Biography of the Day

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

 

NATOS-API (Old Sun, Sun Old Man, White Shell Old Man)  
NATOS-API (Old Sun, Sun Old Man, White Shell Old Man)  
26 Jan. 2017  

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

 
GIBSON, DAVID  
GIBSON, DAVID  
25 Jan. 2017  

d. 25 Jan. 1864 at Quebec City

 
ORKNEY, JAMES  
ORKNEY, JAMES  
24 Jan. 2017  

d. at Quebec 24 Jan. 1832

 
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON  
MORRICE, JAMES WILSON  
23 Jan. 2017  

d. unmarried 23 Jan. 1924 in Tunis, Tunisia

 
SKAKEL, ALEXANDER  
SKAKEL, ALEXANDER  
22 Jan. 2017  

b. 22 Jan. 1776 in Fochabers, Scotland

 
LABELLE, IDA  
LABELLE, IDA  
21 Jan. 2017  

d. in Montreal 21 Jan. 1910 in the Hôtel-Dieu

 
SIMPSON, ISOBEL GRAHAM (Finlayson)  
SIMPSON, ISOBEL GRAHAM (Finlayson)  
20 Jan. 2017  

b. 20 Jan. 1811 in London, England

 
NELSON, EDWIN G.  
NELSON, EDWIN G.  
19 Jan. 2017  

d. 19 Jan. 1904 in Montreal

 
NORDHEIMER, ABRAHAM  
NORDHEIMER, ABRAHAM  
18 Jan. 2017  

d. 18 Jan. 1862 in Bamberg (Federal Republic of Germany)

 
SMITH, Sir FRANK  
SMITH, Sir FRANK  
17 Jan. 2017  

d. 17 Jan. 1901 in Toronto

 
ANDRÉ DE LEIGNE, LOUISE-CATHERINE (Hertel de Rouville)  
ANDRÉ DE LEIGNE, LOUISE-CATHERINE (Hertel de Rouville)  
16 Jan. 2017  

d. 16 Jan. 1766 at Trois-Rivières

 
WOOD, ZACHARY TAYLOR  
WOOD, ZACHARY TAYLOR  
15 Jan. 2017  

d. 15 Jan. 1915 in Asheville, N.C.