Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Walters, Frederick

Private Frederick Walters was married and the father of eight children when he enlisted in March 1916. His two oldest sons also served during the war and all three of them returned home in 1919. Fred and his wife Emily (née Golding) had immigrated to Canada in 1908 and settled in the town of Kenora,… Read More »

Beaudin, Stanislas

Wenceslas Baudin was born on 28 September 1863 in Grand Rivière, Gaspé, Quebec. Over the years he went by both Wenceslas and Stanislas and the surname was spelled as Baudin and Beaudin, the latter in later years. His parents were Fidele Baudin and Elizabeth Bisson who had married on 3 December 1857 in Grand Rivière…. Read More »

Dahm, Aloysius Bonaventure

Aloysius (Allie) Bonaventure Dahm was born on 14 July 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Christian Dahm was from Rockville while his mother Elizabeth Brunenkamp was from Buffalo City, both in Wisconsin, USA. The young couple first lived in Saskatchewan (called the Northwest Territories at the time) where they gave birth… Read More »

Lavoie, Alfred Henry

Private Alfred Henry Lavoie enlisted in September 1915 at age 20 and served in France with the Canadian Forestry Corps. Alfred was the youngest son of Wilfred Lavoie and Mary Ann McKeon of Kenora, Ontario. Mary Ann’s family emigrated from Scotland when she was a child and by 1881 they were living in Rat Portage… Read More »

Hamilton, James

James (Jim) Hamilton was born on 25 April 1901 in the parish of Cambusnethan in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Both of his parents, Alexander Hamilton and Mary Lindsay, were from the area, marrying on 24 June 1892 in Cambusnethan. At the time of the marriage Alexander Sr’s occupation was given as sawmill engine keeper. Jim had… Read More »

Hatch, Ralph Douglas

Corporal Ralph Douglas Hatch enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps in October 1917 and served for 18 months in Canada. After the war he moved to Cuba to work for the Royal Bank and he lived there for about forty years. Ralph was the youngest son of John Wesley Hatch and Sarah Kirkness of Dryden,… Read More »

Davidson, Gilbert Kerr

Private Gilbert Kerr Davidson was the oldest son of Thomas Henry Davidson and Ellen Jane Webster of Manitou, Manitoba. Thomas and Ellen (Nellie) were both from the township of Chatham in the province of Quebec. By 1891 Thomas was living in the Rat Portage area in northwestern Ontario, where he worked in the lumber industry…. Read More »

Gallow, Joseph Alexander

Private Joseph Alexander Gallow enlisted in Winnipeg in April 1918 and served in Manitoba for about two months. He was discharged for medical reasons in June 1918. According to his service file Joseph was born on 19 June 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. His mother Katherine (née Templin or Templein) was born in Poland… Read More »

Stevenson, Henry Raymond

Henry Raymond Stevenson was born on 5 May 1901 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Andrew Stevenson was born in Namdalen, Norway and immigrated to Canada around 1896, settling in Rat Portage with two of his brothers to work as miners. The family surname was Sivertsen, changed to Stevenson upon… Read More »

Hamel, George

George James Hamel was most likely born on 28 February 1883 in Lorette, Manitoba. His birth was registered in St. Boniface (now part of Winnipeg) as Georges Julien Roger. His parents were Amede Hamel and Odile Lamy. Odile was born in Quebec but different census records give Amede’s birth place as Quebec, Ontario and the… Read More »