Biography of the Day

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

 

MERRILL, FLORA MacDONALD (Denison)  
20 Feb. 2025  

b. 20 Feb. 1867 near Bridgewater (Actinolite), Upper Canada

 
HINGSTON, Sir WILLIAM HALES  
19 Feb. 2025  

d. 19 Feb. 1907 in Montreal and was buried two days later in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery

 
WELLS, DAVID  
18 Feb. 2025  

d. 18 Feb. 1918 in Selkirk, Man.

 
DARLING, FRANK  
17 Feb. 2025  

b. 17 Feb. 1850 in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada

 
CAPELLO, LUIGI GIOVANNI VITALE (Luigi G. Cappello, Louis J. Capello)  
16 Feb. 2025  

d. 16 Feb. 1902 in Paris

 
HAYR, ANNIE LINDA (Jack)  
15 Feb. 2025  

d. 15 Feb. 1912 in Châteauguay Basin (Châteauguay), Que.

 
SMITH, CHARLES-GUSTAVE  
14 Feb. 2025  

b. 14 Feb. 1826 in London, England

 
WILMOT, ROBERT DUNCAN  
13 Feb. 2025  

d. 13 Feb. 1891 at Belmont, his estate in Sunbury County, N.B.

 
DOLLARD, PATRICK  
12 Feb. 2025  

d. 12 Feb. 1868 at Kingston, Ont.

 
WEBSTER, ELLA HOBDAY (Bronson)  
11 Feb. 2025  

d. 11 Feb. 1925 in Ottawa

 
PALMER, HENRY SPENCER  
10 Feb. 2025  

d. 10 Feb. 1893 in Tokyo

 
MAGUIRE, MARY ANN, named Sister Mary Francis  
9 Feb. 2025  

d. in Halifax 9 Feb. 1905