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b. 28 Feb. 1681 at Saint-François, Île d’Orléans
d. 26 Feb. 1743 in Quebec
d. 24 Feb. 1915 in Sherbrooke, Quebec
b. 20 Feb. 1856 at Castleblakeney (Republic of Ireland)
d. 15 Feb. 1912 in Châteauguay Basin (Châteauguay), Que.
d. 13 Feb. 1901 in Saint John, N.B.
b. 12 Feb. 1870 in Héðinshöfði, Iceland
d. 11 Feb. 1923 in Richmond Hill, Ont.
d. 10 Feb. 1781 in Montreal
b. 9 Feb. 1833 or 1835 in St Andrews, Upper Canada
b. 8 Feb. 1877 in Montreal
d. 31 Jan. 1881, by hanging, in New Westminster, B.C.
d. 29 Jan. 1900 in Le Mans, France
d. 26 Jan. 1848 in Addington Forks, N.S.
d. 25 Jan. 1831 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 24 Jan. 1862 on Point Frederick, near Kingston, Canada West
d. 23 Jan. 1760 at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec
d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y.
d. 19 Jan. 1902 in Vancouver, Wash.
b. 15 Jan. 1828 at Preston, N.S.
d. 13 Jan. 1811 in Nicolet (Que.)
d. 11 Jan. 1779 at Saint-Servan, France
d. 10 Jan. 1895 at the Shubenacadie Indian Reserve (No.14), N.S.
d. 3 Jan. 1929 in London, Ont.
d. 1 Jan. 1921 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.
b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada
d. 29 Dec. 1920 in Roberval, Que.
b. 27 Dec. 1875 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (La Pocatière), Que.
b. 26 Dec. 1835 in Oxford, England
b. 24 Dec. 1838 in Maitland, Upper Canada
b. 23 Dec. 1851 in King’s Lynn, England
b. 17 Dec. 1874 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.
d. 16 Dec. 1843 at Bredisholm, his residence near Coatbridge, Scotland
b. 13 Dec. 1839 in Newport, N.S.
d. 12 Dec. 1894 at Windsor Castle, England
d. 6 Dec. 1884 at Indianapolis, Indiana
b. 2 Dec. 1861 in Panyu county, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
b. 1 Dec. 1844 in Sainte-Scholastique (Mirabel), Lower Canada
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d. 20 Nov. 1755 at Detroit
d. 16 Nov. 1812 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada
d. 12 Nov. 1903 in Hemel Hempstead, England
d. 9 Nov. 1818 at Quebec
d. 8 Nov. 1850 in Montreal
d. 6 Nov. 1813 in jail in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
d. 5 Nov. 1901 at Quebec.
d. 3 Nov. 1915 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
d. unmarried 30 Oct. 1917 in Passchendaele (Passendale), Belgium
d. 29 Oct. 1914 in Saint John, New Brunswick
d. unmarried 28 Oct. 1920 in Toronto
d. 24 Oct. 1926 in Great Falls, Montana
d. 23 Oct. 1856 in the Red River settlement (Man.)
b. 21 Oct. 1859 in Tilbury East Township, Upper Canada
b. 18 Oct. 1743 at Quebec
b. 17 Oct. 1823 in St Catharines, Upper Canada
b. 16 Oct. 1806 at Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
b. 15 Oct. 1864 in Newland, Gloucestershire, England
b. 14 Oct. 1848 near Caledonia, Upper Canada
b. 13 Oct. 1854 in Cernay-en-Dormois, France
b. 12 Oct. 1883 in Listowel (Republic of Ireland)
b. 11 Oct. 1871 in the parish of Saint-Liguori, Quebec
b. 10 Oct. 1863 in Saint-Cyprien (Napierville), Lower Canada
d. 7 Oct. 1827 at her residence, Castle Frederick, in Falmouth, N.S.
d. 5 Oct. 1876 at Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
b. 1 Oct. 1853 in Markham Township, Upper Canada
d. 30 Sept. 1828 at the Credit Mission (Mississauga), Upper Canada
d. 29 Sept. 1899 in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay). Ont.
d. 26 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 25 Sept. 1803 in Saint-Armand, Lower Canada
d. 24 Sept. 1929 at the settlement of Coppermine (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)
d. 22 Sept. 1915 in New Westminster, B.C.
