Biography of the Day

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

 

CADDY, JOHN HERBERT  
28 June 2016  

b. 28 June 1801, in Quebec City, Lower Canada

 
MONK, MARIA  
27 June 2016  

b. 27 June 1816 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada

 
MONTRESOR (Montrésor), JOHN  
26 June 2016  

d. 26 June 1799 in Maidstone prison, England

 
DOW, JEAN ISABELLE (baptized Jane Isabella)  
25 June 2016  

b. 25 June 1870 near Fergus, Ont.

 
BLANCHET, FRANÇOIS  
24 June 2016  

d. 24 June 1830 at Quebec

 
DRACHART, CHRISTIAN LARSEN (Lorenz, Lauritsen)  
23 June 2016  

b. 23 June 1711 at Skaelskpr, Zealand, Denmark

 
STEWART, JOHN (d. 1834)  
22 June 2016  

d. 22 June 1834 at Mount Stewart, P.E.I.

 
GOWER, Sir ERASMUS  
21 June 2016  

d. 21 June 1814 in Hambledon, Hampshire, England

 
DUSSAUS (Dussaust, Dussaut), MARIE-ANGÉLIQUE  
20 June 2016  

b. 20 June 1737 in the parish of Saint-Joseph (Lauzon, Que.)

 
AILLEBOUST D’ARGENTEUIL, PIERRE D’  
19 June 2016  

b. at Quebec, 19 June 1659

 
GRASETT, HENRY JAMES (1847-1930)  
18 June 2016  

b. 18 June 1847 in Toronto

 
OGER, PIERRE, named Dom Marie-Antoine  
17 June 2016  

b. 17 June 1852 in La Jumellière, France