Constance Fenimore Woolson

Constance Fenimore Woolson

female, deceased (1894)
Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 - January 24, 1894) was an American novelist and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James...
Alexander Grant

Alexander Grant

male, deceased (1813)
Alexander Grant (20 May 1734 - 8 May 1813) was a British Army officer, businessman and politician in Upper Canada. Born in Glenmoriston, Scotland,...
George Chaffey

George Chaffey

male, deceased (1932)
George Chaffey (born in Brockville, Ontario in 1848, died 1932) was a Canadian engineer who with his brother William developed large parts of...
Thomas Kierans

Thomas Kierans

male
Thomas William Kierans, FCSCE, P. Eng. is an engineer and innovator. He is the originator and principle proponent of the Great Recycling and...
Ramsay Crooks

Ramsay Crooks

male
Ramsay Crooks (2 January 1787 - 6 June 1859) immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1803 and he worked in a trading post on the Great Lakes. With...
Jim Kirby

Jim Kirby

male, deceased (1971)
James B. Kirby (September 28 1884 - June 9 1971) was an American inventor most known for inventing the Kirby vacuum cleaner. His father was a Great...
James Lucas Yeo

James Lucas Yeo

male, deceased (1818)
Sir James Lucas Yeo (October 7 1782 - 21 August 1818) was a British Naval commander who served in the War of 1812. Yeo was born in Southampton...
Increase Lapham

Increase Lapham

male, deceased (1875)
Increase Allen Lapham (March 1811 - September 15, 1875) was an author, scientist, and naturalist. Born in Palmyra, New York, his family moved to...
Charles Bagot

Charles Bagot

male, deceased (1843)
Sir Charles Bagot GCB (23 September 1781 - 19 May 1843) was an English diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of the...
Ed Shaw

Ed Shaw

male, deceased (1995)
Edward "Ed" Shaw was an American Communist and life-long member of the Socialist Workers Party. Born in Zion, Illinois, on July 13, 1923, Shaw grew...