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b. 17 Feb. 1850 in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada
d., probably a bachelor, on 15 Feb. 1873 at Victoria, B.C.
d. 13 Feb. 1892 in Funtington, England
baptized 11 Feb. 1663 at Trois-Rivières
d. 8 Feb. 1841 at Thompson’s River Post (Kamloops, B.C.)
b. 7 Feb. 1824 in Williamsburgh Township, Upper Canada
d. 4 Feb. 1927 in Toronto
b. at Trois-Rivières, Province of Quebec, 1 Feb. 1782
b. 29 Jan. 1797 in Nicolet, Lower Canada
b. 28 Jan. 1747 in Montreal (Que.)
b. 27 Jan. 1723, probably at Angers, France
d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)
b. 24 Jan. 1863 in the parish of Tuutari, Russia
d. 23 Jan. 1924 at the military hospital in Tunis, Tunisia
d. 21 Jan. 1864 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
b. 20 Jan. 1734 in Marseilles, France
d. 17 Jan. 1850 at Wolford Lodge, near Honiton, England
d. 16 Jan. 1766 at Trois-Rivières
d. 13 Jan. 1811 in Nicolet (Que.)
b. 9 Jan. 1861 in Peterborough, Upper Canada
d. 8 Jan. 1874 at Nice, France
d. 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria
b. 1 Jan. 1802 at Burlington Heights (Hamilton), Upper Canada
d. 29 Dec. 1884 at Whitefish Lake (Alta)
b. 27 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (La Pocatière), Quebec
d. 26 Dec. 1922 in Winnipeg and was buried in Hamilton
b. 25 Dec. 1857 in Mountain Cross, Scotland
b. 24 Dec. 1844 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada
b. 20 Dec. 1856 at Childhay Farm, Broadwindsor, England
b. 19 Dec. 1679 at Trois-Rivières
b. 17 Dec. 1738 in Blackheath (London), England
b. 12 Dec. 1846 in Grimsby Township, Upper Canada
b. 11 Dec. 1838 in Westminster Township, Upper Canada
b. 4 Dec. 1862 in London Township, Upper Canada
d. 2 Dec. 1859 in Montreux, Switzerland
b. 30 Nov. 1826 in Acton (London), England
b. 27 Nov. 1811 at Sainte-Anne-d’Yamachiche, Lower Canada
b. 26 Nov. 1837 in the Huron Tract, near the site of Clinton, Upper Canada
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d. 18 Nov. 1889 at Sussex, N.B.
d. 16 Nov. 1753 in Quebec
d. 15 Nov. 1767 in Quebec
d. 13 Nov 1878 at Sainte-Martine (Châteauguay County), Que.
d. 12 Nov. 1903 in Hemel Hempstead, England
d. 6 Nov. 1813 in jail in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
d. 5 Nov. 1830 in Brockville, Upper Canada
d. 4 Nov. 1854 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
d. 3 Nov. 1866 at Manitowaning on Manitoulin Island, Canada West
b. 30 Oct. 1822 in Coullemelle, diocese of Amiens, France
b. 28 Oct. 1599 at Tours (France)
b. 27 Oct. 1841 on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
b. 21 Oct. 1723, probably in Groningen, Netherlands
d. 18 Oct. 1901 in Winnipeg and was buried on 22 October in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa
b. 16 Oct. 1823 in Saint-Roch ward at Quebec
b. 14 Oct. 1846 in Bowmanville, Upper Canada
b. 13 Oct. 1817 in Kingston upon Hull, England
b. 10 Oct. 1839 in Ennistymon (Republic of Ireland)
b. 9 Oct. 1811 at Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay, Nfld
d. 7 Oct. 1827 at her residence, Castle Frederick, in Falmouth, N.S.
b. 3 Oct. 1719 in Paris, France
b. 1 Oct. 1817 in Kingsclear Parish, N.B.
b. 30 Sept. 1835 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. before 27 Sept. 1838 near Fergus, Upper Canada
d. 26 Sept. 1865 in Sarawak Township, Canada West
b. 25 Sept. 1827 at King’s Lynn, England
d. 24 Sept. 1923 in Scoudouc, N.B.
b. 22 Sept. 1782 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Que.
d. unmarried 19 Sept. 1841 in Kingston, Upper Canada
b. 13 Sept. 1796 in Paisley, Scotland
b. 17 Sept. 1841 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 15 Sept. 1879, in Innisfil Township, Ont.
d. 14 Sept. 1759 at Quebec
d. 12 Sept. 1828 in Terrington Clement, England
b. 6 Sept. 1820 at Belfast (Northern Ireland)
b. 29 Aug. 1808, probably at Killylea, County Armagh (Northern Ireland)
d. 28 Aug. 1861 at Toronto, Canada West
d. 21 Aug. 1782 at Cangey (dept of Indre-et-Loire), France
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Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
Tribute to Huguette Filteau (1943–2018)
d. 12 Aug. 1924 in Toronto
d. 9 Aug. 1848 in Langham, Norfolk, England
d. 6 Aug. 1865 in Medonte Township, Canada West
b. 5 Aug. 1846 in L’Islet, Lower Canada
d. 4 Aug. 1928 in Winnipeg and was buried in the cemetery of the cathedral of St Boniface, Manitoba
b. 1 Aug. 1828 in Blantyre, Scotland
b. probably 29 July 1863 in Tintern (Lincoln), Upper Canada
d. unmarried 28 July 1800 at Port-Louis, Île de France (Mauritius)
b. 27 July 1696 in Montreal
b. 26 July 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada
d. 21 July 1898 at the mission of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Que.
