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

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Fahey, John Ernest

John Ernest Fahey was born on 20 September 1897 in the Bass River area of Weldford, Kent in New Brunswick where his family farmed. His parents, both from New Brunswick, were John Fahey and Estella Johnston. Children born to the couple were Jane (1886), Gordon (1888-1888), Edward William (1889), Mary Winnifred (1891), Lillian Emeline (1894),… Read More »

Currie, Hector Donald

Corporal Hector Donald Currie enlisted with the 52nd Battalion in May 1915. He was seriously wounded at the Vimy front in November 1916 and invalided to Canada the following spring. After his recovery he enlisted a second time, serving in Canada for another seven months. Hector was the son of Donald Hector Currie and Annie… Read More »

Nord, Charles Avery

Karl Arvid Nilsson was born on 20 September 1880 in Mörsil, Jämtland in Sweden. His parents Nils Andersson and Hulda Marie Nilsdotter were from Boda in Värmland, marrying there on 19 January 1879. Later that year they gave birth to son Nils Johan. Moving to Jämtland, Karl was born in Mörsil, followed by Axel Theodor… Read More »

Stevenson, Henry Raymond

Henry Raymond Stevenson was born on 5 May 1901 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Andrew Stevenson was born in Namdalen, Norway and immigrated to Canada around 1896, settling in Rat Portage with two of his brothers to work as miners. The family surname was Sivertsen, changed to Stevenson upon… Read More »

Garvey, John Patrick

John (Jack) Patrick Garvey was born on 18 August 1897 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Joseph Garvey, the son of Irish immigrants, was born in the United States, while his mother Laura Lieske was born in Germany. The couple married in Rat Portage on 26 November 1896. Joseph first worked as… Read More »

Bunch, Charles

Private Charles Bunch enlisted in June 1915 and served in France with the 44th Battalion. He was killed in action in October 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. Charles was born in 1883 in Stepney, London, England. His attestation records his birth date as 26 September but on his baptism record it’s 25 September…. Read More »

O’Connell, John Daniel

Although a birth record was not found, by most accounts John Daniel O’Connell was born on 22 August 1887 in Stratford, Ontario. He was the son of John O’Connell and Mary Ann Lavelle who had married on 27 January 1885 in Stratford. John had a sister Mary Helen, who according to her obituary was born… Read More »

Beatty, Frank William

Frank William Beatty was born 28 April 1892 in Silverbrook, Ontario.  His parents were William John Beatty and Annie Grieves. Siblings included Elizabeth Beatrice and Mary (1891-1909). Frank’s father was a teacher, but in 1892 he went to medical school and by 1896 became a doctor.  Dr. Beatty first practised in Collingwood and then in… Read More »

Anderson, Alexander Carmichael

Alexander Carmichael Anderson was born on 24 May 1884 in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents were John Orr Anderson and Alice Roy Houston. John worked as a master joiner in Scotland. Siblings included: John (1875-1949), William (1881-1881), Alice (1886-1961) and Agnes (b. 1890). In 1905 Alexander and some of his family (father, mother & sister Agnes)… Read More »