Biography of the Day

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

 

SOUMANDE, LOUISE, <em>dite</em> de Saint-Augustin  
16 May 2014  

b. 16 May 1664 at Quebec

 
HART, EZEKIEL (Ezechiel)  
15 May 2014  

b. 15 May 1770 in Trois-Rivières, Que.

 
DOBBS, HARRIET (Cartwright)  
14 May 2014  

d. 14 May 1887 at Portsmouth (now part of Kingston)

 
CAMERON, AGNES DEANS  
13 May 2014  

d. in Victoria unmarried 13 May 1912

 
VANCOUVER, GEORGE  
12 May 2014  

d. 12 May 1798 at Petersham (Greater London), England

 
BARTHE, ÉMILIE (baptized Marie-Louise-Émilie) (Lavergne)  
10 May 2014  

d. 10 May 1930 in Montreal

 
BROWN, GEORGE  
9 May 2014  

d. at Toronto, Ont., 9 May 1880

 
ROUTHIER, Sir ADOLPHE-BASILE  
8 May 2014  

b. 8 May 1839 in Saint-Benoît (Saint-Placide), Lower Canada

 
TODD, ROBERT CLOW  
7 May 2014  

d. 7 May 1866 at Toronto, Canada West

 
BRESSANI, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH (Francesco-Giuseppe)  
6 May 2014  

b. 6 May 1612 in Rome

 
HENSON, JOSIAH  
5 May 2014  

d. 5 May 1883 at Dresden, Ont.