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b. 1 June 1804 at Lambeth (now part of London), England
d. 30 May 1897 in the Minichinas Hills near Batoche (Sask.)
d. 29 May 1899 in Montreal
d. 27 May 1892 in Saint John, N.B.
b. 26 May 1756 in Romorantin-Lanthenay, France
b. 25 May 1858 in Woodstock, Upper Canada
b. 22 May 1767 at Fort St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.)
d. 19 May 1906 in Bellevue (St-Isidore-de-Bellevue), Sask.
b. 17 May 1848 in Sault Ste Marie, Mich.
d. 16 May 1871 at Grosses Coques, St Mary’s Bay, N.S.
d. 15 May 1901 in Montreal
d. 13 May 1861 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
b. 12 May 1840 in L’Acadie, Lower Canada
d. 8 May 1906 in Arthabaska, Que.
d. 4 May 1917 in Mont-Saint-Eloi, France
d. 2 May 1923 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
d. 30 April 1924 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
b. 23 April 1830 in Guernsey
d. 19 April 1885 at Eglinton (now part of Toronto), Ont.
b. 18 April 1861 in Summerside, P.E.I.
b. 17 April 1707 at Saint-François-du-Lac (Quebec)
b. 13 April 1836 in Portland Township, Upper Canada
b. 10 April 1696 (n.s.) at Wells, Massachusetts (now Maine)
d. 9 April 1982 in New York and was buried in the cemetery of St David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pa.
d. 7 April 1898 in Charleston, W.Va., and was buried in Detroit
d. on 5 April 1864 at Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
d. 4 April 1846 on Mackinac Island, Michigan
b. 1 April 1840 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
d. 31 March 1918 near Moreuil, France
b. 30 March 1700 at Vire (dept of Calvados), France
d. 27 March 1827 in Paris
b. 24 March 1841 in Yarmouth, N.S.,
b. 22 March 1909 in St Boniface (Winnipeg)
d. 21 March 1725 at Grand-Pré, in the parish of Saint-Charles des Mines
b. 19 March 1861 in Saint-Charles-des-Grondines (Grondines), Lower Canada
b. 18 March 1864 in Neustadt, Upper Canada
b. 15 March 1845 in Charles Town (W. Va)
b. 14 March 1865 in Saint-Aubin-d’Aubigné, France
b. 12 March 1697 at Les Mines (near Wolfville, N.S.)
d. 11 March 1928 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que.
d. 10 March 1913 in Auburn, N.Y.
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b. 2 March 1854 in Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 1 March 1883 at Las Hermanitas, near San Diego, Tex.
b. 27 Feb. 1858 (often given incorrectly as 1857) in Brant County, Upper Canada
b. 26 Feb. 1863 in L’Île-Verte, Lower Canada
d. 25 Feb. 1895 in Sherbrooke, Que.
b. 24 Feb. 1816 at Memmelsdorf, near Bamberg (Federal Republic of Germany)
d. 22 Feb. 1897 in Ealing (London), England
b. 19 Feb. 1854 in Stowmarket, England
b. 18 Feb. 1832 in Standish, England
d. unmarried 14 Feb. 1897 in Montreal
d. 12 Feb. 1895 in Halifax
b. 10 Feb. 1828 in County Armagh (Northern Ireland)
b. 9 Feb. 1857 in Pilkington Township, Upper Canada
b. 8 Feb. 1880 in Tottenham (London), England
b. 6 Feb. 1855 on Beaubears Island, N.B.
b. 5 Feb. 1849 in Pictou, N.S.
b. 4 Feb. 1831 in Avoca (Ovoca, Republic of Ireland)
d. 25 Jan. 1833 at Daviot House, near Inverness
b. 23 Jan. 1837 in Kingston, Upper Canada
d. 20 Jan. 1914 at Oakalla Prison Farm near Burnaby, B.C.
d. 19 Jan. 1915 in Montreal
d. 17 Jan. 1888 on the Poundmaker Reserve (Sask.)
b. 16 Jan. 1799 at Kingsbridge, Devonshire, England
d. 15 Jan. 1889 in Montreal, Que.
b. 13 Jan. 1766 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que.
d. 11 Jan. 1887 at Torquay, England
b. 9 Jan. 1845 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d. 7 Jan. 1869 at Montreal
b. 5 Jan. 1800 at Rocky Lake, N.S.
b. 30 Dec. 1810, at Sandgate, Kent, England
b. 29 Dec. 1799 at Tarascon, dept of Bouches-du-Rhône, France
b. 26 Dec. 1808 at Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
b. 24 Dec. 1838 in Maitland, Upper Canada
b. 23 Dec. 1767 in Canajoharie (near Little Falls, N.Y.)
b. 21 Dec. 1874 in Montreal
b. 20 Dec. 1819 in Brompton (London), England
b. 16 Dec. 1840 in Caughnawaga (Kahnawake), Lower Canada
d. 14 Dec. 1902 in Saint John, N.B.
d. 13 Dec. 1876 at Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery (Que.)
d. 11 Dec. 1908 in Terrebonne, Quebec
b. 9 Dec. 1873 in Yarmouth Township, Ont.
b. 7 Dec. 1831 in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada
b. 3 Dec. 1833 in Dalzellyie, Kirkoswald parish, Scotland
b. 2 Dec. 1896 in Parry Sound, Ont.
d. 29 Nov. 1902 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec
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d. 19 Nov. 1918 at the Sucker Creek Indian Reserve (Alta)
d. 16 Nov. 1916 in New Westminster, B.C.
d. 14 Nov. 1918 in Reykjavík, Iceland
d. 11 Nov. 1834 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
d. 10 Nov. 1921 in Hollywood (Los Angeles)
d. 8 Nov. 1863 at the New Credit Reserve, Tuscarora Township, Canada West
d. 4 Nov. 1917 in St Boniface, Man.
d. 2 Nov. 1775 at sea off the Californian coast
d. 1 Nov. 1930 in Toronto
d. 28 Oct. 1924 in London, Ont., and was buried in Ekfrid
b. 25 Oct. 1841 in Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan (Saint-Jacques), Lower Canada
d. 24 Oct. 1906 in Lansing, Mich., and was buried in Toronto
d. 23 Oct. 1870 at Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
b. 22 Oct. 1855 in Placentia, Newfoundland
b. 20 Oct. 1836 in Dudley, England
b. 19 Oct. 1867 in the parish of Notre-Dame, Montreal
d. 18 Oct. 1918 at Spencer Wood, in Sillery, Quebec
d. 17 Oct. 1901 in Revere, Mass.
b. 14 Oct. 1846 in Bowmanville, Upper Canada
d. 13 Oct. 1812 at Queenston Heights, Upper Canada
d. 12 Oct. 1888 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ont.
d. in Quebec, 10 Oct. 1725
b. 7 Oct. 1836 in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Lower Canada
d. 6 Oct. 1820 at Quebec, Lower Canada
b. 3 Oct. 1807 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
b. 1 Oct. 1838 in London, England
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d. 29 Sept. 1899 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay). Ont.
d. 26 Sept. 1929 in Paris
d. 25 Sept. 1830 at the Red River settlement (Man.)
d. 19 Sept. 1879 at Carrall’s Grove, Ont.
d. 18 Sept. 1854 in Sault Ste Marie, Upper Canada
d. 16 Sept. 1868 at Restigouche, Que.
b. 14 Sept. 1883 in Gunnersbury (London), England
b. 7 Sept. 1811 in Hattersheim (Federal Republic of Germany)
d. 5 Sept. 1783 at Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud (Saint-Pierre-Montmagny, Que.)
d. 4 Sept. 1890 at the Rama Indian Reserve, near Orillia, Ont.
d. 29 Aug. 1899 at Lakefield, Ont.
d. 28 Aug. 1918 near Arras, France
b. 27 Aug. 1808 in Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
d. 25 Aug. 1918 in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
d. 23 Aug. 1887 at Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay), Ont.
d. unmarried 22 Aug. 1918 near Rosières-en-Santerre, France
b. 21 Aug. 1827 in Croydon (London), England
d. 20 Aug. 1881 at Toronto, Ont.
d. 19 Aug. 1871 at L’Assomption, L.C.
d. 17 Aug. 1801 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
d. 14 Aug. 1913 in Marysville (Fredericton)
d. 8 Aug. 1923 in Winnipeg and was buried there in Elmwood Cemetery
b. 4 Aug. 1843 in Neath, Wales
b. 3 Aug. 1845 in Armagh (Northern Ireland)
d. 12 Sept. 1899 in Tintern (Lincoln, Ontario)
d. 25 July 1899 in Toronto Junction (Toronto)
d. 24 July 1837 in Lower Canada or New Brunswick
d. 23 July 1912 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que.
b. 17 July 1840 in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada
b. 15 July 1843 in Darlington, England
b. 10 July 1869 in Lavaltrie, Que.
b. 9 July 1851, probably in Belliveau Village, N.B.
d. 3 July 1922 in Paignton, England
d. 30 June 1925 in Peitaiho (Beidaihe, People’s Republic of China)
d. 28 June 1826 near Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 17 June 1817 in Montreal, Lower Canada
d. 16 June 1757 at Eastmain House (on James Bay at the mouth of the Eastmain River)
b. 11 June 1806 at Sainte-Famille, Île d’Orléans, L.C.
b. 10 June 1744 in Byfield Parish, Newbury, Mass.