b. 21 Sept. 1849 in Blackhead, Conception Bay, Nfld
d. 18 Sept. 1809 in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce (Sainte-Marie), Lower Canada
b. 17 Sept. 1696 in Deerfield, Massachusetts
b. 15 Sept. 1873 in Covington, Ky
b. 13 Sept. 1775 in Great Barrington, Mass.
d. 12 Sept. 1817 in Greenwich (London), England
d. 8 Sept. 1755 at Lake George (Lac Saint-Sacrement)
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 1 Sept. 1839 at Quebec
d. 31 Aug. 1771 at Quebec
d. 30 Aug. 1918 in New Metlakatla (Metlakatla), Alaska
b. 28 Aug. 1800 at Williamstown, Charlottenburg Township, U.C.
d. 27 Aug. 1877, at Yorkville (Toronto), Ontario
d. 23 Aug. 1887 at Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay), Ontario
d. 17 Aug. 1804 in Augusta Township, Upper Canada
d. 14 Aug. 1867 at King’s Lynn, England
b. 11 Aug. 1839 at Remscheid (Federal Republic of Germany)
b. 10 Aug. 1854 in Ancaster, Upper Canada
b. 6 Aug. 1847 on Wolfe Island, Upper Canada
b. 4 Aug. 1921 in Montreal
b. 3 Aug. 1841 at Ecclesfield (South Yorkshire), England
b. 2 Aug. 1780 in Maskinongé, diocese of Trois-Rivières, Quebec
d. 1 Aug. 1866 at Montreal
b. 29 July 1864 in Norwich, Upper Canada
b. 26 July 1846 in Grande-Rivière, Lower Canada
d. 22 July 1922 in Ashtead, England
d. 21 July 1915 in Montreal
d. 16 July 1925 in St Andrews, N.B.
d. 15 July 1854 in White Horse Plain (St François Xavier, Man.)
b. 14 July 1735 at the mission of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka, Que.)
b. 12 July 1859 in Stewarton, Scotland
d. 1 March 1921 in London, Ont.
killed in action near Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 9 July 1755
d. 8 July 1925 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.
d. 4 July 1846 at Quebec
d. 1 July 1916 near Beaumont-Hamel (Beaumont), France
d. unmarried 29 June 1848 in Côte-Saint-Paul (Montreal)
b. 28 June 1864 in Watford, Upper Canada
b. 24 June 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 22 June 1891 in Sambro, N.S.
d. 13 June 1868 at Toronto, Ontario
d. 10 June 1914, apparently in West Arichat, N.S.
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d. 4 June 1923 in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ont.
b. 3 June 1579 at Barbo, near the present Arendal, Norway
d. 1 June 1930 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
d. 25 May 1898 in Duncan, B.C.
d. 20 May 1808 in Berlin
d. 16 May 1825 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
d. 15 May 1784 at Trois-Rivières
d. 14 May 1887 at Portsmouth (now part of Kingston)
b. 12 May 1840 in Angers, France
d. 8 May 1668 at Quebec
b. 4 May 1820 at Naas (Republic of Ireland)
b. 27 April 1836 in Colborne, Norfolk County, Upper Canada
d. 25 April 1890, near Blackfoot Crossing (Alta).
d. 24 April 1904 in Montreal
b. 21 April 1834 in Churchville, Toronto Township, Upper Canada
d. 19 April 1904 at Quebec and was buried in Notre-Dame de Belmont cemetery
b. 18 April 1796 in Great Village, N.S.
d. 17 April 1892 in Toronto and was buried in Sarnia
d. 16 April 1796 at Kingston (Ont.)
d. 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic, and was buried in Montreal
d. unmarried 9 April 1917 near Les Tilleuls (Vert-Tilleul), France
b. 8 April 1849 in Yarmouth Township, Upper Canada
d. 6 April 1903 in Gananoque, Ont., and was buried in Brockville
d. in London, England, on 3 April 1930
d. unmarried 2 April 1922 in Winnipeg
d. 1 April 1894 in South Kensington (London), England
b. 29 March 1826 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Lower Canada
d. 25 March 1915 in Montreal
d. 23 March 1890 in Halifax
d. 21 March 1853 in Lachine, Lower Canada
d. 19 March 1926 in Dartmouth, N.S.
d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)
d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)
d. 13 March 1762 in Montreal
b. 29 Feb. 1804 in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Lower Canada
b. 25 Feb. 1730 in Holstein (Federal Republic of Germany)
b. 23 Feb. 1848 in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada
b. 19 Feb. 1866 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada
b. 14 Feb. 1854 in Bannockburn, Scotland
d. 8 Feb. 1915 at Spencer Wood, in Sillery, Que.
