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

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Fortier, Joseph Charles Ferdinand

According to his attestation papers, Joseph Charles Ferdinand Fortier was born on 2 December 1896 in Rat Portage (later named Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Joseph and Exilda (née Leblanc) Fortier who had married in St Boniface, Manitoba on 4 July 1891. Joseph was originally from Quebec while Exilda had moved to Manitoba with her… Read More »

Brydges, Edward Webster

Private Edward Webster Brydges was 52 years old when he enlisted in July 1915. He served in France and Belgium for fifteen months with the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) and returned to Canada in March 1918. Edward’s parents, William Brydges and Elizabeth Summerfield, were married in 1862 in Haldimand County, Ontario (called Canada West at… Read More »

Kyle, Louis Alexander

Acting Corporal Louis Alexander Kyle was one of three brothers who served during the First World War. He went overseas in October 1916 and returned to Canada in June 1919. Louis (sometimes known as Lewis) was born on 23 October 1888 in Rat Portage, Ontario, the second of five sons. His father, Morison Kyle, was… Read More »

Welch, William George

The son of Emily Elizabeth Welch, William George Welch was born on 13 February 1883 in Chardstock, Dorsetshire, England. Emily, daughter of David and Lavinia (née Hodder) Welch, had been born in Bridport, a community about 30 kilometres southeast of Chardstock. The 1891 England census found William living in Chardstock with his widowed grandmother Lavinia,… Read More »

Collins, H I

The name H I Collins appears on the Lake of the Woods Milling Company Roll of Honour as one of the fallen in WW1 from the area. His identity and service could not be confirmed.  

McInnis, Joseph William

Joseph William McInnis was born on 28 November 1888 in Port Daniel, Quebec, baptized on the same day in the Notre Dame Du Mont Carmel Church. Port Daniel is located in eastern Quebec on the southern coast of the Gaspé Peninsula about half way between Percé and Campbellton, New Brunswick. Joseph’s parents William McInnis and… Read More »

Frederickson, Frederick Carl

Private Frederick Carl Frederickson was the only son of Carl and Christina Frederickson of Garson, Manitoba. Carl and Christina were from Denmark and Frederick was born in Denmark on 2 October 1889. He had one older sister, Marianna. Carl immigrated to Canada in 1890 and his family followed the next year. Christina and the two… Read More »

McCowan, Albert Charles

Albert Charles (Bert) McCowan was born on 28 August 1895 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. His father James Archibald McCowan, born in 1850, was from Scarborough, Ontario. He had married his first wife Isabelle Bowes, a Scottish immigrant, in 1875 in Pickering although the couple were to make Scarborough/Toronto their home. Together James and Isabelle… Read More »

Stewart, Peter

Peter Stewart was born on 17 October 1889 in March Cottage in Forse, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. He was the eldest child of farmer Donald Stewart and Dorothy Mackay who had married on 18 January 1889 in Inverness. His younger siblings included Mary (1891), Isabella Marjorie (Ida) (1893), William (1896) and Dorothy Evelyn (Dora) (1898). At… Read More »