d. 20 July 1927 in Vancouver
d. 19 July 1862 at his home, La Torre, near Turin (Italy)
b. 10 Oct. 1839 in Ennistymon (Republic of Ireland)
d. there 17 July 1821 at the Hôpital Général
b. 8 July 1793 at Ploërmel (dept of Morbihan, France)
b. 6 July 1831 at Landscape, County Cork (Republic of Ireland); d. 6 July 1888 at Princeton, B.C.
b. 4 July 1827 in Half-Way River (Hantsport), N.S.
b. 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Hill, N.B.
b. 2 July 1854 in Haute-Aboujagane, N.B.
b. 30 June 1803 in Kingston upon Hull, England
d. 26 June 1883 in Richmond (now part of Greater London), England
b. 24 June 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
b. 22 June 1816 at Lachine, Lower Canada
b. 17 June 1823 at Gigondas, dept of Vaucluse, France
d. 16 June 1749 in Montreal
b. 12 June 1833 at Nottingham, England
d. 10 June 1834 in William Henry (Sorel, Que.)
d. 7 June 1729 at Montreal
b. 6 June 1821 in Le Puy, France
d. 4 June 1765 at the chateau of Mollien near Brest
b. 30 May 1832 in Saint-Roch parish, at Quebec
d. 27 May 1924 at St John's, Newfoundland
d. 26 May 1925 in Peel Township, Ontario
d. 25 May 1898 in Duncan, B.C.
b. 22 May 1767 at Fort St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.)
d. 19 May 1825 in Demerara (Guyana)
b. 17 May 1848 in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
b. 16 May 1857 in Cheong Pan village, Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
b. 15 May 1823 in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada
b. 14 May 1769 in Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka), Que.
b. 13 May 1814 in Dover, England
b. 11 May 1871 in Revel, France
d. 7 May 1915 at sea off the Irish coast
b. 30 April 1897 at Quebec
b. 28 April 1839 at Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 26 April 1843 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
b. 25 April 1822 in Varennes, Lower Canada
d. 23 April 1843 in Sault-au-Récollet (Montreal North), Lower Canada
b. 21 April 1841 in Kelso, Scotland
b. 20 April 1813 at Brizon, France (department of Hautes-Alpes)
d. 19 April 1922 in Vancouver
d. 29 May 1899 in Montreal
b. 15 April 1793 at Verchères, Lower Canada
d. 13 April 1836 in Wilmot Township, Upper Canada
b. 10 April 1854 in Reading, Pa.
b. 9 April 1846 in Chaudière Mills (Breakeyville), Lower Canada
b. 7 April 1837 in Finch Township, Upper Canada
d. 4 April 1846 on Mackinac Island, Mich.
d. unmarried 31 March 1926 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
d. 30 March 1875 at Kleinwelke, Saxony
b. 28 March 1852 in Ash, near Rochester, Kent, England
d. 27 March 1926 in Chicoutimi, Que.
d. 26 March 1926 in Hamilton, Ont.
d. 25 March 1913 in Menton, France, and was buried in St Paul’s Cathedral in London
d. 21 March 1813 at Quebec, Lower Canada
b. 16 March 1733 at Varennes (Que.); d. 16 March 1790 in Montreal
b. 13 March 1819 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
b. 11 March 1817 at Edinburgh or St Andrews, county of Fife, Scotland
d. 10 March 1910 in Capilano Indian Reserve, B.C.
d. 7 March 1762 after a long illness at his home near Newark, New Jersey
d. in Toronto 4 March 1906 and was buried in London, Ont.
b. 28 Feb. 1827 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
d. 27 Feb. 1857 and was buried in Admiral’s Cove (Port Kirwan), Nfld.
d. 23 Feb. 1885 in the Qu’Appelle valley (Sask.)
b. 20 Feb. 1856 at Castleblakeney (Republic of Ireland)
d. 19 Feb. 1822 in York (Toronto), Upper Canada
b. 17 Feb. 1820 in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Lower Canada
d. 15 Feb. 1912 in Châteauguay Basin (Châteauguay), Que.
d. 11 Feb. 1923 in Richmond Hill, Ont.
b. 9 Feb. 1863 in Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
b. 4 Feb. 1842 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lower Canada
b. 3 Feb. 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
b. 29 Jan. 1817 in Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
b. 24 Jan. 1863 in the parish of Tuutari, Russia
b. 22 Jan. 1784 in Raab (Györ, Hungary)
d. 21 Jan. 1864 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y.
b. 19 Jan. 1855 in Bobcaygeon, Upper Canada
b. 18 Jan. 1883 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
d. 17 Jan. 1916 in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan
b. 8 Jan. 1787 in Caolas, on the island of Tiree, Scotland
d. unmarried 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria
d. 3 Jan. 1929 in London, Ont.
b. 2 Jan. 1843 in Turin (Italy)
b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada
d. 27 Dec. 1605 off Bintang Island, East Indies
b. 24 Dec. 1813 at Bas-en-Basset, France
b. 23 Dec. 1728 at Tulle, France
b. 22 Dec. 1861 in Brantford, Upper Canada
d. 21 Dec. 1910 in Nicolet, Que.
b. 19 Dec. 1792 in L’Islet, Lower Canada
d. 18 Dec. 1837 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
b. 16 Dec. 1836 in Yonge Township, Leeds County, Upper Canada
d. 13 Dec. 1827 near Hammersmith (London), England
b. 12 Dec. 1812 at St Raphael West, Glengarry County, U.C.