d. 5 Feb. 1916 in Humboldt, Sask.
d. 4 Feb. 1876 at Montreal, Que.
d. 3 Feb. 1925 in Montreal
b. 2 Feb. 1845 in Kálfafellsstaður, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland
d. 29 Jan. 1900 in Le Mans, France
d. 26 Jan. 1897 at North Camp Flats on the Blackfoot Indian Reserve south of Gleichen (Alta)
d. 20 Jan. 1850 in Kingston, Upper Canada
d. 17 Jan. 1850 at Wolford Lodge, near Honiton, England
d. 15 Jan. 1853 in St Andrews (Saint-André-Est), Lower Canada
d. 14 Jan. 1723 in Quebec
d. 13 Jan. 1857 in Little Britain, Upper Canada
d. 10 Jan. 1761 at Hatchland’s Park, Surrey, England
d. 7 Jan. 1869 at Montreal
d. 5 Jan. 1838 in Toronto
d. 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria
b. 3 Jan. 1835 in Fair Head, County Antrim (Northern Ireland)
d. 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada
d. 26 Dec. 1922 in Winnipeg
b. 25 Dec. 1825 in L’Assomption, Lower Canada
d. 24 Dec. 1916 near Kirton in Lindsey, England
d. 22 Dec. 1804 in Quebec
d. 21 Dec. 1910 in Nicolet, Que.
d. 14 Dec. 1923 in Halifax
d. 13 Dec. 1749 in Montreal
d. 10 Dec. 1922 in Victoria
b. 3 Dec. 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
d. 1 Dec. 1792 at Blois, France
d. 28 Nov. 1780 at Quebec
d. 27 Nov. 1929 in Cardston, Alta.
d. unmarried 17 Nov. 1904 in Shubenacadie, N.S.
d. on or shortly after 14 Nov. 1909 in the Atlantic Ocean
b. 11 Nov. 1754 in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
b. 7 Nov. 1796 in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis
b. 6 Nov. 1867 in Toronto
b. 4 Nov. 1860 near Bloomfield, Upper Canada
d. 28 Oct. 1887 in Montreal, Que.
d. 25 Oct. 1918 at sea in Lynn Canal, Alaska
d. 24 Oct. 1728 at New Orleans
d. 23 Oct. 1853 in Pleasant Valley (Berwick North), N.S.
d. 22 Oct. 1869 at Belleville, Ont.
d. 21 Oct. 1917 in Camiers, France
d. 20 Oct. 1921 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal
d. 19 Oct. 1921 in Montreal
b. 18 Oct. 1743 at Quebec
d. 17 Oct. 1868, at Chippawa (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
b. 15 Oct. 1701 at Varennes (Que.)
d. 9 Oct. 1923 in Cumnor, England
b. 6 Oct. 1811 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada; d. 6 Oct. 1849 in Longueuil, Lower Canada.
d. 2 Oct. 1898 in New York City
d. 30 Sept. 1918 in Bois de Bourlon, France
b. 29 Sept. 1844 in Toronto, d. 29 Sept. 1910 in London, England
d. 28 Sept. 1918 near Raillencourt, France
d. 26 Sept. 1916 near Courcelette, France
b. 25 Sept. 1803 in Saint-Armand, Lower Canada
b. 24 Sept. 1854 in New Glasgow, N.S.
b. 23 Sept. 1844 at Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville), Canada East
b. 21 Sept. 1849 in Blackhead, Conception Bay, Nfld
b. 20 Sept. 1837 in Whiting, Maine
b. 19 Sept. 1849 in Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada
b. 17 Sept. 1859 in Etobicoke Township, Upper Canada
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d. 5 Sept. 1920 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England
b. 4 Sept. 1837 on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
b. 3 Sept. 1814 at Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie), Lower Canada
d. unmarried 2 Sept. 1831 in Fort Simpson, on the Nass River (B.C.)
d. 1 Sept. 1951 in Saanich, B.C.
d. 29 Aug. 1899 at Lakefield, Ont.
d. 28 Aug. 1858 on the Saint-Régis reserve
d. 26 Aug. 1766 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, “from eating dolphins.”
b. 24 Aug. 1826 in Montreal
d. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 March 1878
d. 21 Aug. 1829 in Sandwich (Windsor), Upper Canada
d. 20 Aug. 1860 in Faribault, Minn.
d. 19 Aug. 1897 on the Blood Indian Reserve (Alta)
d. 18 Aug. 1917 in Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), Que.
