Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Hinds, Frederick

Private Frederick Hinds enlisted in April 1916, at age 52, and served in Great Britain with the Canadian Forestry Corps. He returned to Canada in June 1919. Frederick was born on 6 April 1864 in Brussels, Huron County, Ontario. His mother, Jane Kelly, was from Ireland and his father, Samuel Hinds (Hindes), was born in… Read More »

Thornton, Norman McLeod

Norman McLeod Thornton was born on 30 December 1890 in Norman, Ontario, a small community a couple of kilometres west of Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. Both of his parents were born in Scotland, father Peter Thornton in 1850 in Edinburgh and mother Janet Middlemas Anderson in 1857 in Paisley. The couple… Read More »

Bock, George Stanley

Private George Stanley Bock was the only child of William Bock and Sarah Jane Dowsett of Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. His parents were both born in Ontario, William in Waterloo County and Sarah in Leeds County. They were married in June 1895 and Stanley was born in Spring Bay on 24 October 1896. William… Read More »

Gilbert, David Patrick

David Patrick Gilbert was born on 31 August 1888 in Mattawa, Ontario, date and place confirmed by his baptism record. He was the son of Frederick Gilbert and Margaret Sheehan who had married on 5 April 1874 in Quyon, Pontiac, Quebec. The couple farmed in the area for a few years where children Mary (1875),… Read More »

Jordan, Frederick Herbert

Frederick Herbert Jordan was born on 24 December 1896 in Ottawa, Ontario. His parents were Josiah Jordan and Kathleen Crone. The family is found on the 1901 Canadian Census living in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario and Josiah was working as a labourer. Children in the household were Mabel (b. 1893), Millie (b. 1895), Frederick and… 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 »

Carpentier, George Gabriel

Private George Gabriel Carpentier of Marchand, Manitoba enlisted in February 1917 at age 17. He served for eighteen months in England then spent three months in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion, returning to Canada in March 1919. Gabriel was the oldest son of Horace Carpentier and Marie Philomene Gosselin. Horace and Marie were… Read More »

Savage, Albert

Private Albert Savage was born in England and living in Canada when the war started. He returned to the UK and enlisted with the Royal Army Service Corps, serving with them for four years. Albert was born in 1888 or 1889 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He immigrated to Canada around 1911 and lived in Regina,… Read More »

Hinton, Charles Kenneth

Charles Kenneth Hinton was born on 27 October 1886 in Bronte, Ontario, a community located on the western end of Lake Ontario between Hamilton and Toronto. His father was Adam Hinton, a sailor born in the area to a father who was a mariner. His mother was Elizabeth Jane Camp, also born in Bronte. Children… Read More »