d. 7 June 1809 in Montreal, Lower Canada
b. 4 June 1818 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
d. unmarried, by suicide, 30 May 1922 in Vancouver
b. 29 May 1852 in Durham Township at a locality called Atkinson Corner (L’Avenir), Lower Canada
d. 28 May 1902 on board the Lucania between England and Canada, and was buried in London, Ont.
d. 25 May 1915 in Saint John, New Brunswick
b. 19 May 1848 in Plainfield, N.S., d. 19 May 1929 in Dartmouth and was buried in Scotsburn, N.S.
b. 17 May 1848 in Saint-Denis, near Kamouraska, Lower Canada
d. 16 May 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario
d. 3 May 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
b. 2 May 1802 in the parish of Notre-Dame de la Nativité, Lower Canada
b. 29 April 1728 in the parish of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Saturnin, Lyons, France
b. New York 26 April 1680 (o.s.)
d. 25 April 1901 in Batoche (Sask.)
d. 24 April 1918 in Bramshott, England
b. 23 April 1686 at Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
d. 22 April 1916 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
d. 21 April 1909 in Saint John, N.B.
d. 20 April 1874 near Lower Fort Garry, Man.
d. 19 April 1922 in Vancouver
d. 16 April 1889 at the Beardy Reserve (Sask.)
d. 13 April 1836 in Wilmot Township, Upper Canada
b. 1 April 1859 in Battersea (London), England
d. 30 March 1909 in Lingfield, England
d. 27 March 1926 in Chicoutimi, Que.
b. 25 March 1833 in Auchtermuchty, Scotland
d. 24 March 1881 at Headingley, Manitoba
d. 22 March 1869 at Chelsea, England
d. 21 March 1880 at Côte-Saint-Antoine, Montreal, Que.
b. 13 March 1848 at Mount Johnson (Mont-Saint-Grégoire), Canada East
b. 10 March 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
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b. 6 March 1856 in Boonville, southwest of Des Moines, Iowa
b. 3 or 4 March 1890 in Gravenhurst, Ont.
b. 1 March 1857 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Lower Canada
d. 28 Feb. 1923 in San Leandro, Calif.
b. 27 Feb. 1805 in Batiscan, Lower Canada
d. 21 Feb. 1893 in Pointe-Gatineau (Gatineau), Que.
b. 20 Feb. 1699 at Beauport (Que.)
d. 19 Feb. 1884 at Chiefswood, near Brantford, Ont.
b. 17 Feb. 1853 in Ehrwald (Austria)
d. 15 Feb. 1842 in Notting Hill (London), England
b. 10 Feb. 1832 in Carrying Place, Upper Canada
b. 9 Feb. 1828 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
d. 7 Feb. 1856 in Toronto
d. 3 Feb. 1890 at Colborne Lodge, Toronto, Ont.
d. 2 Feb. 1922 in Caughnawaga (Kahnawake), Que.
d. unmarried 30 Jan. 1892 in New York City
b. 29 Jan. 1854 in Brownsburg, Lower Canada
b. 27 Jan. 1850 in Sainte-Sophie-d’Halifax (Sainte-Sophie-de-Mégantic), Lower Canada
d. 26 Jan. 1917 in an accident at the railway station in Coteau Jonction (Coteau-Station), Que.
b. 24 Jan. 1852 at Newton Park, Newton-le-Willows (Merseyside), England
d. 23 Jan. 1789 at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
b. 20 Jan. 1834 in London, England
b. 18 Jan. 1862 in Killaloe (Republic of Ireland)
b. 17 Jan. 1827 at Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan (Montcalm County, L.C.)
b. 16 Jan. 1860 in Wollaston Township, Upper Canada
b. 14 Jan. 1808 in Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
d. 12 Jan. 1778 at Neuchâtel, Switzerland
d. c. 11 Jan. 1877 in a shooting accident on the plains, presumably at Saint-Paul-des-Cris (Alberta)
b. 10 Jan. 1720 in Quebec
d. unmarried 7 Jan. 1910 in Montreal
b. 6 Jan. 1826 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts
d. unmarried 3 Jan. 1929 in Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
d. 2 Jan. 1890 at Lachine, Que.
b. 1 Jan. 1845 in Lamaline, Newfoundland
d. 27 Dec. 1842 at Studley Priory, England
d. 26 Dec. 1922 in Winnipeg
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
d. 24 Dec. 1916 near Kirton in Lindsey, England
d. 23 Dec. 1771 in Montreal
d. 21 Dec. 1910 in Nicolet, Que.
d. 18 Dec. 1887 at the Charterhouse, London
d. 17 Dec. 1879 at Saint-Benoit (Deux-Montagnes County), Que.
b. 15 Dec. 1775 in Ireland, probably in Clonmel (Republic of Ireland)
d. 11 Dec. 1892 on the Blackfeet Reservation, Mont.
d. 10 Dec. 1922 in Victoria
d. 8 Dec. 1902 in Medicine Hat (Alta).
d. 6 Dec. 1876 at Montreal, Que.
b. 3 Dec. 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
d. 2 Dec. 1896 in Grand-Ruisseau, Madawaska County, N.B.
d. 1 Dec. 1855 in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville (Sainte-Thérèse), Lower Canada
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b. 21 Nov. 1816 in the Grand Duchy of Poznań and baptized Odolanów (Poland)
b. 20 Nov. 1841 in the parish of Saint-Lin (Laurentides), Lower Canada
b. 18 Nov. 1826 in Great Torrington, England
d. unmarried in Shubenacadie, N.S. on 17 Nov. 1904
d. 12 Nov. 1906 in Victoria
b. 11 Nov. 1823 in Compton, Lower Canada
d. 10 Nov. 1846 in Montreal
b. 9 Nov. 1812 at Chêne-Bougeries, a commune in the suburbs of Geneva (Switzerland)
d. 7 Nov. 1886 at Prince Albert (Sask.)
b. 6 Nov. 1831 in Ahmadnagar, India
b. 4 Nov. 1829 in Bromley (London), England
d. 1 Nov. 1912 in Tuscarora Township on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
b. 28 Oct. 1837 in Carrying Place, Upper Canada
d. 27 Oct. 1800 at Dickinson’s Landing (probably Long Sault, Ont.)
d. 20 Oct. 1910 aboard the Lake Manitoba when travelling from Montreal to Liverpool
d. 14 Oct. 1908 in Montreal
d. 13 Oct. 1792 at South Branch House (near Duck Lake, Sask.)
d. 11 Oct. 1844 in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
b. 9 Oct. 1865 in Sorel, Lower Canada
d. 7 or 8 Oct. 1804 in the wreck of the Speedy on Lake Ontario
d. 6 Oct. 1744 on the St Lawrence River, opposite Île d’Orléans
d. 4 Oct. 1921 in Toronto
b. 3 Oct. 1809 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada
d. 2 Oct. 1898 in New York City
b. on or about 1 Oct. 1832 in St Boniface (Man.)
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d. 28 Sept. 2000 in Montreal and was buried in Saint-Rémi, near Napierville, Que.
b. 27 Sept. 1807 in Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
b. 26 Sept. 1820 in Healaugh (near Reeth), England
d. 24 Sept. 1923 in Scoudouc, N.B.
b. 23 Sept. 1781 at Blithfield Hall, England
b. 21 Sept. 1866 in Glanford Township, Upper Canada
d. 20 Sept. 1901 in Toronto
b. 19 Sept. 1846 in Streatham, London, England
d. 18 Sept. 1839 in Sainte-Mélanie, Lower Canada
b. 17 Sept. 1786 in Burton, Sunbury County, N.B.
d. unmarried 16 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
d. 15 Sept. 1915 in Quebec City and was buried in Notre-Dame de Belmont cemetery in Sainte-Foy, Que.
b. 13 Sept. 1865 in Hitchin, England
d. unmarried 11 Sept. 1844 at Woodcot in the parish of Fetteresso
b. 7 Sept. 1616 at the Château de Saint-Germain in Anjou
b. 6 Sept. 1814 at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (Verchères County, L.C.)
d. 4 Sept. 1929 at the Couvent Jésus-Marie in Sillery, Que.
d. unmarried 3 Sept. 1918 near Dury, France
d. 1 Sept. 1951 in Saanich, B.C.
b. 30 Aug. 1816 at Quebec
b. 29 Aug. 1866 in Melrose, Upper Canada
d. 28 Aug. 1858 on the Saint-Régis reserve
b. 25 Aug. 1858 in Daon, France
b. 23 Aug. 1741 in the parish of Saint-Julien in Albi, France
d. 22 Aug. 1779 on board the Discovery, near Avacha (Tar’ya) Bay
d. 21 Aug. 1829 in Sandwich (Windsor), Upper Canada
d. 15 Aug. 1928 in Vancouver
d. 12 Aug. 1924 in Toronto
d. 10 Aug. 1927 near Markerville, Alta.
d. 6 Aug. 1865 in Medonte Township, Canada West
d. 5 Aug. 1875 at Montreal, Que.
d. 4 Aug. 1928 in Winnipeg
b. 30 July 1831 in the first frame-house erected in what became Springville, N.S.
b. 28 July 1809 in Granville Ferry, N.S.
d. unmarried 24 July 1927 in Val-Morin, Que.
b. 21 July 1841 in Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Canada West
b. 20 July 1846 in Saint-Denis, near Kamouraska, Lower Canada
d. unmarried on 18 July 1884 at Saint-Georges, Que.
b. 17 July 1842 in Crossboyne (Republic of Ireland)
b. 16 July 1822 near Kingston, Upper Canada
d. 11 July 1915 in Little Rock, Arkansas
drowned 10 July 1899 in Lake Rosseau, Ont.
d. 8 or 9 July 1855 in Ems (Bad Ems, Federal Republic of Germany)
d. unmarried 8 July 1917 in Algonquin Park, Ont.
d. 6 July 1905 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
b. 5 July 1841 in Georgetown, Upper Canada
d. 4 July 1886 at Blackfoot Crossing (Alta)
b. 3 July 1807 in Cornwallis Township, N.S.
d. 30 June 1926 in St Catharines, Ontario
d. 29 June 1927 on the Thunderchild Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan
b. 23 June 1800 at New Brunswick House, an HBC post on Brunswick Lake (Ont.)
b. 21 June 1826 in Florence (Italy)
b. 20 June 1737 in the parish of Saint-Joseph (Lauzon, Quebec)
b. 19 June 1845 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Lower Canada
d. 17 June 1917 in Rathwell, Manitoba
d. 16 June 1924 in Wolfville, N.S.
b. 10 June 1884 in South Dumfries Township, Ont.
d. 8 June 1876 at Bishop’s Court, Hamilton, Bermuda
b. 3 June 1814 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Penn.
d. 2 June 1901 in Tamsui (Tanshui, Republic of China)
b. 31 May 1909 in Sainte-Philomène-de-Fortierville (Fortierville), Que.
d. 28 May 1743 at Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
d. 25 May 1898 in Duncan, B.C.
d. 22 May 1860 in Charlesbourg, Lower Canada
b. 21 May 1834 in Colchester, England
d. 20 May 1786 in Queensbury parish, York County, New Brunswick
d. 19 May 1825 in Demerara (Guyana)
b. 17 May 1848 in Sault Ste Marie, Mich.
b. 16 May 1857 in Cheong Pan village, Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
b. 11 May 1851 in Port Hope, Upper Canada
d. 8 May 1668 at Quebec
d. 6 May 1914 at the Toronto Free Hospital for Consumptives in Weston
d. 5 May 1798 at the Saint-François-de-Sales mission (Odanak, Que.)
d. 3 May 1912 in Sherbrooke, Que.
d. unmarried on 30 April 1868 at New Westminster, B.C.
d. 28 April 1766 in Montreal
d. 26 April 1925 in New York City
d. unmarried 24 April 1926 in Virden, Manitoba
d. unmarried 23 April 1915 near Ypres (Ieper), Belgium
b. 21 April 1841 in Kelso, Scotland
b. 17 April 1620 at Troyes in Champagne (France)
b. 16 April 1823 in Saint-Martin (Laval), Lower Canada
d. 14 April 1913 on the Blood Indian Reserve, Alberta
b. 13 April 1830 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
d. 11 April 1917 near Vimy Ridge, France
d. 9 or 10 April 1917 near Vimy, France
b. 9 April 1847 in Saint-Louis-de-Kent, N.B.
d. 5 April 1864 at Montreal
d. in London, England 3 April 1930
d. 2 April 1905 in Kingston, Ontario
b. 1 April 1852 in Saint-Raphaël, Lower Canada
d. 31 March 1835 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
b. 30 March 1833 in Sorel, Lower Canada
d. 29 March 1856 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada
d. 27 March 1866 at Niagara Cottage, Henley on Thames, England
d. 26 March 1926 in Hamilton, Ont.
d. 24 March 1848 in Charlottetown
b. 23 March 1848 in Athabasca Landing (Athabasca, Alta)
b. 22 March 1909 in St Boniface (Winnipeg)
d. 21 March 1777 in Montreal
d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)
d. 14 March 1910 at the Hôtel-Dieu, Montreal
d. 17 March 1860 in The Hague, Netherlands
d. 9 March 1842 in the parish of Saint-Thomas (at Montmagny), Lower Canada
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d. 2 March 1925 in Montreal
b. 28 Feb. 1681 at Saint-François, Île d’Orléans
d. 24 Feb. 1915 in Sherbrooke, Quebec
b. 20 Feb. 1856 at Castleblakeney (Republic of Ireland)
d. 15 Feb. 1912 in Châteauguay Basin (Châteauguay), Que.
d. 13 Feb. 1901 in Saint John, N.B.
b. 12 Feb. 1870 in Héðinshöfði, Iceland
d. 11 Feb. 1923 in Richmond Hill, Ont.
d. 10 Feb. 1781 in Montreal
b. 9 Feb. 1833 or 1835 in St Andrews, Upper Canada
d. 31 Jan. 1881, by hanging, in New Westminster, B.C.
d. 29 Jan. 1900 in Le Mans, France
d. 26 Jan. 1848 in Addington Forks, N.S.
d. 25 Jan. 1831 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 24 Jan. 1862 on Point Frederick, near Kingston, Canada West
d. 23 Jan. 1760 at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec
d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y.
d. 19 Jan. 1902 in Vancouver, Wash.
d. 13 Jan. 1811 in Nicolet (Que.)
