Biography of the Day

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

 

VIGER, LOUIS-MICHEL  
28 Sept. 2013  

b. 28 Sept. 1785 in Montreal

 
TEKARIHOGEN (Dekarihokenh, Ahyonwaeghs, Ahyouwaeghs) (John Brant) (1794-1832)  
27 Sept. 2013  

b. 27 Sept. 1794 near present-day Brantford, Ont.

 
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL, LOUIS-PHILIPPE DE, Marquis de VAUDREUIL  
26 Sept. 2013  

b. 26 Sept. 1691 in Quebec

 
HOWLEY, MICHAEL FRANCIS  
25 Sept. 2013  

b. 25 Sept. 1843 in St John’s

 
GUERIN, BELLELLE (baptized Mary Ellen Gueren)  
24 Sept. 2013  

b. 24 Sept. 1849 in Montreal

 
ST JEAN, PIERRE  
23 Sept. 2013  

b. 23 Sept. 1833 in Bytown (Ottawa), Upper Canada

 
DEBARTZCH, PIERRE-DOMINIQUE  
22 Sept. 2013  

b. 22 Sept. 1782 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Que.

 
ARCHIBALD, WALTER PALMER  
21 Sept. 2013  

b. 21 Sept. 1860 in Truro, N.S.

 
ODELL, ROBERTA ELIZABETH (Tilton)  
20 Sept. 2013  

b. 20 Sept. 1837 in Whiting, Maine

 
LONGWORTH, JOHN  
19 Sept. 2013  

b. 19 Sept. 1814 at Charlottetown, P. E. I.

 
DIEFENBAKER, JOHN GEORGE  
18 Sept. 2013  

b. 18 Sept. 1895 in Neustadt, Ont.

 
SULTE, BENJAMIN (baptized Olivier-Benjamin Vadeboncœur)  
17 Sept. 2013  

b. 17 Sept. 1841 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada