Biography of the Day

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

 

COOK, MICHAEL URIAS  
5 Feb. 2025  

d. 5 Feb. 1912 near Aultsville, Ont.

 
JETTÉ, JULES  
4 Feb. 2025  

d. 4 Feb. 1927 in Akulurak, Alaska

 
GRAY, ROBERT (1862-1929)  
3 Feb. 2025  

b. 3 Feb. 1862 in Chatham, Upper Canada 

 
BEECHEY, FRANCES ANNE (Hopkins)  
2 Feb. 2025  

b. 2 Feb. 1838 in England 

 
AKINS, THOMAS BEAMISH  
1 Feb. 2025  

b. 1 Feb. 1809 in Liverpool, N.S. 

 
ZOUBERBUHLER, SEBASTIAN  
31 Jan. 2025  

d. 31 Jan. 1773 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

 
CARTIER, TOUSSAINT, called “the hermit of Saint-Barnabé”  
30 Jan. 2025  

d. 30 Jan. 1767

 
TORRANCE, DAVID  
29 Jan. 2025  

d. 29 Jan. 1876 at Montreal, Que.

 
NOLIN, CHARLES  
28 Jan. 2025  

d. 28 Jan. 1907 at Outarde (Goose) Lake, near Battleford, Sask.

 
BRUFF, CHARLES OLIVER  
27 Jan. 2025  

d. 27 Jan. 1817 in Liverpool, N.S.

 
NATOS-API (Old Sun, Sun Old Man, White Shell Old Man)  
26 Jan. 2025  

d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)

 
McDONALD, JOHN (d. 1866) (John McDonald of Garth)  
25 Jan. 2025  

d. 25 Jan. 1866 at Gray’s Creek near Cornwall, Canada West