d. 11 Jan. 1779 at Saint-Servan, France
d. 10 Jan. 1895 at the Shubenacadie Indian Reserve (No.14), N.S.
d. 3 Jan. 1929 in London, Ont.
d. 1 Jan. 1921 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.
b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada
d. 29 Dec. 1920 in Roberval, Que.
b. 27 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (La Pocatière), Que.
b. 26 Dec. 1835 in Oxford, England
b. 24 Dec. 1838 in Maitland, Upper Canada
b. 23 Dec. 1851 in King’s Lynn, England
b. 17 Dec. 1874 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.
d. 16 Dec. 1843 at Bredisholm, his residence near Coatbridge, Scotland
b. 13 Dec. 1839 in Newport, N.S.
d. 12 Dec. 1894 at Windsor Castle, England
d. 6 Dec. 1884 at Indianapolis, Indiana
b. 2 Dec. 1861 in Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
b. 1 Dec. 1844 in Sainte-Scholastique (Mirabel), Lower Canada
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d. 20 Nov. 1755 at Detroit
d. 18 Nov. 1884 at Glasgow, Scotland
d. 16 Nov. 1812 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
d. 12 Nov. 1903 in Hemel Hempstead, England
d. 9 Nov. 1818 at Quebec
d. 8 Nov. 1850 in Montreal
d. 6 Nov. 1813 in jail in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
d. 5 Nov. 1901 at Quebec.
d. 3 Nov. 1915 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
d. unmarried 30 Oct. 1917 in Passchendaele (Passendale), Belgium
d. 29 Oct. 1914 in Saint John, New Brunswick
d. unmarried 28 Oct. 1920 in Toronto
d. 24 Oct. 1926 in Great Falls, Montana
d. 23 Oct. 1856 in the Red River settlement (Man.)
b. 21 Oct. 1859 in Tilbury East Township, Upper Canada
b. 18 Oct. 1743 at Quebec
b. 17 Oct. 1823 in St Catharines, Upper Canada
b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
b. 15 Oct. 1864 in Newland, Gloucestershire, England
b. 14 Oct. 1848 near Caledonia, Upper Canada
b. 13 Oct. 1854 in Cernay-en-Dormois, France
b. 12 Oct. 1883 in Listowel (Republic of Ireland)
b. 11 Oct. 1871 in the parish of Saint-Liguori, Quebec
b. 10 Oct. 1863 in Saint-Cyprien (Napierville), Lower Canada
d. 7 Oct. 1827 at her residence, Castle Frederick, in Falmouth, N.S.
d. 5 Oct. 1876 at Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
b. 1 Oct. 1853 in Markham Township, Upper Canada
d. 30 Sept. 1828 at the Credit Mission (Mississauga), Upper Canada
d. 29 Sept. 1899 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay). Ont.
d. 26 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 25 Sept. 1803 in Saint-Armand, Lower Canada
d. 24 Sept. 1929 at the settlement of Coppermine (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)
d. 22 Sept. 1915 in New Westminster, B.C.
b. 21 Sept. 1849 in Blackhead, Conception Bay, Nfld
d. 18 Sept. 1809 in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Lower Canada
b. 17 Sept. 1696 in Deerfield, Massachusetts
b. 15 Sept. 1873 in Covington, Ky
b. 13 Sept. 1775 in Great Barrington, Mass.
d. 12 Sept. 1817 in Greenwich (London), England
d. 8 Sept. 1755 at Lake George (Lac Saint-Sacrement)
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 1 Sept. 1839 at Quebec
d. 31 Aug. 1771 at Quebec
d. 30 Aug. 1918 in New Metlakatla (Metlakatla), Alaska
b. 28 Aug. 1800 at Williamstown, Charlottenburg Township, U.C.
d. 27 Aug. 1877, at Yorkville (Toronto), Ontario
d. 23 Aug. 1887 at Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay), Ontario
d. 17 Aug. 1804 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada
d. 14 Aug. 1867 at King’s Lynn, England
b. 11 Aug. 1839 at Remscheid (Federal Republic of Germany)
b. 10 Aug. 1854 in Ancaster, Upper Canada
b. 6 Aug. 1847 on Wolfe Island, Upper Canada
b. 3 Aug. 1841 at Ecclesfield (South Yorkshire), England
b. 2 Aug. 1780 in Maskinongé, diocese of Trois-Rivières, Quebec
d. 1 Aug. 1866 at Montreal
b. 29 July 1864 in Norwich, Upper Canada
b. 26 July 1846 in Grande-Rivière, Lower Canada
d. 24 July 1851 at Fort Victoria (Victoria)
d. 22 July 1922 in Ashtead, England
d. 16 July 1925 in St Andrews, N.B.
d. 15 July 1854 in White Horse Plain (St François Xavier, Man.)
b. 14 July 1735 at the mission of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka, Que.)
b. 12 July 1859 in Stewarton, Scotland
d. 1 March 1921 in London, Ont.
killed in action near Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 9 July 1755
d. 8 July 1925 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.
d. 4 July 1846 at Quebec
d. 1 July 1916 near Beaumont-Hamel (Beaumont), France
d. unmarried 29 June 1848 in Côte-Saint-Paul (Montreal)
b. 28 June 1864 in Watford, Upper Canada
b. 24 June 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 13 June 1868 at Toronto, Ontario
d. 10 June 1914, apparently in West Arichat, N.S.
