Biography of the Day

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

 

GAMBIER, JAMES, 1st Baron GAMBIER  
19 Apr. 2014  

GAMBIER, JAMES, 1st Baron GAMBIER

d. 19 April 1833 at Ivor House in Buckinghamshire, England

 
CORRIVEAU (Corrivaux), MARIE-JOSEPHTE, known as La Corriveau  
18 Apr. 2014  

CORRIVEAU (Corrivaux), MARIE-JOSEPHTE, known as La Corriveau

died on the gallows at Quebec, probably on 18 April 1763

 
BOULTON, CHARLES ARKOLL  
17 Apr. 2014  

BOULTON, CHARLES ARKOLL

b. 17 April 1760 in 1841 in Cobourg, Upper Canada

 
ALLAMAND, JEANNE-CHARLOTTE (Berczy)  
16 Apr. 2014  

ALLAMAND, JEANNE-CHARLOTTE (Berczy)

b. 16 April 1760 in Lausanne, Switzerland

 
ADHÉMAR DE SAINT-MARTIN, ANTOINE (baptized Anthony)  
15 Apr. 2014  

d. 15 April 1714 at Montreal

 
GUAY, JOSEPH-DOMINIQUE  
14 Apr. 2014  

b. 14 April 1866 in Chicoutimi, Lower Canada

 
DANDURAND, DAMASE  
13 Apr. 2014  

d. 13 April 1921 in St Boniface (Winnipeg)

 
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS JOSEPH  
12 Apr. 2014  

b. 12 April 1869 in Halifax

 
TATLOW, ROBERT GARNETT  
11 Apr. 2014  

d. 11 April 1910 in Victoria

 
WHEELWRIGHT, ESTHER (rebaptized Marie-Joseph), <em>dite</em> de l’Enfant-Jésus  
10 Apr. 2014  

b. 10 April 1696 (n.s.) at Wells, Massachusetts (now Maine)

 
SISE, CHARLES FLEETFORD  
9 Apr. 2014  

d. 9 April 1918 in Montreal

 
MORIN, MARIE  
8 Apr. 2014  

d. and buried 8 April 1730 at Montreal