Biography of the Day

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

 

SOMERVILLE (Sommerville), MARTIN  
31 May 2025  

d. 31 May 1856 at Quebec

 
WURTELE, JOSIAS  
30 May 2025  

d. 30 May 1831 in Montreal

 
DEIGHTON, JOHN  
29 May 2025  

d. 29 May 1875 at Burrard Inlet, B.C.

 
LICHTENSTEIN, ELIZABETH (Johnston)  
28 May 2025  

b. 28 May 1764 in Little Ogeechee, Ga

 
DMYTRIW, NESTOR  
27 May 2025  

d. 27 May 1925 in Elizabeth, N.J.

 
TRASK, CATHERINE (Brown)  
26 May 2025  

d. 26 May 1925 in Peel Township, Ont.

 
McMILLAN, JOHN (1833-1905)  
25 May 2025  

d. 25 May 1905 in Saint John, N.B.

 
MARCEAU, ERNEST  
24 May 2025  

d. 24 May 1919 in Sault-au-Récollet (Montreal North)

 
WALDO, SAMUEL  
23 May 2025  

d. 23 May 1759, on the Penobscot River, near present-day Bangor, Maine

 
WALSH, JAMES MORROW  
22 May 2025  

b. 22 May 1840 in Prescott, Upper Canada

 
RICHARDSON, EDWARD MALLCOTT  
21 May 2025  

b. 21 May 1839 at London, England

 
JOHNSON, THOMAS HERMAN (Hermann)  
20 May 2025  

d. 20 May 1927 in Winnipeg