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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Isaac James (Ike) Faulconer was born on 14 July 1897 in the Elkhorn area in the RM of Wallace, Manitoba. His father Isaac James Faulconer, son of Irish immigrants, was from Caledon, Ontario while his mother Mary Ann (Annie) Harper was from Halton County, Ontario. Her family had moved to Warwick, Lambton County to farm… Read More »
James was the son of Donald Hector (1860-1956) and Annie J. Currie (1863-1956), of Stackpool, Ontario. Until 1911, they were living in Kenora, Ontario. The 1911 census listed their name as Carrier instead of Currie. In 1891 Donald Hector was shipping clerk in a lumber mill. In 1901, James lived with his mother and father… Read More »
James Hayward was born on 3 August 1887 in the Holloway area of London, England. His father George James Hayward was from Tidworth in Hampshire while his mother Sabina Hale was from Monchton in Wiltshire. The couple had married in 1887 in Islington, London with George listed as a widower on the marriage registration. Sabina,… Read More »
Leonard Stewart Mathias was one of the first contingent volunteers from Kenora. His name was among a list of 24 local men published in the Kenora newspaper on Aug. 12, 1914 who had passed medical exams for service after answering an Aug. 9 call for volunteers from the 98th (Rainy River and Kenora) Regiment. Leonard… Read More »
Francis (Frank) John Dyer was born on 21 December 1900 in Kilburn, Middlesex, England. He was the eldest child of merchant seaman Francis Joseph Dyer and Gertrude Shapcott. Siblings included sisters, Gertrude Louisa (b. 1901), Lilian Maud (b. 1904), Beatrice Nellie (b. 1905) and Nora Helena (b. 1907). His father enlisted with the Royal Garrison… Read More »
James Shapland was born on 17 January 1885 in South Molton, Devonshire, England. His parents were William Lewis Shapland and Elizabeth Davies. Siblings included: William (b. 1880), Frank (b. 1883), Alice (b. 1887), Emma (b. 1889), Walter (b. 1892), Julia (b. 1894) and Minnie (b. 1897). His mother died in 1899. The 1901 England Census… Read More »
Captain Walter Anderson Hastings was the son of George Victor Hastings and Margaret Ferguson Anderson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Margaret was born in North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. George was born in Quebec and he started working in the milling business at an early age. His mother was Mary Ogilvie and George was employed by… Read More »
Private William Ross Horne was called up in January 1918 and sent overseas a month later. He served in Great Britain for a year and a half, returning home in August 1919. Ross was the youngest son of William Franklin Horne and Wilhelmena (Minnie) Marion McKay of Keewatin, Ontario. William was a cooper by trade… Read More »
According to his baptism record, Archibald (Archie) Jospeh McDonald was born on 9 September 1898 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Duncan Alexander McDonald was from Ontario while his mother Mary Elizabeth Kerr was from Scotland, the couple marrying on 21 October 1886 in East Selkirk, Manitoba. By the time of the… Read More »
Bombardier Gordon Milford Hudson was called up in April 1918 and served in Canada for a year. After the war he had a long and successful career in curling and he was inducted into both the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Gordon was the older of two sons… Read More »
