Biography of the Day

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

 

YEOMAN, ERIC MACKAY  
3 Feb. 2019  

d. 3 Feb. 1909 in Halifax

 
STERLING, ALICE JANE (Johnson)  
2 Feb. 2019  

d. 2 Feb. 1921 in Charlottetown

 
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM (1782-1870)  
1 Feb. 2019  

b. at Trois-Rivières, Province of Quebec, 1 Feb. 1782

 
CADET, JOSEPH-MICHEL  
31 Jan. 2019  

d. 31 Jan. 1781 in Paris, France

 
KAUR (Kor), HARNAM  
30 Jan. 2019  

d. 30 Jan. 1914 in Vancouver

 
BEAUBIEN, MARGUERITE  
29 Jan. 2019  

b. 29 Jan. 1797 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

 
COMPAIN, MARIE-LOUISE, named Saint-Augustin  
28 Jan. 2019  

b. 28 Jan. 1747 in Montreal (Que.)

 
ARSAC DE TERNAY, CHARLES-HENRI-LOUIS D’  
27 Jan. 2019  

b. 27 Jan. 1723, probably at Angers, France

 
NATOS-API (Old Sun, Sun Old Man, White Shell Old Man)  
26 Jan. 2019  

d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)

 
MARTIN, CLARA BRETT  
25 Jan. 2019  

b. 25 Jan. 1874 in Toronto

 
KURIKKA, MATTI  
24 Jan. 2019  

b. 24 Jan. 1863 in the parish of Tuutari, Russia

 
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON  
23 Jan. 2019  

d. 23 Jan. 1924 at the military hospital in Tunis, Tunisia