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

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Hives, Harry

Private Harry Hives enlisted in the spring of 1916 and served for three years, with two of those years spent as a German prisoner of war. He survived the war and returned to Canada in April 1919. Harry (Henry) was the son of Hans Edgar Hives and Sarah Harper of Kensington, London, England. Hans and… Read More »

Dion, Angus Auguste

Private Angus Auguste Dion was the son of Ferdinand (Frank) Joseph Dion and Emilie Michaud. Ferdinand and Emilie were both born in Quebec. By the early 1880s they were married and living in the Keewatin/Rat Portage area in northwestern Ontario, where Ferdinand worked in a sawmill. They had at least eight children: Wilfred (1883), Josephine… Read More »

McLean, Reuben

On 6 June 1895 Reuben McLean was born at home on Beaton’s Island on the Winnipeg River in the Municipality of Keewatin, Ontario. He was the son of Donald (known as ‘Dan’) and Catherine  McLean.  His siblings were Henrietta, Agnes, Hugh, Catherine and William (known as ‘Bill’).  Another daughter was Margaret who had died previously… Read More »

Leavesley, Ernest Thomas

Ernest Thomas Leavesley was born on 13 July 1883 in Basford, a suburb in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. His father Charles Leavesley was from Newton Regis in Warwickshire while his mother Hannah Mee was from Basford where the couple married in 1874. Ernest had an older sister Sarah and a younger brother Charles. Charles Sr first… Read More »

Land, Moses

According to his attestation papers, Moses Land was born on 15 April 1896 in White Dog, Ontario. Presently called Wabaseemong, White Dog is/was an Ojibwa  reserve located 120 km northwest of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were Andrew and Nancy Land. The 1891 Canada census found the family listed in  the district of Algoma, Keewatin North…. Read More »

Hamilton, Andrew

Andrew Hamilton was born on 4 March 1883 in Mulmur, Dufferin, Ontario. His father Henry (Harry) Hamilton was from Ireland while his mother Agnes Smith was from Scotland. The couple married on 20 November 1874 in Avening, a community near Mulmar. Andrew had three older siblings, William, George, and Margaret (Maggie), and four younger siblings,… Read More »

Preston, Sidney Johnston Margach

Sidney Johnston Margach Preston was born on 29 August 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His parents Robert Edwin Preston and Anna Margach were both from the Kawartha Lakes area, Robert from Manvers and Anna from Lindsay. The couple married on 15 July 1884 in Port Arthur, Ontario. In 1890 the they moved… Read More »

King, James Charles

Gunner James Charles King joined the Canadian Field Artillery in July 1916 and served in France and Belgium for almost two years. He was wounded in the last months of the war but he survived and returned to Canada in January 1919. James was the son of James (Sr.) and Mary King of Greenwich, London,… Read More »

Musgrove, John Ernest

John Ernest Musgrove was born on 25 March 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father John Edward/Edwin Musgrove was from England while his mother Della Daum was from Austria, the couple marrying on 2 August 1893 in Winnipeg. While living in Rat Portage John Sr worked as a fireman. Daughter Lena May… Read More »

Kippling, George

George Kippling was born on 8 July 1887 in the District of Rainy River. His parents were Edward and Margaret (Linklater) Kippling, both having roots in the Red River Settlement. By the 1881 Canada census the couple was living in Eastern Extension of the Manitoba Extension of Manitoba, later to be part of Ontario. Listed… Read More »