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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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According to his attestation papers Ralph Harris was born on 14 February 1876 in London, England. A birth record was not found. Using the name of Roland Ralph McClude, Ralph married Lydia Collier during the 3rd quarter of 1893 in the registration district of Clutton in Somerset. Lydia, the daughter of William and Charlotte (née… Read More »
Thomas McConnochie was born on 25 April 1882 in the village of Barleith in the parish of Riccarton in Ayrshire, Scotland as per his Scotland birth record. Over the years, especially in Canada, the surname was spelled McConnachie. His father Thomas, a railway engine driver, was from Dreghorn while his mother Margaret (Maggie) Manson was… Read More »
Cornelius Hawkinson was born on 3 September 1895 in the Murdock, Swift County area of Minnesota, USA where his parents farmed. His father John Hakenson was born in Sweden, his surname anglicized to Hawkinson after immigration. His mother Anna Josephine Peterson was born in Minnesota to Swedish immigrants. John and Josephine married on 10 November… Read More »
Norman Walter Kennedy was born on 10 October 1900, his birth registered in the RM of Rosedale in Manitoba. His later obituary gave his place of birth as Eden, a small community just north of Neepawa. His parents were John Walter Kennedy and Mildred Maria Henderson, both from the Kawartha Lakes area in Ontario, Walter… Read More »
Private Samuel Walker was the son of William Walker and Mary Ogston Christie of Keewatin, Ontario. William was born in Derbyshire, England and Mary in Aberdeen, Scotland. They both came to Canada in the mid-1880s and they were married in Keewatin in 1887. They had at least five children: Alexander Christie (1889), Samuel (5 April… Read More »
Edwin Fawcett was born on 14 September 1900 in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England. His father Edwin Fawcett was from Birstwith, Yorkshire while his mother Mary Whitteron was from nearby Follifoot in Yorkshire, the communities about 80 kilometres from Stockton-on-Tees. The couple married during the second quarter of 1899 in the registration district of Knaresborough, Yorkshire. Edwin… Read More »
Private Edward Simister enlisted in Swift Current, Saskatchewan and served overseas for a year and a half. He suffered from illness for much of that time and he was invalided back to Canada in March 1918. His British war bride joined him four months later. Edward was the oldest son of Richard Simister and his… Read More »
Private Frank Greenwood was the son of William and Eleanor Ann Greenwood of Kenora, Ontario. William was born in Saltford, Somerset, England and Eleanor (née Shattell) was from Rotherhithe, London. They were married in 1877 and their first nine children were born in the London area: William, Alfred, Arthur, Eleanor, Anne, Jessie, Gertrude, Harold and… Read More »
When the First World War started Frank Stanley Iriam was one of the early volunteers, training with the 98th Regiment in his hometown of Kenora, Ontario in August 1914 then enlisting with the 8th Battalion CEF at Valcartier in September. Five months later he arrived in France with his unit and he survived three and… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, John William Knight was born on 8 July 1883 in Little Bay, Newfoundland. He was the son of John and Mary Ann Knight, both born in Newfoundland. He had a younger brother James who was born in 1884 in Newfoundland. By the time of the 1901 census the family was… Read More »
