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

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Brookes, John Henry

John Henry Brookes was born on 26 June 1884 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents Thomas Brookes and Mary Jane Dean were both from Warwick, Warwickshire where they married on 22 April 1875. The couple were to make Birmingham their home where Thomas worked as a printer’s compositor. Known children born to the family were… Read More »

Blackwood, John

John Blackwood was born on 2 April 1897 in Comber, Downpatrick, County Down, in northern Ireland.* His parents Charles Blackwood and Grace Russell had married during the last quarter of 1886, married registered in the district of Downpatrick. Children born to the couple were Mathew (1888), Hans Russell (1891), Charles (1894), Jane (Jennie) (1896), John,… Read More »

Comeau, Jules Peter

Sapper Jules Peter Comeau enlisted in July 1916 and served in France and Belgium for more than two years. He returned to Canada in March 1919. Jules was born on 6 July 1885 in Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick, a small town on the northeast coast of the province. He was the youngest son of… Read More »

Roy, Margaret Allison

Birth, Family and Early Years: Margaret Allison Roy was born May 14, 1879, in Listowel, Perth County, Ontario. She was the only daughter of David Roy, who had been born Scotland, and his wife, Agnes (maiden name Fortune). David and Agnes married in Listowel in 1877 and began their family a year later. James Elgin,… Read More »

Wismer, Ira Franklin

Ira Franklin (Pat) Wismer was born on 23 April 1898 in the RM of Glenwood (Souris), Manitoba. His father Norman Wismer and mother Deborah Mezina Clark were from Warwick Township, Lambton, Ontario. At some point after their marriage the couple headed west, first found in Treherne, RM of Norfolk, in Manitoba followed by a few… Read More »

Caron, Joseph Eugene Peter

Joseph Eugene Peter Caron was born on 18 January 1876 in the St James Ward of downtown Montreal, baptized in the Cathedrale St Jaque le Majeur. His father Onesime Caron, a tinsmith, was from Quebec City while his mother Emelie Benenfant was from Rivière du Loup. The couple had married in October of 1870 in… Read More »

Weston, William

William Weston was born on 2 March 1886 in Ramsey, Huntingdon, England. His parents George and Harriet (née Rolt) Weston had married during the last quarter of 1862 in Ramsey. The 1871 England census found the Weston family living on Horne Road in Ramsey, household members including parents George and Harriet, and children Ann, age… Read More »

Grendys, Walter

Sergeant Walter Grendys was born in Poland on 31 December 1896. According to his Canadian Legion membership application he enlisted in the cavalry in Rzeszow in 1914 and served with them until 1921. When the First World War started Poland was not an independent state but was partitioned between three empires. Thousands of Polish men… Read More »

Wreggit, Truman Albert

Private Truman Albert Wreggit was born in Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario on 1 March 1891. His mother, Susannah Calvert, was unmarried and his birth was registered as Truman Albert Calvert. Susannah was married in Barrie in October 1895 to George Wreggit, a widowed farmer. George and Susannah had five children: Ethel May (1896), Carrie Elizabeth… Read More »