Biography of the Day

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

 

BABY, JAMES (baptized Jacques)  
BABY, JAMES (baptized Jacques)  
19 Feb. 2017  

d. 19 Feb. 1833 at York (Toronto), Upper Canada

 
GIRTY (Geraghty), SIMON  
GIRTY (Geraghty), SIMON  
18 Feb. 2017  

d. 18 Feb. 1818 in Amherstburg, Upper Canada

 
LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL, MARIE-CHARLES-JOSEPH, Baronne de LONGUEUIL (Grant)  
LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL, MARIE-CHARLES-JOSEPH, Baronne de LONGUEUIL (Grant)  
17 Feb. 2017  

d. 17 Feb. 1841 in Montreal

 
BRYDGES, CHARLES JOHN  
BRYDGES, CHARLES JOHN  
16 Feb. 2017  

d. 16 Feb. 1889 in Winnipeg, Man.

 
LORIMIER, CHEVALIER DE (baptized François-Marie-Thomas) (François-Marie-Thomas-Chevalier de Lorimier)  
LORIMIER, CHEVALIER DE (baptized François-Marie-Thomas) (François-Marie-Thomas-Chevalier de Lorimier)  
15 Feb. 2017  

d. 15 Feb. 1839 in Montreal

 
McINERNEY, GEORGE VALENTINE  
McINERNEY, GEORGE VALENTINE  
14 Feb. 2017  

b. 14 Feb. 1857 in Kingston (Rexton), N.B.

 
McKEAND (Mackeand), ALFRED  
McKEAND (Mackeand), ALFRED  
13 Feb. 2017  

d. 13 Feb. 1887 in Winnipeg, Man.

 
CRAWFORD, ISABELLA VALANCY  
CRAWFORD, ISABELLA VALANCY  
12 Feb. 2017  

d. 12 Feb. 1887 at Toronto, Ont.

 
HUGONARD (Hugonnard), JOSEPH  
HUGONARD (Hugonnard), JOSEPH  
11 Feb. 2017  

d. 11 Feb. 1917 in Lebret, Sask.

 
OUIMET, ANDRÉ  
OUIMET, ANDRÉ  
10 Feb. 2017  

b. 10 Feb. 1808 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada; d. there 10 Feb. 1853

 
FORTES, JOSEPH SERAPHIM  
FORTES, JOSEPH SERAPHIM  
9 Feb. 2017  

b. 9 Feb. 1863 in Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)

 
PARKIN, Sir GEORGE ROBERT  
PARKIN, Sir GEORGE ROBERT  
8 Feb. 2017  

b. 8 Feb. 1846 near Salisbury, N.B.