Biography of the Day

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

 

BRUFF, CHARLES OLIVER  
27 Jan. 2025  

d. 27 Jan. 1817 in Liverpool, N.S.

 
NATOS-API (Old Sun, Sun Old Man, White Shell Old Man)  
26 Jan. 2025  

d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)

 
McDONALD, JOHN (d. 1866) (John McDonald of Garth)  
25 Jan. 2025  

d. 25 Jan. 1866 at Gray’s Creek near Cornwall, Canada West

 
MACHAR, AGNES MAULE  
24 Jan. 2025  

d. 24 Jan. 1927 in Kingston, Upper Canada

 
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON  
23 Jan. 2025  

d. 23 Jan. 1924 at the military hospital in Tunis, Tunisia

 
TODD, ALPHEUS  
22 Jan. 2025  

d. 22 Jan. 1884 at Ottawa, Ont.

 
KINGSTON, GEORGE TEMPLEMAN  
21 Jan. 2025  

d. 21 Jan. 1886 at Toronto, Ont.

 
WENTWORTH-FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM, Viscount Milton  
20 Jan. 2025  

d. 20 Jan. 1877 at Rouen, France

 
COUAGNE, THÉRÈSE DE (Poulin de Francheville)  
19 Jan. 2025  

b. 19 Jan. 1697 in Montreal

 
LAVIGNE (Tessier, <em>dit</em> Lavigne), ERNEST  
18 Jan. 2025  

d. 18 Jan. 1909 in Montreal

 
GWILLIM, ELIZABETH POSTHUMA (Simcoe)  
17 Jan. 2025  

d. 17 Jan. 1850 at Wolford Lodge, near Honiton, England

 
CRÉMAZIE, OCTAVE (baptized Claude-Joseph-Olivier)  
16 Jan. 2025  

d. 16 Jan. 1879 at Le Havre, France