Biography of the Day

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

 

McGEE, FRANCIS CLARENCE  
16 Sept. 2021  

d. unmarried 16 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France

 
GAGNON, ERNEST (baptized Frédéric-Ernest-Amédée)  
15 Sept. 2021  

d. 15 Sept. 1915 in Quebec City and was buried in Notre-Dame de Belmont cemetery in Sainte-Foy, Que.

 
NORRIS, HANNAH MARIA (Armstrong)  
14 Sept. 2021  

d. 14 Sept. 1919 in Toronto

 
LUCAS, FLORENCE DAVY (Thompson)  
13 Sept. 2021  

b. 13 Sept. 1865 in Hitchin, England

 
PLAYTER, EDWARD  
12 Sept. 2021  

d. 12 Sept. 1909 in Toronto

 
WOOD, ALEXANDER  
11 Sept. 2021  

d. unmarried 11 Sept. 1844 at Woodcot in the parish of Fetteresso

 
LABELLE, IDA  
10 Sept. 2021  

b. 10 Sept. 1848 in Montreal

 
WARREN, JAMES DOUGLAS  
9 Sept. 2021  

d. 9 Sept. 1917 in Victoria

 
HARRISON, DAVID HOWARD  
8 Sept. 2021  

d. 8 Sept. 1905 in Vancouver

 
SAVONNIÈRES DE LA TROCHE, MARIE DE, dite Marie de Saint-Joseph (Marie de Saint-Bernard)  
7 Sept. 2021  

b. 7 Sept. 1616 at the Château de Saint-Germain in Anjou

 
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE  
6 Sept. 2021  

b. 6 Sept. 1814 at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (Verchères County, L.C.)

 
COLLINS, ENOS  
5 Sept. 2021  

b. at Liverpool, N.S., 5 Sept. 1774