholas-de-Lévis, L.C.