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

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Carson, William Garfield

William Garfield Carson was born on 12 July 1897 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. He was the youngest son of James Wylie Carson and Hannah Henrietta Frost who, according to a family tree on ancestry.ca, had married in 1870 in Portage du Fort in Quebec. Other known children born to the family were… Read More »

Pearson, Samuel

Samuel Pearson’s name appeared in the 24 June 1916 edition of the Kenora Miner and News for enlisting with the 221st Battalion. His identity and service could not be confirmed.  

Hicks, Leonard

Born June 3, 1896, Leonard was the son of   Joseph and Mary Jane (Ashmore)  Hicks.  Although he gave his place of birth as Kenora on his attestation papers, it is likely that he was born at the Mikado Mine on Shoal Lake, Lake of the Woods. His parents were born in England, and immigrated… Read More »

Woods, Percy Alexander

Percy Alexander Woods was born on 26 December 1899 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He was the youngest child of Samuel Wesley Woods and Florence Rosamund Lelewelyn. Siblings included: Florence Meriam (b. 1890), Samuel Lelewelyn (b. 1892) and Ethel (b. 1894). The family continued to live in Portage la Prairie until some time after 1911…. Read More »

McCall, Alfred Thomas

Although he gave his place of birth as Simcoe, Ontario, Alfred Thomas (Thomas Alfred on birth registration) McCall was born on 5 May 1874 in nearby Charlotteville, Norfolk. His parents Lewis and Prudence (née Cassills) McCall had married on 29 December 1869 in Charlotteville, Lewis’ occupation given as farmer. Children born to the family were… Read More »

Hucker, Thomas John Junior

Thomas John Hucker Junior was born on 9 January 1900 in Devon, England to Thomas John Hucker  Senior and Elizabeth Ann Evans.  On the 1901 census the family was living on Exeter Street, North Tawton, Okehampton, Devon, England.  The record shows Thomas J. senior age 27, a wool comber born Okehampton, his wife Elizabeth age… Read More »

Binns, Percy Vere

Percy Vere Binns was born on 9 February 1893 in Port Antonio, Jamaica.  Both of his parents had also been born in Jamaica. His father Ellis Panton Binns was the son of cabinet maker John Binns and wife  Jessie and his mother Amelia Saffery was the daughter of William and Amelia Saffery. In a christening… Read More »

Norberg, Victor Albert

Victor Albert Norberg was born on 13 July 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Charles Eric Norberg was from Sweden while his mother Marguerite Jensen was from Denmark, the couple marrying in Rat Portage on 16 July 1891. At the time of the marriage Charles Sr’s occupation was given… Read More »

Nickle, John James

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 »