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

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Kelpin, Paul Brault

Paul Brault Kelpin was born on 22 March 1894 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. His father Charles Patrick Kelpin was from Ste Anne de Stukely, Quebec while his mother Marie Louise Brault was from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The couple married on 12 June 1893 in Lowell where Charles was working as a furniture dealer. A second… Read More »

Fox, Alfred John

Private Alfred John Fox was born in St. James, London, England. His father, George William Fox, was from Dorset and his mother, Lydia Jones, was born in Woodford, Essex. They were married in London in 1879 and Alfred was one of nine children: Ellen Lydia, George Henry, Alfred John, Charles, Florence, Rose, Ada, Winnifred and… Read More »

Quinton, Charles Henry

Charles Henry Quinton was born November  9, 1897 in Glasgow, Scotland.  His parents were Robert Quinton and Ellen Ada  Theedam who married in Stepney St. Thomas, an Anglican Parish in London, England. This parish was bombed in the 2nd World War, 1940, and later demolished.  Their  children, listed in order of birth,  were Ellen E.,… Read More »

Stuart, Alexander Garden

The son of Jessie Garden, Alexander Garden was born on 16 January 1874 in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. At the time of his birth Jessie, also born in Auchterless, was working as a domestic servant. The next year Jessie married Robert Stewart, farm servant,  of nearby Kennethmont and by the 1881 Scotland census Alexander had assumed… Read More »

Ferguson, Malcolm MacKenzie

Malcolm MacKenzie Ferguson was born on 26 July 1888 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father David Thompson Ferguson, watchmaker and jeweller, was from Collingwood, Ontario while his mother Jean Anderson Nisbet MacKenzie was from Doon, a village that is now a suburb in Kitchener, Ontario. Jean’s father was a minister and had… Read More »

Hall, Percival James

According to his attestation papers, Percival James Hall was born 23 September 1891 in Carman, Manitoba.* The son of Scottish immigrant William Hall and Ontario born Helen Carr, Percy’s father William Nesbit Hall had been born in Mildmay, Bruce County where the family farmed. By the 1881 Canada census, William and some of his siblings had… Read More »

Knight, John Morris

John Morris Knight was born on 26 February 1884 in Landport, Portsea Island, Hampshire England. Landport is a district located near the centre of Portsea Island and is part of the city of Portsmouth. His mother Mary Jane Lonnon, also from Landport, had married Alfred William Knight in 1867, marriage registered in the district of… Read More »

Major, Edward

Edward Major was born on 21 January 1901 in Northampton, Northamptonshire in England. His father David Major was from Fenny Stratford in Buckinghamshire while his mother Kate Mayfield was from Crewe in Cheshire, Crewe located about 200 kms northwest of Fenny Stratford. David and Kate had married in 1895, marriage registered in the district of… Read More »

Wilson, Victor Stilwell

Their first born child, Victor Stilwell (also spelled Stillwell, Stewell) Wilson was born on 17 March 1888, birth registered in the Township of Pickering. His father Thomas Fawcett Wilson had been born in Green River, Pickering  while his mother Annie Elizabeth Spence was from nearby Cedar Grove. The couple married on 2 June 1886 in… Read More »

Knight, Charles Morris

Charles Morris Knight was born on 28 August 1889 in Landport, Portsea Island, Hampshire England. Landport is a district located near the centre of Portsea Island and is part of the city of Portsmouth. His mother Mary Jane Lonnon, also from Landport, had married Alfred William Knight in 1867, marriage registered in the district of… Read More »