These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Harry Stuart MacKenzie was one of three sons and two daughters of William and Lizzie Mackenzie, of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were born in Scotland and emigrated separately to Canada in the 1880s, meeting and marrying in Brandon, Manitoba in 1889 where William worked as a dry goods store clerk. Harry, born in 1893, was… Read More »
The name James Sowden appeared in the 15 August 1914 edition of the Kenora Miner and News as one of the recent volunteers for the 1st Contingent. His identity and service could not be confirmed but a James Bowden Soden enlisted on 24 September 1914 at Valcartier Camp in Quebec. Serving overseas with the 16th… Read More »
Norman Lloyd Galloway was born on 26 January 1893 in Arthur, Wellington, Ontario. His parents were Cyrus and Janet Scott (Small) Galloway who had married on 14 December 1881 in Arthur. Norman had 4 older siblings, Cyrus Leslie, Hubert Scott, William Joseph Osgoode, and Cecil Charles, and a younger sister, Janet (Jennie) Florence. For both… Read More »
Sapper John James Nickle was the only son of Daniel Nickle (Nichol) and Jane Johnston of Ottawa, Ontario. Daniel was from Quebec and his wife was born in Ottawa. They had at least five children, all born in Ottawa: John James (b. 21 May 1878), Mary Ann, Sarah, Agnes and Rebecca. When the 1891 census… Read More »
Private Eugene McMonagle was the son of George McMonagle and Ellen Jane McRae of Finch Township, Cornwall and Stormont County, Ontario. He was born on 17 January 1888 in Berwick, Finch Township, his birth registered as Uejane Ezekiel McMonagle. His father was a farmer at the time. Eugene’s parents were married in Avonmore, Stormont County… Read More »
The name Frank Rajas appeared in two editions of the Kenora Miner and News, 30 December 1914 and 20 January 1915. The articles were about recent volunteers for the third contingent. Frank’s identity and service could not be confirmed.
Private James William Grace was living in Kenora, Ontario when he enlisted in the fall of 1915. He was wounded at the Somme in October 1916 and invalided back to Canada the following spring. James was the oldest son of James Henry Grace and Matilda Ducharme of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were both born in… Read More »
George Alexander Paul II was born on 6 January 1897 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario according to the 1901 Canada census. His father George Alexander Paul was from Ontario while his mother Isabella McIvor was from Stornoway, Outer Hebrides in Scotland. The couple married on 18 December 1895 in Rat Portage…. Read More »
William John Greening was born on 4 November 1887 in Mortlake, Surrey in England. His father John Greening was from Mortlake while his mother Rose Collins was from nearby Kingston Upon Thames. The couple married during the first quarter of 1887 in the registration district of Richmond in Surrey. At the time of the 1891… Read More »
Joseph Stephen Barker was born on 24 July 1890 in Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, date and place confirmed by his Ontario birth record. His father Frederick (Fred) Joseph Barker was from Shoreditch, London, England and had immigrated to Canada in 1873 with his parents who settled in the Faraday/Dungannon area. His mother Mary Lydia Allcock was… Read More »