Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Lang, William John

William John Lang was born 27 October 1881 in Hamilton, Ontario. His parents were Thomas Henry Lang (a brakeman on the railroad) and Louisa Lewis. Siblings included Charles (b. 1883) and Maggie (b. 1888). The family was living in St. Thomas Ontario in 1891 and 1901. William’s mother, Louisa, died in 1897 when he was… Read More »

Snider, James Cecil

Sergeant James Cecil Snider enlisted in January 1916 and served in France and Belgium with the 44th Battalion. He earned the Military Medal at the Battle of Passchendaele and returned to Canada in August 1919. Cecil was the oldest son of James Henry Snider and Eulalia Pearl Taft. James Henry was a baker and he… Read More »

Bates, Ira

Ira Bates was born on 17 March 1890 in Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario.   His parents were Robert Bates, a lumberman, and Catherine Quigley. Ira had two brothers, James and Walter; and two sisters, Elizabeth and Nora. Ira’s mother died in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario in 1898, and the family was still living in… Read More »

Richman, Leon

aka Leon Rechman, Leon Ochrenowicz Although there are some small discrepancies, it seems very likely that the Leon Richman who was called up for service in Port Arthur, Ontario on 11 November 1917 (reg. no. 4079116) is the same Leon Richman who is buried in Lake of the Woods Cemetery in Kenora, Ontario. According to… Read More »

Smith, John Wesley

Jack and Jessie Smith John Wesley (Jack) Smith was one of three brothers, the oldest of seven sons of Charles Alexander Smith of Keewatin, to enlist during the Great War. John Wesley and his brother Leonard Edward served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, while son Charles Henry Smith served with the U.S. Army John Wesley… Read More »

Wilcox, Sydney Charles

Sydney Charles Wilcox was born on 26 July 1883 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia. His father Charles Smith Wilcox was from Windsor while his mother Emma Gertrude Thom was from Quebec City where the couple married in 1880. Returning to Windsor, Charles and his brother George were both hardware merchants. Children born to the family… Read More »

Nord, Charles Avery

Karl Arvid Nilsson was born on 20 September 1880 in Mörsil, Jämtland in Sweden. His parents Nils Andersson and Hulda Marie Nilsdotter were from Boda in Värmland, marrying there on 19 January 1879. Later that year they gave birth to son Nils Johan. Moving to Jämtland, Karl was born in Mörsil, followed by Axel Theodor… Read More »

Ouellette, Joseph Cyril

Joseph Cyril Oullette was born August 8th, 1896 in Rat Portage, (now Kenora), Ontario to André Ouellette and Léa Côté. He attended elementary school in Kenora then began working for Cameron Heaps. During the First World War he served overseas with the Canadian Field Artillery. When he arrived in France he was assigned to the 13th… Read More »

Lanoix, Joseph Paul

Private Joseph Paul Lanoix (Lanoie) was the son of Adrien Lanoix and Alma Comeau of La Salle, Manitoba. Adrien was born in Quebec and moved to Manitoba with his family in 1891, when he was about twenty years old. His wife Alma was also born in Quebec. They were married in 1896 in the RM… Read More »