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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Lars Bernhard Lund was born on 7 April 1894 in the village of HusГҐ in the parish of Kall in Jämtland, Sweden. His father Johan Gustav was also from HusГҐ, the son of Marta Göransdotter. He was raised by foster parents Jonas Wiksten and Ingeborg Mosesdotter, assuming the surname of Wiksten. After their deaths, Johan… Read More »
George C. Parkman Grennan was born on 19 September 1887 in Bombay, India. His parents were Edward Henry Grennan and Mary Watson. Siblings included Edward Watson Grennan, William Charles Grennan and Gerald Grennan. At the age of 18 George immigrated to Canada arriving on 26 May 1906. He spent two years in Kelowna, B.C. before… Read More »
Four months after their success at Vimy Ridge the Canadian Corps fought at the Battle of Hill 70, suffering almost 6,000 casualties in the ten day operation. One of the fallen was Private Alexander McLeod. Alexander was the son of Duncan McLeod and Mary Munro of Keewatin, Ontario. Duncan was born in Stornoway on the… Read More »
Private Rene Joseph Cardinal was working for the railroad when he was called up in May 1918, at age 23. He served in Canada until a month after the Armistice. Rene was born on 25 January 1895 in Rat Portage, Ontario. His parents, Jules Hyacinthe Cardinal and Seraphine Charron, were both from Quebec. They had… Read More »
William Alexander Wilson was born on 16 December 1900 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father William Alexander Wilson was from the St Catharine’s area in Ontario while it appears that his mother Lillian Hayzy (aka Hill) was from Poland. The couple married on 16 March 1904 in Winnipeg. Moving to… Read More »
William McKechnie Duncan was born on 19 December 1897 in West Carron, Larbert, Stirlingshire in Scotland. His father David Duncan, an iron moulder, was from Falkirk while his mother Annie McKechnie was from Edinburgh where the couple married on 10 July 1877. Their first child, daughter Mary, was born in Edinburgh but by the time… Read More »
It is likely that Frederick Hitchen was born on 18 October 1863 in Cressing, Essex, England although his death record gives the year as 1864. His father, born in Finchingfield, Essex, was Aaron Hitchen and his mother, born in Bradwell, Essex, was Mary Ann Ager. Aaron and Mary Ann had married during the third quarter of… Read More »
Edward Lewis Wright was born on 25 November 1890 in Ilford, Essex on the outskirts of London, England. His father William Edward Wright, a gardener, was born in 1865 in High Ingar, Essex and had married his first wife Sarah Jenkins during the 1st quarter of 1883 in the registration district of Chelmsford, Essex where… Read More »
Percy Horace Graham was born on 6 March 1896 in Lutterworth, Haliburton, Ontario. His parents Richard Allen Graham and Rebecca Jane Bain had married in nearby Kinmount on 4 April 1894. With Richard first working as a labourer, the family was farming in the Lutterworth area by the time of Percy’s birth. The couple gave… Read More »
The 20 January 1915 edition of the Kenora Miner and News published a list of men who had enlisted for service with the third contingent. On the list was C. Lang. His identity could not be confirmed.
