Biography of the Day

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

 

DURELL, PHILIP  
26 Aug. 2019  

d. 26 Aug. 1766 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, “from eating dolphins.”

 
McMICKING, THOMAS  
25 Aug. 2019  

d. 25 Aug. 1866 near New Westminster, B.C.

 
DUBUC, SOPHIE-LOUISE, named Saint-Jean de la Croix  
24 Aug. 2019  

b. 24 Aug. 1826 in Montreal

 
HARTT, CHARLES FREDERICK  
23 Aug. 2019  

d. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 March 1878

 
SIMPSON, ISOBEL GRAHAM (Finlayson)  
22 Aug. 2019  

d. 22 Aug. 1890 in London

 
RAIZENNE (Rézine), MARIE-CLOTILDE, named Marie de l’Incarnation  
21 Aug. 2019  

d. 21 Aug. 1829 in Sandwich (Windsor), Upper Canada

 
FARIBAULT, JEAN-BAPTISTE  
20 Aug. 2019  

d. 20 Aug. 1860 in Faribault, Minn.

 
ONISTA’POKA (White Calf, Father of Many Children (Manisto’kos), Running Crane (Siki’muka))  
19 Aug. 2019  

d. 19 Aug. 1897 on the Blood Indian Reserve (Alta)

 
LORANGER, LOUIS-ONÉSIME  
18 Aug. 2019  

d. 18 Aug. 1917 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.

 
FIELD, ELIZABETH (Eliza) (Jones; Carey) (Kecheahgahmequa)  
17 Aug. 2019  

d. 17 Aug. 1890 at Brantford, Ont.

 
MAUGUE-GARREAU, MARIE-JOSÈPHE, <em>dite</em> de l’Assomption  
16 Aug. 2019  

d. in Montreal (Que.) 16 Aug. 1785

 
MacPHERSON, ISABEL ECCLESTONE (Mackay)  
15 Aug. 2019  

d. 15 Aug. 1928 in Vancouver