Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Flanagan, Frederick Henry

Frederick Henry Flanagan was born on 13 September 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Joseph Henry Flanagan was from the Walkerton, Ontario area while his mother Christina Matheson was from Prince Edward Island. The couple married in Rat Portage on 19 December 1893 where Joseph was working in one of the… Read More »

Good, Andrew Harkness

Andrew Harkness Good was born on 9 May 1898 in the area of Kars, Ontario where his family farmed. His father William Henry Good was from Marlborough Township while his mother Harriett Ellen Brown was from North Gower Township. Kars, Marlborough and North Gower all now part of Ottawa. Andrew had three older brothers, William… Read More »

LaBelle, Joseph Ernest

Joseph Ernest (Ernie) LaBelle was born on 9 March 1886 in the township of Chichester, Pontiac, Quebec. For reasons unknown he was baptized in the nearby township of Sheenboro with the surname of Micheau, parents given as Michael Micheau, farmer, and Mary Brennan. His father usually went by the name of Michael LaBelle, the name… Read More »

Nickle, John James

Sapper John James Nickle was the only son of Daniel Nickle (Nichol) and Jane Johnston of Ottawa, Ontario. Daniel was from Quebec and his wife was born in Ottawa. They had at least five children, all born in Ottawa: John James (b. 21 May 1878), Mary Ann, Sarah, Agnes and Rebecca. When the 1891 census… Read More »

Flett, Norbert Joseph Arthur

Private Norbert Joseph Arthur Flett was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba on 4 February 1888, the son of Charles Flett and Dorothy Laviolete. He was married in Kenora, Ontario on 12 April 1910 to Maggie Blackeye. Maggie was 20 years old, born in Ontario and the daughter of Abraham and Mary Blackeye. Norbert and Maggie… Read More »

Beaule, Adelard

Private Adelard (Edlora) Alfred Clovis Beaule enlisted in February 1916, five weeks before his 16th birthday. He served in France for three months before being discharged as a minor, and he arrived back in Canada in December 1916. Adelard was the oldest son of Clovis Beaule (BeaulĂ©) and Marie Montgrand Cyr of Redditt, Ontario. He… Read More »

Gibson, James

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 »

Cameron, Ronald

Private Ronald Cameron enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in March 1916. He was wounded at the Somme that fall while serving with the 16th Battalion, and he was invalided back to Canada in March 1917. Ronald (aka Ranald) was born on 21 September 1880 in Alexandria, Lochiel Township, Glengarry County, Ontario. His parents, Duncan Cameron and… Read More »

Lundmark, Victor Daniel

As per his Swedish birth record, Viktor Daniel Lundmark was born on 13 February 1887 in Aspliden in the parish of Byske in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. However on all other parish records as well as records after immigration, his birth date is always given as the 14th. His parents Anders Lundmark and Erika Carolina… Read More »