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

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Gustafson, Albert

Private Albert Gustafson was the son of Gustaf Jonsson and Anna Casja Andersdotter of Skaraborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. He was born on 11 July 1862, with his birth registered in Luttra Parish, Falkoping, Skaraborg. When a clerical survey was taken in 1880 Albert was living at home in Gokhem, Skaraborg with his parents, six brothers… Read More »

Gunne, Livingston Gilbert

Livingston Gilbert (Bert) Gunne was born on 11 January 1890 in Glenboro, RM of South Cypress, Manitoba. Although his parents William James and Alzina Evelyn (née Livingston) Gunne were from Ontario, the couple had married 29 August 1888 in the RM of South Cypress. William was a physician. A second child, daughter Dorothea Vashti was… Read More »

Hewson, Clarence Victor

Clarence Victor Hewson was born on 21 December 1892 in Oakville, Ontario. His parents William Robert Hewson, a flour miller, and Elizabeth Almira Lucas were both from the area, marrying on 5 June 1889 in Oakville. By the time of the 1901 census the family had moved to Thorold, Ontario where son Harold Edward was… Read More »

Cooke, Henry Porter

Henry Porter Cooke was born on 5 January 1884 in Uxbridge, Ontario West. His father Henry Hamilton Cooke of Belfast, Ireland had immigrated to Canada and settled in the Uxbridge area while his mother Elizabeth Bolster was born in Uxbridge, the daughter of Irish immigrants. Henry’s parents had married on 23 October 1872 in Uxbridge… Read More »

Teasdale, Pearson Liddle

Second Lieutenant Pearson Liddle Teasdale was a law student in Toronto when he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in October 1917. He served overseas with the Royal Air Force for a year and returned to Canada in April 1919. Pearson was born on 26 July 1897 in Massey Station, District of Algoma, Ontario. His… Read More »

Roy, Theodore Josias

Private Theodore Josias Roy, also known as Edward Roy, enlisted twice and served overseas for four months. He was invalided back to Canada due to illness. Theodore was the son of   Reverend Jesse Josias Roy and his first wife Rebecca Le Gallais. Josias, an Anglican clergyman, was born in 1849 in Sabrevois, Quebec. When… Read More »

Mellish, Charles Alfred

Private Charles Alfred Mellish enlisted underage when he was just 14 years old and he served in garrison regiments in Canada for ten months. Charles was the son of Alfred Mellish and Rosa Derry of Vancouver, BC. Alfred was born and raised in Galt, Waterloo County, Ontario and he was a tinsmith and metalworker. Rosa… Read More »

Gold, Ephraim

Private Ephraim Gold enlisted in Winnipeg in March 1918 and served in Canada for six months. He was discharged for medical reasons in September 1918. According to his attestation Ephraim was born in Massachusetts on 11 June 1896, although other records give his birth date as January 1896. For the 1900 U.S. census, at age… Read More »

Olsen, Horace Albert

Horace Albert Olsen was born on 12 October 1897 in the Ullswater area in Muskoka, Ontario. His father Tobias Olsen, the son of Norwegian immigrants, was born in 1862 in Quebec while his mother Mary Ann McCaskill, the daughter of a Scottish immigrant and his Upper Canadian born wife, was born in 1861 in Glengarry,… Read More »

Sleep, William Henry

Although William Henry Sleep usually gave his place of birth as Tavistock, Devonshire, he was born on 2 February 1884 in nearby Bridestowe. His father John Sleep was from St Blazey, Cornwall while his mother Susan(na) Stanbury was from Bridestowe. The couple had married  during the second quarter  of 1880, marriage registered in the district… Read More »