d. in Montreal (Que.) 16 Aug. 1785
d. 15 Aug. 1928 in Vancouver
d. accidentally in Canada 12 Aug. 1756
d. 11 Aug. 1908 in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont.
d. 10 Aug. 1927 near Markerville, Alta.
d. 9 Aug. 1921 in Hull, Que.
d. 4 Aug. 1928 in Winnipeg
d. 1 Aug. 1866 at Montreal
b. 29 July 1813 in Dunkeswell parish, England
b. 26 July 1838 near present-day Fallowfield, Ont.
d. 25 July 1973 at Quebec, and was buried in Compton, Que.
d. 23 July 1886 at Folly Village, Colchester County, N. S.
d. 16 July 1925 in St Andrews, N.B.
d. 15 July 1855 in St John’s
b. 10 July 1845 in Coleraine (Northern Ireland)
b. 9 July 1848 in Irish Creek (Jasper), Upper Canada
d. 4 July 1846 at Quebec
b. 3 July 1871 in North Norwich Township, Ont.
d. 2 July 1881 at Shubenacadie, Hants County, N.S.
d. 29 June 1927 on the Thunderchild Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan
b. 18 June 1825 or 28 June 1828 in Laurenzana (Italy)
d. 22 June 1875 at Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales
b. 20 June 1896 in the parish of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Montreal
b. 15 June 1837 near Milton, Upper Canada
b. 12 June 1826 at Bideford, England
b. 7 June 1839 in County Tipperary (Republic of Ireland)
d. 4 June 1788 at Saint-Pierre, Île d’Orléans (Que.)
d. 3 June 1844 in Neusalz (Nowa Sól, Poland)
b. 2 June 1810 in Dollerie House, Crieff, Scotland
b. 1 June 1859 in Merritton (St Catharines), Upper Canada
d. 28 May 1743 at Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
b. 25 May 1854 in Kittery Point, Maine
b. 21 May 1834 in Colchester, England
d. 20 May 1786 in Queensbury parish, York County, New Brunswick
b. 17 May 1795 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
b. 16 May 1856 in Rock Island, Illinois
d. 15 May 1784 at Trois-Rivières
d. 14 May 1887 at Portsmouth (now part of Kingston)
d. 13 May 1796 at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)
d. 12 May 1798 at Petersham (Greater London), England
b. 10 May 1803 at Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland
d. 8 May 1906 in Arthabaska, Que.
b. 4 May 1820 at Naas (Republic of Ireland)
d. 2 May 1928 in Montreal
d. 1 May 1902 at his home near Irvine, Nfld
b. 30 April 1823 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts
d. unmarried 25 April 1918 near Arras, France
d. 24 April 1914 in Port Simpson, B.C.
b. 23 April 1897 in Newton Brook (Toronto)
d. 22 April 1813 at Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
b. 16 April 1858 in Montreal
d. 13 April 1938 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
b. 12 April 1674 at Groton, Massachusetts
b. 10 April 1885 in Point Alexander, Ont.
d. 6 April 1910 in Antigonish, N.S.
b. 4 April 1864 in Newcastle, Upper Canada
d. 2 April 1905 in Kingston, Ontario
b. 30 March 1839 in Gentilly (Bécancour), Lower Canada
b. 28 March 1783 at Hull, Yorkshire, England
d. 26 March 1794 in Mexico City
b. 25 March 1858 in Chung-lau, Guangdong province (People’s Republic of China)
b. 24 March 1803 in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada
d. 23 March 1802 at Quebec, Lower Canada
d. 19 March 1924 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Que.
b. 17 March 1851 near Farmersville (Athens), Upper Canada
d. 16 March 1897 by hanging at Fort Macleod (Alta)
d. 15 March 1889 on his reserve near Fort Qu’Appelle (Sask.)
b. 1 March 1818 in Montenay, France
b. 28 Feb. 1824 in Saint-Omer, France
b. 26 Feb. 1863 in L’Île-Verte, Lower Canada
b. 25 Feb. 1836 in Croft, Lincolnshire, England
b. 24 Feb. 1830, likely in England
b. 22 Feb. 1847 in Brockville, Upper Canada
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
b. 15 Jan. 1828 at Preston, N.S.
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
d. 29 Nov. 1820 in Halifax, N.S.
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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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
d. 31 May 1913 in Toronto
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. 7 Feb. 1735/36 in Plymouth, England
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.
d. 23 March 1890 in Halifax
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