These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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According to his British Columbia death record, Marvel George Chester Proudlock was born on 7 September 1902 in Kenora, Ontario. His father Harral Hamilton (Harry) Proudlock was born in 1863 in the Township of Litchfield, Pontiac, Quebec, now known as Campbell’s Bay. A family tree suggests Harry married Sarah (Sadie) Bigelow on 18 January 1887… Read More »
Sergeant Frederick William Parsons enlisted in the fall of 1915 and served for three years in England, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada with his battalion, the Nova Scotia Highlanders, in June 1919. Fred was the youngest son of Alfred Joseph Parsons and Florence Nightingale Johnstone of Kenora, Ontario. Alfred and Florence were both… Read More »
Courtland Campbell McReynolds was born on 23 May 1889 in Balaclava, Grey County in Ontario. His parents William Decker McReynolds, a fisherman on the Great Lakes, and Eliza Catherine Campbell were both from the area, marrying on 10 July 1888 in Balaclava. Children born to the couple were Courtland, Louis Guy (1892), Georgina Elba (Joy)… Read More »
Robert Paterson Morton was born on 1 May 1891 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father William was from Lesmahagow while his mother Helen (née Paterson) was from Tollcross, both in Lanarkshire. The couple had married in 1872 in Cadder. An engine fitter by trade, William and Helen moved to nearby Glasgow soon after their marriage… Read More »
John Sutherland was born on 8 September 1891 in Halkirk, Caithness in northern Scotland. His father James Sutherland, a farmer, was from Latheron while his mother Isabella Jane Ross was from Thurso, both in Caithness. The couple married on 29 October 1878 in Blythswood in Glasgow. Children born to the family were Christina Munro (1879),… Read More »
Although he gave his birth date as 20 September 1888 on his attestation papers, Ralph Sansom (spelling later changed to Sanson) was born on 25 September 1887 in Emery, York, Ontario. Emery later became known as a neighbourhood in north Toronto. His father Alfred Sansom was from London, England while his mother Sarah Ann Sutton… Read More »
Sapper Lewis Middlecote was married and the father of two young children when he enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in January 1915. He served overseas for three and a half years, the last sixteen months with a railway unit in France. Lewis was the son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Middlecote of Cranham, Gloucestershire, England. His… Read More »
According to his WW1 attestation papers, Frederick Joseph Fogg was born on 16 September 1896 in Kenora (called Rat Portage at the time), Ontario. A birth record was not found and when he enlisted in WW2 his year of birth was given as 1895. His parents were Samuel George Fogg and Eliza Jane Curless who… Read More »