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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Daniel Leon LaBelle was born on 21 February 1880 in the township of Chichester, Pontiac, Quebec. For reasons unknown he was baptized in the nearby township of Sheenboro with the surname of Micheau, parents given as Michael Micheau, farmer, and Mary Brennan. His father usually went by the name of Michael Labelle, the name given… Read More »
Emil Andreas Andersson was born on 28 December 1891 in Avesta, Kopparberg (also known as Dalarna), Sweden. His father Anders (Andrew) Andersson was from Hedemora, Kopparberg while his mother Anna Karin (Jansdotter) Jansson was from Grytnäs, Kopparberg where the couple married on 9 July 1883. First settling in Hedemora, they gave birth to children Anna… Read More »
Charles Edward Norberg was born on 20 August 1891 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Charles Eric Norberg was from Sweden while his mother Marguerite Jensen was from Denmark, the couple marrying in Rat Portage. At the time of the marriage Charles Sr’s occupation was given as fireman, later given… Read More »
Birth: William Lyons Thompson was born Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, July 12, 1880. His parents were Alexander Thompson and Isabella Brady. William had at least one brother, Alexander, born February 16, 1879, also in Belfast, Antrim. No further information has been located, at this time, for Williams’ family. Early life: According to his obituary, William… Read More »
Pilot Cadet Horace Clifford Cornwell joined the Royal Air Force in July 1918, at age 19, and served in Canada for five months. Horace was the youngest son of John Leslie Cornwell and Henrietta Stone of Kenora, Ontario. John and his wife were both born in Ontario, called Canada West at the time, and they… Read More »
Major Andrew Johnston Snaddon enlisted in the spring of 1915 and served in France with the 4th Battalion. He was killed in October 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. Andrew was born on 19 October 1888 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. His parents were Andrew Snaddon and Margaret Sharp. Margaret was born in Clackmannan and… Read More »
Private Ernest Jonathan Dawson was 18 years old when he arrived in France in February 1916. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Mount Sorrel and after spending a year in hospitals in England he was invalided to Canada in June 1917. Ernest was the oldest son of Arthur Ernest Dawson and Edith Mabel… Read More »
Allen McRae Waterman was born on 3 April 1900 in Toronto, Ontario. His father William Guy Waterman, a printer/pressman, was from the Pancreas area of London, England. He had immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents, the family settling in Toronto. Allen’s mother Elizabeth Reid Hastie was from the Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario…. Read More »
Leonard Stewart Mathias was one of the first contingent volunteers from Kenora. His name was among a list of 24 local men published in the Kenora newspaper on Aug. 12, 1914 who had passed medical exams for service after answering an Aug. 9 call for volunteers from the 98th (Rainy River and Kenora) Regiment. Leonard… Read More »
