Biography of the Day

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

 

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES  
20 Aug. 2014  

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES, businessman, politician, banker, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1852 in The Derries (Republic of Ireland), son of Arthur William Alloway, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Frances Johnson; m. 3 Sept. 1878 Elizabeth MacLaren (d. 1926), daughter of James Maclaren*, in Buckingham, Que., and they had one son who died in infancy; d. 2 Feb. 1930 in Winnipeg.

 
ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES  
20 Aug. 2014  

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES, businessman, politician, banker, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1852 in The Derries (Republic of Ireland), son of Arthur William Alloway, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Frances Johnson; m. 3 Sept. 1878 Elizabeth MacLaren (d. 1926), daughter of James Maclaren*, in Buckingham, Que., and they had one son who died in infancy; d. 2 Feb. 1930 in Winnipeg.

 
ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES  
20 Aug. 2014  

ALLOWAY, WILLIAM FORBES, businessman, politician, banker, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1852 in The Derries (Republic of Ireland), son of Arthur William Alloway, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Frances Johnson; m. 3 Sept. 1878 Elizabeth MacLaren (d. 1926), daughter of James Maclaren*, in Buckingham, Que., and they had one son who died in infancy; d. 2 Feb. 1930 in Winnipeg.

 
CUVILLIER, AUSTIN (baptized Augustin)  
20 Aug. 2014  

 b. 20 Aug. 1779 at Quebec

 
DOUGLAS, JAMES MOFFAT (baptized James)  
19 Aug. 2014  

d. 19 Aug. 1920 in Tantallon, Sask.

 
BELLOT, JOSEPH-RENÉ  
18 Aug. 2014  

d. unmarried 18 Aug. 1853 in Wellington Channel (N.W.T.)

 
RUCKLE, BARBARA (Heck)  
17 Aug. 2014  

d. 17 Aug. 1804 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada

 
FIDLER, PETER  
16 Aug. 2014  

b. 16 Aug. 1769 in Bolsover, England

 
O’BRIEN, LUCIUS RICHARD  
15 Aug. 2014  

b. 15 Aug. 1832 at The Woods, Kempenfelt Bay, near Barrie, Upper Canada

 
DeBLOIS, GEORGE WASTIE  
14 Aug. 2014  

d. 14 Aug. 1886 in Charlottetown Royalty, P.E.I.

 
STARKMAN, BESHA (Bessie) (Tobin) (Bessie Stark, Bessie Perri (Perry), Rose Cyceno)  
13 Aug. 2014  

d. 13 Aug. 1930 in Hamilton, Ont.

 
FROTHINGHAM, LOUISA GODDARD (Molson)  
12 Aug. 2014  

d. in Montreal 12 Aug. 1910