Biography of the Day

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

 

MUNRO, JOHN  
27 Oct. 2021  

d. 27 Oct. 1800 at Dickinson’s Landing (probably Long Sault, Ont.)

 
STEAD, HAY STRAFFORD  
26 Oct. 2021  

b. 26 Oct. 1871 in Lancashire, England

 
LEFEBVRE ANGERS, MARIE-ANGÉLIQUE, <em>dite</em> Saint-Simon  
25 Oct. 2021  

b. 25 Oct. 1710 in Montreal

 
BOURINOT, Sir JOHN GEORGE  
24 Oct. 2021  

d. 13 Oct. 1902 in Ottawa

 
SKINNER, EMMA SOPHIA (Fiske)  
23 Oct. 2021  

b. 23 Oct. 1852 in Saint John

 
LEDUC, ANNE-FRANÇOISE, <em>dite</em> Saint-Joseph  
22 Oct. 2021  

d. 22 Oct. 1750 at Montreal

 
BRUNET, WILFRID-ÉTIENNE (baptized Étienne-Wilfrid)  
21 Oct. 2021  

b. 21 Oct. 1832 at Quebec

 
PENHALLOW, DAVID PEARCE  
20 Oct. 2021  

d. 20 Oct. 1910 aboard the Lake Manitoba when travelling from Montreal to Liverpool

 
NEWCOMBE, CHARLES FREDERIC  
19 Oct. 2021  

d. 19 Oct. 1924 in Victoria

 
OLESKÓW, JÓSEF (Osyp Oleskiv, Joseph Oleskiw)  
18 Oct. 2021  

d. 18 Oct. 1903 in Sokal (Ukraine)

 
WARD, SAMUEL RINGGOLD  
17 Oct. 2021  

b. 17 Oct. 1817 in Maryland

 
BISHOP, MINNIE BLANCHE  
16 Oct. 2021  

d. 16 Oct. 1917 in Greenwich, N.S.