Biography of the Day

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

 

SCHOULTZ, NILS VON (baptized Nils Gustaf Ulric)  
SCHOULTZ, NILS VON (baptized Nils Gustaf Ulric)  
7 Oct. 2016  

b. 6 or 7 Oct. 1807 in Kuopio (Finland)

 
DUROCHER, EULALIE (baptized Mélanie), named Mother Marie-Rose  
DUROCHER, EULALIE (baptized Mélanie), named Mother Marie-Rose  
6 Oct. 2016  

b. 6 Oct. 1811 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada; d. 6 Oct. 1849 in Longueuil, Lower Canada

 
KEITH, ALEXANDER  
KEITH, ALEXANDER  
5 Oct. 2016  

b. 5 Oct. 1795 in Caithness-shire, Scotland

 
RICHARDSON, JOHN (John Frederick)  
RICHARDSON, JOHN (John Frederick)  
4 Oct. 2016  

b. 4 Oct. 1796 probably at Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada

 
HOERNER, OLYMPE (Tanner)  
HOERNER, OLYMPE (Tanner)  
3 Oct. 2016  

d. 4 Nov. 1854 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)

 
SIROIS, JOSEPH (baptized Louis-Philippe-Marie-Joseph)  
SIROIS, JOSEPH (baptized Louis-Philippe-Marie-Joseph)  
2 Oct. 2016  

b. 2 Oct. 1881 in Quebec City

 
BLISS, JONATHAN  
BLISS, JONATHAN  
1 Oct. 2016  

b. 1 Oct. 1742 in Springfield, Mass.; d. 1 Oct. 1822 in Fredericton

 
SULLIVAN, Sir WILLIAM WILFRED  
SULLIVAN, Sir WILLIAM WILFRED  
30 Sept. 2016  

d. 30 Sept. 1920 in Memramcook, N.B.

 
McVICAR, VICTORIA  
McVICAR, VICTORIA  
29 Sept. 2016  

d. unmarried 29 Sept. 1899 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay). Ont.

 
PEGUIS (Be-gou-ais, Be-gwa-is, Pegeois, Pegouisse, Pegowis, Pegqas, Pigewis, Pigwys), baptized William King (Destroyer, Little Chip, The Cut-Nosed Chief)  
PEGUIS (Be-gou-ais, Be-gwa-is, Pegeois, Pegouisse, Pegowis, Pegqas, Pigewis, Pigwys), baptized William King (Destroyer, Little Chip, The Cut-Nosed Chief)  
28 Sept. 2016  

d. 28 Sept. 1864 at Red River

 
DOWNS, ANDREW  
DOWNS, ANDREW  
27 Sept. 2016  

b. 27 Sept. 1811 in New Brunswick, N.J.

 
BELL-SMITH, FREDERIC MARLETT  
BELL-SMITH, FREDERIC MARLETT  
26 Sept. 2016  

b. 26 Sept. 1846 in London, England