b. 11 Dec. 1722 at Quebec
d. 10 Dec. 1898 in Longue-Pointe (Montreal)
b. 9 Dec. 1828 in Charlottetown
b. 4 Dec. 1800 in Annapolis Royal, N. S.
b. 3 Dec. 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
b. 2 Dec. 1861 in Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
b. 1 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Cunégonde (Montreal)
d. 27 Nov. 1905 in Ramsay Township, Upper Canada
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d. 19 Nov. 1918 at the Sucker Creek Indian Reserve (Alta)
b. 18 Nov. 1759 in Hopkinton, Mass.
d. 17 Nov. 1764 in Paris, France
d. 16 Nov. 1885 by hanging at Regina (Sask.)
d. 15 Nov. 1767 in Quebec
d. 11 Nov. 1889 at the New Credit Reserve, Tuscarora Township, Ont.
b. 10 Nov. 1740 at Quebec
b. 7 Nov. 1805 at St George, Bermuda
b. 5 Nov. 1754 in Mulazzo, in the duchy of Parma (Italy)
d. 3 Nov. 1866 at Manitowaning on Manitoulin Island, Canada West
b. 2 Nov. 1806 at Clonabody, Tipperary, Ireland
d. unmarried 30 Oct. 1917 in Passchendaele (Passendale), Belgium
b. 29 Oct. 1826 in Burton-upon-Stather, England
d. 25 Oct. 1918 at sea in Lynn Canal, Alaska
b. 23 Oct. 1823 at Montreal, Lower Canada
b. 22 Oct. 1770 at Dalhousie Castle, Scotland
d. 21 Oct. 1917 in Camiers, France
b. 15 Oct. 1701 at Varennes (Que.)
b. 14 Oct. 1855 in Ballywilliam, County Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
b. 13 Oct. 1833 in Adelaide Township, Upper Canada
b. 12 Oct. 1642 at Quebec
b. 11 Oct. 1809 at Saint-Nicholas-de-Lévis, L.C.
b. 9 Oct. 1849 in Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
d. 30 Sept. 1907 at Norway House (Man.)
b. 29 Sept. 1844 in Toronto; d. 29 Sept. 1910 in London, England, and was buried in Toronto
d. 26 Sept. 1865 in Sarawak Township, Canada West
b. probably 25 Sept. 1836 in Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Scotland
d. 24 Sept. 1929 at the settlement of Coppermine (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)
d. 20 Sept. 1901 in Toronto
b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada
d. 18 Sept. 1611 at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)
d. 16 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 15 Sept. 1873 in Covington, Kentucky
b. 13 Sept. 1865 in Hitchin, England
b. 12 Sept. 1831 at Cavendish, Queens County, P.E.I.
b. 10 Sept. 1821 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
b. 8 Sept. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
b. 6 Sept. 1855 in Scarva (Northern Ireland)
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
b. 2 Sept. 1823 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
b. 1 Sept. 1820 in Charlottenburg Township, Glengarry County, Upper Canada
b. 29 Aug. 1842 in Havre-aux-Maisons, Lower Canada
d. 28 Aug. 1858 on the Saint-Régis reserve
b. 27 Aug. 1842 in Carleton, Lower Canada
b. 24 Aug. 1836 at Bernard Lodge, south of Spanish Town, Jamaica
b. 20 Aug. 1823 at Ince Castle, near Plymouth, England
b. 19 Aug. 1676 at Boucherville, Quebec
d. 17 Aug. 1804 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada
b. 14 Aug. 1721 in Pézenas, France
b. 11 Aug. 1718 in Yverdon, Switzerland
b. 10 Aug. 1841 on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Upper Canada
b. 4 Aug. 1824 at Yamachiche, Lower Canada; d. 4 Aug. 1882 in Ottawa, Ont.
d. 31 July 1929 in Ottawa and was buried in Cobourg
b. 30 July 1835 in Cooleystown (Sixmilecross, Northern Ireland)
b. 29 July 1864 in Norwich, Upper Canada and d. 29 June 1921 in Regina
b. 27 July 1845 in Boucherville, Lower Canada
b. 26 July 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada
d. 22 July 1950 at Kingsmere, Que.
d. 21 July 1910 in Harbour Grace, Nfld.
b. 20 July 1859 in Guelph, Upper Canada
b. 17 July 1842 in Crossboyne (Republic of Ireland)
b. 13 July 1793 in Nicolet, Lower Canada
b. 10 July 1837 in Halifax
b. 6 July 1845 at Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Canada East, d. 6 July 1887 at Sainte-Marie
The first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada.
d. 30 June 1925 in Peitaiho (Beidaihe, People's Republic of China)
b. 28 June 1860 near Balderson, Upper Canada
b. 25 June 1880 in Shediac, N.B.
d. 24 June 1794 in Montreal (Que.)
b. 17 June 1700 in Montreal
b. 11 June 1846, probably in Newry (Northern Ireland)
b. 10 June 1867 on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Upper Canada
d. 9 June 1840 in Blackheath (London), England
b. 8 June 1711 in Boston, Massachusetts
b. 5 June 1813 in Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie), Lower Canada
b. 4 June 1771 in Vérargues, near Montpellier, France
b. 3 June 1841 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada
b. 2 June 1816 in Wicklow (Republic of Ireland)
b. 31 May 1864 in Walton on the Hill, Surrey, England
d. unmarried 27 May 1905 in Huntsville, Ont.
