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

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Nickle, John James

Sapper John James Nickle was the only son of Daniel Nickle (Nichol) and Jane Johnston of Ottawa, Ontario. Daniel was from Quebec and his wife was born in Ottawa. They had at least five children, all born in Ottawa: John James (b. 21 May 1878), Mary Ann, Sarah, Agnes and Rebecca. When the 1891 census… Read More »

Anderson, Alexander Carmichael

Alexander Carmichael Anderson was born on 24 May 1884 in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents were John Orr Anderson and Alice Roy Houston. John worked as a master joiner in Scotland. Siblings included: John (1875-1949), William (1881-1881), Alice (1886-1961) and Agnes (b. 1890). In 1905 Alexander and some of his family (father, mother & sister Agnes)… Read More »

Barnes, Clarence Wesley

Birth date and location: Clarence Wesley Barnes was born in Kenora, Ontario February 7, 1894, the eldest of four children.       Names of parents and siblings: John Barnes and Emma Ann Bell married in Kenora, District of Rainy River on June 20, 1893. Emma was the daughter of Julia A. Parliament and Albert… Read More »

Lajeunesse, Antoine Armand

Antoine ‘Armand’ Lawrence Lajeunesse born August 10, 1891 was the first of at least 6 children of Antoine Baptiste Lajeunesse and Olive Lacombe.   He was born  in Montebello, Quebec, the town where his parents married   in 1889.   By the census year of 1901 the family had moved to Rat Portage (known later… Read More »

Hulmes, William

The Hulmes family was from Manchester, Lancashire in England where parents Thomas and Martha (Pennington) had married on 24 March 1883. Thomas was listed as a coal wharfinger (takes custody of and is responsible for goods delivered to the wharf) in the 1891 census and as a coal dealer in later censuses. Children born to… Read More »

Johnson, John Walford

Private John Walford Johnson enlisted in March 1916 and served in France and Belgium with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He was invalided back to Canada in October 1918 due to illness. John was born on 26 June 1894 in Norman, Ontario. His parents, Sven John Johnson and Josephine Carlson, both immigrated to Canada in… Read More »

Cassels, John Stewart

Born on 31 July 1886 in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland, John Stewart Cassels was the son of George and Jemina (née Milton) Cassels. His parents had married in 1883 in Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire. For the 1891 Scotland census the family was living in Minklets West, Banchory Ternan, occupation of his father given as farm servant. Children… Read More »

Dufour, George Thomas

The son of Thomas and Mary (née Graham) Dufour, George Thomas Dufour was born on 20 October 1879 in Mattawa, Ontario. According to the  1891 Canada census both of his parents were born in Quebec but by the birth of their first child, a daughter Celia in 1875, the family was living in Mattawa. Another… Read More »

LaTour, John Joseph

John Joseph LaTour was born on 2 February of 1889 in the village of Norman a few kilometres west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. His father Joseph LaTour was from Quebec while his mother Catherine (Kate) McIntyre was from Scotland. The couple likely married around 1883-84 in North Dakota, with son Peter Joseph born in… Read More »

Morton, Herbert Laurence

Driver Herbert Laurence Morton enlisted with the Canadian Engineers in September 1915, at age 18. He went overseas a few months later and served in France and Belgium for two and a half years. In 1998, at age 101, he was awarded the Legion of Honour (Chevalier) at a ceremony in Vimy, France. Laurence was… Read More »