Biography of the Day

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

 

BEAUBIEN, MARGUERITE  
11 Aug. 2022  

d. 11 Aug. 1848 in Montreal

 
BRILLANT, JEAN (baptized Jean-Baptiste-Arthur)  
10 Aug. 2022  

d. 10 Aug. 1918 in France

 
MALCOLM, ANDREW  
9 Aug. 2022  

d.  9 Aug. 1915 in Kincardine, Ont.

 
BELL, GORDON  
8 Aug. 2022  

d. 8 Aug. 1923 in Winnipeg and was buried there in Elmwood Cemetery

 
SWAN, ANNA HAINING (Bates)  
7 Aug. 2022  

b. 7 Aug. 1846 at Mill Brook, N.S.

 
ROSS, WILLIAM GILLIES  
6 Aug. 2022  

b. 6 Aug. 1863 in Montreal

 
TODD, ALBERT EDWARD  
5 Aug. 2022  

b. 5 Aug. 1878 in Victoria

 
TOWNSEND, MARGARET (Fox; Jenkins)  
4 Aug. 2022  

b. 4 Aug. 1843 in Neath, Wales

 
McNEILY, ALEXANDER JAMES WHITEFORD  
3 Aug. 2022  

b. 3 Aug. 1845 in Armagh (Northern Ireland)

 
BAIN, JAMES  
2 Aug. 2022  

b. 2 Aug. 1842 in London, England

 
GOURLAY, ROBERT FLEMING  
1 Aug. 2022  

d. 1 Aug. 1863 in Edinburgh, Scotland

 
ROY, JOSEPH (baptized Joseph-Marie) (Jh Roy)  
31 July 2022  

d. 31 July 1856 in Montreal