Biography of the Day

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

 

DAY, BARNABAS W.  
2 July 2025  

b. 2 July 1833 in Kingston Township, Upper Canada

 
HURLBATT, ETHEL  
1 July 2025  

b. 1 July 1866 in Bickley (London)

 
KING, JOSEPH GOODWIN  
30 June 2025  

d. 30 June 1910 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ont.

 
BALLANTYNE, THOMAS  
29 June 2025  

d. 29 June 1908 in Stratford, Ont.

 
CADDY, JOHN HERBERT  
28 June 2025  

b. 28 June 1801, in Quebec City, Lower Canada

 
McNICOLL, HELEN GALLOWAY  
27 June 2025  

d. 27 June 1915 in Swanage, England

 
JACK, ISAAC ALLEN  
26 June 2025  
b. 26 June 1843 in Saint John, N.B.
 
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD  
25 June 2025  

d. 25 June 1896 at Saint John

 
DISNEY, RICHARD RANDOLPH  
24 June 2025  

b. 24 June 1830 in North East, Md

 
STUART, WILLIAM HODGSON  
23 June 2025  

d. 23 June 1907 in Belleville, Ont.

 
DENYS DE BONAVENTURE, SIMON-PIERRE  
22 June 2025  
b. 21 June 1659
 
BESSETTE, ARSÈNE (baptized Moïse-Arsène)  
21 June 2025  

d. 21 June 1921 in Montreal