1874-12-17 – Dead Canadians

This Day in History: 1874-12-17

William Lyon Mackenzie King Born

April Births and Deaths

Albani, Emma - Date of Birth 1847-11-01 Place of birth: Chambly, Quebec Date of Death 1930-04-03 Place of death: London, England. Brompton Cemetery,… Continue Reading

Ballard, Harold - Date of Birth 1903-07-30 Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario Date of Death1990-04-11 Place of death: Toronto, Ontario Also known as… Continue Reading

Bombardier, Joseph-Armand - Date of Birth 1907-04-16 Valcourt, QC Date of Death 1964-02-18 Sherbrooke, QC Joseph-Armand Bombardier, engineer, entrepreneur, inventor of the snowmobile… Continue Reading

Booth, Billy Joe - Dorchester Ontario - Billy Joe Booth killed in an aircraft explosion; nine year defensive linesman with Ottawa Rough Riders. https://www.cflapedia.com/Players/b/booth_billy_joe.htm Continue Reading

Bourgeoys, Marguerite - Date of Birth1620-04-16 Date of Death1700-01-20 Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal… Continue Reading

Burns, Pat - Date of Birth 1952-04-04 St.-Henri, Montreal, Quebec Date of Death 2010-11-19 Maison Aube-Lumière, Sherbrooke, Quebec Cause of death: colon cancer… Continue Reading

Colebourn, Harry - Date of Birth 1887-04-12 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Date of Death 1947-09-24 Winnipeg, Manitoba Harry Colebourn was a Canadian veterinarian who… Continue Reading

Crombie, Jonathan - Date of Birth1966-10-12 Toronto, Ontario Date of Death2015-04-15 New York City, USA Cause of death: brain hemorrhage Jonathan Crombie (October… Continue Reading

Cunard, Samuel - Sir Samuel Cunard was a shipping magnate who founded the Cunard Line of steam ships. Continue Reading

Faith, Percy - Percy Faith was a music producer, band-leader and pianist, Faith is best known for his composition, Theme From a Summer… Continue Reading

Fisher, Frederick - Lance-Corporal Frederick Fisher Born August 3 1895 in St. Catharines, Ontario Died April 23 1915, Ypres, Belgium First Canadian-born soldier… Continue Reading

Hewitt, Foster - Foster Hewitt was a radio broadcaster most famous for his play-by-play calls for Hockey Night in Canada. He coined the… Continue Reading

Hollett, William “Flash” - Claim to fame: Hockey player Birth: Apr. 13, 1911Death: Apr. 20, 1999 Interred: Springcreek Cemetery, Mississauga, Ontario. Professional Hockey Player.… Continue Reading

Jackson, A. Y. - A.Y. Jackson was a Canadian painter and founding member of the Group of Seven. Continue Reading

Jacobs, Jane - Continue Reading

Jerome of Sandy Cove - erome (also spelled Jérôme) is the name given to an unidentifiable man discovered on the beach of Sandy Cove, Nova… Continue Reading

Lach, Elmer - Elmer James Lach (January 22, 1918 – April 4, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 14… Continue Reading

Lilienstein, Lois - Continue Reading

MacKenzie, Alexander - Alexander Mackenzie was the 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (November 7, 1873 – October 9, 1878). Continue Reading

MacNeil, Rita - Rita MacNeil was a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton… Continue Reading

McCulloch, Ernest Armstrong - Ernest Armstrong McCulloch was a cellular biologist, co-discoverer of the existence of stem cells. Born in Toronto, Ontario April 27,… Continue Reading

Montgomery, Lucy Maud - Author of the Anne of Green Gables series. During her lifetime, she published 20 novels, over 500 short stories, an… Continue Reading

Pearson, Lester Bowles - Date of Birth1897-04-23Place of birth:Newton Brook (Toronto), Ontario Date of Death1972-12-27Place of death:Ottawa, Ontario Also known as Mike Pearson Lester… Continue Reading

Pickford, Mary - Gladys Louise Smith aka Mary Pickford was known as "America's Sweetheart". She was an actress and co-founder of United Artists… Continue Reading

Seagram, Joseph - Date of Birth1841-04-15Place of birth:Fisher’s Mills, near New Hope (Hespeler, later Cambridge), Upper CanadaDate of Death1919-08-18Place of death:Waterloo, Ontario Joseph… Continue Reading

Wilson, J. Tuzo - J. Tuzo Wilson is geologist who is best-known for his theory of continental drift or plate tectonics. Continue Reading

Zezel, Peter - Peter Zezel spent 15 years in the NHL from 1984 to 1999. He finished his career playing 873 games, scoring… Continue Reading