b. 25 May 1854 in Kittery Point, Maine
b. 20 May 1814 at Hillsborough, Westmorland County (Albert County), N.B.
d. 16 May 1904 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, S.Dak.
b. 14 May 1837 in the parish of Saint-Basile, N.B.
d. 13 May 1861 at Saint-Boniface (Man.)
b. 9 May 1856 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
d. 8 May 1844 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
d. 6 May 1914 at the Toronto Free Hospital for Consumptives in Weston
b. 4 May 1843 in Kingsey Township, Lower Canada
d. 25 April 1901 in Batoche (Sask.)
d. 23 April 1845 at Wellington Square (Burlington), Upper Canada
b. 21 April 1822 at Cascumpeque (Alberton), P.E.I.
b. 20 April 1890 in Trois-Rivières, Que.
b. 19 April 1812 at York (Toronto), U.C.
b. 18 April 1809 at Terrebonne, Lower Canada
b. 17 April 1841 in Cobourg, Upper Canada
b. 15 April 1864 in Lerwick, Scotland
d. 14 April 1913 on the Blood Indian Reserve, Alta.
b. 13 April 1825 in Carlingford, County Louth (Republic of Ireland)
d. 11 April 1917 near Vimy Ridge, France
d. unmarried 9 or 10 April 1917 near Vimy, France
d. unmarried 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France
d. 7 April 1898 in Charleston, W.Va.
b. 5 April 1809 in County Down (Northern Ireland)
b. 2 April 1738 in the seigneury of Soulanges (Que.)
b. 31 March 1852 in Preston (Cambridge), Upper Canada
d. 30 March 1918 in Toronto and was buried in Baltimore, Ont.
In 1818, her sentence of execution was changed to one year’s imprisonment.
b. 24 March 1841 in Yarmouth, N.S.
b. 22 March 1852 in Brixton (London), England
d. 18 March 1880 on St Vincent in the Windward Islands
b. 16 March 1839 in Adamsville (Acton), Upper Canada
b. 15 March 1865 in Prestbury, Cheshire, England
b. 6 March 1755 in Mortagne-au-Perche, France
b. 5 March 1850 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome (Saint-Chrysostome), near Châteauguay, Lower Canada
d. unmarried 4 March 1928 in London, Ont.
b. 2 March 1854 in Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 1 March 1921 in London, Ont.
b. 27 Feb. 1858 on a farm near St George in Brant County, Upper Canada
b. 22 Feb. 1823 at Paradise, Annapolis County, N.S.; d. 22 Feb. 1884 in Paradise
d. 21 Feb. 1893 in Bloomingdale, N.Y.
d. 17 Feb. 1841 in Montreal
b. 14 Feb. 1857 in Kingston (Rexton), N.B.
b. 10 Feb. 1808 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada; d. there 10 Feb. 1853
b. 9 Feb. 1863 in Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
b. 6 Feb. 1816, probably in County Fermanagh (district of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland)
b. 4 Feb. 1832 in Saint-Rambert-d’Albon, France
b. 1 Feb. 1882 in Compton, Que.
d. 31 Jan. 1773 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
d. 30 Jan. 1919 in Putney (London), England
b. 28 Jan. 1815 at the Village-des-Hurons, Lower Canada
b. 27 Jan. 1842 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)
d. unmarried 23 Jan. 1924 in Tunis, Tunisia
d. 18 Jan. 1862 in Bamberg (Federal Republic of Germany)
d. 16 Jan. 1766 at Trois-Rivières
b. 13 Jan. 1766 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que.
d. c. 11 Jan. 1877, presumably at Saint-Paul-des-Cris (Alberta)
d. between 19 Sept. 1845 and 10 Jan. 1846 near McIntosh’s Corners (Dundela), Upper Canada
b. 9 Jan. 1802 in Rotherhithe (London), England
b. 3 Jan. 1835 in Fair Head, County Antrim (Northern Ireland)
b. 2 Jan. 1843 in Turin (Italy)
b. 1 Jan. 1834 in Blieskastel (Federal Republic of Germany)
d. 31 Dec. 1899 on a train between New York and Boston
d. 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada
b. 29 Dec. 1808 in Uxbridge Township, Upper Canada
d. 27 Dec. 1605 off Bintang Island, East Indies
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
b. 24 Dec. 1838 in Maitland, Upper Canada
b. 20 Dec. 1818 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada
b. at Quebec, 16 Dec. 1663
b. 12 Dec. 1844 in Bampton, Devon, England
b. 8 Dec. 1805 at Memramcook, Westmorland County, N.B.
b. 5 Dec. 1861 in Saint-Jean (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada
b. 2 or 3 Dec. 1754 in Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
b. 2 Dec. 1736 near Swords (Republic of Ireland)
b. 1 Dec. 1802 at Château du Flachat, near Monistrol-sur-Loire, France
b. 29 Nov. 1833, probably at Oxford House (Man.)
b. 28 Nov. 1851 in London, England
d. 27 Nov. 1929 in Cardston, Alta.
d. unmarried 26 Nov. 1929 in Montreal, Que.
b. 24 Nov. 1847 in the parish of St Cuthbert, Wells (Somerset), England
b. 23 Nov. 1694 at Boucherville (Que.)
d. unmarried 20 or 21 Nov. 1917 near Masnières, France
b. 19 Nov. 1792 in Greenock, Scotland
b. 18 Nov. 1703 at Duncrub, Perthshire, Scotland
d. unmarried in Shubenacadie, N.S., 17 Nov. 1904
d. in New Westminster, B.C. 16 Nov. 1916
d. on or shortly after 14 Nov. 1909 in the Atlantic Ocean
d. 10 Nov. 1921 in Hollywood (Los Angeles)
b. 7 Nov. 1796 in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis
d. 4 Nov. 1714 at the post of Kaskaskia, in the Illinois country
d. 3 Nov. 1657 at Quebec
d. 1 Nov. 1930 in Toronto
b. 31 Oct. 1829 on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands
b. 27 Oct. 1728 in Marton-in-Cleveland (Marton, North Yorkshire)
b. 26 Oct. 1846 in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, N.B.
d. 21 Oct. 1805 in the battle of Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain
b. 20 Oct. 1873 near Chatsworth, Ont.
b. 17 Oct. 1823 at Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada; d. 17 Oct. 1887 at Cobourg, Ont.
b. 16 Oct. 1866 in what is now Urbainville, P.E.I.
b. 15 Oct. 1840 in Saint-Athanase (lberville), Lower Canada
b. 14 Oct. 1855 in Ballywilliam, County Limerick (Republic of Ireland)
d. 13 Oct. 1792 at South Branch House (near Duck Lake, Sask.)
b. 10 Oct. 1811 at Summerhill, near Birmingham, England
b. 8 Oct. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
b. 6 Oct. 1811 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada; d. 6 Oct. 1849 in Longueuil, Lower Canada
b. 4 Oct. 1796 probably at Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
d. 4 Nov. 1854 in Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal)
b. 1 Oct. 1742 in Springfield, Mass.; d. 1 Oct. 1822 in Fredericton
d. 30 Sept. 1920 in Memramcook, N.B.
d. unmarried 29 Sept. 1899 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay). Ont.
b. 26 Sept. 1846 in London, England
b. 25 Sept. 1827 at King’s Lynn, England
d. 24 Sept. 1831 in Belleville, Upper Canada
b. 23 Sept. 1844 at Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville), Canada East
b. 22 Sept. 1804 in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
b. 21 Sept. 1808 in Kenmore (Strathclyde), Scotland
b. 17 Sept. 1696 in Deerfield, Massachusetts
b. 14 Sept. 1788 at Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
b. 13 Sept. 1796 in Paisley, Scotland
d. in Tintern (Lincoln), Upper Canada 12 Sept. 1899
d. 8 Sept. 1664 at Quebec
d. 4 Sept. 1929 at the Couvent Jésus-Marie in Sillery, Que.
b. 2 Sept. 1753 in Stapleford (Nottinghamshire), England
b. 1 Sept. 1846 in Portsmouth, Va
b. 31 Aug. 1825 near Kilmarnock (Strathclyde), Scotland
b. 30 Aug. 1850 in Barton-upon-Humber, England
d. 28 Aug. 1819 near Richmond, Upper Canada
died in the wreck of the Chameau 27 Aug. 1725
d. 26 Aug. 1886 on the Grand River Reserve, near Brantford, Ont.
d. 20 Aug. 1860 in Faribault, Minn.
b. 19 Aug. 1846 in Hamilton, Upper Canada
d. 18 Aug. 1853 in Wellington Channel (N.W.T.)
d. 17 Aug. 1801 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
b. 15 Aug. 1750 in Trois-Rivières (Que.)
b. 13 Aug. 1835 in Aldborough Township, Upper Canada
b. 9 Aug. 1793 in Repentigny, Lower Canada
b. 6 Aug. 1845 in London, England
Of the many fine biographies in Volume XV of the DCB, Ramsay Cook always considered this one of the best.
Ramsay Cook called this biography “an especially fine piece of historical recreation.”
Ramsay Cook found this entry part of “a set of particularly brilliant biographies” that reveal the “destruction of the native culture on the prairies.”
In an office discussion of this briefest of biographies, Ramsay Cook called it “a gem.”
“sketched in brilliantly and with emotion… [this] exemplifies one of the finest qualities of the DCB: it is not a biographical boneyard”. (Ramsay Cook)
As General Editor, Ramsay read every biography. About this one he wrote “This is what makes the DCB so special! R.”
“[Thomas’ Riel] is perhaps the finest contribution to this volume [XI].” (Ramsay Cook)
“[Y]ou can search out your favourite character. Mine, without question, is Joseph Montferrand.” (Ramsay Cook)
“This a wonderful biography … It exemplifies what makes the DCB/DBC the extraordinary historical dictionary that it is.” (Ramsay Cook)
When this biography was assigned to his wife, Ramsay said, “Eleanor’s the real scholar in the Cook family, you’ll see.”
d. 24 July 1891 in Melbourne (Australia)
d. unmarried 21 July 1929 in Toronto
b. 20 July 1811 in London, England
b. 17 July 1843 in Lachine, Lower Canada
d. unmarried 16 July 1900 in the action at Witpoort
b. 15 July 1867 at Fort Simpson (N.W.T.)
drowned 14 July 1889 at Florence, Italy
b. 12 July 1859 in Stewarton, Scotland
d. unmarried 8 July 1916 near Englebelmer, France
b. 6 July 1764 in Jeune-Lorette (Loretteville), Que.
d. 4 July 1886 at Blackfoot Crossing (Alta)
b. 3 July 1793 at Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y.
b. 2 July 1833 in Kingston Township, Upper Canada
lawyer, author, judge, and professor
died at Fort Niagara, 29 June 1739
b. 28 June 1801, in Quebec City, Lower Canada
b. 27 June 1816 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada
b. 23 June 1711 at Skaelskpr, Zealand, Denmark
d. 22 June 1834 at Mount Stewart, P.E.I.