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d. 4 June 1923 in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ont.
b. 3 June 1579 at Barbo, near the present Arendal, Norway
d. 1 June 1930 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
d. 25 May 1898 in Duncan, B.C.
d. 20 May 1808 in Berlin
d. 16 May 1825 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 15 May 1784 at Trois-Rivières
d. 14 May 1887 at Portsmouth (now part of Kingston)
b. 12 May 1840 in Angers, France
d. 8 May 1668 at Quebec
b. 4 May 1820 at Naas (Republic of Ireland)
b. 27 April 1836 in Colborne, Norfolk County, Upper Canada
d. 25 April 1890, near Blackfoot Crossing (Alta).
d. 24 April 1904 in Montreal
b. 21 April 1834 in Churchville, Toronto Township, Upper Canada
d. 19 April 1904 at Quebec and was buried in Notre-Dame de Belmont cemetery
b. 18 April 1796 in Great Village, N.S.
d. 17 April 1892 in Toronto and was buried in Sarnia
d. 16 April 1796 at Kingston (Ont.)
d. 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic, and was buried in Montreal
d. unmarried 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France
b. 8 April 1849 in Yarmouth Township, Upper Canada
d. 6 April 1903 in Gananoque, Ont., and was buried in Brockville
d. in London, England, on 3 April 1930
d. unmarried 2 April 1922 in Winnipeg
d. 1 April 1894 in South Kensington (London), England
b. 29 March 1826 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Lower Canada
d. 21 March 1853 in Lachine, Lower Canada
d. 19 March 1926 in Dartmouth, N.S.
d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)
d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)
d. 13 March 1762 in Montreal
d. 10 March 1913 in Auburn, N.Y.
b. 29 Feb. 1804 in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Lower Canada
b. 25 Feb. 1730 in Holstein (Federal Republic of Germany)
b. 23 Feb. 1848 in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada
d. 21 Feb. 1960 in Paris
b. 19 Feb. 1866 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada
b. 14 Feb. 1854 in Bannockburn, Scotland
d. 8 Feb. 1915 at Spencer Wood, in Sillery, Que.
d. 5 Feb. 1916 in Humboldt, Sask.
d. 4 Feb. 1876 at Montreal, Que.
d. 3 Feb. 1925 in Montreal
b. 2 Feb. 1845 in Kálfafellsstaður, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland
d. 29 Jan. 1900 in Le Mans, France
d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)
d. 24 Jan. 1927 in Kingston, Upper Canada
d. 20 Jan. 1850 in Kingston, Upper Canada
d. 17 Jan. 1850 at Wolford Lodge, near Honiton, England
d. 15 Jan. 1853 in St Andrews (Saint-André-Est), Lower Canada
d. 14 Jan. 1723 in Quebec
d. 13 Jan. 1857 in Little Britain, Upper Canada
d. 10 Jan. 1761 at Hatchland’s Park, Surrey, England
d. 7 Jan. 1869 at Montreal
d. 6 Jan. 1908 in New York City
d. 5 Jan. 1838 in Toronto
d. 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria
b. 3 Jan. 1835 in Fair Head, County Antrim (Northern Ireland)
b. 1 Jan. 1839 in Northamptonshire, England
d. 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada
d. 26 Dec. 1922 in Winnipeg
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
d. 24 Dec. 1916 near Kirton in Lindsey, England
d. 22 Dec. 1804 in Quebec
d. 21 Dec. 1910 in Nicolet, Que.
d. 10 Dec. 1922 in Victoria
b. 3 Dec. 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
d. 1 Dec. 1792 at Blois, France
d. 28 Nov. 1780 at Quebec
d. 27 Nov. 1929 in Cardston, Alta.
d. unmarried 17 Nov. 1904 in Shubenacadie, N.S.
d. on or shortly after 14 Nov. 1909 in the Atlantic Ocean
b. 11 Nov. 1754 in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
b. 7 Nov. 1796 in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis
b. 4 Nov. 1860 near Bloomfield, Upper Canada
d. 28 Oct. 1887 in Montreal, Que.
d. 27 Oct. 1870 in New York City
d. 25 Oct. 1918 at sea in Lynn Canal, Alaska
d. 24 Oct. 1728 at New Orleans
d. 23 Oct. 1853 in Pleasant Valley (Berwick North), N.S.
