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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Records are sketchy for Philip Twaduklum but here is what we know: – he was born in Bosrab, Russia on 12 December 1886, son of Nikit Twaduklum (Attestation) – he came to Canada in 1908 (1921 Census) – not found in 1911 Canadian Census Philip enlisted with the 227th ‘Men of the North’ Battalion in… Read More »
Acting Sergeant John Thomas Dalziel was the only son of John Law Dalziel and Mary Agnes Hunter of Kenora, Ontario. John Law was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland and immigrated to Canada as a young man. He lived briefly in Winnipeg, Manitoba before settling in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora). Mary was born in Ayrshire, Scotland… Read More »
The son of Thomas and Mary Ann (née Selman) Osmond, William Osmond was born on 28 November 1889 at #3 Ridgeway Road in Fishponds, Gloucestershire, England, name on birth registration given as William Osmond Selman*. His mother was born in Tormarton, Gloucestershire while his father was from Claverton, Somerset. They married on 13 July 1891… Read More »
Introduction: Archer John Toole was one of four brothers who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. None of them were born in Kenora, and only one, Archer, lived there, for a short time. Yet, the names of all brothers have been recorded in the local newspaper, The Miner and News, because of their connection to… Read More »
George James Hamel was most likely born on 28 February 1883 in Lorette, Manitoba. His birth was registered in St. Boniface (now part of Winnipeg) as Georges Julien Roger. His parents were Amede Hamel and Odile Lamy. Odile was born in Quebec but different census records give Amede’s birth place as Quebec, Ontario and the… Read More »
Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Francis Edward Wootton, OBE, MC, ED, served for more than four years during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross in 1919. He enlisted again during the Second World War and served from 1939 to 1945. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the… Read More »
William Alexander Wright was born on 16 January 1898 in the village of Norman a few kilometres west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. His parents William Hamilton Wright and Annie Thompson were both from the Campbellton area in New Brunswick, marrying in November of 1882 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora.) While in Norman William… Read More »
Although the family lived in Mill Village, Queen’s County, Nova Scotia, John Archibald (Jack) McKenna was born on 1 February 1880 in nearby Charleston. Both of his parents Joseph McKenna and Mary Jane Arthur were from Nova Scotia, marrying in 1869 in Liverpool. Over the years Joseph’s occupation was given as labourer on the censuses,… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, William Walter Mills was born on 28 November 1882 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. His father Walter John Mills, born in Meopham/Ridley, Kent, England, had enlisted with the 60th Kings Royal Rifles and served as Private during the Zulu War in South Africa 1877-79. Upon discharge he stayed in Durban… Read More »
Private Jules Vital Letain was the son of Jean Baptiste Letain and Felicité Eugénie Husson of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Jean Baptiste and Eugénie were both born in Belgium. They were married in 1888 and their first two children were born in Belgium, daughters Eugénie, who died as an infant, and Marie. Jean Baptiste, his… Read More »
