Biography of the Day

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

 

FOX (Foxe), LUKE  
20 Oct. 2015  

b. 20 Oct. 1586 in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire

 
HÉBERT, JOSEPH (1830-1919)  
19 Oct. 2015  

d. October 1919 in the hospital at Harrington Harbour, Que., and was buried 19 October in the cemetery at Tête-à-la-Baleine

 
BAIRD, NICOL HUGH  
18 Oct. 2015  

d. 18 Oct. 1849 in Brattleboro, Vt.

 
WARD, SAMUEL RINGGOLD  
17 Oct. 2015  

b. 17 Oct. 1817 in Maryland

 
FISBACH (Fitzbach, Fisbacht), MARIE (baptized Marie-Joseph) (Marie-Geneviève), named Marie du Sacré-Cœur (Roy)  
16 Oct. 2015  

b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

 
FULFORD, GEORGE TAYLOR  
15 Oct. 2015  

d. 15 Oct. 1905 in Newton, Mass., and was buried in Brockville

 
QUÉVILLON (Couvillon, Cuvillon), LOUIS  
14 Oct. 2015  

b. 14 Oct. 1749 at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval, Que.)

 
DAWSON, Sir JOHN WILLIAM  
13 Oct. 2015  

b. 13 Oct. 1820 in Pictou, N.S.

 
WEBER, ANNA (Nancy)  
12 Oct. 2015  

d. 12 Oct. 1888 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ont.

 
DEMERS, MODESTE  
11 Oct. 2015  

b. 11 Oct. 1809 at Saint-Nicholas-de-Lévis, L.C.

 
CYR, LOUIS (baptized Cyprien-Noë) (Cyprien-Noé)  
10 Oct. 2015  

b. 10 Oct. 1863 in Saint-Cyprien (Napierville), Lower Canada

 
RICHARDSON, JAMES CLELAND  
9 Oct. 2015  

d. unmarried 8 or 9 Oct. 1916 near Courcelette, France