Biography of the Day

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

 

ROY (Le Roy), MARGUERITE, <em>dite</em> de la Conception  
ROY (Le Roy), MARGUERITE, dite de la Conception  
4 July 2013  
b. 4 July 1674 at Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Laprairie, Qué.)  
BOUCHER, PIERRE-JÉRÔME  
BOUCHER, PIERRE-JÉRÔME  
3 July 2013  
d. 3 July 1753 at Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)  
FORSYTH (Forsythe), ESTHER (Arscott; Barnes)  
FORSYTH (Forsythe), ESTHER (Arscott; Barnes)  
2 July 2013  
d. 2 July 1902 in London, Ont.  
WILSON, ERASTUS WILLIAM  
WILSON, ERASTUS WILLIAM  
1 July 2013  
b. 1 July 1860 in Belleville, Upper Canada  
FELTON, WILLIAM BOWMAN  
FELTON, WILLIAM BOWMAN  
30 June 2013  
d. 30 June 1837 at Belvidere, his residence near Sherbrooke, Lower Canada  
GRIMES, GEORGE FREDERICK ARTHUR  
GRIMES, GEORGE FREDERICK ARTHUR  
29 June 2013  
b. 29 June 1877 in Channel (Channel–Port aux Basques), Nfld  
MACDONELL, MILES  
MACDONELL, MILES  
28 June 2013  
d. 28 June 1828 in Pointe-Fortune, Upper Canada  
MONK, MARIA  
MONK, MARIA  
27 June 2013  
b. 27 June 1816 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada  
BRUNEAU, FRANÇOIS-JACQUES  
BRUNEAU, FRANÇOIS-JACQUES  
26 June 2013  
d. 26 June 1865 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)  
BEST, EDNA MAY WILLISTON (Sexton)  
BEST, EDNA MAY WILLISTON (Sexton)  
25 June 2013  
b. 25 June 1880 in Shediac, N.B.  
WARD, EDMUND  
WARD, EDMUND  
24 June 2013  
b. 24 June 1787 in Halifax  
STUART, WILLIAM HODGSON  
STUART, WILLIAM HODGSON  
23 June 2013  
d. 23 June 1907 in Belleville, Ont.