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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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James was the youngest child born December 17, 1891 to Andrew McCullagh and Mary Anne Boyd of Killybegs, Donegal County, Ireland. His father was farming in the townland of Aghayeegoge. Siblings were Margaret, Bella, John, Bessie, Andrew (Jr), (next was Thomas), Susan and Jane (last born was James). At the age of 18, James immigrated… Read More »
Russell Robert Alcock was born on 28 August 1896 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario. His parents were Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Russell (née Tufts) Alcock who had married 01 March 1892 in Faraday, Hastings, Ontario. By the 1901 census the family had relocated to Rat Portage (name later changed to Kenora) along with Joseph’s parents Joseph… Read More »
Although Thomas Harold (Harry) Hall gave his place of birth as Pembroke, Ontario on his attestation papers, he was born on 26 April 1891 on the family farm across the Ottawa River in what is present day Sheenboro in Quebec. His parents Louis and Elizabeth (née Sweeney) Hall had married in 1872 in Ottawa. For… Read More »
The name of Percy McLain appeared in the Kenora Miner and News edition of 26 December 1914, listing new recruits that had recently signed up in the area. Percy’s name nor service could be verified.
Frederick Spencer Butcher was born on 15 October 1889 in Granite Falls, Minnesota. According to the 1890 Minnesota census both his parents Samuel and Mary (Hall) Butcher were from Michigan. For the census his father was working as a express carrier, possibly for gold, and living with the family was Fred’s older sister Vernie. A… Read More »
Harper Crawford William Simmons was born on 20 January 1889 in Wingham, Ontario. According to their marriage record his father Archibald Erastus Simmons was from London, Ontario while his mother Rachel Ellen Rankin was from Listowel, Ontario, elsewhere given as Gowanstown. The couple were living in St Thomas, Ontario when they married there on 10… Read More »
Ernest Maitland Newman was born on 01 October 1899 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. His parents were Colin Campbell Newman and Helen Margaret Armstrong. Siblings included: Charles Frederick (1892-1938), Helen Margaret (1893-1976) and Victor Bell (1896-1981). When he was 18, on 3 June 1918, Ernest enlisted with the RAF in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He served in… Read More »
Private Roy Oscar Ross enlisted in Port Arthur, Ontario on 30 April 1915. According to his service file he was born on 22 November 1884 in the town of Kenora, Ontario, which was known as Rat Portage at the time. He was married, an engineer and next of kin was his wife, Mrs. E. Ross,… Read More »
William Stanley (Barney) Barnett was born on 11 February 1885 in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario. His father William Barnett was from Walkerton and mother Sarah Nelson from Bruce Township, the couple marrying on 13 June 1892 in nearby Kincardine. They made Paisley their home, with William Sr working as a tailor in the early years and… Read More »
