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

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Elliott, Porter Preston

Captain Porter Preston Elliott was the son of John Charles Elliott and Jemima Preston. He was born on 4 July 1877 in Bath, Lennox County, Ontario, one of at least eight children. His father, a school teacher, was born in Ireland and his mother in Ontario (Upper Canada). Porter became a lumber merchant and moved… Read More »

Kelpin, Charles Arthur

Charles Arthur Kelpin was born on 24 November 1895 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. His father Charles Patrick Kelpin was from Ste Anne de Stukely, Quebec while his mother Marie Louise Brault was from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The couple had married on 12 June 1893 in Lowell where Charles was working as a furniture dealer. The… Read More »

Knutsen, Ole Bertin

Ole Bertin Knutsen was born on 4 May 1891 in Gyland, a village in the municipality of Flekkefjord in Vest-Agder county in Norway. He was likely the last born child of parents Knut Eliassen (b 1836) and Joren Larsdatter (b 1841), both from Gyland. Bertin had at least three older brothers, Elias (1875), Ole (1878),… Read More »

Hulse, James

James Hulse was born on 12 March 1880 in Derby, Derbyshire in England. His father Thomas Hulse, baker and confectioner, was from the District of Runcorn in Cheshire while his mother Mary Thomas was from Derby where the couple had married during the last quarter of 1877. James had an older brother, John. Thomas died… Read More »

Duncan, Horatio Nelson

Horatio Nelson Duncan was listed as a teamster in the Kenora area when he enlisted signing his attestation papers in Fort Frances, Ontario on 28 July 1915. His previous employment was as a delivery/salesman for R. W. Ferrier’s grocery business. His parents Robert Ainsley Duncan and Elizabeth A. McFee moved west to the rural district… Read More »

Galloway, Norman Lloyd

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 »

Robert, Joseph

Private Joseph Robert enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in March 1916, at age 49. He served overseas in Great Britain for three months and was discharged for medical reasons in November 1916. Joseph and his twin sister Marie Alexina were born on 19 February 1867 in the parish of St-Philippe, Quebec. Their parents were Gédéon Robert,… Read More »

Thomas, Mervin Elias

Private Mervin Elias Thomas enlisted in October 1916, at age 16, and served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion. He returned to Canada in March 1919. Mervin was the only son of Samuel Albert Thomas and Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Sullivan of Toronto, Ontario. Samuel was born in East Flamborough Township, Wentworth County, Ontario and… Read More »

Linn, William Oliver

William Oliver Linn was born on 31 October 1874 in the township of Smith, Peterborough, Ontario, date confirmed by his Ontario birth record. He was the son of David Linn and Ann Regan who had married on 21 October 1868 in Peterborough. His known older siblings were David and Emma while younger siblings were Eliza… Read More »

West, William Stokes

William Stokes West was born on 23 July 1893, birth registered in the West Ham District of London, England. His father Alfred West was from High Onger, Essex, a community northeast of London, while his mother Eliza Marie (Lily) Green was from Walthamstow, about 18 kms from High Onger and now a suburb of London…. Read More »