Kenora Great War Project

 

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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.

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Fenelon, John Bertram

John Bertram (Bert) Fenelon was born on 11 April 1893 in Newcastle, New Brunswick, date confirmed by his New Brunswick birth registration. His father John Fenelon was from Newfoundland while his mother Sara Casey was from New Brunswick, both born to Irish immigrants. After their marriage the family settled in Newcastle where John Sr farmed… Read More »

Poole, John

During the First World War more than 11,000 employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company enlisted for service and 1,116 of them gave their lives. Sapper John Poole was working as a locomotive fireman for the CPR in Kenora, Ontario when he signed up in February 1916. He arrived in France later that year and… Read More »

Murray, Hugh

Although a different birth date was used on his attestation papers, Hugh Murray was born on 23 August 1892 in Derrylusk, Parish of Roslea, Monaghan, Ireland. His parents were Patrick and Ellen (Toal) Murray who were farming in Derrylusk at the time of his birth. Other known siblings were Michael, Margaret, and Mary. It appears… Read More »

Salou, Francois Marie

Francois Marie Salou was born on 4 June 1879 in Plouguerneau, Finistère in northwestern France. His father Jean Salou was from Guissény while his mother Marie Jeanne Francoise Cabon was from Plouguerneau, the communities about 9 kilometres apart in Finistère. The couple married on 20 November 1873 in Plouguerneau, Jean’s occupation cultivateur (farmer). Known children… Read More »

Brown, David Lambert

Private David Lambert Brown was married and the father of a young daughter when he enlisted with the 42nd Battalion in May 1915. He was killed a year later at the Battle of Mount Sorrel. David was the only son of John Lambert Brown and Annie Martin Andrew of Toronto, Ontario. John was born in… Read More »

Taylor, Robert James

Born in Keewatin, Ontario, Robert James Taylor was the son of Robert Taylor and Ada Eastwood. Robert Sr. and his wife Ada had six children between 1893 and 1900 but sadly only two of them survived infancy, Robert James (1894) and his sister Ada Rose known as Rosie (1897). Their mother Ada died on 29… Read More »

Allord, C

Membership card for the Kenora branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association. Identity and service could not be confirmed.  

Bunn, Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake Bunn was born on 24 February in Rat Portage (Kenora) Ontario.  His parents were John Robert Bunn and Vashti Elizabeth Gunne.  Siblings included Charles (born 1886), Victor (born 1890), Margaret (born 1893) and John (born 1895). Thomas’ father, John, had just rejoined the Hudson Bay Company and was serving as a clerk in… Read More »

Holland, Charles Edgar

Charles Edgar Holland was born 04 August 1900 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Herbert Edward Holland and Ada Black Donkin. He  was the oldest of five children of this couple. His siblings were  Evelyn May, John Frederick, Winnifred Jean and Ada Gertrude. A year  after Charles’ birth the family moved to Manitoba… Read More »

Kilgour, Andrew Morrison

Andrew Morrison Kilgour was born on 9 November 1900 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. At the time of his birth Govan was going through a rapid expansion period, from a population of 9 000 in 1864 to 95 000 in 1907. In 1912 Govan became a part of Glasgow. Andrew’s father John Kilgour, a tailor, was… Read More »