Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Connolly, Benjamin

Private Benjamin Connolly joined the 251st ‘Goodfellows’ Battalion in February 1917 and went overseas later that year. He served for a year and a half in England, France, Belgium and Germany, returning to Canada in May 1919. Benjamin was born in Camden, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, the youngest son in a family of twelve children…. Read More »

L’Heureux, Oscar George

Sapper Oscar George L’Heureux enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in December 1918. He served with them for three months, followed by fourteen months of service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada and Great Britain. He returned home in June 1919. Oscar was the oldest son of Philibert L’Heureux and Delia Lasalle of Winnipeg,… Read More »

Fenelon, John Bertram

John Bertram (Bert) Fenelon was born on 11 April 1893 in Newcastle, New Brunswick, date confirmed by his New Brunswick birth registration. His father John Fenelon was from Newfoundland while his mother Sara Casey was from New Brunswick, both born to Irish immigrants. After their marriage the family settled in Newcastle where John Sr farmed… Read More »

Bunting, Mary Elizabeth

Nursing Sister Mary Elizabeth Bunting enlisted in February 1916 at age 22. She served for three years at hospitals in England and France and returned to Canada in April 1919. Mary was the oldest daughter of Thomas Henry Bunting and Elizabeth McDonald of Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Thomas came from a large Irish family in Middlesex… Read More »

Dempster, Thomas

Thomas Dempster was one of four brothers, the sons of John and Catherine Dempster to volunteer for service during the war. John and Catherine brought their family to Canada in 1907 from Glasgow, Scotland where John was a baker. He’d found employment for himself and his older sons at the Lake of the Woods Milling… Read More »

Denault, John Arthur

  John Arthur (Jack) Denault was born on 28 April 1896 in Fort Coulonge, Quebec. His parents, both born in Quebec, were Joseph and Marie Anna (née Paré) Denault who had married in 1879 in LaPasse, Ontario. Children born to the couple were Joseph Edward (1880), Mary (1882), James Frank (1886), Jane (1889), Michael William… Read More »

Martin, Adam

Adam Martin was born on 4 August 1886 in Partick, Lanarkshire in Scotland. His father Adam Martin, an engine turner journeyman, was from Govan while his mother Catherine Boyd was from Greenock, both in Scotland. The couple had married on 31 December 1882 in the Plantation District of Govan. Adam Sr had previously been involved… Read More »

Anderson, Jonas Helmer

Jonas Helmer Anderson was born on 13 January 1884 in in the village/croft of Täfteå in Sävar, Västerbotten, Sweden. His father Anders Gustaf Anderson was from Sävar while his mother Emma Johanna Hãgglund was from Nysätra in Västerbotten. The couple married in 1870 in Sävar. Children born to the family in Sävar were Gustaf (1870),… Read More »

Glenn, Thomas Blake

Private Thomas Blake Glenn, usually known as Blake, was the son of John Thomas Glenn and Emily Brydges. He was born on 10 November 1889 in Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario. His parents had married in 1878 in nearby Wyoming, Ontario. Blake had two older brothers, John Bertram (1879) and Frederick Aylmer (1887), both born in… Read More »

Weston, Henry James

Although he gave his date of birth as 9 May 1882 on his attestation papers, born in Maidenhead, Berkshire in England, Henry James Weston’s birth was registered during the second quarter of 1884. His parents Henry Weston and Emily Looker had married during the second quarter of 1882 in the same registration district. Henry had… Read More »