Biography of the Day

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

 

GAMBIER, JAMES, 1st Baron GAMBIER  
13 Oct. 2014  

b. 13 Oct. 1756 on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas

 
BOURDON, MARGUERITE, <em>dite</em> de Saint-Jean-Baptiste  
12 Oct. 2014  

b. 12 Oct. 1642 at Quebec

 
SHANLY, WALTER  
11 Oct. 2014  

b. 11 Oct. 1817 at the Abbey, Stradbally (County Laois, Republic of Ireland)

 
TURCOTTE, JOSEPH-ÉDOUARD  
10 Oct. 2014  

b. 10 Oct. 1808 at Gentilly, Lower Canada

 
LOVITT, JOHN  
9 Oct. 2014  

b. 9 Oct. 1832 in Yarmouth, N.S.

 
KENNEDY, GEORGE ALLAN  
8 Oct. 2014  

d. 8 Oct. 1913 in Winnipeg

 
JOHNSON, GEORGE HENRY MARTIN (Onwanonsyshon)  
7 Oct. 2014  

b. 7 Oct. 1816 at Bow Park, near Brantford, Upper Canada

 
YOUNG, Sir JOHN, Baron LISGAR  
6 Oct. 2014  

d. 6 Oct. 1876 in Bailieborough, Ireland

 
BAKER, CHARLES  
5 Oct. 2014  

b. 5 Oct. 1743 in Virginia

 
RICHARDSON, JOHN (John Frederick)  
4 Oct. 2014  

b. 4 Oct. 1796 probably at Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada

 
LALEMANT, GABRIEL  
3 Oct. 2014  

b. 3 Oct. 1610 in Paris

 
SIROIS, JOSEPH (baptized Louis-Philippe-Marie-Joseph)  
2 Oct. 2014  

b. 2 Oct. 1881 in Quebec City