Vince Coleman

male, deceased (1917)
Canadian Government Railways, Canadian of British Isles descent, Mont-Blanc, Bedford Basin, Rockingham Station, P. Vincent Coleman…Canadianhistoricalfigure, Canadian
P. Vincent Coleman (1872 - December 6 1917) was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways (formerly the ICR, Intercolonial Railway of...

Charles Saunders

male, deceased (1775)
Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, Royal Navy officer, Order of the Bath, fleet, Lord of the Admiralty, admiral…Canadianhistoricalfigure
Sir Charles Saunders, KB ("c."1715 - December 7 1775) was an admiral in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and later First Lord of the...

Nicholas Guy

male
English migrant to Newfoundland, From bristol, Fl., floruit, Cuper's Cove, Settler of Canada…Canadianhistoricalfigure
Nicholas Guy (fl. 1612 - 1631) was one of the first settlers at John Guy's Cuper's Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada and the father of the...

Iwan Pylypow

male, deceased (1936)
Austro-Hungarian immigrants to Canada, Canadian of Ukrainian descent, Austro-Hungary, Ukrainian diaspora, Canadianhistoricalfigure, Mennonite
Iwan Pylypow and Wasyl Eleniak were the first Ukrainian immigrants to Canada in 1891–93. Pylypow was born in the village of Nebyliv in Kalush co...

Fred Rose

male, deceased (1983)
spy, House of Commons, communist, polish, Canadian, trade union…Canadianhistoricalfigure, member of the Canadian House of Commons, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian parliament
Fred Rose (born Fred Rosenberg) (December 7 1907 - March 16 1983) was a Communist politician and trade union organizer in Canada. He was born in...

Thomas Rowley

male
floruit, Heart's Content, Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador, Trinity Bay, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Cuper's Cove…Canadianhistoricalfigure
Thomas Rowley ("fl." 1612 - 1628), explorer and pioneer, born Shropshire, England was one of the first settlers of John Guy's colony at Cuper's...

John Holloway

male, deceased (1826)
american revolution, governor, Newfoundland colonial leader, Canadianhistoricalfigure, beothuk, traditionalist
John Holloway (15 January 1744 - 26 June 1826), Governor (1807-1809), was born on January 15 1744 at Wells, Somerset, England. He joined the Royal...

William Colston

male
floruit, Canadianhistoricalfigure, From bristol, Fl., from rural Newfoundland and Labrador, Cuper's Cove
William Colston (fl. 1610 - 1612) settler, deputy governor of John Guy's colony of Cuper's Cove. Colston was one of the first settler's at Cuper's...

François Bigot

male, deceased (1778)
French, new england, cape breton island, Canadianhistoricalfigure, louisbourg, New France
François Bigot was a French government official. He served as the Financial Commissary on Île Royale (nowadays Cape Breton Island) and as "I...

Norman Bethune Sr.

male, deceased (1892)
Angus Bethune, UPPER CANADA COLLEGE, Canadian, physician, Canadianhistoricalfigure, royal college of surgeon
Norman Bethune was the son of Angus Bethune who was a fur trader. Norman was born in Moose Factory, Ontario. Because of his father's family...