Biography of the Day

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

 

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

b. 3 Feb. 1862 in Chatham, Upper Canada 

 
BEECHEY, FRANCES ANNE (Hopkins)  
BEECHEY, FRANCES ANNE (Hopkins)  
2 Feb. 2025  

b. 2 Feb. 1838 in England 

 
AKINS, THOMAS BEAMISH  
AKINS, THOMAS BEAMISH  
1 Feb. 2025  

b. 1 Feb. 1809 in Liverpool, N.S. 

 
ZOUBERBUHLER, SEBASTIAN  
ZOUBERBUHLER, SEBASTIAN  
31 Jan. 2025  

d. 31 Jan. 1773 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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

d. 30 Jan. 1767

 
TORRANCE, DAVID  
TORRANCE, DAVID  
29 Jan. 2025  

d. 29 Jan. 1876 at Montreal, Que.

 
NOLIN, CHARLES  
NOLIN, CHARLES  
28 Jan. 2025  

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

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

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

 
MACHAR, AGNES MAULE  
MACHAR, AGNES MAULE  
24 Jan. 2025  

d. 24 Jan. 1927 in Kingston, Upper Canada

 
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON  
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON  
23 Jan. 2025  

d. 23 Jan. 1924 at the military hospital in Tunis, Tunisia