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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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John Fulton Forsyth was born on 1 October 1896 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents Edward Forsyth and Elizabeth Robb were both from Maybole, marrying on 27 December 1895 in the Commercial Hotel in Maybole. At the time Edward’s occupation was given as shoemaker (journeyman) while Elizabeth was working as a shoe fitter. John was… Read More »
Thomas Richard Bull was born on 8 February 1888 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents were John Albert and Emma (née Talbot) Bull who had married during the last quarter of 1881 in Aston, Warwickshire. The family was found in the England 1891 census living in the inner-city of Sparkhill, Birmingham, occupation of John given… Read More »
Pierre George (Germaine) Degagne was born on 15 June 1861 in Laterriere, Chicoutimi, Quebec. His parents were George Degagne and Marie Illide Dubois. Siblings included Georgina, Naemie, Laura, Charles, George, Maria, Clovis and Ida. By 1881 the family was living in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. Pierre moved west and settled in Rat Portage (later known as… Read More »
Private Robert James Douglas was born on 10 June 1898 in either Norman or Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario. His parents, William James Douglas/Douglass and Alice Anderson, were married in 1893 in the parish of St. Andrew’s, Manitoba and Robert was one of at least ten children. For both the 1901 and 1906 censuses the family… Read More »
Private Hugh Edward Brownlee came from a large farming family in Shawville, Quebec, a village about 60 km northwest of Ottawa. His grandparents had immigrated from Ireland and Scotland and his parents, Joseph and Sarah Jennett, were both born in Quebec. Joseph and Sarah had at least ten children between 1868 and 1886: Sarah, Mary,… Read More »
George Henry Chambers was the son of John and Mary Chambers of Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland. John was a career soldier who enlisted in the British army around 1871, at age 20, and went on to serve with the Royal Irish Regiment for 23 years. He married Mary Kerr in County Sligo in 1888 and… Read More »
John Clifford Hargrave was born on 10 July 1898 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father John Gordon Hargrave was from Perth, Ontario, and had come to the Red River Settlement with his family around 1873 where his father founded Hargrave and Company a few years later. First a retail and wholesale grocery and coal and wood… Read More »
Trooper Lyman John Link (aka Lyman John Nickle) enlisted in July 1916, at age 15, and served in Canada for a year and a half. He was discharged for medical reasons in December 1917. Lyman was born on 12 February 1901 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was the only son of John James Nickle and his… Read More »
Private Charles ‘Ted’ Rowbottom was living in Kenora, Ontario with his wife and two young children when the war started. He enlisted four months later and served overseas until July 1916, when he was wounded for the second time. His health deteriorated over the next few years and he died in England in July 1919…. Read More »