d. 22 Oct. 1869 at Belleville, Ont.
d. 21 Oct. 1917 in Camiers, France
d. 20 Oct. 1921 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal
d. 19 Oct. 1921 in Montreal
b. 18 Oct. 1743 at Quebec
d. 17 Oct. 1868, at Chippawa (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
b. 15 Oct. 1701 at Varennes (Que.)
d. 8 Oct. 1865 in St John’s, Nfld.
b. 6 Oct. 1811 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada; d. 6 Oct. 1849 in Longueuil, Lower Canada.
d. 2 Oct. 1898 in New York City
d. 30 Sept. 1918 in Bois de Bourlon, France
b. 29 Sept. 1844 in Toronto, d. 29 Sept. 1910 in London, England
d. 28 Sept. 1918 near Raillencourt, France
d. 26 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 25 Sept. 1803 in Saint-Armand, Lower Canada
b. 24 Sept. 1854 in New Glasgow, N.S.
b. 23 Sept. 1844 at Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville), Canada East
b. 21 Sept. 1849 in Blackhead, Conception Bay, Nfld
b. 20 Sept. 1837 in Whiting, Maine
b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada
b. 17 Sept. 1859 in Etobicoke Township, Upper Canada
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d. 5 Sept. 1920 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
b. 3 Sept. 1814 at Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie), Lower Canada
d. unmarried 2 Sept. 1831 in Fort Simpson, on the Nass River (B.C.)
d. 1 Sept. 1951 in Saanich, B.C.
b. 30 Aug. 1816 at Quebec
d. 29 Aug. 1899 at Lakefield, Ont.
d. 28 Aug. 1858 on the Saint-Régis reserve
d. 26 Aug. 1766 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, “from eating dolphins.”
b. 24 Aug. 1826 in Montreal
d. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 March 1878
d. 21 Aug. 1829 in Sandwich (Windsor), Upper Canada
d. 20 Aug. 1860 in Faribault, Minn.
d. 19 Aug. 1897 on the Blood Indian Reserve (Alta)
d. 18 Aug. 1917 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.
d. in Montreal (Que.) 16 Aug. 1785
d. 15 Aug. 1928 in Vancouver
d. accidentally in Canada 12 Aug. 1756
d. 10 Aug. 1927 near Markerville, Alta.
d. 9 Aug. 1921 in Hull, Que.
d. 4 Aug. 1928 in Winnipeg
d. 1 Aug. 1866 at Montreal
b. 29 July 1813 in Dunkeswell parish, England
b. 27 July 1878 in Belœil, Que.
b. 26 July 1838 near present-day Fallowfield, Ont.
d. 25 July 1973 at Quebec, and was buried in Compton, Que.
d. 24 July 1851 at Fort Victoria (Victoria)
d. 23 July 1886 at Folly Village, Colchester County, N. S.
d. 16 July 1925 in St Andrews, N.B.
d. 15 July 1855 in St John’s
b. 10 July 1845 in Coleraine (Northern Ireland)
b. 9 July 1848 in Irish Creek (Jasper), Upper Canada
d. 8 July 1916 near Englebelmer, France
d. 4 July 1846 at Quebec
b. 3 July 1871 in North Norwich Township, Ont.
d. 2 July 1881 at Shubenacadie, Hants County, N.S.
d. 29 June 1927 on the Thunderchild Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan
b. 18 June 1825 or 28 June 1828 in Laurenzana (Italy)
d. 22 June 1875 at Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales
b. 20 June 1896 in the parish of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Montreal
b. 15 June 1837 near Milton, Upper Canada
b. 12 June 1826 at Bideford, England
b. 7 June 1839 in County Tipperary (Republic of Ireland)
d. 4 June 1788 at Saint-Pierre, Île d’Orléans (Que.)
d. 3 June 1844 in Neusalz (Nowa Sól, Poland)
b. 2 June 1810 in Dollerie House, Crieff, Scotland
b. 1 June 1859 in Merritton (St Catharines), Upper Canada
d. 28 May 1743 at Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
b. 25 May 1854 in Kittery Point, Maine
b. 21 May 1834 in Colchester, England
d. 20 May 1786 in Queensbury parish, York County, New Brunswick
b. 17 May 1795 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
b. 16 May 1856 in Rock Island, Illinois
d. 15 May 1784 at Trois-Rivières
d. 14 May 1887 at Portsmouth (now part of Kingston)
d. 13 May 1796 at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)
d. 12 May 1798 at Petersham (Greater London), England
b. 10 May 1803 at Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland
d. 8 May 1906 in Arthabaska, Que.
b. 4 May 1820 at Naas (Republic of Ireland)
d. 2 May 1928 in Montreal
d. 1 May 1902 at his home near Irvine, Nfld
b. 30 April 1823 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts