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The People
These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Baker, Ernest Roland
Sergeant Ernest Roland Baker enlisted in January 1916 and served in France with the 44th Battalion. He was wounded in June 1917 and spent the rest of the war in Great Britain, returning to Canada in February 1919. Ernest was the son of George Baker and Ann Jane Watts of London, England. Ann was born… Read More »
Ferguson, Arthur Beresford
Arthur Beresford Ferguson was born on 11 December 1892 in Barrie, Ontario. His father Thomas Roberts Ferguson, a barrister, was from the Cookstown area about thirty kilometres south of Barrie while his mother Etta May Hanmer was from nearby Bell Ewart. The couple married on 5 November 1890 in Toronto. Son Julian Harcourt was born… Read More »
Valentine, William
According to his attestation papers, William Valentine was born on 2 September 1893 although later census documents give his birth as in August of 1894. With his birth surname of Laurenson, his mother was Catherine Laurenson, daughter of Robert and Eliza (née Perrault) Laurenson. William and his two younger siblings, Barbara born on 10 August… Read More »
Linklater, Hugh
According to his attestation papers Hugh Linklater was born on 22 May 1881 in Berens River, Manitoba. His father Jacob Linklater had been born in the Northwest Territories and had entered service with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1868. Jacob served in the Norway House District as runner, midman, and fisherman until 1878 and then… Read More »
Nicolson, Murdoch
Murdoch (Murdo) Nicolson was born on February 26, 1890 in Inverness Scotland. His father, John Nicolson, was a shepherd. His mother’s forename was Kristina/Christie (nee Nicolson). Siblings included: Donald (b. 1880), Archie (b. 1881), Rachel (b. 1884), Hugh (b. 1889), John (b. 1900) and Alexander (b. 1901). When Murdoch immigrated to Canada in April of… Read More »
Gibben, Paul Burman
Paul Burman Gibben was born on 22 July 1898 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father William Gibben was from Barnaby Moor while his mother Sarah Eleanor Burman was from Middlesborough, both in Yorkshire, England. The couple married during the last quarter of 1890 in the registration district of Middlesborough. At the time of the 1891 England… Read More »
Jarvis, Arthur Henry
More than 11,000 employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company enlisted for service in the First World War. Sergeant Arthur Henry Jarvis was working for the CPR when he signed up in 1914 and he served for over four years, returning to Canada in January 1919. Arthur was the son of William Edward Alfred Jarvis… Read More »
Dingwall, William Haldane
William Haldane (Hal) Dingwall was born on 17 June 1882 in the Township of Charlottenburg in the county of Glengarry, Ontario. Located in southeastern Ontario, the nearest city in the area was/is Lancaster. Charlottenburg and Lancaster were two of the original eight ‘Royal Townships’, established along the Saint Lawrence River in Upper Canada in the… Read More »
Redsky, Edward
Private Edward Redsky enlisted in July 1916 and served for three years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Battle of Hill 70 but he survived the war and returned home in August 1919. Edward was the son of Chief Redsky (Miskokesik) and Endopeek of Shoal Lake First Nation in… Read More »
