Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Groeneveld, John

Private John Groeneveld joined the 94th Battalion in February 1916 in Kenora, Ontario. He served in Canada for four months and was discharged in June 1916 for medical reasons. John or Johannes was born on 20 July 1898 in Woerden, Holland (the Netherlands). His parents were Herman Groeneveld, a carpenter, and Tryntje Timmerman. Herman and… Read More »

Chaloner, Charles DuBerger

Charles DuBerger Chaloner was born in Norman, Ontario on November 17, 1887, the fifth child of John Henry Chaloner and Polly (Mary Gertrude Heatley). His siblings were Mary Constance Loretta, Clara  Louise  Kate, Adelaide  Heatley, Florence  Isobel, Henry St. John, Marguerite Josephine, Arthur Reginald, Robert Edward and Celina Frances Dorothy. Charles’ elder sisters were born in Quebec City… Read More »

Martin, William Henry

The second born child of Richard and Sarah (née Bardosen) Martin, William Henry Martin was born on 6 December 1886 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father, the son of Cornish immigrants, had been born at sea as they were crossing the Atlantic while his mother was from Norway. Richard had first come… Read More »

Carlson, Ture Amandas

Ture Amandas Carlson was born on 15 September 1897 in Limsta in the parish of GudmundrГҐ in the county of Västernorrland, Sweden. His father Carl Carlson was from NordingrГҐ in Västernorrland while his mother Sofia Amanda Westmark was from Pitea in Norbotton. The couple had married in Brunno in GudmundrГҐ in 1888. Over the years… Read More »

Waterman, Allen McRae

Allen McRae Waterman was born on 3 April 1900 in Toronto, Ontario. His father William Guy Waterman, a printer/pressman, was from the Pancreas area of London, England. He had immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents, the family settling in Toronto. Allen’s mother Elizabeth Reid Hastie was from the Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario…. Read More »

Hives, Herbert William

Sergeant Herbert William Hives enlisted six weeks after the war started and served for 4-1/2 years in England, France and Belgium. He was wounded twice but he survived the war, returning to Canada in June 1919. Herbert was the youngest son of Hans Edgar Hives and Sarah Harper of Kensington, London, England. Hans and his… Read More »

Parker, George James Henry

Private George James Henry Parker enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in January 1915 and served in France with the 52nd Battalion. He was married in England in 1918 but returned to Canada in January 1919 as a widower. George was born on 23 May 1894 in London, England. His parents, George James Parker Sr. and Mary… Read More »

Plante, Alphonse Joseph

Alphonse Joseph Plante was born on 24 October 1897 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA. His parents Eusebe Plante and Agnes Racine were from the Louiseville/Sainte Alexis de Monts area in Quebec, marrying in Sainte Ursule on 30 January 1870. Children born to the couple where they farmed were Charles Edouard (1870-1950), Joseph Herminigilde (1872-1925), Joseph Clovis… Read More »

Brownlee, William Ferguson

Lieutenant William Ferguson Brownlee enlisted in the fall of 1915 and served in France with the Canadian Engineers. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in November 1918 and returned to Canada in August 1919. William was the son of James Brownlee and Margaret Hutton Rutherford. James was born in Hamilton, Ontario and started working for… Read More »

Fortier, Joseph Alfred

Joseph Antoine Orphidas (Alfridas) Fortier was born on 2 February 1896 in St Boniface, Manitoba. In his early life he went by the name of Alfridas, Alfred, or Doss but in later life as Joseph. His parents were Joseph and Exilda (née Leblanc) Fortier who had married in St Boniface on 4 July 1891. Joseph… Read More »