Biography of the Day

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

 

NAHNEBAHWEQUAY (Nahneebahweequa) (Catherine Sutton, Catherine Bunch Sonego)  
26 Sept. 2017  

d. 26 Sept. 1865 in Sarawak Township, Canada West

 
MACLEOD, JAMES FARQUHARSON (James Alexander Farquharson)  
25 Sept. 2017  

b. probably 25 Sept. 1836 in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland

 
ULOQSAQ (Uluksuk)  
24 Sept. 2017  

d. 24 Sept. 1929 at the settlement of Coppermine (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)

 
TAVERNIER, ÉMILIE (baptized Marie-Émilie-Eugène) (Amélie) (Gamelin)  
23 Sept. 2017  

d. 23 Sept. 1851 in Montreal

 
ARMSTRONG, GEORGE  
22 Sept. 2017  

d. 22 Sept. 1888 in Montreal, Quebec

 
HUSTON, JAMES (baptized Jacques)  
21 Sept. 2017  

d. 21 Sept. 1854 at Quebec

 
DINAN, ELLEN, named Sister Mary Bernard  
20 Sept. 2017  

d. 20 Sept. 1901 in Toronto

 
LAFLAMME, JOSEPH-CLOVIS-KEMNER  
19 Sept. 2017  

b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada

 
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)  
18 Sept. 2017  

d. 18 Sept. 1611 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)

 
VOGT, AUGUSTUS STEPHEN  
17 Sept. 2017  

d. 17 Sept. 1926 in Toronto

 
McGEE, FRANCIS CLARENCE  
16 Sept. 2017  

d. 16 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France

 
SCALES, CAROLINE (Hoyt) (Caroline Miskel, Caroline Miskel-Hoyt)  
15 Sept. 2017  

b. 15 Sept. 1873 in Covington, Kentucky