d. 21 June 1814 in Hambledon, Hampshire, England
b. 20 June 1737 in the parish of Saint-Joseph (Lauzon, Que.)
b. 17 June 1852 in La Jumellière, France
b. 16 June 1711 at Grenoble
b. 12 June 1833 at Nottingham, England
d. 11 June 1847 off King William Island (N.W.T.)
d. 8 June 1785 at Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue (Hispaniola)
b. 4 June 1818 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
b. 2 June 1823 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada
d. 30 May 1897 in the Minichinas Hills near Batoche (Sask.)
d. 27 May 2000 in Montreal
b. 25 May 1858 in Woodstock, Upper Canada
b. 22 May 1851 in Springfield, Kings County, N.B.
b. 21 May 1834 in Colchester, England
b. 19 May 1860 at Little Sutton House, Chiswick (London), England
b. 15 May 1858 in East Bay, Cape Breton County, N.S.
d. 8 May 1884 at Saanich, near Victoria, B.C.
b. 4 May 1843 in Vaughan Township, Upper Canada
d. 2 May 1923 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta
b. 30 April 1623 at Montigny-sur-Avre (department of Eure-et-Loir)
b. 28 April 1839 at Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 26 April 1925 in New York City
b. 24 April 1808 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
killed 22 April 1779 in the Eagle Hills (south of Battleford, Sask.)
b. 21 April 1834 in Churchville, Toronto Township, Upper Canada
b. 20 April 1813 at Brizon, France (department of Hautes-Alpes)
b. 18 April 1861 in Summerside, P.E.I.
b. 17 April 1845 in Saint-Stanislas-de-la-Rivière-des-Envies (Saint-Stanislas)
b. 16 April 1760 in Lausanne, Switzerland
b. 14 April 1805 in Kildonan (Highland), Scotland
b. 13 April 1854 near Mohill (Republic of Ireland)
b. 12 April 1792 in London
b. 11 April 1721 in Zauchtenthal, Moravia (near Ostrava, Czechoslovakia)
d. 10 April 1906 on Keeseekoowenin Reserve, Man.
d. 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France
b. 6 April 1780 in Salisbury, England
d. 4 April 1846 on Mackinac Island, Mich.
b. 1 April 1828 at Buckyett, in Devon, England
d. 31 March 1918 near Moreuil, France
b. 30 March 1700 at Vire (dept of Calvados)
b. 29 March 1826 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Lower Canada
d. 27 March 1745 (o.s.) in Boston, Massachusetts
b. 23 March 1870 in Lawrenceville, Que.
b. 22 March 1834 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
b. 17 March 1841 along the Miramichi River near Newcastle, N.B.
d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)
b. 15 March 1777 at Eastmain House (Eastmain, Que.)
b. 14 March 1844 in Stanfold (Princeville), Lower Canada
b. 13 March 1812 in Bath, England
b. 12 March 1697 at Les Mines (near Wolfville, N. S.)
b. 11 March 1840 near Peterborough, Upper Canada
b. 10 March 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
b. 7 March 1811 in Windsor, N.S.
b. 6 March 1716 (n.s.) in Ångermanland province, Sweden
b. 5 March 1813 in St Petersburg, Russia
b. 3 March 1678 at Verchères (Que.)
b. 1 March 1850 in Tuscarora Township on the Six Nations Reserve, Upper Canada
b. probably 29 Feb. 1788, at Gagetown, N.B.
b. 28 Feb. 1824 in Saint-Omer, France
d. 23 Feb. 1850 in London
d. 19 Feb. 1884 at Chiefswood, near Brantford, Ont.
b. 13 Feb. 1813 at St Ann’s Garrison, Barbados, West Indies
d. 11 Feb. 1923 in Richmond Hill, Ont.
d. unmarried 9 Feb. 1916 near Wulvergem, Belgium
b. 8 Feb. 1880 in Tottenham (London), England
d. 7 Feb. 1909 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que.
b. 4 Feb. 1727/28 in County Wexford (Republic of Ireland)
d. 3 Feb. 1890 at Colborne Lodge, Toronto, Ont.
b. 2 Feb. 1845 in Kálfafellsstaīur, Austur-Skaftafellsstsla, Iceland
d. 31 Jan. 1907 in Farmington and was buried in St Peters
d. 25 Jan. 1898 in London, England
d. 23 Jan. 1789 at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
b. 22 Jan. 1837 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
b. 21 Jan. 1795 in Kingston upon Hull, England
d. 20 Jan. 1877 at Rouen, France
d. 17 Jan. 1888 on the Poundmaker Reserve (Sask.)
d. 16 Jan. 1866 in Sharon, East Gwillimbury Township, Canada West
d. 15 Jan. 1889 in Montreal, Que.
b. 14 Jan. 1845 in London, England
b. 11 Jan. 1866 in Bradford, Upper Canada
d. 10 Jan. 1761 at Hatchland’s Park, Surrey, England
b. 9 Jan. 1845 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
b. 8 Jan. 1853 in Darlington Township, Upper Canada
d. unmarried 7 Jan. 1910 in Montreal
d. unmarried 3 Jan. 1928 in The Pas, Man.
b. 2 Jan. 1698/99, probably at Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England
b. 1 Jan. 1842 in Glen Donald, Charlottenburgh Township, Upper Canada
b. 31 Dec. 1832 at Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
b. 24 Dec. 1839 at Jaulna (Jalna), India
b. 23 Dec. 1728 at Tulle, France
b. 22 Dec. 1861 in Brantford, Upper Canada
b. 21 Dec. 1714 at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
b. 18 Dec. 1846 in Stanbridge Township, Canada East
b. 16 Dec. 1840 in Caughnawaga (Kahnawake), Lower Canada
b. 13 Dec. 1832 in Belleville, Upper Canada
b. 12 Dec. 1812 at St Raphael West, Glengarry County, U.C.
d. 11 Dec. 1892 on the Blackfeet Reservation, Mont.
b. 9 Dec. 1818 in or near Thomaston, Maine
b. 5 Dec. 1829 in Épernay, France
b. 1 Dec. 1843 in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada
b. 30 Nov. 1845 in St Catharines, Upper Canada
d. 28 Nov. 1780 at Quebec
b. 27 Nov. 1796 at Saint-Michel d’Yamaska (Yamaska, Que.)
b. 25 Nov. 1857 in Cambridge, Mass.
b. 20 Nov. 1812 at Pointe-aux-Trembles (Neuville), Lower Canada
b. 17 Nov. 1685 at Trois-Rivières
b. 12 Nov. 1729 in Paris, France
d. 9 Nov. 1818 at Quebec
d. 8 Nov. 1853 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada
b. 3 Nov. 1785 in Paris
b. 1 Nov. 1905 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.
d. unmarried 29 Oct. 1905 in Montreal, and was buried on 31 October in Boucherville
b. 28 Oct. 1837 in Carrying Place, Upper Canada
b. 26 Oct. 1845 in Saint-Raymond, Lower Canada
b. 24 (al. 29) Oct. 1682 at Saint-Quentin, France
d. 23 Oct. 1853 in Pleasant Valley (Berwick North), N.S.
b. 22 Oct. 1844 in the Red River Settlement (Man.)
d. October 1919 in the hospital at Harrington Harbour, Que., and was buried 19 October in the cemetery at Tête-à-la-Baleine
b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
d. 15 Oct. 1905 in Newton, Mass., and was buried in Brockville
b. 14 Oct. 1749 at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval, Que.)
d. 12 Oct. 1888 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ont.
b. 11 Oct. 1809 at Saint-Nicholas-de-Lévis, L.C.
b. 10 Oct. 1863 in Saint-Cyprien (Napierville), Lower Canada
d. unmarried 8 or 9 Oct. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 7 Oct. 1797 at Melsetter in the Orkney Islands
b. 1 Oct. 1845 in Brooklyn (Plymouth), Pictou County, N.S.
b. 30 Sept. 1760 in Besançon, France
b. 28 Sept. 1860 in Skvariava Nova (Ukraine)
b. 27 Sept. 1794 near present-day Brantford, Ont.
b. 26 Sept. 1841 in Colchester, England
b. 25 Sept. 1803 in Saint-Armand, Lower Canada
b. 24 Sept. 1837 in Lunenburg, N.S.
d. unmarried 23 Sept. 1924 in Vancouver
b. 20 Sept. 1837 in Whiting, Maine
b. 17 Sept. 1752 in Morristown Township (Morristown), N.J.
d. at Quebec 14 Sept. 1759
b. 13 Sept. 1775 in Great Barrington, Mass.
b. 12 Sept. 1818 at Castle Leathers in Inverness parish, Scotland
d. 11 Sept. 1891 in Charlottetown at age 77
b. 10 Sept. 1819 in Banbridge, County Down (Northern Ireland)
d. 9 Sept. 1743 at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec
d. 8 Sept. 1755 at Lake George (Lac Saint-Sacrement)
b. 6 Sept. 1814 at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (Verchères County, L.C.)
d. 5 Sept. 1920 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England
b. 4 Sept. 1845 on the seigneury of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes, Canada East
b. 2 Sept. 1856 in Coteau-Landing, Lower Canada
d. 1 Sept. 1951 in Saanich, B.C.
b. 27 Aug. 1842 in Carleton, Lower Canada
d. 24 Aug. 1779 in Muides (dept of Loir-et-Cher), France
b. 16 Aug. 1811 at Saint-Benoit (Deux-Montagnes County), L.C.
b. 15 Aug. 1845 in Chatham, N.B.
b. 14 Aug. 1721 in Pézenas, France
d. 13 Aug. 1817 in York (Toronto), Upper Canada
b. 8 Aug. 1868 in Stanfold (Princeville), Que.
d. 6 Aug. 1923 in Ottawa
b. 5 Aug. 1828 in Cascumpec, P.E.I.
b. 4 Aug. 1848 in Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada
b. 2 Aug. 1780 in Maskinongé, diocese of Trois-Rivières, Que.
b. 26 July 1824 in Kilmington, Somerset, England
b. 23 July 1862 in Pereiosleve (Pereyaslav-Khmel’nyts’kyy, Ukraine)
d. 22 July 1922 in Ashtead, England
d. 20 July 1927 in Vancouver
b. 19 July 1771 in Malahide (Republic of Ireland)
d. 16 July 1841 in St Leonards (East Sussex), England
b. 14 July 1844 in Tiree, Scotland
b. 11 July 1746 in Brandenburg (German Democratic Republic)
b. 10 July 1846 in Trout River (Tyne Valley), P.E.I.
b. 9 July 1848 in Irish Creek (Jasper), Upper Canada
d. unmarried 8 July 1917 in Algonquin Park, Ont.
b. 4 July 1827 in Half-Way River (Hantsport), N.S.
