Biography of the Day

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

 

SIFTON, ELLIS WELLWOOD  
9 Apr. 2020  

d. unmarried 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France

 
HILBORN, WILLIAM WILSON  
8 Apr. 2020  

b. 8 April 1849 in Yarmouth Township, Upper Canada

 
ABBOTT, ANDERSON RUFFIN  
7 Apr. 2020  

b. 7 April 1837 in Toronto

 
HARVEY, ELIZA MARIA (Jones)  
6 Apr. 2020  

d. 6 April 1903 in Gananoque, Ont., and was buried in Brockville

 
MALLANDAINE, EDWARD  
5 Apr. 2020  

d. 5 April 1905 in Victoria

 
CHAUVEAU, PIERRE-JOSEPH-OLIVIER  
4 Apr. 2020  

d. at Quebec 4 April 1890

 
LAJEUNESSE, EMMA (Marie-Louise-Cécile-Emma) (Gye), known as Emma Albani  
3 Apr. 2020  

d. in London, England, on 3 April 1930

 
METCALFE, THOMAS LLEWELLYN  
2 Apr. 2020  

d. unmarried 2 April 1922 in Winnipeg

 
BEACH, THOMAS BILLIS (Henri Le Caron, Dr Howard)  
1 Apr. 2020  

d. 1 April 1894 in South Kensington (London), England

 
WALBRAN, JOHN THOMAS  
31 Mar. 2020  

d. 31 March 1913 in Victoria

 
MOUSSEAU, JOSEPH-ALFRED  
30 Mar. 2020  

d. 30 March 1886 in Montreal, Que.

 
DROGUE-LAJOIE, PASCAL (P. D. Lajoie, P.-D. Lajoie)  
29 Mar. 2020  

b. 29 March 1826 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Lower Canada