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

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Fogg, Frederick Joseph

According to his WW1 attestation papers, Frederick Joseph Fogg was born on 16 September 1896 in Kenora (called Rat Portage at the time), Ontario. A birth record was not found and when he enlisted in WW2 his year of birth was given as 1895. His parents were Samuel George Fogg and Eliza Jane Curless who… Read More »

Goulet, Raymond

Gunner Raymond Goulet enlisted in March 1918 and served for a year with the Canadian Field Artillery, most of that time in England. He returned to Canada in April 1919. Raymond was the son of Albert and Marie Louise Goulet and the grandson of Elzéar Goulet. During the 1860s Elzéar was the mail carrier between… Read More »

Dumma, William Silver

William Silver Dumma was born to William Dumma and Janet (Silver) Dumma on December 20th, 1880 in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.  His father William Senior was listed as a Superintendent of Housing in Edinburgh in 1881. There were seven children, including: Margaret (1866-71); Helen Hay (1867-1852); James (1868-1953, came to Canada in 1894, worked… Read More »

Murphy, Alfred Henry

Staff Sergeant Major Alfred Henry Murphy served at the militia headquarters in Winnipeg from January 1915 to June 1918, followed by about two years with the Canadian Army Service Corps. He was demobilized in April 1919. Alfred was the son of John and Lucy Murphy of Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland. John was a shoemaker and… Read More »

Mableson, Robert Barker

Although his date of birth on his attestation papers was given as 24 August 1893, it is likely that  Robert Barker Mableson was born on 21 August 1892 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England,  the date recorded on his gravemarker, as his birth was registered during the last quarter of 1892. His father Luke Mableson was from… Read More »

Towns, George Andrew

George Andrew Towns was the son of Calvin Towns and Mary Ann Bandy of Kenora, Ontario. Calvin was a blacksmith and farmer and he and Mary Ann were married in 1883 in the town of Combermere, about 100 km west of Ottawa. A son, Sirastin, was born in Combermere in 1884. By 1891 the family… Read More »

Fawcett, John Middleton

John Middleton Fawcett was born on 3 December 1889 in Toronto, Ontario, birth date confirmed by his Ontario birth record. His father William Fawcett was from the Pickering, Ontario area where he had been farming and his mother Sarah Ann Richards was from Darlington. The couple married on 26 December 1888 in Pickering. At the… Read More »

Wilcox, Sydney Charles

Sydney Charles Wilcox was born on 26 July 1883 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia. His father Charles Smith Wilcox was from Windsor while his mother Emma Gertrude Thom was from Quebec City where the couple married in 1880. Returning to Windsor, Charles and his brother George were both hardware merchants. Children born to the family… Read More »

Fife, Ashton Thomas

Ashton Thomas Fife was born on 6 January 1871 in Hastings, Peterborough  County, Ontario. His father Doctor Joseph Alexander Fife was the son of Scottish immigrants Thomas and Janet (née Becket) Fife. Thomas Fife  had arrived in Canada  in 1820 with his parents and siblings, settling in Otonabee as true pioneers. Thomas married Janet, cleared… Read More »

Fraser, Millard

Millard Andrew Fraser was born on 18 August 1892 in Keewatin, Ontario. His parents, Hugh Fraser (1849-1934) and Isabella Margaret MacLeod (1862-1944) were from Campbellton, New Brunswick where they married in 1883. The family spent time in Quebec where three children, Margaret (1884- 1958), Mary (1886-1971) and James (1887-1898) were born. By 1890 they were… Read More »