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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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George Joseph Bolduc was born on 28 March 1897 in Norman, a small community in northwestern Ontario a couple of kilometres west of Kenora. His parents David Bolduc and Claudia Labelle, both from Quebec, had married in 1887 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora). The family first lived in nearby Keewatin and then in Norman… Read More »
William Dion was born on 12 June 1895 in Rat Portage (now Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Elziard Dion and Clara Brissette who had married in Rat Portage in 1891. Siblings included Edward, Arthur, Rose Delima, Irene, and Phillip. The family was living in Keewatin at the time of the 1901 census and in Redditt… Read More »
Private Robert Armour was married and the father of two young children when he enlisted in Winnipeg in January 1916. He was wounded in the last weeks of the war but he survived and returned home in March 1919. Robert was the oldest son of Thomas and Jane Armour of Keewatin, Ontario. He was born… Read More »
Private Jacob Jorgenson was the oldest of five brothers who enlisted for service in the First World War. The five boys – Jacob, Martin, John, Gustave and Thomas – came from a large family in Whitemouth, Manitoba. Martin was killed in France in June 1917 but the other four brothers survived and returned home after… Read More »
Acting Sergeant John Thomas Dalziel was the only son of John Law Dalziel and Mary Agnes Hunter of Kenora, Ontario. John Law was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland and immigrated to Canada as a young man. He lived briefly in Winnipeg, Manitoba before settling in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora). Mary was born in Ayrshire, Scotland… Read More »
Edwin Robert (Ted) Newell was born on 21 October 1888 in Keewatin, Ontario, date and place confirmed by his Ontario birth record. His father Edwin Newell was from England while his mother Jane Donnelly was from Ontario. It appears that the couple first lived in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba before moving to northwestern Ontario. The… Read More »
Timoffey Antoniuk was born on 03 May 1894 in Russia. He immigrated to Canada and found work as a mason/brick layer. With the name of Tony Antonok, he first enlisted in Edmonton with the 218th Battalion on 26 February 1916, service #279018. His occupation was given as teamster and his date of birth as 3… Read More »
Murdock McIsaac was born in Little River, Codroy in Newfoundland. Differing dates of birth were given of 8 May 1887 and 8 May 1888 on attestation, and according to his later naturalization and death records, his date of birth was 3 November 1989. He was the son of Alexander C and Isabella McIsaac who farmed… Read More »
Theophile Dominique was born on 21 December 1889 in Norman, Ontario, a village a couple of kilometres west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. Both of his parents, Theophile and Celina (née Pion) Dominique were from Quebec but had married on 10 August 1882 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Known for its cotton mills, the town had… Read More »
