Biography of the Day

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

 

LÉGARÉ, JEAN-LOUIS  
25 Oct. 2022  

b. 25 Oct. 1841 in Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan (Saint-Jacques), Lower Canada

 
JENNINGS, WILLIAM TYNDALE  
24 Oct. 2022  

d. 24 Oct. 1906 in Lansing, Mich., and was buried in Toronto

 
FULTON, STEPHEN  
23 Oct. 2022  

d. 23 Oct. 1870 at Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

 
COLLINS, JOSEPH EDMUND  
22 Oct. 2022  

b. 22 Oct. 1855 in Placentia, Newfoundland

 
BOURASSA, NAPOLÉON  
21 Oct. 2022  

b. 21 Oct. 1827 in L’Acadie, Lower Canada

 
TORRINGTON, FREDERICK (Frederic) HERBERT  
20 Oct. 2022  

b. 20 Oct. 1836 in Dudley, England

 
LACOSTE, MARIE (baptized Marie-Thaïs-Élodie-Coralie) (Gérin-Lajoie)  
19 Oct. 2022  

b. 19 Oct. 1867 in the parish of Notre-Dame, Montreal

 
LEBLANC, Sir PIERRE-ÉVARISTE (baptized Pierre-Laurent-Damase-Évariste)  
18 Oct. 2022  

d. 18 Oct. 1918 at Spencer Wood, in Sillery, Quebec

 
GODFREY, GEORGE (Old Chocolate)  
17 Oct. 2022  

d. 17 Oct. 1901 in Revere, Mass.

 
GILL, CHARLES (baptized Charles-Ignace-Adélard)  
16 Oct. 2022  

d. 16 Oct. 1918 in Montreal

 
HUARD (Huart), VICTOR-ALPHONSE (baptized Joseph-Alphonse)  
15 Oct. 2022  

d. 15 Oct. 1929 at Quebec

 
FAIRWEATHER, MARION (Stirling)  
14 Oct. 2022  

b. 14 Oct. 1846 in Bowmanville, Upper Canada