d. 2 July 1881 at Shubenacadie, Hants County, N.S.
pianist, composer, and music teacher; b. 28 Dec. 1842 in Verchères, Lower Canada, d. 21 Jan. 1891 in Boston
b. 20 June 1771 on St Mary’s Isle (near Kirkcudbright), Scotland
b. 17 June 1700 in Montreal
d. 13 June 1868 at Toronto, Ont.
b. 9 June 1666 at Lahontan (department of Basses-Pyrénées)
b. 8 June 1711 in Boston, Massachusetts
b. 7 June 1785 in Württemberg (Federal Republic of Germany)
b. 4 June 1771 in Vérargues, near Montpellier, France
b. 1 June 1822 in Denmark Township, Lewis County, N.Y.
b. 30 May 1636 at La Ferté-Vidame (department of Eure-et-Loir)
b. 27 May 1793 in Quakenbrück (Federal Republic of Germany)
b. 24 May 1835 in Galt (Cambridge), Upper Canada
d. 23 May 1759, on the Penobscot River, near present-day Bangor, Maine
b. 18 May 1681 at Châteaubriant, France
b. 16 May 1752 in Southwark (London), England
b. 15 May 1780 in or near High Wycombe, England
b. 9 May 1819, probably on a British ship at the Cape of Good Hope
b. 3 May 1632 at Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (Lower Normandy)
b. 1 May 1831 in Norwich Township, Upper Canada
b. 30 April 1795 or 1796 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
b. 28 April 1707 at Aingoulaincourt (dept of Haute-Marne), France
b. 27 April 1737 in Wallingford Township, Conn.
b. 26 April 1904 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.
b. 25 April 1775 at Knockmore, the family estate south of Cork (Republic of Ireland)
b. 24 April 1789 in Portland (Saint John), N.B.
b. 23 April 1723 at Quebec
b. 22 April 1800 at Montagny, canton of Vaud, Switzerland
b. 21 April 1841 in Kelso, Scotland
b. 19 April 1785 in Greenfield, Scotland
b. 18 April 1809 at Terrebonne, Lower Canada
b. 17 April 1620 at Troyes in Champagne (France)
d. 16 April 1796 at Kingston (Ont.)
b. 13 April 1825 in Carlingford, County Louth (Republic of Ireland)
b. 11 April 1839 in Williamstown, Upper Canada
b. 9 April 1847 in Saint-Louis-de-Kent, N.B.
b. 7 April 1808 at Blythe Hall, near Ormskirk, England
b. 5 April 1852 in Charlottetown
b. 4 April 1847 in Callan (Republic of Ireland)
b. 3 April 1885 in Kingsey Falls, Que.
b. 2 April 1737 in Saint-Pierreville (dept of Ardèche), France
b. 30 March 1823 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada
b. 29 March 1822 at Sainte-Monique, Lower Canada
d. 28 March 1837 in Pré-d’en-Haut, N.B.
d. 27 March 1745 (o.s.) in Boston, Massachusetts
b. 25 March 1846 in Nairn, Upper Canada
d. 21 March 1853 in Lachine, Lower Canada
b. 20 March 1683 at Mantes
b. 18 March 1840 in St Boniface (Man.)
b. 14 March 1664 at Montreal
b. 10 March 1796 in Fredericton, N.B.
b. 9 March 1773 in Kaskaskia (Ill.)
d. 6 March 1855 in the Red River settlement (Man.)
b. at Les Laumets, near Caumont (department of Tarn-et-Garonne), 5 March 1658
b. 28 Feb. 1865 in Parkgate, near Neston, England
b. 27 Feb. 1858 on a farm near St George in Brant County, Upper Canada
b. 22 Feb. 1823 at Paradise, Annapolis County, N.S.
b. 20 Feb. 1856 at Castleblakeney (Republic of Ireland)
b. 19 Feb. 1809 in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
b. 18 Feb. 1806 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
b. 17 Feb. 1817 in St Raphaels, Upper Canada
b. 16 Feb. 1805 at Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, England
b. 14 Feb. 1831 in Saint Philippe-de-Laprairie, Lower Canada
d. 13 Feb. 1901 in Saint John, N.B.
b. 10 Feb. 1808 in Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada
b. 8 Feb. 1759 in Kinlochmoidart, Scotland
b. 4 Feb. 1673 in the parish of Saint-Vincent de Nay, France
b. 2 Feb. 1650/51, near the mouth of the Kennebec River in what is now the state of Maine
b. 1 Feb. 1882 in Compton, Que.
d. 31 Jan. 1881, by hanging, in New Westminster, B.C.
b. 30 Jan. 1785 in Calcutta
d. 28 Jan. 1907 at Outarde (Goose) Lake, near Battleford, Sask.
b. 27 Jan. 1794 at Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
b. Susworth, parish of Scotter, Lincolnshire, Eng., 26 Jan. 1802
b. 25 Jan. 1795 in Cornwallis, N.S.
b. 23 Jan. 1715 in the parish of Plérin (dept of Côtes-du-Nord), France
b. 21 Jan. 1887 in Chicoutimi, Que.
d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y.
b. 18 Jan. 1826 in Ashcott, England
d. 17 Jan. 1717/18 (o.s.) at Little Compton, R.I.
b. 16 Jan. 1821 in Whitchurch Township, Upper Canada
b. 13 Jan. 1840 in Kilfinane (Republic of Ireland)
b. 12 Jan. 1823 in Montreal, Lower Canada
b. 9 Jan. 1861 in Peterborough, Upper Canada