Biography of the Day

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

 

MAYERHOFFER, VINCENT PHILIP (baptized Vincent Ferrer)  
MAYERHOFFER, VINCENT PHILIP (baptized Vincent Ferrer)  
22 Jan. 2018  

b. 22 Jan. 1784 in Raab (Györ, Hungary)

 
RIEL, LOUIS (1817-64)  
RIEL, LOUIS (1817-64)  
21 Jan. 2018  

d. 21 Jan. 1864 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)

 
SHAKÓYE:WA:THAˀ (Sagoyewatha, Otetiani) (Red Jacket)  
SHAKÓYE:WA:THAˀ (Sagoyewatha, Otetiani) (Red Jacket)  
20 Jan. 2018  

d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y.

 
BOYD, MOSSOM MARTIN  
BOYD, MOSSOM MARTIN  
19 Jan. 2018  

b. 19 Jan. 1855 in Bobcaygeon, Upper Canada

 
MARLATT, WENONAH  
MARLATT, WENONAH  
18 Jan. 2018  

b. 18 Jan. 1883 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

 
PARTRIDGE, HENRY OSCAR  
PARTRIDGE, HENRY OSCAR  
17 Jan. 2018  

d. 17 Jan. 1916 in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan

 
WILSON, WILLIAM MERCER  
WILSON, WILLIAM MERCER  
16 Jan. 2018  

d. 16 Jan. 1875, at Simcoe, Ont.

 
SHAW, FLORA MADELINE  
SHAW, FLORA MADELINE  
15 Jan. 2018  

b. 15 Jan. 1864 in Perth, Upper Canada

 
SCHEUER, CAMILLA (Levy)  
SCHEUER, CAMILLA (Levy)  
14 Jan. 2018  

d. 14 Jan. 1916 in Hamilton, Ont.

 
GLACKEMEYER, FREDERICK (baptized Johann Friedrich Conrad)  
GLACKEMEYER, FREDERICK (baptized Johann Friedrich Conrad)  
13 Jan. 2018  

d. at Quebec 13 Jan. 1836

 
WOLHAUPTER, JOHN  
WOLHAUPTER, JOHN  
12 Jan. 2018  

d. 12 Jan. 1839 in Richmond Parish, N.B.

 
FERLAND, JEAN-BAPTISTE-ANTOINE  
FERLAND, JEAN-BAPTISTE-ANTOINE  
11 Jan. 2018  

d. 11 Jan. 1865 at Quebec