Biography of the Day

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

 

HODGSON, Sir ROBERT  
15 Sept. 2024  

d. 15 Sept. 1880 in Charlottetown

 
DANEAU DE MUY, CHARLOTTE, <em>dite</em> de Sainte-Hélène  
14 Sept. 2024  

d. 14 Sept. 1759 at Quebec

 
WOLFE, JAMES  
13 Sept. 2024  

d. 13 Sept. 1759 of wounds received in the battle of the Plains of Abraham

 
JOHNSON, THERESA MARY (Gowanlock)  
12 Sept. 2024  

d. 12 Sept. 1899 in Tintern (Lincoln), Upper Canada

 
VAN HORNE, Sir WILLIAM CORNELIUS  
11 Sept. 2024  

d. 11 Sept. 1915 in Montreal

 
WILLIS, JOHN WALPOLE  
10 Sept. 2024  

d. 10 Sept. 1877 at Wick House, Wick-Episcopi, Worcestershire, Eng.

 
PELLETIER, ROMAIN-OCTAVE (baptized Jean-Romain-Octave)  
9 Sept. 2024  

b. 9 Sept. 1843 in Montreal

 
COCHRANE, WILLIAM EDWARD  
8 Sept. 2024  

b. 8 Sept. 1858 in Packington, near Lichfield, England

 
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET  
7 Sept. 2024  

d. 7 Sept. 1959 in Schefferville, Que.

 
ROBERTSON, LAWRENCE BRUCE  
6 Sept. 2024  

b. 6 Sept. 1885 in Toronto

 
BERNARD, SUSAN AGNES (Macdonald) (Baroness Macdonald, Lady Macdonald)  
5 Sept. 2024  

d. 5 Sept. 1920 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England

 
VILLENEUVE, FERDINAND  
4 Sept. 2024  

d. 4 Sept. 1909 in Saint-Romuald, Que.