These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Percy William Garrood was born on 26 January 1876 in Croydon, Surrey, England. His parents were George Garrood and Elizabeth Jeale. Siblings included: George A. (b. 1870), Charles J. (b. 1872), Sydney G. (b. 1874), Lillian A. (b. 1880), Harold (b. 1883), Arthur (b. 1887) and Ethel Caroline (b. 1888). Percy’s mother died in 1888… Read More »
Frederick John Baker was born on 12 April 1891 in Wheston, Derbyshire, England. His parents were Frederick George and Elizabeth Baker. He had at least two sisters – Lizzie born in 1885 and Annie born in 1888. By 1911 the family was living in Ilkeston, Derbyshire where Frederick Sr. was a veterinary surgeon and a… Read More »
Victor Portier was born on 16 August 1897 in Lagorce, Ardeche, France. He immigrated to Canada with his parents Victor and Marie Justine (née Leydier) Portier and siblings Celina and Clement via New York in August of 1902. The family settled in Norman, a small community just west of Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario…. Read More »
Viktor Emanuel Häger was born on 25 September 1886 in Sundsvall, Västernorrland, Sweden. His father August Häger was from Färglanda in Г„lvsborg while his mother Brita Christina Johanna Hansson was born in Sundsvall although her parents were from Jämtland. The couple had married 26 December 1878 in Sundsvall. As was common for the time, August… Read More »
Sapper Brook Noble enlisted in February 1916 at age 41 and served for three years in Canada, England and France. Brook was the son of George and Harriett Noble of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He was born in Lindley, Huddersfield on 21 August 1874 and he had at least two sisters and four brothers: John,… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, Norris Bamford was born on 5 November 1892 in Fort Coulonge, Quebec. Located on the north side of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Fort Coulonge is about 120 kilometres northwest of Ottawa/Hull. Norris’ father was Edward Bamford who had immigrated to Canada from England as a child according to census… Read More »
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 »
James Gibson III was born on 2 March 1896 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father James Gibson II was born in Bruce Mines, Ontario, the son of Irish immigrants James Gibson I (ore dresser) and Jane Cox. James I’s family later moved to Barrie and then on to Innisfil in southern Ontario… Read More »
Private Robert James Arbuthnot joined the 67th (Western Scots) Battalion in September 1915 and went overseas the following spring. He served in France and Belgium for three years and returned to Canada in June 1919. Robert was the oldest son of Robert James Arbuthnot Sr. and Florence Teresa Henesy. Robert Sr. was born in St…. Read More »
Private James Harris Currier (aka James Harry Hough) enlisted twice, in August 1916 and again in April 1918. He served in Canada and Great Britain for about two years. James was the son of John William Hough and Catherine Currier. John and Catherine were married in 1871 in Arnprior, Ontario and they had at least… Read More »