Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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O’Connell, John Daniel

Although a birth record was not found, by most accounts John Daniel O’Connell was born on 22 August 1887 in Stratford, Ontario. He was the son of John O’Connell and Mary Ann Lavelle who had married on 27 January 1885 in Stratford. John had a sister Mary Helen, who according to her obituary was born… Read More »

Carlson, Carl Ragner (Roy)

Back row: Roy, father Carl holding Edith, Amanda’s sister Hilda Front row: Gus, Angus, mother Amanda holding Ture Carl Ragner (Roy) Carlson was born on 6 August 1890 in TimrГҐ, 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… Read More »

Mackie, T S

As reported in the 2 April 1919 edition of the Kenora Miner and News, the towns of Kenora and Keewatin held a large reception at the Tourist Hotel to honour returning veterans. On the list was T. S. Mackie. His identity could not be confirmed.  

Bolton, Stanley Earl

Stanley Earl Bolton was born on 24 March 1895 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Philip Henry Bolton was from the township of Bastard in Leeds County, Ontario while his mother Rosie McQuade was from Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. A few weeks after her arrival in Winnipeg in 1888 the… Read More »

Turner, Thomas

Acting Corporal Thomas Turner was 35 years old, married and the father of three children when he enlisted in March 1917. He served overseas with the Canadian Forestry Corps for two years, returning home in April 1919. Thomas was the son of Jonah and Caroline Turner of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He was born in Wolverhampton… Read More »

Cridge, Alfred John

Alfred John (aka ‘Jack’) Cridge was born on 12 December 1892 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England.   His parents were James Weston Cridge and Emma Rendells.   Jack was educated in Bridgewater and learned the butcher trade.   In June 1913 he immigrated to Kenora, Ontario, Canada. On 17 April 1915 Jack enlisted with the 52nd… Read More »

Simpson, Frederick George

Frederick George Simpson was born on 01 December 1898 in Swidon, Wiltshire, England.  His parents were Fred Simpson and Eliza Henams.  In 1904 the family immigrated to Canada and settled in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario.  Another son, Harry, was born in 1905.   By the 1911 Canadian census the family was living just outside Kenora… Read More »

Sewell, Horace

Horace (Bud) Sewell was born on 2 September 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. Both of his parents John Sewell and Louisa Sarah Parr were from England, immigrating to Canada around 1891 according to later census records. Their first child, daughter Gladys, was born in 1893 in Rat Portage where John was working… Read More »

Dempster, William McLay

William McLay Dempster was one of two sons of William and Margaret Dempster of Stirling, Scotland to enlist from Keewatin during the war. William and his brother Robert had come to Canada in 1912, settling Keewatin where their uncle James and his wife Ann lived. All the men worked for the Lake of the Woods… Read More »

Moose, Frederick

Private Frederick Moose enlisted in August 1915 and served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion and the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He returned to Canada in March 1919. According to his attestation paper, Fred was born on 17 September 1891 in Nelson House, Manitoba. He was working in the Kenora area in northwestern… Read More »