Biography of the Day

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

 

McSHANE, JAMES  
7 Nov. 2025  

b. 7 Nov. 1833 in Montreal

 
CHESLEY, ANNIE AMELIA  
6 Nov. 2025  

d. unmarried 6 Nov. 1910 in Ottawa

 
HEISE, CHARLOTTE (baptized Johanne Louise Charlotte) (Führer)  
5 Nov. 2025  

d. 5 Nov. 1907 in Montreal

 
MOODY, SEWELL PRESCOTT  
4 Nov. 2025  

drowned in the sinking of the steamer Pacific near Cape Flattery, 4 Nov. 1875

 
UPHAM, JOSHUA  
3 Nov. 2025  

b. 3 Nov. 1741 in Brookfield, Mass.

 
CAIRNS, HUGH  
2 Nov. 2025  

d. unmarried 2 Nov. 1918 near Valenciennes, France

 
LACOSTE, MARIE (baptized Marie-Thaïs-Élodie-Coralie) (Gérin-Lajoie)  
1 Nov. 2025  

d. 1 Nov. 1945 in Montreal

 
BURKE, EDMUND (1850-1919)  
31 Oct. 2025  

b. 31 Oct. 1850 in Toronto

 
DeCOTEAU (Decouteau), ALEXANDER  
30 Oct. 2025  

d. unmarried 30 Oct. 1917 in Belgium

 
MOTZ, JOHN (baptized Johannes)  
29 Oct. 2025  

d. 29 Oct. 1911 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.

 
POLSON, FRANKLIN BATES  
28 Oct. 2025  

d. 28 Oct. 1907 in Toronto

 
McCANN, ROSANNA, named Mary Basilia  
27 Oct. 2025  

d. 27 Oct. 1870 in New York City