Biography of the Day

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

 

WATSON, ROSETTA ERNESTINE (Carr)  
6 July 2024  

d. 6 July 1907 in Ottawa

 
NORQUAY, JOHN  
5 July 2024  

d. 5 July 1889 in Winnipeg, Man.

 
PRÉVOST, ALBERT (baptized Louis-Elzéar-Albert)  
4 July 2024  

d. 4 July 1926 in Montreal

 
BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD, 1st Viscount BENNETT  
3 July 2024  

b. 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Hill, N.B.

 
MELANSON, OLIVIER-MAXIMIN  
2 July 2024  

b. 2 July 1854 in Haute-Aboujagane, N.B.

 
LOVELL, JOHN  
1 July 2024  

d. 1 July 1893 in Montreal

 
SHOREY, HOLLIS  
30 June 2024  

d. 30 June 1893, possibly in Maine

 
JONES, PETER (Kahkewaquonaby, Desagondensta)  
29 June 2024  

d. 29 June 1856 near Brantford, Upper Canada

 
RIDOUT, GEORGE PERCIVAL  
28 June 2024  

d. in Toronto, Ont., 28 June 1873

 
DESKAHEH (Levi General)  
27 June 2024  

d. 27 June 1925 on the Tuscarora Reservation, N.Y.

 
SABINE, Sir EDWARD  
26 June 2024  

d. 26 June 1883 in Richmond (now part of Greater London), England

 
BEST, EDNA MAY WILLISTON (Sexton)  
25 June 2024  

b. 25 June 1880 in Shediac, N.B.