Biography of the Day

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

 

BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, Sir CHARLES (baptized Charles-Eugêne-Napoléon; C. B. de Boucherville)  
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, Sir CHARLES (baptized Charles-Eugêne-Napoléon; C. B. de Boucherville)  
4 May 2014  

b. 4 May 1822 in Montreal

 
DELEZENNE, MARIE-CATHERINE (Pélissier; Sales Laterrière)  
DELEZENNE, MARIE-CATHERINE (Pélissier; Sales Laterrière)  
3 May 2014  

d. 3 May 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

 
BENDIXEN, FANNY  
BENDIXEN, FANNY  
2 May 2014  

d. 2 May 1899 in Barkerville, B.C.

 
JUCHEREAU DE LA FERTÉ, JEANNE-FRANÇOISE, <em>dite</em> de Saint-Ignace  
JUCHEREAU DE LA FERTÉ, JEANNE-FRANÇOISE, dite de Saint-Ignace  
1 May 2014  

b. at Quebec on 1 May 1650

 
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE  
LAVAL, FRANÇOIS DE  
30 Apr. 2014  

b. 30 April 1623 at Montigny-sur-Avre (department of Eure-et-Loir), in the diocese of Chartres (France)

 
GESNER, ABRAHAM  
GESNER, ABRAHAM  
29 Apr. 2014  

d. 29 April 1864 at Halifax, N.S.

 
CUNARD, Sir SAMUEL  
CUNARD, Sir SAMUEL  
28 Apr. 2014  

b. 21 Nov. 1787 at Halifax, N.S.

 
LABATT, JOHN  
LABATT, JOHN  
27 Apr. 2014  

b. 11 Dec. 1838 in Westminster Township, Upper Canada

 
HUGHES, KATHERINE (Catherine) ANGELINA  
HUGHES, KATHERINE (Catherine) ANGELINA  
26 Apr. 2014  

d. 26 April 1925 in New York City

 
ISAPO-MUXIKA (Crowfoot, Pied de Corbeau)  
ISAPO-MUXIKA (Crowfoot, Pied de Corbeau)  
25 Apr. 2014  

b. c. 1830 near the Belly River in what is now southern Alberta

 
TARDIVEL, JULES-PAUL  
TARDIVEL, JULES-PAUL  
24 Apr. 2014  

d. 24 April 1905 at Quebec

 
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES  
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES  
23 Apr. 2014  

b. 23 April 1897 in Newton Brook (Toronto)