Biography of the Day

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

 

LANE, AMBROSE  
7 Sept. 2014  

d. 7 Sept. 1853 in Charlottetown

 
CARTIER, Sir GEORGE-ÉTIENNE  
6 Sept. 2014  

b. 6 Sept. 1814 at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (Verchères County, L.C.)

 
RITCHIE, ELIZA  
5 Sept. 2014  

d. 5 Sept. 1933 at Halifax

 
WILLCOCKS (Wilcox), JOSEPH  
4 Sept. 2014  

d. unmarried 4 Sept. 1814 at Fort Erie, Upper Canada

 
GAULTIER DE LA VÉRENDRYE (La Verendrye), JEAN-BAPTISTE  
3 Sept. 2014  

b. 3 Sept. 1713 on Île Dupas

 
TARDIVEL, JULES-PAUL  
2 Sept. 2014  

b. 2 Sept. 1851 in Covington, Ky

 
COY, MARY (Morris; Bradley)  
1 Sept. 2014  

b. 1 Sept. 1771 in Grimross (Gagetown, N.B.)

 
DUNSMUIR, ROBERT  
31 Aug. 2014  

b. 31 Aug. 1825 near Kilmarnock (Strathclyde), Scotland

 
HOYLES, NEWMAN WRIGHT (1777-1840)  
30 Aug. 2014  

b. 30 Aug. 1777 in Dartmouth, England

 
STRICKLAND, CATHARINE PARR (Traill)  
29 Aug. 2014  

d. 29 Aug. 1899 at Lakefield, Ont.

 
LAJUS, FRANÇOIS (baptized Louis-François) (François-Xavier)  
28 Aug. 2014  

b. 28 Aug. 1721 in Quebec

 
TEKARIHOGEN (Dekarihokenh, Ahyonwaeghs, Ahyouwaeghs) (John Brant) (1794-1832)  
27 Aug. 2014  

d. near present-day Brantford, Ont. 27 Aug. 1832