Biography of the Day

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

 

NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN  
27 Oct. 2015  

drowned 27 Oct. 1642 at Sillery

 
JOBIN, LOUIS (baptized Louis-Jean-Baptiste)  
26 Oct. 2015  

b. 26 Oct. 1845 in Saint-Raymond, Lower Canada

 
WARREN, GEORGE STEPHENS (baptized Georges-Étienne)  
25 Oct. 2015  

b. 25 Oct. 1846 in Montreal

 
CHARLEVOIX, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER DE  
24 Oct. 2015  

b. 24 (al. 29) Oct. 1682 at Saint-Quentin, France

 
CHIPMAN, ELIZA ANN (Chipman)  
23 Oct. 2015  

d. 23 Oct. 1853 in Pleasant Valley (Berwick North), N.S.

 
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)  
22 Oct. 2015  

b. 22 Oct. 1844 in the Red River Settlement (Man.)

 
SCHULTZ, SAMUEL DAVIES  
21 Oct. 2015  

b. 21 Oct. 1865 in Victoria

 
FOX (Foxe), LUKE  
20 Oct. 2015  

b. 20 Oct. 1586 in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire

 
HÉBERT, JOSEPH (1830-1919)  
19 Oct. 2015  

d. October 1919 in the hospital at Harrington Harbour, Que., and was buried 19 October in the cemetery at Tête-à-la-Baleine

 
BAIRD, NICOL HUGH  
18 Oct. 2015  

d. 18 Oct. 1849 in Brattleboro, Vt.

 
WARD, SAMUEL RINGGOLD  
17 Oct. 2015  

b. 17 Oct. 1817 in Maryland

 
FISBACH (Fitzbach, Fisbacht), MARIE (baptized Marie-Joseph) (Marie-Geneviève), named Marie du Sacré-Cœur (Roy)  
16 Oct. 2015  

b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada